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  • Banana Cafe & Piano Bar

Banana Cafe & Piano Bar

(202) 543-5906
  • 500 8th St Se, Washington, DC 20003
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  • Cuban ,  Latin American ,  Mexican ,  Puerto Rican ,  Southwestern ,  Tapas
  • $$$$$
(202) 543-5906
  • Main
  • Lunch
  • Brunch
  • Appetizers
    • Chips & Salsa $2.5

      First order complementary with food order. Made fresh daily

    • Ham Croquettes $6.95

      Four to the order. Served with our homemade red pepper sauce

    • Alcapurrias $7.95

      Fritter made of mashed green bananas and root vegetables, then stuffed with ground beef, olives, capers and pimientos. One of puerto rico's most popular street foods.

    • Empanadas $8.95

      One chicken, one picadillo and one mixed seafood. Served with a delicious red pepper sauce

    • Cuban Empanadas $7.95

      As delicious as the famous sandwich. Two empanadas stuffed to the limit with baked ham, slow roasted pork, swiss cheese and sliced dill pickles. Served with a papaya sauce

    • Stuffed Yuca $7.95

      Mashed yuca stuffed with chorizo, carrots and olives. Topped with cheese and served with a siimply amazing cilantro - lime sauce

    • Fried Calamari $8.95

      Accompanied with our fresh mango or ginger sauce

    • Gambas al Ajillo $9.95

      Sauteed jumbo shrimp in a delicious lemon, garlic, butter wine sauce. Served with grilled bread

    • Cod Fish Fritters $8.95

      Served hush puppy style with our house made guava sauce

    • Tropical Ceviche $11.95

      A customer favorite fresh flounder, shrimp, scallops and squid marinated in cifrus juices, ginger, red onion, cilantro and jalapenos arnished with avocado, mango, pineapple and potatoes

    • Pork Nachos $10.95

      Tortilla chips topped with black beans, puerto rican slow roasted pulled pork and blend of cheese. Topped with sour cream pico de gallo, jalapenos, guacamole and green onions

    • Queso $5.95

      Jalapeno cheese dip served with tortilla chips

    • Guacamole al Fresco $8.95

      Fresh guacamole, mexican cheese and pico de gallo served with tortilla chips

    • Tamal de Elote $3.95

      Slowly steamed and made from a sweet delicate fresh corn puree

  • Salads
    Dressings: Ranch, red pepper ranch, blue cheese, raspberry, vinaigrette & balasamic vinaigrette. Add ons: served with grilled chicken or beef, add $4.00. Served with mixed shrimp, scallops and squid, add $6.00. Served with just shrimp add $6.00, served with grilled salmon, add $6.00.
    • House $4.95

      Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, mushrooms and spanish onions

    • Caesar $7.95

    • Tropical Salad $8.95

      Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, avocadoes, heart of palm, mushrooms and spanish onions

    • Grilled Wedge Salad $6.95

      Quarter grilled iceberg lettuce topped with blue cheese and crumbled pork cracklings, boiled egg and tomatoes

    • Southwester Salad $7.95

      Romaine lettuce, grilled corn, black beans, carrots, spanish onions, cilantro and red peppers. Topped with homemade tortilla strips

  • Soups
    • Plantain $8.95

      Green plantains cooked in a hearty chicken broth with a touch of cilantro and garlic

    • Chicken Tortilla $7.95

      A rich and tasty broth with shredded chicken, carrots, onions, celery, yuca and cilantro topped with a squeeze of lime and homemade tortilla strips

    • Seafood $10.95

      Wonderful cream base soup with shrimp, scallops and mussels, rich.

  • Entrees
    • Ropa Vieja $14.95

      Served with tomatoes, onions, pepper and spices. Served with ripe plantains, black beans and white rice

    • Cuban Picadillo $13.95

      Served with white rice, black beans and ripe plantains

    • Puerto Rican PIononos $14.95

      Topped with a blend of monterey jack and cheddar cheese. Served with puerto rican red beans and white rice

    • Stuffed Plantains $18.95

      Very heraty and delicious meal of 3 fried green plantains stuffed one with picadillo, one with chicken and one with mixed seafood. Accompanied with black beans and white rice

    • Pernil de Puerco Relleno de Mofongo $18.95

      Pounded pork loin stuffed with mofongo. Oven roasted and topped with our ginger mango sauce. Served with white rice, black beans and vegetables

    • Bistec Encebollado with Beef $15.95

      Pounded and marinated flank steak or boneless chicken breast sauteed and smothered with cooked onions and our secret sauce. Served with white rice and black beans.

    • Bistec Encebollado with Chicken $14.95

      Pounded and marinated flank steak or boneless chicken breast sauteed and smothered with cooked onions and our secret sauce. Served with white rice and black beans.

