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About Our Food

At El Chinito Gordo, we don’t just make authentic Mexican food- we live and breathe it. Our menu is inspired by Central Mexican recipes passed down through generations, carefully refined in a way that preserves tradition and elevates Tucson’s Mexican culinary scene. We’ve melded flavors, textures, spices, and ingredients in meaningful ways that evoke a deep sense of true, Mexican home-style cooking. We do this all for a simple reason: to bring together friends, families, and the Tucson community; nourishing panzas and souls alike.

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Happy Hour

Badge daily from 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Hours

Monday

Closed

Tuesday

- Thru -

Saturday

11:00 am

9:00 pm

Sunday

11:00 am

8:00 pm

Happy Hour

Daily

3:00 pm

6:00 pm

Menu

Sopas

  • Pozole Verde de Pollo

  • Every Day

  • Cocido

  • Monday

  • Sopa Azteca

  • Tuesday

  • Albondigas

  • Wednesday

  • Caldo de Queso

  • Thursday

  • Birria Ramen

  • Friday

  • Menudo (Red or White)

  • Saturday, Sunday, Monday

Aperitivos

  • Combo Sampler

  • Rajas con crema, 6 alitas (wings) - one flavor, 4 shredded beef mini chimichangas.

  • Al Pastor Cheese Tostada

  • Served with onions, cilantro, pineapple chunks, salsa.

  • Alitas (Wings)

  • Choose from jamaica chipotle, mango chili oil, or flavor of the week. One flavor per half dozen.

  • Chori-Queso

  • House cheese blend, chorizo, poblano peppers. +shrimp 3.00

  • Totopos/Nachos

  • Shredded beef or chicken, beans, queso fresco, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream. +Al Pastor $1.00

  • Rajas con Crema + Queso

  • Roasted poblano peppers, sweet corn, onions, tomato, simmered in cream-based sauce.

  • Esquites

  • Fire-grilled corn with crema, queso cotija, chili guajillo, onions, cilantro, garlic.

  • Fresh Guacamole

  • Made fresh daily.

Creaciones del Jefe // Chef’s Creations

Entrees come with two sides, unless noted otherwise.. Available sides: creamy poblano rice with corn, beans, or calabacitas. Frijoles puercos available for +$2.00.

  • El Chinito Chorizo Burger

  • Ground beef/chorizo mix, chorizo, poblano chile, tumbleweed onions, lettuce, tomato, mozzarella cheese, BBQ mayo. Served with chips only. +over easy egg $1.00

  • Chile En Nogada

  • Poblano pepper filled with picadillo ( ground beef, fruit, walnut, spices), topped with almond bacon cream sauce, seasonal seeds.

  • Birria

  • Slow-cooked beef in chile broth. Served with cilantro, onion, lime.

  • Eggless Chile Relleno con Camarones

  • Poblano pepper filled with shrimp and vegetables, covered in creamy culichi sauce.

  • Al Pastor Rice Bowl

  • Al Pastor, pineapple, creamy poblano rice, tomatillo salsa. Served with cilantro, onions, lime.

  • Tortas Ahogada, Guadalajara Style

  • Carnitas drowned in house-made chile de arbol sauce (hot or mild).

  • Creamy Chipotle Chicken

  • Lightly sautéed chicken breast, creamy chipotle sauce.

  • Mole Chicken

  • Lightly sautéed chicken breast, house-made mole sauce.

  • Steak with Salsa de Chile Guajillo

  • Sliced steak, chile guajillo sauce, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes.

  • Camarones en Salsa de Tequila

  • Grilled shrimp, tomato based tequila/lime sauce.

  • Nopalitos con Chile Rojo

  • Diced prickly pear tossed in guajillo sauce. +carne con chile $2.00

Entradas // Entrees

Entrees come with two sides, unless noted otherwise. Available sides: creamy poblano rice with corn, beans, or calabacitas.

  • Las Enchiladas (3)

  • Choose from: ground beef, chicken, cheese, spinach, or shrimp culichi Available with red or green salsa.

  • Gorditas (2)

  • Choose from: ground beef, chile con carne, birria, chicken tinga, or rajas con crema + queso,.

  • Fajitas

  • Chicken or steak, bell pepper, onion. Served with sour cream, guacamole, and tortillas. +shrimp $3.00

  • Chile Rellenos (2)

  • Poblano pepper filled with mozzarella cheese, dipped in egg batter bath, pan-fried, topped with house salsa, more mozzarella cheese.

  • Chimichanga

  • Choose from: ground beef, chile con carne, birria, chicken, bean, or rajas con crema + queso. +enchilada style $3.00 +guacamole $1.50 +sour cream $1.50

  • Tamales (2)

  • Choose from: beef, green corn. +enchilada sauce $1.50 +green sauce $1.50

  • Los Crispy Tacos (3)

  • Choose from: ground beef, shredded beef, shredded chicken, or potato.

  • Quesabirria (2)

  • Crisped quesadilla, mozzarella cheese blend, birria. Served with onion, cilantro, birria broth.

