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Our Menu

Main Menu

Vegetarian option upon request. Before placing an order please inform your server if a person in your party has a food allergy.

Appetizers

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Sabor a México

3 dipping sauces: Red, Green, and Pico de Gallo. Served with deep-fried corn tortilla chips.

Queso Dip & Queso Dip with Chorizo

Creamy Mexican cheese dip with a touch of diced pickled jalapenos.

Guacamole

Avocado, cilantro, tomatoes, lime, and salt you can add Ribeye chicharron or lobster.

Nachos

Corn tortilla cheese, beans, cheese, with your choice of carnitas, tinga, or picadillo garnished with pico de gallo, jalapenos, and sour cream.

Empanadas

3 corn dought filled with your choice of chicken tinga, ground beef picadillo, or shrimp topped with a drizzle of chipotle-cream sauce.
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Torre De Atun

Fresh tuna cubes, chopped cucumber, tomatoes, red onions, scallions, and avocado covered in our special soy-sesame sauce, garnished with toasted sesame seeds, avocado, and a drizzle of cilantro-cucumber sauce.

Cevi - Che

Shrimp or Tilapia cooked in lime juice, shredded carrots, jicama, cucumber, red onions, cilantro, and a touch of fresh jalapeno.

Port Vida Wings

Homemade chicken wings covered in our signature Spicy or mild sauce served with carrots, celery, and our Ranch style house dressing on the side.
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Cauliflower Bites (V)

Tempura cauliflower florets coated in our homemade buffalo sauce garnished with toasted sesame seeds on top served with sticks of carrots, celery, and our Ranch style house dressing on the side.

Sopes De Tinga

A popular Mexican street snack consisting of 3 small fried corn dough under a topping of chicken tinga, lettuce, queso fresco, and sour cream.

Queso Fundido

A blend of melted Mexican cheese in a cast iron skillet with your choice of chorizo (Mexican pork sausage with spices) or a blend of poblano peepers, mushrooms, and onions.

Tuna Tostadas

3 corn tostadas under a Mexican tuna ceviche with mango, jicama, cucumber, tomatoes, and red onions garnished with dried peppers aioli, toasted sesame seeds, and strips of crispy leek.

Flautas Bites

Crispy chicken-filled and rolled corn tortilla topped with lettuce, pico de gallo, and a tasty mild red sauce, sour cream drizzle and queso fresco crumbles.

Al Pastor Mexican Flatbread

8” Naan Bread with a touch of tomato sauce, shredded cheddar cheese, and topped with marinated pork loin chunks, onions, cilantro a touch of pineapple, guacamole sauce, and thinly sliced radishes.
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Port Vida Grilled Octopus

Grilled marinated tender Octopus served with our roasted fingerling potatoes.

Soups & Salads

Tortilla Soup

Creamy guajillo chicken broth base, topped with shredded chicken, fried tortilla strips, avocado, and a touch of cheese crumbles and sour cream drizzled.
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Seafood Soup

A full-of-flavor soup with shrimp, scallops, fish, mussels, and crab legs, served with avocado, onions, cilantro and lime.

Supreme Salad (V)

Our mixed of lettuce, black beans, corn, tomatoes, and shredded cheese with your choice of carnitas, tinga, or picadillo, topped with sour cream and guacamole.

Del Puerto Salad (V)

A bed of our mixed of lettuce, red onions, mango slices, cucumbers, and tomatoes with your choice of Salmon, Red snapper, Shrimp, Grilled Chicken Or Steak served with our house vinaigrette.

Entrees

Served with 2 sides of your choice: Refried Beans, Black Beans, Mexican Rice, Poblano Rice, Mexican Coleslaw, Sauteed Vegetables, Papas adobadas, and Green salad.

Carnitas

Pork Confit Michoacan Style, served with beans, guacamole, salsa, and tortillas.

Cochinita Pibil

Braised pork marinated in a traditional Yucatan style anatto adobo, served on top of a plantain leave with pickled red onions, habanero sauce, and tortillas on the side.

Molcajete Al Pastor

Marinated pork in a guajillo adobo sauce, onions, and pineapple, served with beans, tomatillo sauce, and tortillas.

Birria

Jalisco-style beef stew marinated in an adobo made of dried chiles, herbs, and spices, served with beans, tortillas, onions, and cilantro on the side.
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Chamorro

Pork hock covered in our special red sauce served with pickled onions, beans, and tortillas.