    • Bistec Empanizado with Beef $15.95

      Breaded and pounded flank steak or chicken breast pan fried and served with black beans and white rice. A caballo topped with fried egg, add $1.00

    • Bistec Empanizado with Chicken $14.95

      Breaded and pounded flank steak or chicken breast pan fried and served with black beans and white rice. A caballo topped with fried egg, add $1.00

    • Bistec a La Milanesa with Beef $16.95

      The previoius bistec empanizado topped with homemade marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese, Served with black beans and white rice.

    • Bistec a La Milanesa with Chicken $15.95

      The previoius bistec empanizado topped with homemade marinara sauce and mozzarella cheese, Served with black beans and white rice.

    • Churrasco Surf & Turf $19.95

      Topped with a delicate chiimichurri sauce, 3 grilled jumbo shrimp and grilled chorizo. Served with black bean congri and julienne vegetables

    • Caribbean Vegetarian Combo $12.95

      Superb vegetarian dish including tamal de elote, vegetables, fried plantains, yuca con mojo, guacamole, white rice and black beans

    • Carnitas Cubanas $15.95

      Served with Yuca con mojo, black beans and white rice

    • Saltado with Beef or Chicken $14.95

      Choice of the above sauteed with onions, peppers, tomatoes, jalapenos, fresh garlic, potatoes and white wine. Served with white rice and black beans.

    • Saltado with Seafood $17.95

      Choice of the above sauteed with onions, peppers, tomatoes, jalapenos, fresh garlic, potatoes and white wine. Served with white rice and black beans.

    • Picadillo a Caballo $14.95

      Topped witha fried egg

  • Entrees - Mofongos
    One of puerto rico's most popular dishes. Twice fried green plantains mashed in a wood pilon with garlic, pork cracklings and olive oil. Served with a side of chicken broth and garlic bread.
    • Masitas de Cerdo $16.95

    • Bistec Encebollado $17.95

      Flank steak with onions

    • Chicken $16.95

    • Shrimp $19.95

    • Seafood $19.95

    • Vegetables $14.95

      Sauteed spinach, zucchini, squash, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, tomato, garlic and onions. No bacon added to the vegetarian mofongo

  • Seafood
    • Paella Valenciana $19.95

      Legendary spanish dish of saffron rice simmered with shrimp, scallops, squid, mussels, chicken, chorizo sausage and herbs.

    • Zarauela de Mariscos $18.95

      Delicious seafood stew of scallops, shrimp, squid, mussels and flunder cooked in a rich and creamy lobster bisque. Served with white rice and garlic toast

    • Salmon a la Parilla $17.95

      Grilled chilean salmon glazed with our ginger mango sauce. Served with coconut rice and ripe fried plantains.

    • Pescado Criollo $16.95

      Filet of flounder broiled, topped with fresh tomatoes, cilantro and jalapeno peppers with a white wine, lemon butter sauce. Served with white rice, black beans and vegetables

    • Camarones Andaluz $17.95

      Sauteed jumbo shrimp with scallions, green peas, red peppers, mushrooms, all cooked in a delicate white wine sauce. Served with white rice and black beans

    • Fish Tacos $14.95

      Two breaded tilapia tacos, topped with spanish coleslaw and mango habanero salsa. Servedwith white rice and black beans.

  • Tex Mex
    • Vegetables Fajitas $12.95

      Served with refried beans, yellow rice and three flour tortillas.

    • Chicken Fajitas $13.95

      Served with refried beans, yellow rice and three flour tortillas.

    • Beef Fajitas $14.95

      Served with refried beans, yellow rice and three flour tortillas.

    • Shrimp Fajitas $16.95

      Served with refried beans, yellow rice and three flour tortillas.

    • Chicken & Beef Fajitas $14.95

      Served with refried beans, yellow rice and three flour tortillas.

    • Shrimp with Beef or Chicken Fajitas $15.95

    • Tacos $10.95

      Chicken or shredded beef, solt or crispy, served with yellow rice and refried beans

    • Cheeese Enchiladas $10.95

      Two stuffed corn tortillas baked and covered with ranchero sauce and melted cheese. Served with yellow rice and refried beans.

    • Spinach Enchiladas $11.95

      Two stuffed corn tortillas baked and covered with ranchero sauce and melted cheese. Served with yellow rice and refried beans.

    • Beef, Chicken or Carnitas Enchiladas $12.95

      Two stuffed corn tortillas baked and covered with ranchero sauce and melted cheese. Served with yellow rice and refried beans.

    • Mixed Seafood Enchiladas $14.95

      Two stuffed corn tortillas baked and covered with ranchero sauce and melted cheese. Served with yellow rice and refried beans.

