3 dishes
Red & tomatillo sauces, avocado-corn salsa, greens, arroz blanco & frijoles charros
One original and chipotle recipe made with hemp seed, organic corn, flax, nopales & quinoa. featuring avocado salsa, arroz blanco, frijoles charros, red & green sauces
Tortilla, hemp tamal, frijoles charros, fajita peppers, and avocado
6 dishes
Tajin, tamarindo, mango, jalapeno, and agave
Cazadores Blanco, lime, stevia syrup & agave
Flecha Azul blanco & Naranja liqueur
Código Blanco, agave nectar & lime
Vegan mini chimis, queso vegan, tomatillo sauce, fresh guacamole
Made fresh tableside & served with chips (2-3 persons)
10 dishes
Corn tortillas, red & green sauce, chickpea chorizo, frijoles charros, arroz blanco, avocado, cilantro, & fajita vegetables
Ask whether it is the same as the "Veganchiladas", which is listed not vegan.
Recipe choice served 2 per order with red or green sauce
Ask for it with beans or veggies instead of meat, and whether the beans and rice are made with lard or chicken stock.
Ask whether it is finished with butter.
Ask about lard in the beans or rice.
Vegetables, tortilla, tomatillo sauce, red sauce, jackfruit, and avocado-corn salsa. The arroz blanco may be non-vegan
Ask for it without the frijoles charros.
Portobello mushroom, and nopal. The arroz sonora, calabacitas, and frijoles refritos or charros may be non-vegan
Ask whether the arroz sonora, calabacitas, and frijoles refritos or charros is vegan.
Tamale filling, mushrooms, green sauce, and avocado salsa
Is the tamale filling made with lard or dairy?
Tortillas, portobello mushrooms, pico salsa, nopal, guacamole, and crema. The frijoles refritos, and pico salsa may be non-vegan
Ask for it without the crema.
(Add enchilada style +2.95)
Ask what it is made with. The menu does not list the ingredients.
Cup / bowl
Ask whether the tortillas are corn or flour, corn are usually vegan, and flour ones are sometimes made with lard or butter.
87 dishes
6 Charro recipe street style tacos on 4” corn tortillas with salsas, garnish, and arroz, & choice of frijoles Carne Asada | Mojo de Ajo Shrimp | Quesabirria | Chicken Pastor | Carnitas | Calabacitas sorry, no substitutions
Choice of corn or flour tortillas, pollo al’ pastor, fresh onion, cilantro, & piña, with arroz, & choice of frijoles
Dos carne asada & shrimp tacos, chita verde sauce, chimichurri, & queso fresco, choice of flour or corn tortillas with choice of arroz & frijoles recipes
Three tacos on 4” corn with consommé, onion, cilantro, & avocado, arroz & choice of frijoles
Three tacos on 4” corn with guacamole, queso, tomatillo & corn salsas, lime, arroz & choice of frijoles
Vegetables, queso casero, frijoles charros, chipotle crema, chicken, calabacitas, and arroz blanco. The white rice may be non-vegan
Tender salmon filet seared with a delicious sonoran spiced agave glaze & topped with our freshly chopped mango-fresno salsa picada and served with calabacitas & arroz blanco
All-natural chicken stuffed with queso casero and corn tamal over a bed of arroz blanco. topped with creamy raja sauce and a roasted green chile & avocado-corn salsa. served with calabacitas & frijoles charros
Pan seared cod on a bed of arroz blanco, topped with fresh tomatillo sauce and a green chile, mango & avocado-corn salsa. featuring calabacitas & frijoles charros
Grilled tail-on shrimp in a creamy poblano & garlic verde sauce with queso casero and served with calabacitas, arroz blanco & choice of tortillas
Carne asada skirt steak (prepared medium temp*) served with an enchilada de queso, charro beans, guacamole, fresh corn salsa, lime, and your choice of frijoles & tortilla recipes
Two eggs over easy* or scrambled, bacon, potatoes, salsa, & the monica’s homemade sourdough toast
Corn masa huarache with frijoles, two eggs over easy*, homemade rancharro sauce, tomato and poblano sauce, queso fresco, fresh avocado, & choice of
Our handmade corn tamal topped with slow roasted carnitas, citrus tomatillo sauce, two eggs over easy* or scrambled, & chipotle crema
Crepe style, egg battered grilled cheese quesadilla, dust of powdered sugar, fresh fruit, marmalade, & maple syrup
Crema poblano, tortilla chips, choice of frijoles, two eggs*, chicken, queso fresco, cilantro, onion, & tomato
Grilled skirt steak* & peppers, over easy* or scrambled egg, papas, pico salsa, choice of frijoles, & toast or tortillas
A trio of mini burritos with chipotle crema & salsa with recipes of chorizo & egg, papa & egg, and bacon & egg
Choice of recipe with scrambled eggs, breakfast papas, pico salsa, choice of frijoles, & toast or tortillas
Single tamal recipes with two over easy* or scrambled eggs, breakfast papas, sauce, & choice of frijoles
Enjoy our rotating recipes of house made Prickly Pear, Chocolate or Manzana (apple spice)
Family recipe with fresh whipped cream
Hazelnut and Mexican chocolate sweet masa tamal served warm with local Shamrock vanilla bean ice cream (PB* w/out ice cream)
Honey & warm chocolate sauce
Our family recipe in 3 different flavors with layers of milk & crème
Roasted apples & cranberry chimis, topped with whipped crème, sugar, & cinnamon
A trio of our most popular sweets; vanilla tres leches cake, caramel flan & our handmade hazelnut-chocolate tamal!
