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303 16th St., #9 Denver, CO 80202

303-534-4222

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303 16th St., #9 Denver CO 80202

Cuisine(s): Mexican

Hours: Mon-Fri 6:30am-2:30pm

Price: $ $
Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Delivery, Private Party, Catering, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly

Serving: Breakfast, Lunch
Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Lot Available, Street

Description

Located in the basement of Republic Plaza off the 16th Street Mall, El Azteca holds the Mexican-food slot in this throwback food court. (There's also a Chick-Fil-A, a Falafel King and nods to quick Chinese, Japanese, pizza and...yeah, you get the idea.) But while this is a lunch spot, with a clientele made up almost entirely of local business types on a fast break, El Azteca has been taking pains with its food since the '90s, when it first introduced Mexican fare with a slight Cuban accent to Denver. This outpost offers all the regular dishes -- tacos, burritos, green chile, breakfast burritos -- as well as an incredible roasted chicken.

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South of the Border Patrol

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, January 27, 2000

It's a beautiful day in the Denver Tech Center neighborhood when an eatery as good as El Azteca moves in. This local favorite recently opened a fourth location, at 12201 East Arapahoe Road. Like the original El Azteca, at 3960 South Federal... More »
Latin Lovers

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, September 19, 1996

I'd thought that I would never find authentic--much less great--Mexican food in this town. I'd worried that manana would never come. Now, finally, it's here--by way of California. Sergio and Alicia Hernandez were running two successful... More »

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Main Menu

Appetizers

$5.40

Nachos With Chicken

$7.65

Nachos Supremos
corn tortilla chips with beef or chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and guacamole.

$8.40

Nachos Super
corn tortilla chips with beans, chicken or beef, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese and chopped onions.

$8.65

Nachos Fajitas
corn tortilla chips with beef or chicken, green peppers, onions, tomatoes and sour cream.

$10.00

Shrimp Fajita Nachos
corn tortilla chips with shrimp , green peppers, onions, tomatoes and sour cream.

Soups

$5.75

Azteca Tortilla Soup

$2.75

Fideo Soup

Salads

$7.25

Taco Salad
crispy, flour tortilla shell with beef, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, guacamole & your choice of ground beef, chicken or beef tips.

$7.95

Fajita Taco Salad
fajita style chicken or beef, crispy flour tortilla shell with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream & guacamole.

$7.25

Chicken Salad
lettuce, grilled chicken, carrots, tomatoes & cheese.

$4.25

Tossed Salad In A Flour Shell
lettuce, shredded cheese & tomatoes dressing available: thousand island, french, blue cheese, italian and ranch house

$7.25

Taco "loco"
beef , chicken , beans, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream & cheese served in a baked shell.topped with tomatoes & nacho sauce.

Special Dinner

$10.20
With Shrimp $12.00

Carne Asada
tender roast beef with beans & guacamole salad, served with three tortillas.

$11.20

Steak Ranchero
steak with ranchero sauce.served with rice & beans.

$10.20

Carnitas Dinner
fried pork with rice beans, guacamole salad and three tortillas.

$11.00

Chuletas De Puerco
2 pork chops, served with rice, beans & green sauce.

$11.20

Steak A La Tampiquena
rib eye steak cooked with onions, served with rice, beans , tortillas & salad.

$14.45

T-bone Steak
grilled t- bone steak with onions, tomatoes, bell, peppers & mushroom served with rice, beans & tortillas.

$9.95

Pollo Asado
chicken breast topped with onions, served with rice and beans.

$9.95

Pollo El Azteca
2 pieces of chicken topped with ranchero sauce, served with rice and beans.

$9.95

Pollo Veracruzano
chicken breast topped with onions, served with rice and beans.

$9.95

Chori Pollo
grill chicken breast topped with mexican sausage and nacho sauce, served with rice , beans & three flour tortillas.

$8.45

La Superior
one burrito, one chile relleno and one chalupa.

