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Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe
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2005 W. 33rd Ave. Denver CO 80211

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  • Mexican
    Mon-Sat 10am-9pm
    $$ $, $$
  • MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, cash, ATM/Debit
    Catering, Delivery, Kid Friendly, Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Private Party, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible
    Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch
  • Full bar
    Accepted, Recommended for Large Parties
    Lot Available, Street
Description

Temporarily closed: For more than twenty years, Rosa Linda Aguirre and her family have been dishing up some of Denver's best Mexican food in the town's most family-friendly eatery. The kids pictured on the original menu are all grown -- although most continue to work in the restaurant -- and grandchildren now play in the very casual dining area. This place has always been warm, inviting and eclectic, and the food is just as warm and inviting: comforting red posole, a simple desebrado of shredded beef, homemade tamales and delicious nopalito tacos stuffed with sliced cactus petals.








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  • 2010 | Best Dinner Under $10

    Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe marked its 25th anniversary this year -- 25 years of serving up some of the city's best Mexican food in a northwest Denver neighborhood that was beyond sketchy when Rosa Linda's first opened and is now the hottest restaurant neighborhood in the city. To celebrate this big birthday, the Aguirre family decided to give the entire city a present: weekly specials that roll prices back to 1985. In honor of the restaurant's very first Best of Denver win, through April... More »

  • 2007 | Best Cactus

    There are spots where you can get a great beef-cheek taco; places where the asada burritos are as big as your head. But there's only one Mexican restaurant in town where our favorite plate is, technically, a vegetarian one. That restaurant is Rosa Linda's, where the cactus tacos keep us coming back year after year. The tough outer petals are de-spined, peeled, shaved and cooked down until they're as tender and sweet as those canned green beans your mom used to make you eat as a kid. But... More »

  • 2006 | BEST CACTUS

    If only green beans tasted as good as the cactus at Rosa Linda's, kids would never have to be told to clean their plates. The kitchen here uses the nopales in tacos, in burritos, mixed in with lettuce and pico and other such adulterating flavors. But we like to pull the packages apart until we end up with a taco carcass on one side of the plate and a pile of cactus strips on the other, which we then eat with our fingers -- the way we still eat green beans when we can get away with it. But... More »

  • 2005 | Best Neighborhood Restaurant

    Twenty years is a long time to wait for a neighborhood to catch up with you. Since the day they opened their little storefront burrito joint in February 1984, the Aguirre family has worked to make the Highland neighborhood the very best it can be. They've fed the less fortunate at Thanksgiving and Christmas, sponsored charity events, spread the gospel of great green chile at fairs around town -- and always kept the home fires burning in the back of their restaurant, which has grown along... More »

  • 2004 | Best Steak Ranchero

    Over the years we've eaten our way around Rosa Linda's menu, devouring everything from the soft chiles rellenos to the classic shredded beef burrito. But for a Mexican meal that really sticks to your costillas, try the steak ranchero -- tender diced beef mixed with chiles and onions in a killer red chile sauce. More »

  • 2003 | Best Burrito -- Traditional

    Before burritos the size of dachshunds became the rage, before tortillas started wrapping everything in sight, Rosa Linda's Mexican Cafe was selling great shredded-beef burritos from the window of its tiny storefront. Well, the more things change, the more they stay the same: Over the past eighteen years, Rosa Linda's has expanded, absorbing more space along the block, adding tables and menu items even as the Aguirre family, which owns the operation, added family members. But the... More »

  • 2002 | Best Family Restaurant

    A great family restaurant begins with a great family, and you won't find a better one than the family behind Rosa Linda Mexican Cafe. As their northwest Denver eatery grew -- from a little walk-up burrito window to a series of colorful storefronts -- the children of Virgil and Rosa Linda Aguirre grew, too, from polite kids who used to hang out after grade school to chefs in their own right. But you'll still find the entire crew here, hanging out with Destiny, the first grandchild (her baby... More »

