El Puerto Mexican Grill & Cantina Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to El Puerto Mexican Grill & Cantina, where culinary authenticity meets vibrant flavors! Located in Clinton, MO, this gem offers a broad menu that captures the essence of traditional Mexican cuisine. Each dish is a celebration of taste, designed to tantalize your palate and satisfy your cravings.
Start your meal with their renowned Chicken Quesadilla or crispy Tacos, available in both beef and chicken options, all expertly seasoned to delight even the pickiest eaters. For a heartier option, try the Chile Colorado—tender steak simmered in a rich red sauce, or the Combination #28, a trio of mouthwatering entrees.
The restaurant’s atmosphere buzzes with energy and warmth, making it a perfect spot for gathering with friends and family. Don’t forget to indulge in a handcrafted margarita to complete your dining experience at El Puerto Mexican Grill & Cantina.
MONDAY SPECIALS
Beef Chimichanga
Chicken Chimichanga
Soft Taco
Beef or chicken.
Hard Taco
Beef or chicken.
Ground Beef Quesadilla
Seasoned Chicken Quesadilla
TUESDAY SPECIALS
WEDNESDAY SPECIALS
Chile Colorado
Tender grilled steak marinated in our special red sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Combination #28 - 1 Chicken Chimichanga, 1 Enchilada, 1 Taco
Corona Shrimp Tacos
Cerveza battered shrimp with purple cabbage, chipotle cream sauce and avocado in two flour tortillas. Served with rice and black beans.
Street Tacos
Three grilled tacos, with your choice of grilled chicken or steak and choice of corn or flour tortillas, topped with cilantro and onions. Served with rice, beans, and cream tomatillo sauce.
THURSDAY SPECIALS
FRIDAY SPECIALS
Burrito Patron
A flour tortilla filled with chicken, steak, shrimp, rice, and beans. Topped with cheese sauce.
Carnitas Burrito
Large flour tortilla stuffed with tender marinated chunks of pork, rice, and beans, topped with cheese dip and green tomatillo sauce, lettuce, tomato, and guacamole.
Enchiladas Dinner
Three enchiladas, your choice of ground beef or seasoned chicken, topped with red enchilada sauce. Served with beans and rice.
SATURDAY SPECIALS
SUNDAY SPECIALS
Enchiladas Dinner
Three enchiladas, your choice of ground beef or seasoned chicken, topped with red enchilada sauce. Served with beans and rice.
Combination #27 - 1 Burrito, 2 Tacos
1 Cheese Enchilada, 1 Deep-Fried Beef Taco
Served with rice and beans.
3 Chicken Flautas
Served with rice and beans.
1 Chile Relleno
Served with rice and beans.
Beef Or Chicken Burrito
Served with rice and beans.
1 Tamale, 1 Beef Enchilada
Served with rice and beans.
Beef Or Chicken Chimichanga
Served with rice and beans.
1 Fish Or Shrimp Taco
Served with rice and beans.
1 Vegetarian Burrito
Served with rice and beans.
Chicken Or Steak Fajita
Served with rice and beans.
Vegetarian Fajita
Served with rice and beans.
Huevos Rancheros
Served with rice and beans.
Huevos Con Chorizo
Served with rice and beans.
Huevos A La Mexicana
Served with rice and beans.
LUNCH SPECIALS
APPETIZERS
Spinach Dip
Chips not included.
Cheese Dip
Chips not included.
Chorizo Dip
Chips not included.
Guacamole Dip
Chips not included.
Combo Sampler
Beef nachos, chicken chimi, 2 chicken mini flautas, and shrimp quesadilla.
Pico El Puerto
Freshly made pico de gallo, grilled shrimp, sliced avocado, fried jalapeños, and fresh lime.
Bag Of Chips
Caldo De Camaron
Mexican shrimp soup with rice, pico de gallo, and tortilla (12 shrimp).
Caldo De Pollo
Mexican chicken soup with rice, pico de gallo, and tortilla.
