Bar daily 11 am-1 am
Dinner daily 5-10 pm
Brunch Sun 11-3 pm
1682 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge MA, 02138
Phone: 617 661-7810
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Dinner Menu
Regional Mexican dishes with true spices
Appetizers
Elote Asado
$4.50
Mexican street corn
Corn on the cob with butter, spices, and secret sauce
Café Caldo
$6.50
Spicey Chicken Soup
A bowl of our coriander "spiced" chicken vegetable soup in a clear broth
Ejotes Al Mojo De Ajo
$6.50
Garlicky green beans
Green beans sauteed in olive oil with sea salt, lime, and garlick
Café Quesadilla
$8
Grilled & filled tortilla
Grilled tortilla filled with cheese, onion, and poblano chiles
add chicken $2add beef $2add chorizo $3add veggies $1
Café Nachos
$8.50
Chips, cheese, and peppers
Tortilla chips with cheese, jalapenos, sour cream, and pico de gallo
add chicken $2add beef $2add chorizo $3
Guacamole and chips
$8
Crushed Avacado
Fresh Haas avacodos mixed with onion, serano chiles, tomato, and cilantro
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Ensalada Entress
Dinner Salads
Ensalada Mexicano
$9.50
Mexican Salad
Curved tortillas filled with a special blend of lettuces, Haas avacodo, tomato, onion, and secret house dressing. 
add chicken $2
add steak $3
add shrimp $5
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Enchilada Entrees
Traditional enchilada plate with two cheese covered enchiladas in corn tortillas.  Served with rice, black beans, sour cream and pico de gallo
Café Enchiladas
$11.50
House Enchilada Plate
Choice of filling (chicken, beef, veggie, cheese) and choice of sauce (red tomatillo, green tomatillo, mole Poblano****)
Enchiladas Tampiquenas
$11.50
Shrimp or Crab
Choice of filling (baby shrimp, crab) with a smooth avacodo sauce in flour tortillas
Enchiladas Xochitle
$11.50
Spinach and Mushroom
Mushroom and spinach filling with a special green poblano chile cream sauce
Enchiladas Tres Marias
$11.50
Enchiladas With 3 Sauces
Choice of filling (chicken, beef veggie, cheese) with red tomatillo, green tomatillo, and mole Poblano**** sauces)
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Burrito Entrees
Large flour tortilla filled with rice, beans, and onions. 
Served with rice, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo
Café Burrito
$11.50
Covered with Mexican cheese and your choice of sauce (red tomatillo, green tomatillo). Filled with rice, beans, onions, and your choice of filling (chicken, beef, veggie)
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Mole Platas
Mole Plates
Celebrating Mexico's most well known culinary contribution we offer a variety of Mole (moe-lay) sauces made fresh daily. Choose from our traditional Mole (rich and complex with cocoa, sesame, and secret spices) or our special Mole of the week
Enchiladas
$11.50
House Enchilada Plate
Our Café Enchilada dish - two cheese covered enchiladas filled with chicken, beef, veggie, baby shrimp, or crab. Covered with your choice of Mole sauce. 
Served with rice, black beans, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Pollo o Puerco
$14.50
Chicken or Pork
Grilled chicken breast or smoked pork chops covered with your choice of Mole sauce. 
Served with rice, dressed greens, and a garnish of plantains.
Pescado o Camerones
$16.50
Fish or Shrimp
Grilled fish or sauteed shrimp covered with your choice of Mole sauce. 
Served with rice, dressed greens, and a garnish of plantains.
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Carnitas
Meat
Tinga Poblana
$14.50
Pulled Chicken
Pulled chicken in a slightly spicey chipotle - chorizo sauce.. 
Served with rice, beans, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
Puerco Adabado
$14.50
Smoked Pork Chops
Smoked pork chops covered in spicey chipotle - orange glaze. 
Served with rice and dressed greens.
Carne Toluqueania
$16.50
Marinated Steak
Grilled marinated steak covered in a spicey Toluqueania sauce with mushroom, chopped peppers and onions, chorizo, red wine, and spices. 
Served with rice, dressed greens, special pico de gallo, and refried beans.
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Marisco
Seafood
Pescado Zarandeado
$16.50
Fish
Grilled fish of the day sitting on a bed of green tomatillo sauce and covered with tropical salsa. 
Served over Yukon Gold smashed potaoes with dressed greens.
Pescado Al Ajillo
$16.50
Fish and Shrimp
Grilled fish of the day in a sauce of garlic butter sauce topped with large shrimp. 
Served with rice and dressed greens.
Camerones Adobados
$16.50
Shrimp
Large shrimp sauteed in a spicey chipotle - orange sauce. 
Served with rice and dressed greens.
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