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Frontera Grill

Date
1989-05-23
Restaurant
Frontera Grill
Physical description
21x21.5cm
Currency
Dollars

Pages

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Dishes

Pan-fried Chesapeake Bay SOFT SHELLED CRABS in a creamy tomatillo sauce with roasted peppers and potatoes. (Inspired by a Central specialty).$13.95
Garlic-marinated, grilled Ecuadorian MAHIMAHI zarandeado, with two spicy homemade salsas. Black beans and jicama salad. (Inspired by a Nayarit specialty)$13.50
Wood-grilled Gulf TUNA a la ranchera (a sauce of roasted, vine-ripened tomato, browned onions, garlic and serrano chiles. Roasted potatoes (Inspired by a Tamaulipas specialty)$14.95
Charcoaled CHICKEN BREAST in mole de cacahuate (peanuts, chipolte chiles, sweet spices). Mexican rice. (Central)$11.95
Fresh QUAIL in sesame-flavored green pipian. Roasted potatoes (Central)$15.95
Boneless DUCK BREAST in green pumpkinseed mole. Roasted chayote and zucchini; Mexican rice. (Central Mexico)$13.95
Seared TURKEY BREAST in rich red mole. Mexican rice. (Inspired by a Oaxacan specialty)$11.50
Split GAME HEN, border-style. Half-boned, marinated in garlic and sweet spices, and grilled. Frijoles charros, charcoaled green onions, jicama$11.95
Charcoaled TENDERLOIN TIPS al chipotle (roasted tomatoes, garlic, smoky hot peppers), with woodland mushrooms. Mexican rice (Central)$12.50
ENCHILADAS of chicken in Oaxacan red mole. Black beans.$8.50
COCTEL CAMPECHANA - black tiger shrimp with spicy tomato sauce, fresh cilantro, olive oil and avocado (Veracruz)$5.95
SALPICON of grilled chicken, avocado, chipotle peppers, potatoes and Mexican cheese (Inspired by a Pueblan specialty)$4.95
Small SOFT TACOS of grilled venison simmered in savory red chile sauce (North)$4.50
Pueblan-style TAMALES filled with poblano peppers and tomato, topped with sour cream and queso fresco$3.50
ENTOMATADAS (tortillas bathed in spicy tomatillo sauce) baked with homemade chorizo and queso anejo (Central)$4.50
Wood-grilled PORKLOIN CHOP in traditional, spicy Oaxacan yellow mole with roasted Mexican vegetables and chochoyotes (dumplings)$12.95
CHILES RELLENOS (one cheese, one minced-pork picadillo) with roasted tomato sauce (Central) (limited supply)$9.95
Charcoal-grilled CARNE ASADA (butterflied tenderloin marinated in red-chile adobo). Black beans, fried plantains in sour cream, guacamole. (Inspired by a Oaxacan specialty)$15.95

Source: NYPL Digital Collections

16,525 menus · 64,352 scanned pages · 1851–2008 · uncatalogued scans

Scans and transcription data from the New York Public Library’s What’s on the Menu? project. This site is not affiliated with NYPL.