House Salad
Fresh lettuce, onions, peppers, tomatoes, and cheese.
Chicken Tossed Salad
Grilled chicken, mushrooms, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, and shredded cheese.
Seafood Salad
Tossed with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and shredded cheese.
Fajita Taco Salad
Flour tortilla bowl filled with your choice of steak or grilled chicken.
Avocado Salad
Mixed lettuce, grilled chicken, tomatoes, avocado, and cheese.
Taco Salad
Flour tortilla bowl filled with your choice of beef or chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, guacamole, and sour cream.
SOUPS & SALADS
NACHOS
Fajita Nachos
Choice of chicken or steak cooked with peppers and onions on top of crisp tortilla chips.
Nachos El Puerto
Our famous chicken or steak fajitas over crisp tortilla chips with cheese sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, and jalapeños.
Nachos Deluxe
Choice of ground beef or chicken topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, guacamole, and jalapeños.
Shrimp Nachos
Shrimp cooked with peppers and onions on top of crisp tortilla chips.
Nachos
Shredded chicken or ground beef.
2 Beef Enchiladas, 1 Deep-Fried Beef Taco
1 Chile Relleno, 1 Cheese Enchilada, 1 Deep-Fried Beef Taco
1 Pork Tamale, 1 Beef Burrito, 1 Bean Tostada
1 Chicken Burrito, 1 Beef Enchilada, 1 Deep-Fried Beef Taco
1 Beef Burrito, 1 Cheese Enchilada, 2 Mini Chicken Flautas
1 Pork Tamale, 1 Beef Enchilada, 1 Beef Burrito
1 Chile Relleno, 2 Chicken Flautas
1 Burrito, 2 Tacos
1 Chicken Chimichanga, 1 Enchilada, 1 Taco
COMBINATIONS
EL PUERTO PLATTERS
Carnitas
Pork carnitas, sliced onions, and sliced avocados. Served with beans, rice, and tortillas.
Chile Colorado
Tender grilled steak marinated in our special red sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chile Verde
Your choice of pork, chicken, or steak cooked with our delicious green tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Tornado
Grilled chicken, steak, shrimp, and bacon on Mexican rice, topped with cheese. Served with warm tortillas.
Vaca Bandida
Tender strips of steak smothered with our famous cheese dip. Served with Mexican rice, refried beans, and tortillas.
Trio Tamales
1 pork tamal, 1 chicken mole tamal, 1 raja verde, rice, and beans.
Tres Amigos
Grilled steak, chicken, shrimp, and onions. Served with tortillas, rice, and beans.
Chimichanga Dinner
A flour tortilla fried to perfection, filled with your choice of meat and topped with white cheese sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Chilaquiles Mexicanos
Cooked chips with red sauce and your choice of chicken or steak. Served with rice and guacamole salad.
Chicken Flautas
Four crispy chicken flautas topped with guacamole, pico de gallo, and shredded cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Chuletas De Puerco
Two pork chops with green sauce served with rice, guacamole salad, and tortillas.
Bandera Mexicana
One chicken enchilada with green sauce, one beef chimichanga topped with white sauce, and one chile relleno with ranchero sauce. Served with rice.
Chicken Fajita Quesadilla
A large flour tortilla filled with cheese, peppers, and onions. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Steak Fajita Quesadilla
A large flour tortilla filled with cheese, peppers, and onions. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Quesadilla Ixtapa
Flour tortilla filled with cheese and shrimp topped with white cheese sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole.
Pork Quesadilla
A large flour tortilla filled with monterrey cheese, pork carnitas, and sliced avocado. Served with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, and guacamole.
Quesadilla El Puerto
A large flour tortilla filled with Monterrey cheese, grilled chicken, and bacon. Served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo, topped with our chipotle cream sauce.
Ground Beef Quesadilla
A large flour tortilla grilled with ground beef and shredded cheese. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream.
