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2416 Brazos St. Houston, TX 77006

713-523-8181

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Best Wings
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Mexican, Tex-Mex

Hours: Sun,Tue,Wed,Thu 11am-10pm, Fri-Sat 11am-11pm

Price: $$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
Attire: Casual

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout

Serving: Brunch, Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Lot Available, Street, Valet

Description

Old and new blend together at Xuco Xicana (pronounced "Chuco Chicana") in Midtown, which features Tex-Mex classics from its old roots as El Patio – try the queso and the famous blue margaritas – and modern interpretations of interior Mexican dishes, like ceviches made with Gulf bycatch and spicy Jalisco chicken wings.

2011 | Best Wings

The old Midtown location of El Patio has been transformed under Chef Jonathan Jones -- he of Beaver's fame -- into a raucous, vivacious exploration of modern Mexican cuisine. Between leche de tigre-laced ceviches and kicky carne guisada tacos, you'll find his Jalisco-style wings. An odd item for a Mexican menu, perhaps, but Jones makes the queso fresco-topped wings work wonderfully through a special vinegar-based hot sauce spiked with chile de arbol, allspice, cloves, cumin,... More »

Julio of Xuco Xicana Slings Drinks from an Airstream

By Ginny Braud | Fri, April 27, 2012

This week, we paid our first visit to El XX, or Xuco Xicana. It was happy hour, so we did what we always do: sidle up to the bar, order a couple of cocktails and pick the brain of the person standing ... More »
Openings & Closings: The Blind Items Gain Vision Edition

By Katharine Shilcutt | Fri, April 20, 2012

Everyone likes to see a good blind item come to fruition. We have two that gained sight this week. With one of our most recent items, our readers -- as usual -- were spot-on in their guesses. Ocean's... More »
Upcoming Events: Kick It With Kombucha and Go Greek

By Katharine Shilcutt | Fri, January 27, 2012

If you don't like kombucha, I promise that it's only because you haven't tried Kickin Kombucha. I've turned many a hater into a convert with the brew, which just so happens to be made right here in Ho... More »
DEFCON Dining: Xuco Xicana, Plus: Have You Seen This Dog?

By Nicholas L. Hall | Tue, January 24, 2012

Dining out with children is an exercise in situational awareness. Each experience is unique, with different variables leading to different possible outcomes, DEFCON-like in their escalating threat lev... More »
The Hits of 2011

By Katharine Shilcutt | Thu, January 05, 2012

The challenge in choosing ten of the best restaurants to open in Houston each year is a daunting one: Many of the restaurants I think are "the best" have little to nothing to do with each other, making for a list that falls all over the map when i... More »
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Dinner Menu

Appetizers

$15.00

El Patio Sampler
four chicken quesadillas, four beef fajita nachos, two chicken flautas and two chicken empanadas, served with guacamole, pico de gallo and cilantro dressing

Large $8.00
Small $6.00

Felix Queso
world famous queso.

(12) $7.75
(8) $6.25

Nachos Compuestos
blend of mexican cheeses with beans, topped with jalape–os

(12) $9.00
(8) $7.00

Nachos Juan
cheddar cheese, refried beans, topped with jalapeños, served with guacamole, sour cream and diced tomatoes. named for the man “who never met a nacho he didn’t like” - john h. smither

(12) $11.00
(8) $9.00

Nachos Con Fajitas
chicken or beef, blend of mexican cheeses, beans, jalapenos, guacamole and sour cream

(12) $9.00
(8) $7.00

Nachos Villa Sana
house specialty for decades, loaded with beans, chile con queso, taco meat, jalapenos, guacamole and sour cream

Large $12.00
Half $6.00
Shrimp Add $2.00

Quesadillas
grilled flour tortillas filled with your choice of chicken, beef or spinach, served with guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream

$8.00
Gulf Shrimp Or Blue Crab Add $2.00

Queso Flameado
queso chihuahua fired tableside with 151 rum and melted together with poblano rajas and your choice of chorizo, fajita, grilled chicken or adobo mushrooms.

$8.00

El Diablo Dip
our chili con queso topped with seasoned taco meat, guacamole, a hint of sour cream, and pico de gallo

Small $5.00
Large $7.00

Chili Con Queso
our creamy cheese dip (add taco meat $1 or fajita/chicken $2))

Small $5.00
Large $9.00

Guacamole Dip

$10.00

Ceviche "acapulco"
chilled marinated seafood cocktail

Soup And Salad
Dressings: Patio Dressing, Creamy Cilantro, Light Ranch Dressing & Honey Mustard

Chicken $9.50
Beef $10.50
Combo $10.00

El Patio Salad
fresh garden salad with avocado and tomato topped with your choice of beef, chicken or combo fajitas

$8.75

Taco Salad
fresh shredded lettuce with avocado, black olives, tomato, seasoned ground beef or shredded chicken, grated cheese and our own special mexican dressing

Small $3.75
Large $6.50

Chicken Tortilla Soup

Fajita Platters

Chicken For One $15.00
Chicken For Two Add $12.00
Beef For One $15.00
Beef For Two Add $12.00
Combo For One $15.00
Combo For Two Add $12.00
Shrimp For One $17.00
Shrimp For Two Add $14.00

Patio Fajitas
your choice of charbroiled skirt steak, marinated chicken breast or a combination of both, served with pico de gallo, guacamole, rice and frijoles a la charra