Tampiquena

Grilled marinated arrachera, grilled scallions, beans, and pico de gallo served with one cheese enchilada and tortillas on the side.

Fajitas (V)

Your choice of chicken, steak, or shrimp with sauteed bell peppers and onions served with guacamole, cheese, and sour cream.

Quesadilla (V)

Grilled flour tortilla with your choice of meat Grilled Chicken, Grilled Steak, or Shrimp and Cheese, served with guacamole and sour cream on the side.

Chimichanga (V)

Deep-fried flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of carnitas, tinga, or picadillo with salsa on top (Red, Green, or white cheese).

Brochetas

Chipotle glazed grilled steak, shrimp, zucchini, onions, and red pepper skewers, served with guacamole.
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Tamales

Corn masa dough with a chicken filling steamed and wrapped in a corn husk with salsa verde on top freco cheese crumbles and sour cream.

Enchiladas (V)

Soft corn tortilla stuffed with a choice of carnitas, tinga o picadillo, or cheese topped with your choice of salsa (Red, green, or white cheese sauce).
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Burrito (V)

12’ soft flour tortilla filled with pinto beans, rice, cheese, sour cream, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and your choice of carnitas, tinga, or picadillo. (Available with your choice of red, green, or white cheese sauce on top, as well we have a burrito bowl without the tortilla).

Zarandeado

This is a traditional Mexican coastal dish. Your choice of Octopus, Salmon, Red snapper, or Shrimp smothered in our special adobo and grilled to perfection, served with rice, lime, and salad.

Port Vida Ribs

Our signature BBQ slow-smoked pork ribs are served with Mexican coleslaw.

Port Vida Burger

Beef patty or chicken breast, grilled onions, cheddar cheese, avocado, and a chipotle mayonnaise sauce on a brioche roll.
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Aguachiles (Red, Green or Black Sauce)

Your choice of tuna, shrimp, or fish cooked in lime, sliced cucumber, red onions covered in one of our specialties sauces avocado slices on top, and corn tostadas on the side.

Pescado Veracruz

Slow-cooked red snapper in a traditional tomato, onions, jalapenos, olives, and caper sauce served with rice and vegetables.

Port Vida Shrimp

Grilled marinated shrimp wrapped and covered with our special guajillo sauce, served with rice and salad.

Poblano Chicken Breast

Grilled chicken breast covered in our special creamy poblano sauce.

Grilled T - Bone

Guajillo Rub T-bone steak grilled to perfection and served with sauteed veggies, and guacamole.

Wrapped Steak Fillet

Thin steak fillets marinated rolled with asparagus and wrapped in bacon covered with chipotle cream sauce and served with sauteed veggies.

Ribeye

Tender Rib eye steak grilled to perfection and covered with our special tequila-butter sauce served with fingerling potatoes.

Tacos

All tacos are served 3 per order on a soft corn tortilla and your choice of two side dishes.

Al Pastor

Grilled marinated pork, pineapple, onions, cilantro, and our tomatillo sauce.

Carne Asada

Arrachera asada, onions, cilantro and our tomatillo sauce.

Pollo

Grilled marinated chicken, onions, cilantro, and our tomatillo sauce.

Carnitas

Pork carnitas, pico de gallo and guacamole.

Fried Fish

Fried seasoned haddock, Mexican coleslaw, and our chipotle cream sauce.

Pulpo

Stir fry of Octopus, banana peppers, onions, and melted cheese with our chipotle cream sauce.

Alambre

Stir fry of steak, bacon, poblano peppers, onions, cheese melted, and our tomatillo sauce.

Fried Shrimp

Battered fried shrimp, Mexican coleslaw, and our chipotle cream sauce.

Cochinita Pibil

Yucatan-style pork with pickled onions and habanero.
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Birria

Traditional beef stew with melted cheese, onions, cilantro, and dipping consomme.

Lobster

Creamy lobster meat chunks with pico de gallo Mexican coleslaw and our chipotle cream sauce.

Los Duros

3 hard shell tacos with your choice of carnitas, tinga o picadillo, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.

Side Dishes Options

Refried Beans

Black Beans

Mexican Rice

Poblano Rice

Mexican Coleslaw

Guajillo Adobo Fingerling Potatoes

Sauteed Vegetables

Desserts

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Flan

$8.00

Churros

$8.00

Caramel Corn Cake

$8.00

Chocolatazo

$8.00

Tamales de Pina

$8.00
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