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El Tejate
205 W Mission Ave, Escondido, CA 92025, USA13 min
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Featured Items
Parillada regular
$56.49
Botana de Memelitas
$14.49
Chile relleno
$24.49
Tlayuda Tasajo
$23.49
Torta Oaxaqueña
$18.49
#1 Most liked
Caldo Tlalpeño
$18.49
Tlayuda Mixta
$26.49
Camarones Cucaracha
$31.49
Fajitas mixtas
$28.49
Coctel Campechana
$25.49
Tlayuda Cecina
$23.49
Entomatadas
$21.49
Tlayuda Chorizo
$23.49
Tasajo Especial
$23.49
Botana de Quesadillas
$14.49
Salsa de huevo
$18.49
Empanada de Huitlacoche
$20.49
Mole rojo
$23.49
Mole negro
$23.49
Mole rojo tamale en hoja de platano
$8.49
Cecina Especial
$23.49
Platanitos fritos
$8.49
Tejate
$5.99+
Café de Olla
$3.99
Full Menu
9:00 am - 8:05 pmMost Ordered
The most commonly ordered items and dishes from this store
Caldo Tlalpeño
#1 Most liked
Chicken soup with avocado, onions, cilantro, rice , chile chipotle, and handmade tortillas
$18.49•85% (7)
Tlayuda Mixta
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
$26.49
Torta Oaxaqueña
Torta with tasajo, cecina, and chorizó, lettuce, tomato, onions, avocado, and black bean puree
$18.49
Botana de Memelitas
Small tortillas topped with lard, cheese, and
$14.49
Tlayuda Tasajo
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado and your choice of meat.
$23.49
Tasajo Especial
Slice of carne asada served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
$23.49
Tlayuda Cecina
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
$23.49
Tacos
Taco topped with onions, cilantro, and avocado
$8.49
Enchiladas
Enchiladas served with rice and choice of black/red mole, or green sauce
$24.49
Mole negro tamale en hoja de platano
Tamale wrapped in banana leaf
$8.49
Bebidas Calientes
Atole blanco
Hot drink made from corn
$4.99
Atole de panela
Hot drink made from corn sweetened with brown sugar
$4.99
Champurrado
Hot drink made from corn with Oaxacan chocolate
$4.99
Chocolate
Hot Oaxacan chocolate served with sweet bread
$4.99
Café de Olla
Oaxacan coffee brewed with cinnamon sticks
$3.99
Aguas Frescas
Agua fresca
Ask waiter for available options
$3.99+
Horchata con nieve de tuna
Horchata topped with pecans, cantaloupe, and prickly pear ice cream
$5.99+
Agua de chilacayota
Fresh water made from chilacayota squash
$4.99+
Tejate
Our house special drink made from the cacao plant
$5.99+
Water bottle
Pure, refreshing hydration in a bottle.
$1.99
Juice
Freshly prepared Mexican-style juice. Available in small or regular sizes.
$2.99+
Sodas Mexicanas
Sodas Mexicanas
Imported Mexican sodas, typically featuring a variety of flavors such as tamarind, pineapple, and mandarin, sweetened with cane sugar.
$3.99
1/2 liter sodas
Mexican coke or fanta
$4.99
Coka lata
$2.00
Tlayudas
Tlayuda Tasajo
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado and your choice of meat.
$23.49
Tlayuda Cecina
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
$23.49
Tlayuda Chorizo
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
$23.49
Tlayuda Mixta
Oaxacan tlayuda smeared with asiento and black beans, topped with quesillo, cabbage, tomato, and avocado
$26.49
Tlayuda mole
Large, crisp tortilla topped with rich mole sauce, available in 'mole negro' or 'mole rojo' options.
