Appetizers
Nachos Fiesta:
Crispy corn tortilla chips smothered with nacho cheese, diced tomatoes,
green onions, cilantro, black olives, sour cream, jalapenos & your
choice of meat.
Coctel de Camaron:
Mexican style shrimp cocktail with avocados, cilantro, onions, dices tomatoes all tossed in tomato sauce.
Jalapeno Poppers:
Jalapenos stuffed with delicious cheese, breaded & deep fried until crispy. Topped with cheese and mild red sauce.
Hot Wings:
Deep fried chicken wings topped with sauce and served with your choice
of a ranch dip or our signature southwestern ranch dressing.
Quesadillas:
A pizza style set of tortillas stuffed with mexican cheese, green
onions, black olives, jalapenos, and tomatoes, topped with mexican
cheese and sour cream. filling choices include chicken or beef.
La Esperanza Dip:
Our solution to the dip dilema! Accompany the our home chips with ranch, guacamole, beans, and choriqueso.
Choriqueso:
Our signature cheese dip with a kick. A tasty blend of our house nacho
cheese mixed with a rich flavored mexican chorizo sausage.
La Esperanza Appetizer Combo:
Because sometimes you want it all. A variety of our appetizers that
gives you a complete tasting experience. Jalapeno Poppers, Hot Wings,
a small cheese quesadilla, and choriqueso dip.
Salads
Garden Salad:
Freshly cut tomatoes, carrots, onions, and black olives served over a bed of lettuce. Served with a side or ranch.
Chicken Fajita Salad:
Marinated chicken breast grilled with green peppers & onions in a
crispy shell. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, black olives, jalapenos,
sour cream, guacamole & mexican cheese.
Seafood Taco Salad:
Crispy flour tortilla shell filled with freshly shredded lettuce,
grilled shrimp, crabmeat, & white fish. Topped with lettuce,
tomatoes, black olives, jalapenos, sour cream, guacamole & mexican
cheese.
Avocado Chicken Salad:
Crispy flour tortilla shell filled with lettuce & tossed chicken
salad dressed with tomatoes, black olives, and jalapenos, topped with
guacamole & mexican cheese.
Southwestern Shrimp Salad:
By far our favorite salad! Grilled shrimp tossed in our signature
southwestern ranch dressing. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, black
olives, jalapenos & mexican cheese.
Burritos
Fajita
Burrito:
A large flour tortilla stuffed with grilled steak or strips of chicken plus green
peppers, onions, beans & lettuce. Topped with a blend of mozzarella and mexican cheese and seasoned red
sauce.
Seafood Burrito:
A large flour tortilla stuffed with shrimp, white fish, crab meat, rice, lettuce, diced tomatoes & mexican
cheese. Topped with a blend of mozzarella and mexican cheese and seasoned red
sauce.
Burrito Original:
A large flour tortilla stuffed with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, Mexican
cheese & your choice of meat. Topped with a blend of mozzarella
and mexican cheese and seasoned red sauce.
Burrito Mexicano:
Our
Burrito Original with cilantro & onions. A large flour tortilla stuffed with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, Mexican
cheese & your choice of meat. Topped with a blend of mozzarella
and mexican cheese and seasoned red sauce.
Especales de
Desayunos
Omelette:
Create your own
omelette with three fresh eggs & two of the following ingredients - green
peppers, green onions, fresh jalapenos, tomatoes, Mexican cheese or
ham.
Huevos a la Mexicana:
Three
fresh eggs grilled with tomatoes, onions & jalapenos. Served with rice &
beans.
La Esperanza
Omelette:
Omelette made with three fresh eggs, avocados, jalapenos
& a blend of Mexican cheese.
Chorizo
con Huevos:
Three fresh eggs cooked with chorizo (Mexican sausage)
& Mexican cheese. Served with rice & beans.
Chorizo
con Papas:
Three fresh eggs grilled with potatoes, Mexican cheese
& chorizo (Mexican sausage). Served with rice &
beans.
Huevos Rancheros
Three
fresh scrambled eggs, sauteed with tomatos, onions and colantro then smoothered
in green hot sauces.
House
Favorites
(Served with
rice &/or beans & tortillas)
Burrito
Especial:
An adventure in itself, if you are ready to take a risk.
Our Burrito Especial is the feature burrito that continuously transforms; it's
out burrito of the day.
