- Mexican
La Especial Norte
Menu for La Especial Norte
Appetizers
- Bean, Cheese and Jalapeno Dip $4.75
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Plain Quesadillas
$4.50
cheese only
- Bean, Chorizo and Cheese Dip $5.25
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Carne Asada Quesadillas
$6.50
meat and cheese only
- Guacamole Dip and Chips $5.25
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Mix Quesadillas
$5.50
cheese and salsa fresca
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Queso Fundio
$6.25
with chorizo or ortega peppers and served with tortillas
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Shrimp Quesadillas
$7.50
shrimp and cheese only
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Cheese Crisp Plain
$4.25
crisp flour tortilla with cheese only
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La Especial
$7.95 - $8.95
a meal in itself quesadilla filled with beans cheese, salsa fresca, avocado, cilantro and topped with sour cream and your choice of beef chicken or pork
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Cheese Crisp Mix
$4.95
with cheese and salsa fresca
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Nachos
$6.50 - $8.50
corn chips sprinkled with beans cheese, guacamole and sour cream add beef or chicken for $1.50 more, add carne asada for $2.00 more
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House Platter
$9.95 - $14.95
what ever we can think of we'll use our most popular menu items, any leftover form last night such as taquitos, tostadas, quesadillas, etc, etc,
Salads
- Small Cabbage Salad $2.25
- Large Mexicana Cabbage $3.95
- Avocado, Tomato and Lettuce $4.95
- Avocado, Tomatoes and Shrimp $7.50
- Avocado, Tomatoes and Chicken $5.95
- New Tuna Shrimp Salad $7.50
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New Seafood Salad
$9.95
shrimp, octopus, oysters, scallops, ceviche etc
Children's Menu - Kids Hamburger
- Plain with Fries $3.50
- Cheeseburger with Fries $3.95
- French Fries $1.75
Children's Menu - Quesadillas
- Corn Quesadillas $2.95
- Flour Quesadilla $3.95
Children's Menu - Kids Plates
- Beef or Chicken Taco $3.95
- Beef Chicken or Cheese Enchilada $3.95
- Beef and Beans Burrito $3.95
- Beans and Cheese Burrito $3.95
Children's Menu - After you Order
- First Basket of Chips on the House $0.00
- Second Basket of Chips $1.25
- Third Basket of Chips $1.25
Los Caldos - Soups
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Morisqueta Soup
$5.25
at last we have it 1 during the depression days, back again for the same reason, fresh cooked pinto beans and Mexicana rice does it
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Tortilla Soup
$6.50
with this one, it your sick you get well if you are half dead it will bring you back to life, you don't need tortillas because they're in it
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Matilde's Style Chicken Soup
$6.50
very Mexicano style chicken, with bone and lots of veggies, by having one of this you'll get closer to heaven while being down on earth
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Tlalpeno Soup
$6.95
this smokey hot flavored soup comes, somewhere in mexico, very different from the others very major best chicken stocks with chicken in it if you can find it, we grill carrots, onions, fresh garlic in olive oil. We also include garbanzo beans, avocados, and chipotle chiles, this soup is for serious people only
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Egg Plant Caldo
$6.50
cooked to order 100% meatless not a Chinese Soup. Ask for napkins you'll need them, relleno, style egg plant in a special red soup with veggies
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Albondiga Soup
$6.50
an oldie but goodie among us like the birds and the bees, made with carrots and the meat balls, the oregano and the rest
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Pozole Soup Chicken or Pork
$6.50
another tribute of the versatility of chicken soups, the newest about this soup is now you van get pork pozole, it's red chicken broth, hominy, radishes, onions, cabbage, oregano and
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Beef Caldo - Caldo de Res
$7.00
Mexican style, try this authentic style caldo lots of veggies chunks of cubed beef and rice served on the side
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Sopa Tarasca
$5.25
this one is creamy style soup topped with sour cream comes from michoacan our home state
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Bean Soup
$5.25
pancho villas favorite dish, his own recipe, this one makes you a better lover
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Caldo Mexicano
$7.00
our newest from the state of michoacan favorite caldo among the gringos in the revolution era
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Chicken Soup
$5.95
our own Mexico city style soup rice avocado tomato onions, and cilantro a cure for a common cold, a small will put you in the mood, a large will get you where you want
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Black Bean Caldo
$5.95
add up another 2o to your life by having a large bowl of our special cooked black beans to make it 100% better we're including whole wheat tortillas, onions and avocados
House Specialties
- Fried Chicken with French Fries $9.50
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Pollo a la Especial
$11.50
chicken breast with our own sauce
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Pollo Norteno
$11.50
chicken prepared western style tomatoes, onions, bell peppers
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Pollo Asado
$11.50
grilled chicken breast served our way