  • Shrimp Culichi Pasta

  • Grilled shrimp, culichi sauce, bell peppers, onions, mozzarella cheese topping on a bed of noodles.

  • Los Soft Tacos (A La Carte)

  • Choose from: Al Pastor, bean + cheese, birria, carne asada, carnitas, chicken tinga with chorizo, guacamole, grilled chicken, ground beef, chicharrones, rajas con crema + queso, beer battered fish, beer battered shrimp, grilled fish, grilled shrimp, carne asada with Hot Cheetos, birria with Hot Cheetos.

Combinaciones

Served with two sides: creamy Poblano rice with corn, beans, or calabacitas

  • #1

  • 1 beef tamale + 1 beef taco + 1 chicken enchilada

  • #2

  • 1 chimichanga (beef or chicken) + 1 green corn tamale

  • #3

  • 1 chile relleno + 1 beef tamale

  • #4

  • Small soup of the day + 2 ground beef crispy tacos

  • #5

  • 1 chile relleno + 1 birria gordita

  • #6

  • Carne con chile + tortillas

  • #7

  • 1 been tostada + 2 spinach enchiladas

Flacos // Skinny

  • Salmon Salad

  • Romaine lettuce, bell pepper, cucumber, tomato, queso frescco, corn, red onion, avocado + tomatillo dressing. No sides.

  • Chicken Fajita Salad

  • Chicken breast, bell pepper, onion, avocado + tomatillo dressing. No sides.

  • Veggie Quesadilla

  • Onions, bell pepper, spinach, mozzarella cheese. Served with rice and beans.

Almuerzo

Served from 11:00AM to 2:30PM, Monday through Friday. Lunch plates come with two sides, unless noted otherwise. Available sides: creamy poblano rice with corn, beans, or calabacitas. No substitutions.

  • Chile En Nogada

  • Poblano pepper filled with picadillo (ground beef, fruit, walnut, spices). Topped with almond bacon cream sauce, seasonal seeds.

  • Chile Relleno (1)

  • Poblano pepper filled with mozzarella cheese, dipped in egg batter bath, pan-fried, topped with house salsa, more mozzarella cheese.

  • Enchiladas (2)

  • Choose from: ground beef, chicken, cheese, spinach, or shrimp culichi . Available with red or green salsa.

  • Chimichanga

  • Choose from: ground beef, chile con carne, birria, shredded chicken, bean, or rajas con crema + queso. +enchilada style $2.00 +guacamole $1.50 +sour cream $1.50

  • Los Crispy Tacos (2)

  • Choose from: ground beef, shredded beef, shredded chicken, or potato.

  • Nopalitos con Chile Rojo

  • Diced prickly pear tossed in guajillo sauce. +carne con chile $2.00

  • Chicken Fajita Salad

  • Chicken breast, bell pepper, onion, avocado + tomatillo dressing. No sides.

  • Veggie Quesadilla

  • Onions, bell pepper, spinach, mozzarella cheese. No sides.

Postres

  • Churro Nachos

  • Churro, cinnamon-sugar dusted bunuelo chips, served over ice cream, caramel/chocolate drizzle.

  • Crema Azteca

  • House-made custard, mango sauce.

  • Flan

  • House-made, caramel sauce.

  • Arroz con Leche

  • House-made sweet rice pudding, caramel, raisins.

Bebidas

  • Agua Fresca of the Day

  • One refill

  • House-made Jamaica

  • One refill

  • House-made Horchata

  • One Refill

  • Mexican Bottles

  • Coke, Sprite, Orange Fanta, Topo Chico

  • Soft Drinks

  • Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Dr. Pepper, Root Beer, Fanta Orange, Fanta Strawberry, Lemonade

  • Tea

  • Sweetened, Unsweetened, Raspberry, Green Tea

  • Coffee

  • House

  • Cafe de Olla

  • Mexican cafecito (ground coffee, cinnamon, Mexican spices, piloncillo).

  • Cafechata Float

  • Iced house coffee, horchata, ice cream (opt.)

  • Juice

  • Apple or orange

SPECIALTY DRINKS

Premium alcohol +$2.00

  • Gorda Maria

  • House made spiced tomato juice, fresh lime, lemon, Tajin salt rim. With your choice of well tequila or vodka. Made with St. George Chili Vodka +3.00

  • Pinchi Michi

  • House made spiced tomato juice, fresh lime, lemon, Worcestershire sauce, pickled garnish, Tajin salt rim. With your choice of bottled beer.

  • La Sangrona

  • House made red sangria, brandy, fresh fruit.

  • La Paloma

  • Dulce Vida Organic Grapefruit tequila, fresh lime, agave, Topo Chico, with salted rim.

  • Aguas Locas

  • Daily agua fresca and your choice of well tequila, vodka, rum whiskey, or gin. Seagram’s Extra Smooth Vodka, Myer’s Platinum Rum, Buffalo Trace, Hendrick’s Gin +3.00

  • Strawberry Tequila Sunrise

  • Dulce Vida Blanco Organic tequila, fresh strawberry purée, orange juice, served with Tajin rim + Mexican candy.