$23.49
Cortes De Carne
Cecina Especial
Slice of pork in adobo sauce served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
$23.49
Tasajo Especial
Slice of carne asada served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
$23.49
Chorizo Especial
House made chorizo served with rice, beans, salad, and hand made tortillas
$23.49
Tasajo a la mexicana
Tasajo sautéed with onions, tomatoes, garlic, and jalapeños served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas
$23.49
Tasajo con hongos
Tasajo sautéed with onions, garlic, mushrooms, and jalapeños served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas
$23.49
Tortas
Torta Oaxaqueña
Torta with tasajo, cecina, and chorizó, lettuce, tomato, onions, avocado, and black bean puree
$18.49
Torta Quesillo
Oaxaca cheese, also known as quesillo, is layered with mayonnaise, black beans, lettuce, tomato, avocado, and jalapeños on a soft roll.
$18.49
Parilladas
Parillada regular
Family style dish served with molotes, memelitas, salad, rice, beans, Cecina, Tasajo, Chorizo, quesillo, grilled nopales/onions/jalapeños
$56.49
Parillada Familiar
Family style dish served with moronga, chicharron, quesadillas, molotes, memelitas, salad, rice, beans, Cecina, Tasajo, Chorizo, quesillo, grilled nopales/onions/jalapeños
$86.49
1/2 order botanas
1/2 order of appetizers
$34.49
1/2 order carnes
1/2 order of meats
$31.49
Especialidades Exóticas
Botana de Chapulines
Grasshopper snack
$20.49
Botana de Gusanos
Agave worm snack
$21.49
Especialidades De La Casa
Chile relleno
Choice of chicken or quesllio served with rice, beans, salad, and handmade tortillas
$24.49
Mole rojo
Red mole served with rice and handmade tortillas
$23.49
Mole negro
Black mole served with rice and handmade tortillas
$23.49
Salsa de chorizo
Chorizo sautéed in tomato sauce served with rice, beans, and handmade tortillas
$22.49
Salsa de Chicharron
Chicharron sautéed in tomato sauce served with rice, beans and handmade tortillas
$22.49
Mole de olla
Mole de olla combines slow-cooked braised beef and a hearty mix of vegetables like corn, carrots, potatoes, and green beans in a rich guajillo chili sauce. Handmade tortillas accompany the dish.
$22.49
Tamales
Mole rojo tamale en hoja de platano
Tamale wrapped in banana leaf
$8.49
Mole negro tamale en hoja de platano
Tamale wrapped in banana leaf
$8.49
Enchiladas
Enchiladas
Enchiladas served with rice and choice of black/red mole, or green sauce
$24.49
Botanas
Botana de Quesadillas
deep fried quesadillas filled with quesillo and topped with lettuce, cheese, and avocado
$14.49
Botana de Molotes
Fried corn dough filled with chorizo and potatoes and topped with black bean puree, lettuce, cheese, and avocado
$14.49
Botana de Memelitas
Small tortillas topped with lard, cheese, and
$14.49
Empanadas
Empanada de quesillo
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo
$17.49
Empanada de mole
Large handmade corn tortilla filled chicken and your choice of black, red, or yellow mole
$20.49
Empanada de flor de calabaza
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo and squash blossom
$20.49
Empanada de Huitlacoche
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo and black corn mushroom
$20.49
Empanada de Champińones
Large handmade corn tortilla filled with quesillo, sautéed mushroom, onions, and jalapeños
$20.49
Tacos
Tacos de Chapulines
Grasshopper taco
$10.49
Tacos
Taco topped with onions, cilantro, and avocado
$8.49
Burritos
Burritos
Burrito with choice of tasajo, cecina, or chorizo filled with beans, rice, avocado, and pico de gallo
$16.49
Burrito de pollo
Chicken burrito filled with rice, cheese, and lettuce
$15.49
Burrito Mixteco
Tasajo burrito filled with beans, quesillo and pico de gallo
$18.49
Burrito de Mole
Choice of black or red mole filled with chicken and rice
$18.49
Burrito de Camarones
Shrimp wrapped in a flour tortilla, typically includes rice, beans, pico de gallo, and cheese, complemented with sour cream.
