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El Pueblito Place

1423 Richmond Ave.
Houston, TX 77006

713-520-6635 | Website

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Category: Restaurants | Mexican, South American

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In this modest, pink-walled restaurant, owners Eduardo and Monica Lopez specialize in the dishes of Guatemala and Mexico: succulent fish tacos, grilled chicken and scrumptious fried plantains. The cilantro-spiked salsa, which manages to be hot and cooling simultaneously, is in a class by itself.

  • Cuisine(s): Mexican, South American

    Hours: Sun 8am-10pm, Mon 11am-10pm, Tue-Thu 11am-11:30am, Fri-Sat 8am-12am

    Price: $, $$

    Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash

  • Attire: Casual

    Features: Smoking, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Wheelchair Accessible

    Serving: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch

    Entertainment: Live Entertainment

  • Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

    Parking: Lot Available

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  • 2008 | Best Patio

    Gotta be honest: Last time we went to El Pueblito, they only had one credit-card machine, which meant we had to wait a fortnight for them to run the cards for a large party who closed out ahead of us. Essentially, we were hostages. But what a... More >

  • 2007 | Best Patio

    Sure, you could eat their delicious Guatemalan and Mexican dishes in a jail cell or a submarine and they'd still probably taste good, but you'll be doing yourself a disservice if you don't dine on the patio. It's like you're not even on the same... More >

  • 2003 | Best Patio

    When you sit outside at El Pueblito Place, you'll start believing you're on vacation in a foreign land -- especially after a couple of margaritas. Palm trees with Christmas lights, tiki torches and candles give the expansive patio a romantic... More >

  • 2002 | Best Salsa

    Is there smack in this salsa? No, of course not. But the addictive quality of El Pueblito's version of the condiment will make you wonder. At this Guatemalan/Mexican restaurant, owned by Eduardo and Monica Lopez, the salsa is more than just... More >

  • 2001 | Best Margarita

    These sublime concoctions are undoubtedly best enjoyed alfresco, and to do so there is no place better than the Guatemalan/Mexican surf-and-turf, El Pueblito Place. First, there's the marg itself, which is tartly delicious as any in town and... More >

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  • In the Pink

    By Eric Lawlor | Thu, April 23, 1998

    There are few good cartoons in the New Yorker anymore, but I did enjoy one that ran last month. A man and a woman are standing at the door of their apartment seeing off the last of their guests, one of whom says to the hostess: "The crab bisque, t... More >

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Especialidades De La Casa
Plates Starting At $11
 
Pollo Maya
delicious chicken breast grilled to perfection marinated with a secret house spices. served with grilled vegetables, rice and tortillas
 
San Felipe
chicken or beef fajitas, grilled to perfection marinated with house spices. served with fried plantain, rice, pinto beans, pico de gallo and tortillas.
 
El Pueblito Parrillada
a combination of sizziling shrimp, chicken and beef fajitas. served with guacamole, rice, pinto beans, pico de gallo and tortillas. for one, for two
 
Caribbean Snapper
fresh bay snapper marinated with house sauce. served with black beans, rice, fried plantains and sour cream.
 
Pez De Dioses
fresh rainbow trout marinated and grilled with roasted almonds. served with guacamole, black beans and rice.
 
Shrimp Fajitas
sizzling shrimp fajitas. served with bell pepers, rice, beans, lettuce, tortillas and pico de gallo
 
Snapper Santa Monica:
grilled fresh bay snapper marinated with lemon butter sauce. served with fruit relish, pinto beans and rice.
 
Camarones Calientes:
delicious gulf shrimp sauteed on a hot skillet and tossed in a diablo salsa. served with rice, beans, lettuce, tortillas and pico de gallo.
 
Hot And Crazy Plate
grilled jumbo scallops and shrimp cooked in lemon garlic sauce. served with spinach, rice, vegetables and fruit relish.
 
El Rey Snapper
grilled gulf red snapper filet topped by shrimp, scallops and mushrooms. served with rice, house salad annd fried plantains.
 
El Dorado
fresh salmon marinated and grilled in orange citrus sauce. served with rice, spinach, grilled tomatoes and pico de gallo.
 
El Matador
deliciuos fresh gulf snapper marinated by achote sauce topped with baby shrimp and spinach. served with house salad, rice and vegetables.
 
El Conquistador
delicious salmon filet topped with scallops and a fried plantain. served with vegetables, fruit realish and rice.
 
El Negrito
blackenned redfish topped by roasted tomatoes in lime butter sauce. served with lettuce, rice and vegetables.
 
Pescado Indio
delicious grilled red fish with olive oil, basil, garlic, lemon sauce. served with rice, vegetables and salad
 
El Capitan
fresh gulf redfish topped with two large shrimp, avocados and mushrooms in a orange sauce. served with rice, vegetables and a house salad.
 
Spanish Salmon
sauteed salmon filet with spanish artichoke hearts, dice tomatoes in a white wine lemon butter sauce. served with lettuve, rice and grilled vegetables.
 
Blackened Trout
fresh water rainbow trout grilled and marinated in cajun spices. topped with avocate and pico de gallo. served with rice, vegetables and lettuce
 
Yucatan
grilled chicken breast marinated with pesto sauce. served with rice, refried black beans and tortillas.
 
Hawaiian Salmon
delicious salmon marinated with pinapple sauce. served with grilled vegetables, rice and salad.
 
Chipotle Chicken
grilled chicken topped with creamy chipotle sauce. served with rice, refried black beans, fruit salad and tortillas.

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