Seasoned Chicken Quesadilla
A large flour tortilla grilled with seasoned chicken and shredded cheese. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream.
QUESADILLAS
VEGETARIAN
Vegetarian Tacos
Two tacos filled with grilled mixed vegetables, pico de gallo, and sliced avocado, served with black beans and rice.
Vegetarian Burrito
A flour tortilla stuffed with grilled mixed vegetables, topped with roasted salsa and pico de gallo. Served with black beans and rice.
Veggie Quesadilla
A large tortilla filled with Monterrey cheese, grilled vegetables, sliced avocados, served with lettuce, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Vegetarian Plate
Black bean burrito, cheese enchilada, and black bean tostada served with rice.
Carne Asada
Grilled ribeye steak and onions served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, and flour tortillas.
Steak El Puerto
10 oz. Kansas City strip, fresh tomato and jalapeño sautéed sauce served with creamy poblano rajas, white rice, and charro beans.
Steak Fundido
Grilled T-bone steak and shrimp served on a skillet, cooked with mushrooms, onions, tri-colored peppers, topped with melted cheese. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and tortillas.
Mar Y Tierra
Kansas City strip steak topped with shrimp sautéed in a chipotle cream sauce. Served with black beans, rice, and tortillas.
STEAKS
CHICKEN
Chori Pollo
Grilled chicken breast cooked with chorizo and topped with white cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, Mexican spaghetti, and tortillas.
Arroz Con Pollo
Strips of our specially seasoned chicken breast with mixed vegetables topped with cheese sauce and served over Mexican rice.
Pollo Fundido
Grilled chicken and shrimp cooked with mushrooms, peppers, and onions, topped with cheese. Served with Mexican spaghetti, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Pollo El Puerto
Grilled chicken breast and shrimp cooked with mushrooms, onions, peppers, and topped with cheese dip. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, Mexican spaghetti, and tortillas.
Pollo Ixtapa
Grilled chicken and shrimp cooked with pico de gallo, mushrooms, and chipotle sauce. Served with rice, black beans, and tortillas.
Pollo Bandido
Grilled chicken breast smothered with our famous cheese dip. Served with Mexican rice, beans, and tortillas.
Popeye's Chicken
Grilled chicken breast topped with spinach, mushrooms, and jack cheese. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Tilapia El Puerto
Grilled tilapia and shrimp cooked with mixed vegetables. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and guacamole.
Grilled Tilapia
Grilled tilapia fillet served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and guacamole.
Camarones A La Diabla
Twelve large shrimp coked with our special spicy red sauce, served with rice and beans.
Shrimp Cocktail
Poached shrimp tossed in a flavorful sauce of ketchup, onion, cilantro, tomato, citrus juice, and sliced avocados.
Pollo Al Mar
Grilled chicken and shrimp cooked with onion, poblano pepper, and mushrooms in a chipotle cream sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Camarones Borrachos (Drunken Shrimp)
Twelve large shrimp cooked with onions, peppers, pico de gallo, in a rich tequila cream sauce served with black beans, rice, and tortillas.
Camarones El Puerto
Grilled shrimp cooked with onions, peppers, and tomatoes, covered with cheese dip. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, and tortillas.
SEAFOOD
BURRITOS
Burrito Ixtapa
Grilled steak, shrimp, peppers, and onions wrapped in flour tortilla and topped with our special chipotle cream sauce. Served with rice and black beans.
Burrito Patron
A flour tortilla filled with chicken, steak, shrimp, rice, and beans. Topped with cheese sauce.
Fajita Burrito
Choice of chicken or steak cooked with onions and peppers, wrapped in flour tortilla and topped with red sauce. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Burrito Supreme
Two flour tortillas filled with steak or chicken, lettuce, and cheese. Served with guacamole or sour cream, rice and beans.
Burrito Al Pastor
Pastor meat (marinated pork) wrapped in a flour tortilla. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream.