$20.49
Mariscos
7 Mares
Seafood soup
$27.49
Coctel de camarones
Shrimp cocktail
$23.49
Coctel Campechana
Shrimp and octopus cocktail
$25.49
Camarones a la mantequilla
Shrimp sautéed in butter sauce served with rice, beans, and side salad
$25.49
Camarones al mojo de ajo
Shrimp sautéed in butter/garlic sauce served with rice, beans, and side salad
$25.49
Camarones a la Valencia
Shrimp sautéed in our special house hotsauce served with rice, beans,
$25.49
Tostada de camarones
Shrimp ceviche tostada
$14.49
Mojarra Frita
Whole fried tilapia served with rice, beans, and side salad
$23.49
Camarones Cucaracha
Fried head-on shrimp
$31.49
Aguachile verde
Raw shrimp cooked in lime juice with hot green salsa
$33.49
Fajitas
Fajitas tasajo
Tasajo fajitas served with rice and beans
$23.49
fajitas pollo
Chicken fajitas served with rice and beans
$23.49
Fajitas camarones
Shrimp fajitas served with rice and beans
$26.49
Fajitas mixtas
Tasajo, chicken, and shrimp fajitas served with rice and beans
$28.49
Caldos
Caldo Tlalpeño
#1 Most liked
Chicken soup with avocado, onions, cilantro, rice , chile chipotle, and handmade tortillas
$18.49•85% (7)
Menudo
Traditional Mexican tripe (cow's stomach) soup, infused with a harmonious blend of herbs and spices.
$21.49
Desayunos
Huevos Rancheros
Fried eggs on crispy tortillas covered with spicy sauce and served with rice and beans
$18.49
Huevos revueltos con chorizo
Scrambled eggs with chorizo served with rice and beans
$20.49
Enfrijoladas
3 fried tortillas dipped in black bean puree served with rice and choice of quesillo, chorizo, tasajo, cecina or pollo
$21.49
Entomatadas
3 fried tortillas dipped in our spicy tomato sauce served with beans and rice with your choice of quesillo, cecina, tasajo, chorizo or pollo
$21.49
Chilaquiles
Red or green chilaquiles served with beans and 2 fried eggs
$18.49
Salsa de huevo
Eggs topped with our tomato spicy red sauce served with rice and beans
$18.49
Huevos a la mexicana
Scrambled eggs combined with onions, tomatoes, and jalapeños, often simmered with a hint of ranchero sauce.
$18.49
Kids Menu
Kids chicken nuggets
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
$13.49
Kids quesadilla
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
$13.49
Kids memelita
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
$13.49
Kids pollo asado
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
$13.49
Kids bbq chicken wings
Served with French fries, cookie, and choice of apple or orange juice
$13.49
Sides
Aguacate
Aguacate, or avocado, typically served as a creamy and smooth addition, enhancing the flavors of various dishes.
$6.49
Arroz(rice)
Mexican-style rice available in 6oz, 16oz, or 32oz servings.
$3.99+
Carnes extra
Cecina, chorizo, or tasajo as side meat options.
$8.49
Cebollitas
Grilled spring onions, often seasoned to enhance their natural sweetness and charred flavor.
$5.49
Chiles de agua
Chiles de agua, typically includes whole, lightly charred water chilies, often accompanied by a sprinkle of sea salt.
$7.49
Chiles toreados
Fire-roasted peppers with a delicious twist, a must-try for any spice enthusiast.
$5.49
Chips
Freshly fried corn tortilla chips, typically served as a crispy accompaniment.
$5.49
Crema
Mexican-style crema, a milder and richer alternative to sour cream, often used as a complement to various dishes.
$4.49
French fries
Crispy golden strips of deliciousness served hot and seasoned to perfection.
$8.49
Frijoles(beans)
Mexican-style beans, available in 6oz, 8oz, or 16oz servings.
$3.99+
Guacamole
Fresh, creamy avocado dip, seasoned with lime and cilantro. Perfect for sharing.
$14.49
Huevos
Huevos Rancheros: Eggs available over easy, scrambled, or well cooked, served with traditional sides.