Choice of recipe & tortillas
Local tortilla, queso casero & choice of
Gueritos, soy sauce, & chipotle crema
With avocado & corn tostadas
Iceberg leaf, grilled peppers, onion, chipotle crema, avocado, & soy ginger vinaigrette
Bowl only
Cup / bowl
Bowl only
Bowl
Cilantro chimichurri grilled chicken,chopped romaine & cilantro on a guacamole tostada, with queso fresco, roasted corn, red onion, & house made cilantro cremosa
A mayan master piece of chopped greens, tostada, fresh fruit & cheese
Marinated shrimp, romaine, avocado, margarita-lime dressing & pico salsa
Grilled chicken, avocado, margarita-lime dressing, apple, mango, dried cranberry, toasted pepitas,& queso casero
Fresh greens topped with our carne seca, grilled chicken, bacon, queso frida, avocado, pepitas, chipotle ranch, & pickled red onion
Carne asada & grilled chimichurri shrimp in corn tortillas, topped with chita verde sauce, queso fresco & avocado
Flour tortillas with birria rojo, baked in raja crema, topped with queso casero, cotija, avocado, cilantro & pink onion
Pork carnitas, green chile raja crema & queso
Flour tortillas, grilled shrimp & cod, baked in raja crema sauce with fresh corn & avocado salsa
Enchilada trio of carnitas, pollo arizona, & our famous carne seca with verde green, raja crema & red sauces
City of gastronomy original of local ground corn masa cakes, red chile sauce, green olive, cebolla & queso
Grilled chicken with mole clásico & queso casero
Baked in red sauce & queso casero
Tomatillo sauce with grilled shrimp & queso casero
Chita verde sauce, queso fresco, avocado garnish
Raja crema sauce, queso fresco, avocado garnish
Choice of handmade tamal recipe, served two per order with arroz sonora & frijoles refritos or charros
Pork carnitas, chicken tomatillo, & fresh corn tamales
Grilled chimichurri shrimp over our corn tamal with tomatillo sauce & queso oaxaca, arroz sonora, frijoles, & calabacitas
Queso casero enchilada & choice of: rolled chicken, “charro style” beef taco or substitute el charro carne seca taco + 5
Chicken tamal with grilled chicken soft taco & chicken enchilada in tomatillo sauce
Carnita tamal, “charro style” beef taco, & queso casero enchilada in red sauce
Seafood enchilada in flour tortilla with raja crema sauce, soft grilled shrimp taco & green corn tamal
El charro carne seca, chile relleno, queso casero enchilada, & choice of tortillas
A sample of recipes from Tia Monica’s original menus: el charro beef taco, el charro carne seca enchilada, arroz con pollo, corn tamal, guacamole, & frijoles
Pastor marinated chicken, grilled onion & piña
Birria rojo, queso casero, pink onion, cilantro, & consommé
Frijoles refritos y queso
These Tucson-style ground beef patty tacos have been on our menu for over 100+ years, made with pan fried local corn tortillas, grass fed beef, and garnish of peas, radish, & mexican cheese. featuring arroz & choice of frijoles
Trio of “charro style” taquitos on bed of tomato salsita with arroz, & choice of frijoles
Chicken taquitos, red, white, & green sauces, pico, queso casero, crema, guacamole, arroz, & choice of frijoles
Tortilla, rice, meat, and beans. The mexican beans may be non-vegan
Tortilla, sugar, cream, cranberry, cinnamon, and apple
Tortilla chips, lettuce, chimichurri, and a choice of meat, or plant-based
When a pan dulce & waffle meet! prepared at our mercado table, a waffle grilled homemade pan dulce with horchata whip & cinnamon maple syrup, included with your brunch or a’la carte
Melted queso casero, cilantro, onion & consommé for dipping
Our signature recipe with choice of sauce & queso
A deliciously grande portion of our famous carne seca (ask us for a taste), marinated usda beef dried in the sonoran desert sun, shredded & grilled with roasted green chile, tomato & onions, and served with guacamole, pico salsa, calabacitas, arroz sonora & frijoles refritos or charros, flour or corn tortillas
5 dishes
Real hibiscus
Citrus, agave, mineral water, tamarindo
Patrón Silver, tamarindo nectar, citrus, & tajín rim
17 dishes
Rice milk & cinnamon
Cinnamon, orange, clove
Lightly sweet café with hints of clove, cinnamon, & roasted orange
Still Gin | Agave | Lime | Cucumber | Rocks
Muddled fresh mint, lime, & soda
Sauza Hornitos, jalapeño & cucumber, tajín rim
A very special margarita with Código Reposado, Naranja liqueur, Maleza Flores bitters, sugar, & sea salt rim
Insolito Añejo, triple sec & lime
Insolito Reposado, piña néctar, citrus, agave, soda, & tajín
Still Gin | Agave | Lime | Cucumber | Rocks
Almave n/a agave spirit, prickly pear nectar, muddled jalapeño & soda
Almave n/a agave spirit, lime, orange & rocks
Silver tequila & fresh citrus
36 dishes
Ask if the sparkling wine is marked vegan. Most are clarified using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the label.