$9.45

Tacos De Carne Asada(3)
corn tortillas filled with carne asada, served with tomatillo sauce, pico de gallo & refried beans.

$9.45

Azteca Special
1.tamal 2. taquitos(chicken or beef), chips, cheese, lettuce, tomatillo sauce, pico de gallo & refried beans.

$8.45

La Favorita
one buritto with beef tips, one chicken enchiladas and one special tostaguac.

$7.95

Chilaquiles Mexicanos
corn tortillas cooked with chicken and our own special sauce, topped with nacho cheese, garnished with guacamole salsa.

$7.95

Taquitos Mexicanos
four dipped fried rolled corn tortillas two stuffed with chicken and two beef tips, served with guacamole, lettuce , tomato and sour cream.

$23.95

Parillada With Shrimp(meal For Two)
chicken breast, rib eye stick, mexican sausage, carnitas, pork, rice, beans, guacamole salad, sour cream.tortillas & two cheese quesalidas.

$8.75

Chile Colorado
grilled beef tips with tomatoes sauce, served with rice, beans and tortillas.

$8.75

Chile Verde
grilled beef tips with green tomatillo, served with rice, beans and tortillas.

$8.50

Tacos De Chorizo
three corn tortillas filled with "chorizo". served with tomatillo sauce and pico de gallo.

$9.95

Chimichanga
two flour tortillas deep fried and filled with choice of beef tips or chicken and fried beans. topped with nacho cheese, garnished with guacomole salad.

$8.95

Combo Special
one taquito, one chimichanga, with cheese dip, rice and beans.

$12.45

Special Dinner
challupa with guacomole salad, chile rilleno, beef taco, shredded beef enchilada, chicken burrito, rice and beans.

$12.45

Azteca Loco
a chicken breast with shrimp.tomatoes, onions and squash, bell peppers mexican cheese melted on top.served with rice and beans.

$12.45

Camaron A La Diabla
marinated in hot spice, served with rice, salad and corn or flour tortillas.

Fajitas

$12.95

Shrimp Fajitas
tender shrimp with bell, peppers, onions, guacamole, beans with cheese, tomatoes and flour or corn tortillas.

$10.25

Beef Or Chicken Fajitas
tender sliced beef or chicken with bell, peppers, onions, tomatoes.guacamole, beans with cheese and flour or corn tortillas.

$11.45

Mixed Fajitas
tender sliced beef or chicken with bell, peppers, onions, tomatoes.guacamole, beans with cheese and flour or corn tortillas.

$12.45

Texas Fajitas
tender sliced beef, chicken and shrimp with bell peppers, onions, guacamole, beans and cheese, tomatoes and flour or corn tortillas.

$14.00

Fajitas Del Mar
shrimp, scallops and imitation lobster meat grilled with onions, green peppers, and tomatoes, served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, guacomole, pico de gallo and three flour tortillas.

$18.00

Special Fajitas For Two
consists of tender beef, chicken breast, pork and shrimp served with rice, guacomole, flour or corn tortillas and beans with cheese and tomatoes.

$12.45

Fajitas Vallarata
chorizo (mexican sausage), beef and chicken served with refried beans, guacomole, salad and tortillas.

$3.75

Extra Fajita Salad

Vegetarian

$8.75

Bean Burrito, 1 Cheese Enchilada & 1 Tostada
with refried beans & nacho cheese.

$8.75

1 Chalupa, 1 Cheese Enchilada & Beans

$8.75

1 Bean Burrito, 1 Quesadilla & 1 Chalupa

$8.75

1 Bean Burrito With Nacho Cheese, 1 Cheese Enchilada & 1 Quesadilla

Desserts

$3.25

Flan
vanilla mexican custard

$3.50

Fried Icecream

$3.50

Tiramisu

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El Azteca

303 16th St., #9 Denver, CO 80202

303-534-4222

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South of the Border Patrol

By Kyle Wagner | Thu, January 27, 2000

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By Kyle Wagner | Thu, September 19, 1996

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