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Main Menu
Aperitivos
Appetizers
$7.25
Super Nachos
top 15 nachos in the nation" wall street journal february 2006. chips topped with beans, cheese, jalapenos, lettuce, tomatoes, & pico de gallo
$8.75
Super Nachos
chips topped with beans, cheese, jalapenos, lettuce, tomatoes, & pico de gallo chicken, shredded beef, steak, or cactus
$5.25
Guacamole
fresh avocado smashed with pico de gallo
$2.25
Chips & Salsa
homemade chips served with our house salsa first basket free, all others
$1.99
Specialty Salsas
your choice of: chile de arbol or pico de gallo
$9.95
Coctel De Camaron
shrimp served in our special cocktail sauce trimmed with fresh avocado, lemon slices, & saltine crackers
$3.50
Chicken, Shredded Beef, Or Cactus $4.95
Quesadilla
melted cheese sandwiched between two tortillas served with your choice of salsa
$5.95
Queso Fundido
melted white cheese & rosa linda's homemade chorizo served with corn tortilla's.
$2.75
Bean And Cheese Dip
$3.95
Chile Con Queso Dip
your choice of pork, green chile or cheese or nacho cheese and salsa
Tacos Y Tostadas
All Tacos Are Served On A Corn Tortilla Rosa Linda's Cooks With Trans Fat Free Oils
$8.99
Tacos Al Carbon
three steak tacos with grilled onions and tomatoes served with a side of pico de gallo and a side of beans
$7.95
Tacos De Pollo
three chicken tacos with grilled onions and tomatoes served with a side of pico de gallo and a side of beans
$7.95
Tacos De Deshebrada
three shredded beef tacos with grilled onions and tomatoes served with a side of pico de gallo and a side of beans
$8.99
Combination Tacos
3 tacos of your choice of chicken, shredded beef, steak or ground beef served with pico de gallo and a side of beans
$9.25
Tacos De Camaron
three shrimp with grilled onions and tomatoes served with pico de gallo and a side of beans
$11.25
Tacos De Pescado
a slightly breaded tilapia fillet cooked to perfection, served with pico de gallo and a side of beans sorry, no individual fish or shrimp tacos
$4.25
Ground Beef Tacos
three ground beef tacos in a hard shell topped with lettuce, tomatoes and cheese
$3.75
Tostadas: Bean Tostada
three tostadas topped with lettuce, tomatoes and cheese
$6.95
With Beans Add $1.25
Tostada: Chicken, Shredded Or Ground Beef, Or Guacamole
three tostadas topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese
$6.99
With Beans Add $1.25
Tostadas: Combination
three tostadas topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese
Enchilada's
All Entrees Are Smothered In Red Or Green Chile & Served With A Side Of Rice And Beans Rosa Linda's Cooks With Trans Fat Free Oils
$6.95
Smothered In Mole Add $2.50
Enchilada's De Queso
three cheese enchilada's
$9.25
Smothered In Mole Add $2.50
Enchiladas De Nopalitos
three cactus enchiladas, grilled with onions, tomatoes, and spices
$10.25
Combination Add $1.50
Smothered In Mole Add $2.50
Enchiladas De Carne
three enchiladas stuffed with your choice of ground beef, shredded beef, or steak
$9.25
Smothered In Mole Add $2.50
Enchiladas De Pollo
three chicken enchiladas, grilled with onions and tomatoes
$10.75
Smothered In Mole Add $2.50
Enchiladas Con Camaron
three shrimp enchiladas, grilled with onions, tomatoes, & spices
$11.25
Smothered In Mole Add $2.50
Combination Enchiladas
three enchiladas stuffed with your choice of cactus, cheese, ground beef, shredded beef, steak, or chicken
Burritos
All Entrees Are Smothered In Red Or Green Chile Whole Wheat Tortillas Add 0.25
$6.99
Supremo
soft shredded beef, chicken, or ground beef with beans stuffed in a tortilla with cheese and a side of rice. (shredded beef, chicken comes grilled with onions and tomatoes)
$4.75
Cheese $1.25
Rosa Linda's Award
(winning shredded beef or chicken burrito)soft shredded beef or chicken grilled with onions and tomatoes stuffed in a tortilla
$2.99
Cheese $1.25
Bean Burrito
bean burrito topped with homemade green chile, a side of lettuce and tomatoes
$4.50
Burrito De Chicharron
bean burrito topped with homemade chicharrones (deep fried pork fat)
$5.25
Chile Relleno Burrito
one chile relleno rolled in a tortilla with a side of rice or beans
$4.75
Cheese $1.25
Ground Beef Burrito
ground beef burrito topped with homemade green chile, a side of lettuce and tomatoes
Entree
$12.95
Especial
(special) large bowl of cactus soup, side of lental soup or rice and a side of capirotada and your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
Small $3.95
Large $7.50
Caldo De Nopalito
(cactus soup)prickly pear cactus, potatoes, green onion, and shrimp patties, served in a chili-based stew, and your choice of corn or flour tortillas
Small $3.50
Large $5.95
Caldo De Lentejas
(lental soup)lental soup served with chopped green onions, carrots, celery, and your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
$11.95
Pescado Ranchero
a seared tilapia filet in succulent spices, served with a special tomatillo salsa or house salsa, beans and rice
$7.95
Tacos De Papa
3 potato tacos, deep fried and served with lettuce, tomato, with a side of pico de gallo and beans.
$8.50
Tacos De Nopalitos
3 tacos of prickly pear cactus grilled with onion tomatoes served with a side of rice, beans, pico de gallo, on three corn tortillas
$10.95
Tacos De Pescado
a slightly breaded tilapia filet in a masa-harina cooked to perfection, served with pico de gallo, beans and homemade pickled onions
$8.95
Chile Relleno Plate
our award winning chile rellenos smothered in red chile served with rice and beans and tortillas
Side Entrees
$3.99
Chile Relleno
$1.95
Rice
$1.95
Beans
$2.95
Veggie $3.25
Tamale
pork
$2.75
Nopalito (cactus) $3.25
Pollo (chicken) $3.25
Deshebrada (shredded Beef) $3.25
Bistec (steak) $3.25
One Enchilada
cheese
$2.50
Ground Beef $2.25
Nopalito (cactus) $2.75
Pollo (chicken) $2.75
Deshebrada (shredded Beef) $2.75
Bistec (steak) $2.75
One Taco Or Tostada
bean
Extras
$1.25
Cheese
$1.75
Sour Cream
$2.50
Guacamole
$2.25
Green Chile Or Red Chile
$1.99
Chicharonnes
$1.99
Lettuce Or Tomatoes
$1.00
Tortillas
corn, flour, or whole wheat
$5.25
Mole
Desserts
$2.50
Capirotada
(traditional mexican bread pudding) toasted bread soaked in mexican brown sugar, topped with coconut, walnuts, peanuts, raisins, cheese, and sprinkles
$1.75
Flan
our traditional homemade rich and creamy flan drizzled with caramel that will melt in your mouth
$1.75
Sopapillas
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