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4720 Almeda Houston, TX 77004

713-523-2861 

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  • Mexican, Tex-Mex
    Tue-Thu 11am-9:30pm, Fri-Sat 11am-10pm
    $, $$
  • All Major Credit Cards, cash
    Casual
    Smoking, Takeout, Private Party, Banquet Facilities, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly
  • Dinner, Lunch
    Accepted, Recommended
    Lot Available
Description

The splendid margaritas, Christmas lights and gooily old-fashioned combination plates at this rickety, funkily charming Tex-Mex classic haven't changed a bit. The enclosed porch, with its massive broken-tile tables, remains one of the most evocative rooms in town.







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    These are the restaurants where to a native or longtime Houstonian, everybody knows your face, if not your name. Those willing to stomach greasy cheese enchiladas with a heart-unwise dollop of dubious chili con carne aboard are growing fewer by the day, perhaps owing in no small part to their allegiance to same. No matter, we say, and carpe the canned con carne. Before Los Tios, before Mama Ninfa, before Doneraki, before Pico's, and long before the likes of Teala's et al., there were... More »

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    | Mon, October 31, 2011

    For a long time, Spanish Flowers was my family's go-to Tex-Mex joint. It was one of the first Houston restaurants (of any variety) that my parents visited while house-hunting from South Bend, IN nearl... More »

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  • Spanish Civil War

    Spanish Civil War

    | Thu, April 27, 1995

    My head hurts just thinking about the latest plot development in the long-running Spanish Village soap opera. First there was the split between Larry Pico, the veteran owner of the Christmas-lit Tex-Mex landmark on Almeda, and the Medina family, w... More »