Ask if they know which are marked vegan. Some beer and wine is cleared using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the bottle.
Ask if the sparkling wine is marked vegan. Most are clarified using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the label.
Hints of cinnamon, vanilla, & mild creamy chocolate
Ask for oat, almond or soy milk instead of dairy.
(Serves 3-4)
Ask if they know which are marked vegan. Some beer and wine is cleared using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the bottle.
Ask if any of the wines are marked vegan. Most are clarified using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the label.
Ask if any of the wines are marked vegan. Most are clarified using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the label.
Ask if any of the wines are marked vegan. Most are clarified using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the label.
Ask if any of the wines are marked vegan. Most are clarified using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the label.
Ask if any of the wines are marked vegan. Most are clarified using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the label.
Ask if they know which are marked vegan. Some beer and wine is cleared using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the bottle.
Ask if any of the wines are marked vegan. Most are clarified using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the label.
Ask if any of the wines are marked vegan. Most are clarified using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the label.
Ask if any of the wines are marked vegan. Most are clarified using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the label.
Ask if they know which are marked vegan. Some beer and wine is cleared using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the bottle.
Exclusive Reserve Tequilas Finished in Cabernet wine barrels
Ask whether it is a cream or honey liqueur, straight spirits are vegan.
Aged in French White Oak wine barrels. Gold Medal Winner
Ask whether it is a cream or honey liqueur, straight spirits are vegan.
Blanco 14 | repo 15 | añejo 16
Ask whether it is a cream or honey liqueur, straight spirits are vegan.
Ultra reposado
Ask whether it is a cream or honey liqueur, straight spirits are vegan.
A Wildcat’s tequila | blanco 12 | repo 14 | añejo 16
Ask whether a honey syrup, cream or egg white goes in that the menu does not print, everything it does print is vegan.
Ask whether it is a cream or honey liqueur, straight spirits are vegan.
Ask whether it is a cream or honey liqueur, straight spirits are vegan.
Featuring Tucson’s “classic” mesquite cask whisky, agave & vermouth
Ask what goes into it, most cocktails are vegan, and the ones that are not turn on egg white, cream or a honey syrup.
Silver rum, muddled mint, soda, & citrus
Ask whether a honey syrup, cream or egg white goes in that the menu does not print, everything it does print is vegan.
Our michelada with Corona N/A
Ask what goes into it, a mocktail is usually fruit, syrup and soda, and the one thing to check is a honey or cream syrup.
Cazadores Blanco, citrus, prickly pear
Ask what is in the Cazadores Blanco, everything else on the list is a plant.
Cazadores Añejo & Grand Marnier
Ask whether anything is added to it, on its own this is vegan.
Weber Ranch Agave Vodka, espresso, Mexican coffee liqueur, & agave
Ask whether they use cream or a cream liqueur.
Fresh Citrus & Weber Ranch Agave Vodka
Ask what goes into it, most cocktails are vegan, and the ones that are not turn on egg white, cream or a honey syrup.
Ask if the sparkling wine is marked vegan. Most are clarified using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the label.
Ask whether the mix has Worcestershire sauce in it, that is anchovy, and some bars keep a vegan mix.
Does the mix contain Worcestershire or fish sauce?
Our anniversary red amber by Tucson’s Dragoon Brewery
Ask if they know which are marked vegan. Some beer and wine is cleared using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the bottle.
Dragoon IPA Draft*, MotoSonora Belly Tank Blonde*, Barrio Blonde*
Ask if they know which are marked vegan. Some beer and wine is cleared using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the bottle.
Corona, Corona Light, Corona (N/A), Pacifico, Modelo Especial*, Negra Modelo*, Coors Lt. (16oz), Dos Equis Amber or Lager*, Tecate, Michelob Ultra (16oz)
Ask if they know which are marked vegan. Some beer and wine is cleared using fish, milk or egg, and that is never printed on the bottle.
A Spanish vacation of red wine, fresh fruit, & delicious alma finca orange liqueur served in a vaso grande!
Ask which wine they use and whether its producer marks it vegan.
1 dish
House Horchata infused with Agave Vodka, Chilled Cappuccino Crema, & Cinnamon