Chimichanga:
A crisply
fried burrito filled with melted cheese & your choice of chicken or ground
beef. Served with rice & beans.
Tamal
Meal:
Our classic chicken or pork tamales served with rice &
beans
Asada y Camaron a la
Veracruzana:
Thinly sliced steak grilled with shrimp and smothered in
red tomato sauce with olives, green peppers &
onions.
Cena de Tacos:
Our most
popular choice. Two tacos filled with your choice of meat & topped
Mexican, American or
Chicano-style.
Enchiladas:
Fresh tortillas dipped in our
traditional homemade enchilada sauce & stuffed with your choice of Mexican
cheese, beef, chicken or potatoes. Topped with Mexican
cheese.
Chile Relleno:
A huge
poblano pepper stuffed with out special blend of three cheeses & then
sauteed in a light egg batter.
Fajitas
(Served with rice &/or beans &
tortillas)
Fajitas de
Mariscos:
Seafood fajitas grilled with green peppers & onions.
Served with sour cream & guacamole.
Fajitas
de Camaron:
Shrimp fajitas grilled with green peppers & onions.
Served with sour cream & guacamole.
Fajitas
de Pollo:
Chicken fajitas grilled with green peppers & onions.
Served with sour cream & guacamole.
Fajitas
de Res:
Steak fajitas grilled with green peppers & onions. Served
with sour cream & guacamole.
Combinaciones:
1.
Combo
One flauta & one ground beef
taco.
2. Combo
One tamal &
one enchilada.
3. Combo
One chile relleno
& one taco
4. Combo
One gordita &
one tostada.
5. Combo
One light
burrito, one enchilada, rice & beans
6.
Combo
Choose your own options and make it
yours!
Platillos
(all dinners served with rice &/or beans &
tortillas)
Seafood
Pescado a
la Parrilla:
Our origonal recipe. A grilled red snapper served over a
bed of rice with a slice if citrus & our classic pico de
gallo.
Pescado al Mojo de Ajo:
Our
classic white fish sauteed in garlic butter. Served on a bed of rice with
grilled vegetables.
Grilled Trout:
Rich in
flavor, this Mexican-style rainbow trout is served on a bed of rice with sauteed
vegetables.
Pescado a la
Veracruzana:
Our trout of choice grilled & served over our
original Veracruz sauce with fresh vegetables, cilantro, onions &
tomatos.
Pascado
Empanizado:
Deliciously breaded white fish grilled to perfection.
Served with sauteed vegetables ona bed of rice.
Pescado
Frito:
Two whole fish deep-fried & served on a bed of rice with
sauteed vegetables.
Camarones a la Diabla:
Dont
be fooled! We smother shrimp in our diablo sauce which is very hot, but very
tasty.
Camaron Empanizado:
Large
shrimp breaded & deep-fried. Served on a bed of rice with sauteed
vegetables.
Camaron con Verduras:
A
healthy option. Shrimp grilled with fresh vegetables & served on a bed of
rice.
Steak
Bistec
Adobado:
Thinly sliced steak dipped in our delicious mild red sauce
& grilled to perfection.
Bistec a
la Mexicana:
Thinly sliced steak specially seasoned & grilled
with tomatoes, onions & fresh jalapenos.
Bistec
Ranchero:
Thinly sliced seasoned steak sauteed in a delicious
steaming green salsa with tomatos, onions &
cilantro
Chile relleno y Carne
Asada:
Our specially seasoned steak topped with avocados & pico
de gallo. Served with a huge chile poblano stuffed with a special blend of three
cheeses & then sauteed in a light egg batter.
T-Bone a
la Mexicana:
A delicious prime choice T-bone steak specialy seasoned
& charbroiled with green onions, tomatoes & fresh
jelaponos.
Bistec con Verduras:
Strips
of our flavorful steak grilled along with carrots, zucchini, onions and green
peppers. Served over a bed of our signature rice.
Carne
Asada:
A giant portion of our most popular thinly sliced &
specially seasoned prime choice steak topped with avocado. Served with pico de
gallo.
Milanesa
Thinly sliced, breaded & seasoned steak topped with pico de gallo.
Chicken
Pollo
Sinaloa:
One of the best choices if you are starving. A half chicken
marinated in our special seasonings, then grilled to
perfection.
