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1002 N. 7th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85007

602-254-4629

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Phoenix New Times
Recommended
Best Cheap Mexican Food
Award Winner 2002

Cuisine(s): Mexican

Hours: Sun 9am-8pm, Mon-Sat 7:30am-10pm

Price: $

Payment Types: cash
Attire: casual

Features: Smoking, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Catering, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: None
Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Lot Available

Description

So much grease slides off the flautas here that you could probably start a fire with it if you were so inclined. So is that a bad thing? Hell, no. Particularly when it comes to Mexican fast food. El Norteño might not look like much from the outside, but it delivers on solid machaca, chorizo, Sonoran enchiladas and all the rest. Takeout only, unless you want to eat alfresco on the little, weathered patio.

2002 | Best Cheap Mexican Food

Even when we have no money, we still can eat like royalty at El Norte�o. The most expensive thing on the menu at this casual, counter-service shop is a Mexican pizza, and for $6.75, it's huge, loaded with ground beef, beans, guacamole, sour cream, tomatoes, jalape�os and onions. Most everything else comes in at less than $5, with flavors and portions worth twice the price. Who can beat a burro grande, just $4 for a hefty handful of red or green chile, sour cream or guacamole, cheese, lettuce, to... More »
2000 | Best Mexican Takeout

Don't feel like cooking El Norte�o has been a Valley takeout favorite for years. The small space is nothing fancy, but the food is. El Norte�o's kitchen cranks, even producing menudo on weekends. The staff has you fed morning to night: Breakfast on spicy, homemade chorizo-and-egg burros; lunch on green enchiladas, red tamales and tacos; and return to pick up dinner -- killer machaca, green chile stew, cheese crisps and chicken tostadas.El Norte�o, we'll take you anytime, anywhere! More »

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By Dan Cortez | Thu, September 04, 2003

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Main Menu

Main

$7.00

Tamale
enchilada rice & beans

$7.00

Taco
tostada rice & beans

$6.55

Red Or Green Chile Bowl
rice & beans w/ flour tortilla

$6.60

Flautas Beef Or Chicken (2)
rice & beans

$6.15
Enchilada Style Add $1.00

Red Or Green Chile Burro
rice & beans

$7.00

Cheese Enchiladas (2)
rice & beans

$6.75

Chorizo And Egg Plate
beans & rice w/ flour tortilla

$7.65

Green Enchilada
flauta rice & beans

$6.80

Chile Relleno Rice & Beans
w/ flour tortilla

$6.80

Tacos Beef Or Chicken (2)
rice & beans

$7.65

Machaca Or Chicken Plate
rice & beans w/ flour tortilla

$6.50

Enchilada
taco, & tostada

$7.65

Green Enchiladas (2)
rice, beans & sour cream

$8.25

Chimichanga
w/ favorite filling, rice & beans

$7.65

Tamales Red Or Green (2)
enchilada style rice & beans

$6.80

Gorditas Red, Green Or Ground Beef
rice & beans

$8.25

Sonora Enchiladas (2)
beef or chicken w/ sour cream, rice & beans

$7.65

Pollo Fundido
rice & beans

$8.00

Steak Picado
rice & beans w/ flour tortilla

$5.25

Chilaquiles & Egg

$6.50

Carne Asada Fries

Sm $2.75
Lrg $4.35
W/ Meat Add $1.50

Chile Cheese Fries

$7.00

Carne Asada Nachos

$6.25

Taco Salad

$9.15

Mexican Pizza

$6.50

Carna Asada Cheese Crisp

Chimichangas

$5.95

Chicken

$5.95

Red Chile

$5.95

Green Chile

$5.30

Bean & Cheese

$5.60

Ground Beef & Cheese

$6.25

Machaca

$7.00

Carne Asada

Burros

$3.55

Red Chile

$3.55

Green Chile

$3.35

Bean & Cheese

$3.40

Bean & Jalapeno

$3.45

Ground Beef & Cheese

$4.50

Machaca

$4.75
Potatoes Add $0.85

Machaca & Egg

$5.75

Steak & Egg

$3.45
Potatoes Add $0.85

Chorizo Egg

$3.45

Egg With Cheese

$3.45
Potatoes Add $0.85

Bacon & Egg

$3.45
Potatoes Add $0.85

Ham & Egg

$4.15

Chile Relleno

$4.15

Chicken

$5.75

Pollo Fundido

$4.60

3 Way Burro
red green beans

$4.20

2 Way Burro
red and green

$4.95

Carne Asada

$6.50

Arizona Burro
carne asada, rice, beans, potatoe, sourcream, quacamole

$5.50

Burro Grande
red or green chile, sour cream & guacamole, lettuce, tomato, onion, & cheese inside, with a 32oz soft drink

Gorditas

$4.50

Ground Beef

$4.50

Red Chile

$4.50

Green Chile

Tostadas

$2.25

Bean

$2.95

Ground Beef

$2.95

Chicken

$2.95

Guacamole & Bean

$3.25

Deluxe Ground Beef And Bean

$3.50

Machaca

$6.25

Norteno Tostada
machaca or chicken with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, sour cream & cheese

Enchiladas

$2.65

Cheese

$3.30

Chicken

$4.20

Sonora Enchiladas

$3.30

Beef (ground Beef)

$3.25

Green

$3.30

Machaca

Flautas

$2.25

Beef

$2.25

Chicken

$2.45

Machaca

Pizza

$9.15

Mexican Pizza
ground beef, beans, onion, tomatoes, sour crean, guacamole & cheese

$6.50

Carne Asada Fries

$7.00

Carne Asada Nachos

$6.50

Norteno Nachos

Tacos (Soft Or Hard)

$2.15

Beef

$2.15

Chicken

$2.15

Ground Beef

$2.15

Machaca

$2.00

Carne Asada Tacos (soft)

$6.25

Taco Salad

American Food

$3.15

Norteno Burger
w/ green chile strips

$2.45

Texas Burger

$2.75

Texas Cheese Burger

$1.75

Extra Meat Or Bacon

$1.65

Small French Fries

$2.40

Large French Fries

Sm $2.75
Lrg $4.35
Add Meat $1.50

Chile Cheese Fries

Side Orders

$1.40

Rice

$1.40

Beans

$1.45

Sour Ceam

$2.40

Guacamole

$0.85

Cheese

$1.00

Enchilada Style

$0.85

Deep Fried

$1.25

6oz Hot Sauce

$2.50

12oz Hot Sauce

$4.15

Pint Hot Sauce

$2.00

Small Chips & Salsa

$3.00

Large Chips & Salsa

$2.50

Nachos

$3.00

Dozen Tortillas

$2.40

Dinner Salad

$0.85

Egg Or Potato

$0.75

Flour Tortillas

$0.95

Flour Tortilla W/ Butter

$0.75

Corn Tortillas (3)

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El Norteno

1002 N. 7th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85007

602-254-4629

Description

2002 | Best Cheap Mexican Food

2000 | Best Mexican Takeout

By Caitlin McQuarrie | Fri, February 17, 2012

By Wynter Holden | Wed, September 8, 2010

By Dan Cortez | Thu, September 04, 2003