    • Enchilada & Taco Platter $12.95

      One of each, beef, chicken, carnitas or cheese, crispy or soft, served with yellow rice and refried beans

    • Tex Mex Brochette $14.95

      Juicy skewered shrimp, grilled chicken and beef with zucchini, green pepperand onions. Served with black beans and yellow rice

    • Chimichangas Beef, Chicken or Carnitas $12.95

      Quick fried stuffed flour tortilla served with yellow rice and refried beans.

    • Mixed Seafood with Chimichagas $14.95

      Quick fried stuffed flour tortilla served with yellow rice and refried beans.

    • Beef, Chicken or Carnitas with Burrito $12.95

      Large flour tortilla, stuffed, baked and topped with ranchero sauce and melted mexican cheese. Served with yellow rice, refried beans.

    • Black Bean with Burrito $10.95

      Large flour tortilla, stuffed, baked and topped with ranchero sauce and melted mexican cheese. Served with yellow rice, refried beans.

  • Sides
    • Rice $2.5

    • Beans $2.5

      Red, black or refried

    • Congri $3

    • Fried Yuca or Yuca Con Mojo $4

    • Amarillos $4

      Fried ripe plantains

    • Tostones $4

      Fried green plantains

    • Guacamole $1.5

    • Vegetables $3.95

    • One Enchilada or One Taco $3.95

    • Tortillas (3) $1.5

      Flour or Corn

    • Sour Cream $1.5

    • Shredded Mexican Cheese $1.5

    • Pico de Gallo $1.5

  • Kids Menu
    • Cheese Pizza $6.95

      Personal size with tomato sauce.

    • Pepperoni Pizza $6.95

      Personal size with mozzarella, tomato sauce and pepperoni

    • Grilled Cheese Sandwich $6.95

      Prepared on white bread with cheddar cheese and fries.

    • Slider Grilled Chicken Sandwich $6.95

      One slider grilled chicken sandwich with swiss cheese and mayo. Served with fries.

    • Cheese or Chicken Quesadilla $6.95

      A smaller version of the original. Served with fries

    • Taco One crispy or soft, chicken or beef taco. Served with refried beans and yellow rice. $6.95

  • Desserts
    • Cheesecake $6.5

      Seasonal flavor

    • Banana Bread Pudding $6.5

    • Puerto RicanTembleque Flan $6.5

      Seasonal flavor

    • Tres Leches $6.5

  • Sodas & Such
    • Soda or Lemonade $2.5

    • Coffee or Tea $2.5

    • Juice $3

    • Expresso $3

    • Cortadito $3

      Expresso coffee with splash of milk

    • Cuban Coffee $3

      Similar to italian espresso

    • Cafe Con Leche $3.25

      Cuban coffee with frothed milk. Similar to cafe latte

    • Cappuccino or Latte $3.5

    • Virgin Frozen Drinks $4.5

    • Dominion Root Beer $3.5

  • Quesadillas
    Add: Spinach, plantain, mixed vegetables, roasted corn, mushrooms, cooked onioins, black beans. For one filling add $2.00. Any extra, add $1.00. Chicken, beef or pork: for one filling add $3.00, any extra, add $1.00. Shrimp add $5.00. Mixed seafood: shrim
    • Just Cheese $7.95

      Flour tortillas filled with mexican cheese and served with sour cream, pico de gallo and guacamole

  • Sandwiches
    Served with fries or house salad
    • Cuban Fritas $10.95

      The cuban version of sliders, 3 mini burgers made of ground beef, onions, bread crumbs, eggs, ketchup, paprika and other spices blended together and pan fried. Topped with grated fried potatoes and mayo

    • Pan Con Lechon $10.95

      Shredded slow roasted pork with sauteed onions on sub roll with lettuce and tomatoes

    • Carnitas Sandwich $10.95

      Morsels of tender roated pork on sub roll with mozzarella, mayonnaise, lettuce and tomato

    • Grilled Chicken $10.95

      Roasted peppers, spinach, gorgonzola cheese and mayonnaise

    • Grilled Salmon Sandwich $13.95

      On a kaiser roll with lettuce, tomato and cilantro mayo sauce

  • Lunch Specials
    • Caesar Salad $9.95

      Grilled beef or chicken.

    • Tropical Salad $9.95

      Grilled beef or chicken, romaine, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, heart of palm, mushrooms and spanish onions.

    • Tacos a la Parrilla $9.95

      Two flour tortillas filled with your choice of grilled beef or chicken. Served with refried beans, yellow rice, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.

    • Mixtas $9.95

      All served with black bean congri or white rice topped with your choice of red or black beans, ripe plantalns or yuca con mojo.