$6.99
Mole negro
Black mole served with rice and handmade tortillas
$6.99+
Mole rojo
Red mole served with rice and handmade tortillas
$6.99+
Nopales
Cactus pads typically grilled or sautéed, commonly paired with onions, tomatoes, and cilantro, reflecting traditional Mexican flavors.
$5.49
Quesillo extra
A generous serving of melted Oaxacan cheese, often accompanied by a blend of traditional Mexican spices.
$8.49
Salsa
Fresh, house-made salsa available in three sizes: 6oz, 16oz, 32oz.
$5.99+
Side Chicharron
Deep-fried pork rinds, often served as a crispy and savory snack.
$12.49
Side Moronga
Blood sausage, a traditional Mexican delicacy, typically includes spices and fillers like onions and rice.
$12.49
Tortilla Harina
Soft and pliable flour tortillas, typically made in-house, to complement any dish.
$4.49
Tortillas de maiź
Three traditionally made corn tortillas, prepared fresh to accompany a variety of dishes.
$4.49
Bebidas Calientes
Atole blanco
Hot drink made from corn
$6.49
Atole de panela
Hot drink made from corn sweetened with brown sugar
$6.49
Champurrado
Hot drink made from corn with Oaxacan chocolate
$6.49
Chocolate
Hot Oaxacan chocolate served with sweet bread
$6.49
Café de Olla
Oaxacan coffee brewed with cinnamon sticks
$5.49
Aguas Frescas
Agua fresca
Ask waiter for available options
$3.99+
Horchata con nieve de tuna
Horchata topped with pecans, cantaloupe, and prickly pear ice cream
$5.99+
Agua de chilacayota
Fresh water made from chilacayota squash
$4.99+
Tejate
Our house special drink made from the cacao plant
$5.99+
Water bottle
Pure, refreshing hydration in a bottle.
$3.49
Juice
Mexican aguas frescas in small or regular sizes.
$2.99+
Sodas Mexicanas
Sodas Mexicanas
Imported Mexican soft drinks, typically including flavors like Coca Mexicana, Jarritos in various fruit options, Sidral, and Sangria, all sweetened with cane sugar.
$5.49
1/2 liter sodas
Mexican coke or fanta
$6.49
Coka lata
A canned soda, sweetened with cane sugar, embodying the classic taste of Mexican Coca-Cola.
$3.50
Postres
Flan
flan
$5.49
Arroz con leche
Creamy, cinnamon-spiced Mexican rice pudding
$5.49
Gelatina. de leche
A smooth, milk-based jello, traditionally set to a firm consistency and mildly sweetened.
$5.49
Gelatina de agua
Gelatina de agua is a light, refreshing dessert, typically made with sweetened, flavored water and set into a gelatinous form.
$4.49
Platanitos fritos
Sliced ripe plantains, fried and often accompanied by sweetened condensed milk or a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar.
$8.49
Nieves
Traditional Oaxacan ice cream, available in large or small sizes.
$7.99+
Meats
Cecina
Thinly sliced beef, seasoned and typically includes grilled onions and jalapeños, served with a side of rice and beans.
$16.49
Tasajo
Tasajo typically includes thinly sliced, dried beef, often grilled or pan-fried, and is commonly served with a side of tomatillo salsa and fresh cheese.
$16.49
Chorizo
Spicy Spanish sausage, perfect for a bold, flavorful addition to any dish.
$16.49
Quesillo
Quesillo libra
Oaxaca cheese enveloped in a handmade tortilla, typically accompanied by onion, cilantro, and a side of salsa.
$17.49
Moles
Mole rojo libra
Shredded chicken enveloped in a traditional red mole sauce, often accompanied by a blend of chocolate, spices, and chile peppers.
$17.49
Mole negro libra
Traditional black mole sauce, typically includes a blend of chiles, spices, and chocolate, served over a generous portion of meat.
$17.49
Chocolate
Chocolate libra
A balanced blend of rich chocolate, often paired with subtle hints of traditional Mexican spices, creating a unique chocolate experience.
$17.49
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