Deluxe Burrito
Tortilla stuffed with ground beef or chicken, rice and beans, topped with our spinach cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, and guacamole.
Burrito California
Extra-large tortilla stuffed with marinated steak, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, french fries, and cheese.
Burrito El Puerto
Extra-large tortilla stuffed with steak or chicken, pico de gallo, rice, and beans, topped with red sauce and cheese dip.
Carnitas Burrito
Large flour tortilla stuffed with tender marinated chunks of pork, rice, and beans, topped with cheese dip and green tomatillo sauce, lettuce, tomato, and guacamole.
Tacos Al Pastor
Two tacos filled with diced pork marinated in al pastor sauce, topped with cilantro, onions, and sliced avocado. Served with beans and rice.
Tacos Al Carbon
Special marinated steak grilled with diced bacon and pico de gallo. Topped with cheese and sliced avocado. Served with rice and beans.
Street Tacos
Three grilled tacos, with your choice of grilled chicken or steak and choice of corn or flour tortillas, topped with cilantro and onions. Served with rice, beans, and cream tomatillo sauce.
Fish Tacos
Two soft tacos with grilled tilapia topped with pico de gallo, Monterrey cheese, and sliced avocado. Served with black beans and rice.
Corona Shrimp Tacos
Cerveza battered shrimp with purple cabbage, chipotle cream sauce and avocado in two flour tortillas. Served with rice and black beans.
AUTHENTIC TACOS
ENCHILADAS
Chipotle Enchiladas
Two flour tortillas stuffed with Monterrey cheese, marinated steak, and topped with chipotle cream sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Trio Enchiladas
One seasoned chicken enchilada with green sauce, one cheese enchilada with white sauce, one beef enchilada with red sauce. Served with black beans and rice.
Angels Enchiladas
Two flour tortillas stuffed with grilled chicken, Monterrey cheese, topped with green tomatillo cream cheese sauce and sliced avocado. Served with black beans and rice.
Enchiladas
Three enchiladas, your choice of ground beef or seasoned chicken, topped with red enchilada sauce. Served with beans and rice.
Enchiladas Supreme
Four enchiladas, one beef, one chicken, one cheese, and one bean, all topped with enchilada sauce, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and sour cream.
Enchiladas El Puerto
Three shrimp enchiladas topped with red sauce and cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and Mexican rice.
Steak Fajitas
Chicken Fajitas
Shrimp Fajitas
Fajitas Ixtapa
Steak, chicken, and shrimp.
Fajitas El Puerto
Steak, chicken, chorizo, shrimp, and ribs.
Fajitas Hawaiian
Pork al pastor, chicken, shrimp, peppers, onions, and pineapple.
Seafood Fajitas
Shrimp, scallops, fish, and crab meat.
Vegetarian Fajitas
Bell peppers, onions, carrots, squash, broccoli, cauliflower, and mushrooms.
FAJITAS
A LA CARTA
Enchilada
Order Of Tacos
Chiles Rellenos
Tamale
Chimichanga
Tostada
Burrito
Quesadilla
Kids Taco
Kids Enchilada
Cheeseburger
Chicken Cheese Dip
Chicken Fingers
KIDS MENU
SIDES
Rice
Beans
Sour Cream
Avocado
Tomatoes
Mushrooms
Onions
Lettuce
Pico De Gallo
Jalapeños
Chiles Toreados
Mexican Spaghetti
Shredded Cheese
Corn Tortillas
Flour Tortillas
Grilled Chicken
Grilled Steak
Shredded Chicken
Ground Beef
Grilled Shrimp
French Fries
Coca-Cola
Diet Coke
Coke Zero
Sprite
Dr Pepper
Diet Dr Pepper
Barq's Root Beer
Pink Lemonade
Sweet Tea
Unsweetened Tea
Bottled Soda
Coca-Cola, Orange Fanta.
Jarritos
Pineapple, Mandarin, Tamarind, Strawberry.