  • Mojito

  • Well rum, simple syrup, muddled mint, soda water.

  • Blueberry "Mijito"

  • Well rum, simple syrup, blueberries, muddled mint, splash of soda water. Myer’s Platinum Rum +3.00

  • Mulas

  • Ginger beer, fresh lime juice, and your choice of well whiskey, tequila, gin, or rum. Seagram’s Extra Smooth Vodka, Myer’s Platinum Rum, Buffalo Trace, Hendrick’s Gin +3.00.

  • Southwest Ranch Water

  • Dulce Vida jalapeño pineapple organic tequila, Topo Chico, fresh lime juice, salt rim + saladito garnish.

  • Cucumber Cooler

  • Hendrick’s gin, muddled cucumber and mint, simple syrup, splash of soda water.

  • Jalisco Old Fashioned

  • Dulce Vida Añejo Organic tequila, agave syrup, Angostura bitters, orange twist.

  • Cadillac Margarita

  • Milagro Blanco tequila, lime + orange juice, orange liquor float, salt rim, lime + orange garnish.

Margaritas

Served with Tajin rim unless specified otherwise.

  • Margarita Flight

  • Three mini-margaritas of your choice.

  • House Margarita

  • Blanco tequila, triple sec, house-made margarita mix, salt rim.

  • Blackberry Horchata

  • Blanco tequila, triple sec, horchata, blackberry purée.

  • Jalapeño Watermelon

  • Blanco tequila, triple sec, watermelon purée, lime, jalapeño, agave syrup.

  • Jalapeño Pineapple

  • Blanco tequila, triple sec, pineapple juice, jalapeño, agave syrup.

  • Prickly Pear Guava

  • Blanco tequila, triple sec, Cointreau, prickly pear purée, guava purée, agave syrup.

  • Strawberry Hibiscus

  • Blanco tequila, triple sec, strawberries, hibiscus juice, agave syrup.

  • Peach Pomegranate

  • Blanco tequila, triple sec, Peach Schnapps, pomegranate juice, agave syrup.

  • Blackberry Cinnamon

  • Blanco tequila, triple sec, blackberry purée, orange juice, agave syrup.

  • Spicy Cucumber

  • Blanco tequila, triple sec, cucumber, jalapeño, lime, agave syrup.

  • Mango Chamoy

  • Blanco tequila, triple sec, mango purée, chamoy.

Cerveza

  • Local Draft

  • 1912 Weapons Check, Barrio Rojo, Dos Equis Lager, Dragoon IPA .

  • Mexican Bottles

  • Bohemia, Corona, Dos Equis Amber, Dos Equis Lager, Indio, Modelo Especial, Negra Modelo, Pacifico, Tecate, Tecate Light.

  • Domestic

  • Budweiser, Bud Light, Bud Zero (can), Coors Light, Michelob Ultra, Miller Light.

Brunch

Served Sundays from 10AM to 2PM. No substitutions.

  • Menudo

  • Choose from red or white. Served with onions, cilantro, bread.

  • El Gordito Deluxe

  • House-made chorizo, 2 over easy eggs, roasted potatoes, refried beans, Mexican pan (bread). +bacon $2.00

  • Chilaquiles with Red or Green Sauce

  • Crispy tortillas, 2 over easy eggs, queso fresco, crema. +chorizo $2.00

  • Tamale Ranchero

  • Pan-fried shredded beef tamale, topped with a fried egg, house-made chorizo, roasted salsa. Served with rice and beans.

  • Huevos Rancheros

  • 2 over easy eggs on corn tortillas, roasted house salsa, queso fresco. Served with refried beans.

  • Chorizo Burrito

  • House-made chorizo, egg. Served with roasted potatoes, refried beans.

  • Chorizo Egg Torta

  • House-made chorizo, over easy egg, queso fresco, refried beans, Mexican pan (bread). Served open-face style.

  • Cheese Enchiladas

  • 2 enchiladas in guajillo sauce, 2 over easy eggs, refried beans. +shredded beef or chicken tinga $2.00

  • Nopalitos con Huevos

  • Fried prickly pear cactus, scrambled eggs, roasted potatoes, guajillo sauce, queso fresco. Served with refried beans, tortillas.

  • Tequila Pancakes

  • Buttermilk batter mix with shot of tequila, powdered sugar. +add fruit $1.50

  • Pancakes

  • 2 Buttermilk batter mix pancakes, powdered sugar. +add fruit $1.50

Brunch Tragos

Sundays from 10AM to 2PM. No substitutions.

  • Meximosas

  • Original, strawberry, blackberry, mango, prickly pear, pomegranate, peach, amaretto.

  • Gorda Maria

  • Spiced tomato juice blend, horseradish, fresh lime juice, and your choice of alcohol (vodka, tequila, rum, gin). Garnished with celery, olives, cucumber. +bacon $1.00

  • La Sangrona

  • House red wine, brandy, orange juice, seasonal fruit.

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