    • Ropa Vieja $9.95

      Traditional cuban dish of shredded flank steak cooked with tomatoes, onions, peppers and spices.

    • Ropa Vieja de Pollo $9.95

      Served with shredded chicken.

    • Cuban Picadillo $9.95

      Ground beef and pork cooked in criollo sauce with capers, olives, raisins and flavorful spices.

    • Carmitas Cubanas $9.95

      Succulent morsels of tender pork marinated in our own criollo style sauce and roasted with fragrant sevilla's bitter orange.

    • Puerto Rican Pionono $9.95

      One sweet plantain timbale stuffed with picadillo and topped with monterey jack and cheddar cheese.

  • Brunch at the Banana
    • Banana Cafe Eggs Benedict $11.99

      Two poached eggs served on top toasted english muffins with canadian bacon and tomato. Topped with our lime cilantro hollandaise sauce and accom panied with breakfast potatoes

    • Florentine Eggs Benedict $12.99

      Two poached eggs served on top of a toasted english muffins, tomato and sauteed spinach. Topped with our lime cilantro hollandaise sauce and accompanied with breakfast potatoes.

    • Florentine Eggs Benedict $12.99

      Two poached eggs served on top of a toasted english muffins, tomato and sauteed spinach. Topped with our lime cilantro hollandaise sauce and accompanied with breakfast potatoes

    • Caribbean Eggs Benedict $13.99

      Two poached eggs served on top of toasted english muffins with fresh shaved smoked salmon and tomato. Topped with our lime cilantro hollandaise sauce and accompanied with breakfast potatoes

    • The BBanana Big Breakfast $12.99

      3 Egg any style, 2 bacon, 2 sausage, breakfast potatoes & toast

    • Grand Marnier French Toast $11.99

      Topped with Blueberries, caramelized pecans and whipped cream

    • Banana Pancake or French Toast Breakfast $11.99

      Your choice of french toast or banana pancake stack served with 2 eggs & breakfast potatoes

    • Omelets $12.99

      Your choice served with breakfast potatoes & fresh fruit. Ham & cheese: Western omelet green & red peppers, onions, cheddar cheese & ham. Spinach & mushroom & cheese

    • Huevos Rancheros $11.99

      Traditional mexican brekfast dish with fried eggs served atop flour tortilla with ranchero sauce & refried beans topped with queso blanco and avocado. Served with breakfast potatoes.

    • Baked Eggs $11.99

      Two baked eggs over cuban bread and grilled ham. Topped with hollandaise sauce and mozzarella cheese. Served with breakfast potatoes.

    • Breakfast Burrito $11.99

      Chorizo with scrambled egg black beans, queso blanco and cilantro. Served with breakfast potatoes & fruit

    • Steak & Eggs $13.99

      Skirt steak grilled with 2 eggs any style. Served with breakfasat potatoes & fresh fruit

    • Breakfast Quesadilla $10.99

      Twisted quesadilla with scrambled eggs, cheese, bacon & sausage. Served with guacamole, soure cream & pico de gallo

    • Lucy's Wild & Crazy Champango $7.95

      Champagne, mango rum & mango

    • Ricky's Caliente Bloody $8.95

      Absolut pepar, zing zang bloody mary mix & clamato juice

    • Mimosa $4.99

      Ever popular brunch drink of champagne & fresh squeezed orange juice

    • Kir Royale $6

      Wonderful concoction of chmpagne with a splash of chambord liquer

  • MilkShakes
    • Mounds Bar Milkshake $7.95

      Delicious milkshake made with cruzan coconut rum & godiva chocolate liquer

    • Milky Way Milkshake $7.95

      Refreshing milkshake made with godiva chocolate & godiva caramel liquers

    • Dirty Banana Milkshake $7.95

      Wonderful milkshake mode with real banana, banana liquer, banana rum & godiva chocolate liquer

    • Almond Joy Milkshake $7.95

      Scrumptions milkshake made with amaretto, cruzan coconut rum and godiva chocolate liquer

    • Peppermint Patty Milkshake $7.95

      Great milkshake made with white creme de menthe and godiva chocolate liquer

    • White Russian $7.95

      Made with stoli vanilla vodka & kahlua

    • The Irishman $7.95

      Wonderful winter milkshake made with bailey's irish cream

  • Coffee Drinks
    • Irish Coffee $7

      Jamesons irish whiskey & kahlua topped with whipped cream & green creame de menthe

    • Mexican Coffee $7

      Tequila and kahlua topped with whipped cream

    • Jamaican Coffee $7

      Myers dark rum & tia maria topped with whipped cream

    • Cafe Diablo $7

      Grand marnier & cognac topped with whipped cream

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