$16.00

Fajitas Asadas
charbroiled skirt steak with one cheese enchilada and a flauta de pollo topped with guacamole, served with pico de gallo, rice and refried beans

$15.00

Fajitas Rancheras
charbroiled skirt steak topped with ranchera sauce, served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice and frijoles a la charra

Tacos, Chalupas & Flautas

$9.00

Flautas De Pollo
three fried tortillas stuffed with chicken and topped with guacamole and sour cream, served with rice and refried beans

One $9.00
Two $14.00

Tacos Al Carbon
flour tortilla filled with marinated chicken or beef fajitas, served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice and refried beans (addchile con queso 1.50)

$8.00

Crispy Or Soft Tacos
three chicken or beef tacos, stuffed with lettuce, tomato and grated cheese, served with rice and refried beans (with chicken or beef fajitas add 5.00)

$9.00

Chalupas Compuestas
two chalupas with taco meat or chicken, beans, chili gravy, shredded lettuce, tomatoes and guacamole

$10.00

Fish Tacos
two fresh mahi mahi tacos, grilled with scampi butter and blackened spices, stuffed in two corn tortillas, topped with creamy cilantro sauce, lettuce, cabbage and pico de gallo, served with seasoned rice

$10.00

Chimichanga
deep fried flour tortilla filled with ground beef, topped with chedder cheese, with rice and beans

Enchiladas
All Enchiladas Served Two (2) To An Order With Onions, Rice And Refried Beans

$10.00

Patio Enchiladas
chicken enchiladas, topped with a roasted corn sauce

$9.00

Beef Enchiladas

$9.00

Cheese Enchiladas

$10.00

Enchiladas Villa Sana
chicken enchiladas topped with asadero cheese and sour cream sauce

$10.00

Enchiladas Verdes
chicken filled tortillas covered with our own green tomatillo sauce and topped with sour cream

$10.00

Sunrise Enchiladas
cheese enchiladas topped with fried eggs

$9.00

Spinach Enchiladas
spinach filled tortillas with tomatillo cream sauce topped with asadero cheese

$15.50

Seafood Enchiladas
two flour tortillas filled with red snapper, shrimp and crab meat, topped with avocado cream sauce, served with seasoned rice and frijoles a la charra

$14.50

Shrimp And Crab Meat Enchiladas
two flour tortillas filled with sauteed shrimp and crab meat, poblano rajas topped with poblano sauce and asadero cheese, served with seasoned rice and frijoles a la charra

Traditional Favorites

$15.00

Plato No Minor
three vallarta shrimp and one taco al carbon, served with rice and refried beans

$11.00

Carne Guisada
beef tips simmered in an authentic mexican pepper sauce, topped with sliced onions, served with flour tortillas, rice and refried beans

$12.00

Pollo Valencia
breast of chicken topped with mushrooms, monterey jack cheese and onions, served with guacamole, pico de gallo, rice and refried bean

$18.00

Camarones Vallarta
grilled shrimp stuffed with monterey jack cheese and jalapeños, wrapped with bacon, served with pico de gallo, guacamole , seasoned rice and frijoles a la charra

$11.00

Tex-mex Combo
one chicken taco al carbon, cheese enchilada, pico de gallo, rice and refried beans

$10.00

El Jefe
two cheese enchiladas, beef taco, rice and refried beans

$9.00

Mamasita Plato
chicken enchilada, tamale, guacamole, rice and refried beans

$10.00

Deluxe
guacamole salad, chili con queso, beef taco, cheese enchilada, tamale, rice and refried beans

$9.00

Especial
guacamole salad, beef taco, cheese enchilada, rice and refried beans

$8.00

Tamale Dinner
three tamales topped with chili gravy, rice and refried beans

$10.00

Burrito Dinner
one large flour tortilla filled with ground beef and refried beans, topped with chile con queso and chili gravy, served with rice

$12.00
With Shrimp $14.00

Chili Relleno
fried poblano pepper stuffed with chicken, beef or cheese, topped with ranchera sauce, served with pico de gallo, rice and refried beans

Build Your Own

$2.00

Home Made Pork Tamale, Chili Gravy

$3.00

Cheese Enchilada In Chili Gravy

$4.00

Beef Or Chicken Enchilidas In Chili Gravy

$3.00

Crispy Corn Or Soft Flour Beef Or Chicken Taco

$5.00

Beef Or Chicken Al Carbon, Pico De Gallo

$3.00

Bean Chilupa, Chili Gravy, Lettuce, Tomato And Cheese

$4.00

Beef Or Chicken Chalupa, Chilic Gravy, Lettuce, Tomato, Cheese

$2.00

Ccq Puff

$2.00

Guacamole Scoop

$1.00

Rice

$1.00

Beans

Desserts

$5.00

Flan

$5.00

Sopapillas

$5.00

Tres Leches

$3.00

Ice Cream

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Xuco Xicana

2416 Brazos St. Houston, TX 77006

713-523-8181

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2011 | Best Wings

By Ginny Braud | Fri, April 27, 2012

By Katharine Shilcutt | Fri, April 20, 2012

By Katharine Shilcutt | Fri, January 27, 2012

By Nicholas L. Hall | Tue, January 24, 2012

By Katharine Shilcutt | Thu, January 05, 2012