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Main
Appetizers
$6.30
Small Ceviche
$8.70
Large Ceviche
$6.30
Small Chile Con Queso Dip
$8.70
Large Chile Con Queso Dip
$7.35
Small Pico Special Dip
$9.75
Large Pico Special Dip
$8.55
Nachos Tedo
with beans & chile con queso
$7.90
Nachos
$9.15
Beef Nachos
$10.40
Super Nachos
with fajitas and guacamole
$7.10
Small Guacamole Dip
$9.75
Large Guacamole Dip
$11.05
Quesadillas
with pollo, fajitas or shimp
$8.40
Stuffed Jalapenos (4)
$3.00
Grated Cheese
$2.00
Jalapenos
$2.25
Pico de Gallo
Salads
$9.25
Taco Salad
with beef & grated cheese
$11.75
Fajita Salad
with grated cheese
$7.10
Guacamole Salad
FAJITAS al CARBON
No. 21B For Two $28.50
No. 21A For One $14.50
BEEF or CHICKEN
served on a sizzling plate with onions saute, a bowl of beans, ala charra, guacamole and pico de gallo
No. 22B For Two $30.00
No. 22A For One $15.25
KIRK'S FAJITAS
same tender beef or chicken fajitas, served with fresh ranchero sauce made fresh with onions, tomatoes and jalapeno peppers, served with guacamole, pico de gallo and tortillas
Chicken
$12.10
Broiled Chicken A-La-Allen
$12.10
Southern Fried Spring Chicken
served with salad, french fries or baked potato and hot buttered rolls
$12.95
Boneless Skinless Breast of Pollo
with three different toppings, served with rice, beans, tortillas and your choice of: (a) covered with white mozzarella cheese, mushrooms & onion, (b) smothered in freshly cooked spicy ranchero sauce, (c) topped with chile con queso sauce
CHALUPAS - A-La-Bales
Consists of Toasted Tortilla with Lettuce and Tomatoes, Beans, Cheese and Guacamole
$9.20
One Chalupa-A-La-Bales, Cheese & Onion Enchilada, Two Tamales with Chili
$9.20
One Chalupa-A-La-Bales, Cheese & Onion Enchilada and One Taco
$9.20
One Chalupa-A-La-Bales, Cheese & Onion Enchilada and One Chili Con Queso
$8.95
Two Chalupa-A-La-Bales
$9.20
One Chalupa-A-La-Bales, Two Tamales and One Taco
$9.20
One Chalupa-A-La-Bales, One Chili Con Queso and One Taco
$10.80
One Bean Chalupa, Two Cheese Enchiladas, One Taco, Rice & Beans
TACOS
Serving Flour (2) or Corn (3) To An Order
$8.95
Guacamole Tacos
$8.95
Beef Tacos
$9.20
Chicken Tacos
$7.80
Bean Tacos
$9.45
Doc's Special Tacos
$9.20
Tacos-A-La-Martin
$11.85
Tacos Al Carbon
(2) your choice orders of tacos al carbon are choice beef, pork or chicken in our own special flour tortilla, served with rice, beans, guacamole and pico de gallo
$15.75
Tacos Al Carbon
(3) your choice orders of tacos al carbon are choice beef, pork or chicken in our own special flour tortilla, served with rice, beans, guacamole and pico de gallo
Enchiladas
$11.05
Enchiladas Con Huevos
$10.50
Enchiladas Combo Beef, Chicken, Cheese
$10.50
Enchiladas Y Mas
2 cheese & onion enchiladas and 2 tamales
$9.75
Enchiladas (3)
with cheese, onions & chile
$10.50
Beef Enchiladas (3)
with cheese and chile
$10.50
Chicken Enchiladas (3)
with creole sauce
$10.50
Cheese Enchiladas (3)
with chile above served with refried beans and rice
$11.50
Special Enchiladas-A-La-Taylor
prepared with many spices, cheese, with chile con carne, rice, beans and guacamole salad
Special Orders
$9.75
Chiles Rellenos (2)
$8.15
Spanish Omlette
$8.15
Huevos Rancheros
$8.25
Four Tamales with Chile Con Carne
above served with refried beans and rice
$9.25
Alfonso's Chile Rellenos
guacamole salad & beef taco
$9.25
Anthony's Beef Taco Chile Con Queso
and guacamole, served on a toasted tortilla
$8.50
Menudo, Honey Comb
$8.50
Bowl Chile Con Carne
$5.80
Cheese Cake
$12.50
Stuffed Devil Crab Dinner (2)
with potato and salad
$17.50
Devil Shrimp, Six large shrimp buttered
with a wedge of jalapeno pepper covered with white cheese held by a slice of wrapped bacon, baked and served on a bed of rice
$15.00
Paella Valenciana (1)
$29.00
Paella Valenciana (2)
$6.85
Chile Con Queso (2)
$11.20
Sunbelt Specia
one chalupa-a-la-bales with pico dressing, one cheese and onion enchilada and one doc's special taco
$11.75
Delia's Carne Guisada
beef tips with gravy (served mexican style) with rice, beans and pico de gallo
$11.75
Pork Carnitas
served with rice, beans and pico de gallo
Dinner
$8.25
Mexican Plate
one cheese and onion enchilada, one tamale, spanish rice and refried beans.
$12.25
Regular Dinner
queso, one cheese and onion enchilada, one tamale, spanish rice and refried beans.
$13.50
Deluxe Dinner
beef taco, chile con queso, one cheese and onion enchilada, one tamale, spanish rice and refried beans.
$13.50
Vegetarian Dinner
chile con queso, bean tacos, two cheese and onion enchiladas with spanish sauce, spanish rice and refried beans.
$12.10
Chimichanga Dinner
beef chimichanga with guacamole salad, rice and beans
$10.50
J.T. Smith's Special
one fajita taco, one chile con queso and guacamole, served on a bed of lettuce
$10.15
Burrito
u.s. choice beef prepared mexican style served in a flour tortilla complimented with spanish rice, refried beans and chili gravy.q
$10.15
Three Flautas
served with rice and beans, your choice chicken or beef.
$15.75
Alfonso Pico Special
as a starter - chile con queso, guacamole salad, beef taco, veracruzana entree - chile relleno, 1 tamale, 1 cheese & onion enchilada
Steaks
$10.75
Ground Sirloin
$17.75
Rib Eye
$18.75
Strip Sirloin
above served with french fries or baked potato and salad
$12.90
Fajita Steak
8 oz. with rancheo sauce
$13.95
Fajita & Breast of Pollo
above served with rice, beans, guacamole, pico de gallo and 3 tortillas
$17.75
LOLA's Special
mixed green or guacamole salad, broiled u.s. choice rib eye, steak a la espagnola, spanish rice and refried beans
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