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Chicken in Mole Sauce
$11.50
stewed chicken in a savory sauce of chocolate
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Mole Poblano
$11.50
chicken leg quarter and thigh in a sweet sauce sprinkled with sesame seed
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Enchiladas Suizas
$11.50
chicken, enchiladas in a green cream sauce
- Steak and Nopalitos $11.95
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Carnitas
$11.95
roasted chunks of pork served with beans guacamole and salsa fresca
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Chile Verde of Chile Colorado
$11.95
pork chunks sauteed in green or red sauce
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Bistek Ranchero
$11.95
cooked steak with onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers
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Enchilada Trio
$12.50
3 enchiladas with rice and beans
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Vegetarian Fajitas
$11.95
sliced mushrooms onions, bell peppers and tomatoes
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Chicken or Beef Fajitas
$12.95
our own special way, add $1.75 more for mixed
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Grilled Steak and Mushrooms
$12.95
steak is grilled and sauteed with mushrooms
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Chicken or Beef Milanesa
$12.95
thin breaded steak or chicken breast and avocado slices
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Carne Asada
$12.95
grilled steak served in our own sauce
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Carne Asada Tampico Style
$12.95
grilled steak and one cheese enchilada
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Steak and Shrimp
$12.95
steak and shrimp grilled with mushrooms
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Molcajete
$16.00
strips of beef or chicken baby cactus, a special sauce on sizzling hot stone bowl
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Cielo Mar and Tierra
$16.00
a combination of steak, chicken and shrimp
Combinations
- Taco and Enchilada $8.65
- Two Tacos $8.65
- Two Enchiladas $8.65
- Chile Relleno and Enchilada $8.65
- Chile Relleno and Taco $8.65
- Burrito and Enchilada $8.95
- Burrito and Taco $8.95
- (3) Rolled Tacos $8.95
- Chile Relleno and Tostada $9.50
- Two Mole Enchiladas $9.50
- Chimichanga $9.75
- Carne Asada Burrito and Taco $9.75
- Two Chile Relleno $9.75
- Chile Relleno and Verde Burrito $9.75
- Two Carne Asada or Carnitas Tacos $9.75
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Chile Relleno
$4.00
California chile stuffed with Jack cheese
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Sopes
$3.25
chicken, carne asada or carnitas (each)
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Guarache
$7.25
guarache shaped corn patti topped with carne asada guacamole and sour cream
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Tortas
$4.95
carne asada chicken or ham
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Tamales
$3.00
shredded beef each weekends only
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Carnitas
$21.00 - $36.00
a big plate of carnitas another of beans and third with all the trimmings and all the tortillas you need to make your own tacos
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New Mexican Parrillada
$24.00 - $42.00
it's a big platter of grilled chicken breast carnitas, quesadillas, guacamole, cabbage salad and tortillas
Combinations - Tacos
- Bean or Rice and Bean $2.60
- Cabbage or Potatoe $2.60
- Chicken Beef or Guacamole $2.75
- Carne Asada or Carnitas $3.00
- Fish or Shrimp $3.00
- 3 Rolled Tacos (Beef or Chicken) $4.95
Combinations - Enchiladas
- Cheese, Beef or Chicken $2.90
- Chicken Mole $3.00
- Enchilada Suiza $3.00
Combinations - Tostadas
- Bean $3.50
- Beef Chicken or Guacamole $4.50
- 12 Tostada Especial $6.95
- Full Tostada Especial $8.95
Combinations - Burritos
- Bean or Beans and Rice $4.25
- Beef and Bean or Vegetarian $4.50
- Chicken and Bean (Wet) $5.50
- All Beef (Wet) $5.50
- Verde Burrito (Pork) $5.50
- Carne Asada $5.50
- Machaca Beef $5.50
- Black Bean Burrito $6.00
- Chile Relleno Burrito $6.00
- Chimichanga $6.75
Seafood Combinations - Fish Fillets
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Huachinango En Salsa Verde
$11.50
fresh red snapper in green sauce
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Huachinango Colorado
$11.50
fresh red snapper in red sauce
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Huachinango Ranchero
$11.50
fresh red snapper ranchero style
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Filete Zarandeado
$12.95
red snapper in a special sauce
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Filete Veracurz
$12.95
veracruz style grilled fish fillet
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Filete al Mojo de Ajo
$12.95
fish fillet grilled in garlic
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Huachinango a la Diabla
$12.95
fish fillet devill' spicy style
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Huachinango and Mushrooms
$12.95
fish fillet with garlic and mushrooms
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Filete Relleno De Mariscos
$12.95
fish fillet filled with seafood
Seafood Combinations - Shrimp
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Camarones Rancheros
$12.95
shrimp ranchero style
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Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
$12.95
shrimp grilled with garlic and butter
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Camarones Empanizados
$12.95
deep fried breaded shrimp
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Camarones a la Diabla