Pollo Ranchero:
Our thinly
sliced chicken breast sauteed over a delicious steaming green salsa with
tomatoes, onions & cilantro
Pollo con
Verduras:
Strips of marinated chicken breast grilled with fresh
vegatables. Served on a bed of rice.
Crispy
Flautas:
Deliciously crispy & lightly rolled tortillas filled
with chicken. Served with sour cream.
Pollo a
la Parrilla:
A thinly sliced & deliciously seasoned chicken
breast perfectly grilled. Served with our signature pico de
gallo.
Pollo Adobado:
A thinly
sliced & deliciously seasoned chicken breast dipped in a mild sauce, then
grilled to perfection.
Pollo con Mole:
One of the
best choices if you are starving. Our delicious Sinaloa-style half chicken.
Served over a seasoned gravy.
Pechuga
de Pollo Empanizado:
Breaded chicken seasoned to perfection &
grilled. Served with pico de gallo.
Pork
Carnita
Ranchera:
Our signature pork roast sauteed in a delicious steaming
green salsa with tomatoes, onions & cilantro.
Carnitas:
A very large
portion of our signature roast pork. Served with rice, beans & choice of
corn or flour tortillas.
Chuletas
Rancheras:
Pork chops sauteed in a delicious steaming green salsa
with tomatoes, onions & cilantro.
Guisado
de Carnitas:
The ever popular roast pork sauteed with poblano
peppers & onions. Dipped in our mild red sauce.
Carnitas
en Mole:
Our signature roast pork specially prepared & topped
with our house seasoning & deliciously mild red
gravy.
Chuletas en Mole:
Two
large pork chops sauteed in the company of our exclusive mild red
gravy.
Guisado de Chuletas:
Two
large pork chops sauteed in a mild red sauce & grilled with green peppers
& onions.
Chuletas a la
Mexicana:
Pork chops specially seasoned and then grilled with green
onions, tomatoes & fresh jalepenos.
Sandwiches &
Hamburgesas
Mexican
Chicken Sandwich:
Grilled chicken breast topped with avocados &
jalapenos. Smothered with Mexican cheese.
Grilled
Chicken Sandwich:
Chicken breast grilled to perfection & topped
with our secret seasonings.
Avocado
Burger:
A fresh lean ground beef burger that is hand-patted &
grilled to perfection. Topped with cheese &
avocados.
Mexican Burger:
One third
pound burger topped with avocado & jalepenos. Smothered with Mexican
cheese.
Jalepeno Burger:
One third
pound burger smoothered with cheese & jalepenos.
1/3 Pound
Burger:
A third of a pound of lean ground beef that is hand-patted
& grilled to perfection.
Kids' Menu
Chiquito's Flauta:
A
tightly rolled taquito filled with chicken. Served with rice &
beans.
Chiquito's Taco:
Soft or
hard taco filled with choice of beef or chicken. Served with rice &
beans.
Chiquito's Quesadilla:
One
corn or flour tortilla filled with Mexican cheese. Served with rice &
beans.
Chiquito's Burrito:
One
flour tortilla filled with Mexican cheese & beans. Served with rice &
beans.
Pollito con Papas:
Chicken
fingers served with our popular French fries.
Grilled
Cheese:
Grilled cheese La Esperanza-style. Served with French
fries.
Cheeseburger:
One third
pound hamburger topped with a blend of Mexican cheese. Served with French
fries.
Hamburguesa:
One third
pound hamburger served with French fries.
Antojitos
Mexicanos
Tamal:
Mesa (Mexican
cornbread) stuffed with choice of chicken or pork.
Torta:
Mexican sandwich
filled with your choice of meat, avocados, lettuce, tomatoes & onions.
Served with French fries.
Taco:
Served American or
Mexican-style with a hard corn tortilla or soft flour tortolla & your choice
of meat. Add 25 for extra item.
Taco
Yucateco:
Fish taco served witha delicious pico de gallo &
citrus wedges.
Taco de Alambre:
Filled
with grilled green peppers, onions, bacon, tomatoes &
cheese.
Tostada:
Crispy flat
tortilla topped with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, Mexican cheese & your choice
of meat.
Sope:
Thick tortilla
topped with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, Mexican cheese & and your choice of
meat. Available vegetarian-style.
Gordita:
Thick tortilla
stuffed with beans & your choice of meat. Topped with choice of rajas con
queso (poblano peppers & Mexican cheese) or chicharron (pork skins in red
sauce).