$12.95
spicy sauteed shrimp in red sauce
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Camarones Costa Azul
$13.50
shrimp with bacon, seasoned deep fried
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Trio Marino Al Ajillo
$13.50
fish shrimp and octopus grilled in garlic
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Pulpo a la Diabla
$13.50
octopus devills style spicy hot
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Pulpo Al Ajillo
$13.50
octopus grilled with fresh garlic
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Shrimp Fajitas
$13.50
grilled shrimp and vegetables
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Shrimp Feast
$15.95
a variety of shrimp
Mariscos - Seafood
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Fuente De Mariscos
$14.50 - $26.00
oysters shrimp and fish ceviche, octopus shrimp and scallops served with chips
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Camarones Con Pulpo
$14.50 - $19.95
shrimp with octopus
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Ostiones En Su Concha
$7.00
1/2 dozen fresh oysters chilled over iced and lemon wedges
Mojarras - Whole Fish
- Deep Fried Talapia $10.50
- A La Diabla $11.50
- Al Mojo De Ajo $11.50
- Veracruz Style $11.50
Cocktails
- Shrimp $9.95
- Octopus $9.95
- Hot Shrimp $12.00
- Campechana $12.50
- Vuelve a la Vida $12.00
A La Carte
- Fish Taco $3.00
- Ceviche Dip $5.95
- Shrimp Taco $3.00
- Shrimp Dip $6.50
- Fish Burrito $5.50
- Shrimp Enchilada $3.50
- Shrimp Tostada $5.25
- Shrimp Burrito $5.95
- Imitation Crab Enchilada $3.00
Caldos - Seafood Soup
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Caldo 7 Mares
$14.00
a Mexicana style seafood soup includes fish, shrimp octopus scallops green mussel cherry stone and crab legs
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Caldo de Pescado
$9.50
fish soup with vegetables
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Caldo Campechano
$13.00
fish shrimp and octopus soup
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Caldo De Camaron
$11.50
shrimp soup with vegetables
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Fish Taco Platter
$10.50
three tacos served with beans
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Crab Enchiladas
$10.50
two enchiladas served with rice and beans imitation crab
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Shrimp Enchiladas
$10.50
two enchiladas served with rice and beans
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Fish Burrito and Fish Taco
$10.50
served with rice and beans
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Shrimp Burrito and Fish Taco
$10.50
served with rice and beans
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Shirmp Taco
$10.50
two tacos served with rice and beans
Side Orders
- Black Beans $2.50
- Beans or Rice $1.75
- Chicken or Beef $1.95
- Guacamole $1.95
- Sour Cream $1.25
- Cheesed $1.25
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Salsa
$1.25
ranchero, relleno, enchilada or green each
- Mole Sauce $1.50
- Jalapenos $0.95
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Tomato Onions, Lettuce, or Cilantro
$0.50
each
- Tortillas (3) Corn or (2) Flour $0.90
- Whole Wheat Tortillas $1.25
Desserts
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Flan
$2.95
homemade sweet Mexican custard
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Bunuelitos
$2.95
crispy flour tortillas chips fried with cinnamon sugar and maple syrup
Beverages
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Soft Drinks
$1.75
free refills, pepsi, diet pepsi, orange slice, root beer or sierra mist, one size only
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Ice Tea Regular
$1.75
free refills
- Lemonade $1.75
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Mexican Bottle Sodas
$1.75
sangria, fresa, tamarindo, naranja, limon, sidral or mineral water
- Shirley Triple $2.00
- Milk $1.90
- Orange Juice $1.90
- Coffee $1.50
- Hot Tea $1.50
- Mexican Hot Chocolate $2.00
Bottled Beer
- American Beer $2.75
- Imported Beer $3.75
On Tap
- Bud or Bud Light Glass $2.50
- Pitcher $9.00
- Sierra Nevada Glass $3.00
- Pitcher $10.00
Margaritas
- Margaritas $0.00
Wine
- Vin Rose $3.00 - $9.00
- Burgundy $3.00 - $9.00
- Chablis $3.00 - $9.00
- White Zinfandel $3.50
- Chardonnay $3.50
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Ratings and Reviews for La Especial Norte
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May 13 2012
B. S. via Yelp
We had this beef dish that came out in a pestle with cactus, green onion, peppers in this amazing sauce that smelled and taste like smoked chipotle sauce...read more
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May 08 2012
Dave H. via Yelp
The soups are awesome! Margueritas are so so.read more
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Apr 29 2012
Shannon J. via Yelp
We decided to check this place out and try their soup after reading all of the great reviews! First, we thought the decor was colorful and interesting!...read more
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Dec 04 2008
via Citysearch
the food is only alright.. but the atmosphere is really comfortable and cozy. Plus. they have really good margaritas! you can neve...read more
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Sep 18 2008
via Citysearch
La Especial Norte is a fun and tasty Mexican restaraunt. They are right on Coast highway in Leucadia, and the food is authentic m...read more
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Aug 21 2008
via Citysearch
From the outside, this place does not look like anything special. But watch the lines on the weekends and they tell the story of h...read more