Featured Items

Esquites
sweet corn is cooked in corn stock with white onion, butter, garlic and epazote, then it's topped with chipotle mayo and cotija cheese and fnished with guajillo powder$7.00
Pollo Asado
boneless half chicken, pounded thin, marinated in adobo verde and grilled in the charcoal oven, served alongside fried sweet plantains and escabeche$34.00
Red Rice & Black Beans
$8.00
COLD ANTOJITOS
Cold Appetizers

Guacamole
House made guacamole topped with seasonal herbs, served with tostadas$16.00Ensalada César
Grilled ensalada cesar salad with poblano-anchovy dressing, baby gem lettuce, corn and avocado$16.00Tuna Tostadas
(2) to the order. Crispy tostadas are spread with chipotle mayo and topped with tuna crudo mixture of cucumber, tomato, onion, serrano tossed in a tamari dressing, garnished with scallion$18.00Shrimp & Scallop Ceviche
A ceviche of scallop and shrimp crudo in leche de tigre, with avocado and black habanero salsa. Garnished with cucumber, avocado, celery, jalapeño, fresno chile, cilantro$21.00Milpa Salad
Ensalada Milpa with grilled corn, heirloom tomato, ayocote beans, hoja santa green goddess dressing.$16.00
HOT ANTOJITOS / TACOS
Hot Appetizers & Tacos
Carnitas Tacos
$16.00Skirt Steak Tacos
$22.00Pescado Frito Tacos
(2 to the order) Beer battered fish on corn tortillas smeared with avocado tartar sauce and garnished with lettuce, cherry tomato, onion and radish$15.00Camote Costra
$15.00Cabrito Taco
$20.00Chorizo Fundido
$17.00
Papas a la Mexicana
boiled, baked, broken then fried potatoes for maximum crispiness on top of a tomato arbol salsa garnished with dots of mayo, cotija cheese, sliced jalapeños and sprinkled with guajillo powder$14.00Duck Tamal
Heirloom masa, duck confit, mole coloradito, queso fresco$18.00Squash Blossoms
beer-battered squash blossoms, queso mixto, corn escabeche$12.00
PLATOS GRANDES
Large Plates

Pescado a la Vercruzana
Swordfish is skewered and grilled over charcoal, covered in veracruzana salsa with sliced spanish green olives, capers, grilled marble potato and fresh heirloom cherry tomatoes. Served alongside blue corn tortillas.$30.00
Pollo Asado
boneless half chicken, pounded thin, marinated in adobo verde and grilled in the charcoal oven, served alongside fried sweet plantains and escabeche$34.00Carne Asada - Ribeye
grilled and sliced ribeye plated with grilled plum tomato, spring onion, shishito peppers as well as black beans garnished with queso fresco$40.00Pork Shank
Guajillo braised pork shank, white beans, pipian verde$30.00Mushroom Birria
$28.00Camarones Zarandeado
grilled shrimp, salsa zarandeado, jicama-green papaya slaw$32.00
SIDES
Sides

Esquites
sweet corn is cooked in corn stock with white onion, butter, garlic and epazote, then it's topped with chipotle mayo and cotija cheese and fnished with guajillo powder$7.00
Sweet Plantains
sweet plantains are cut on a bias and fried until golden brown, topped with crema, queso fresco and cilantro$9.00Side Corn Quesadilla
grilled blue corn tortilla filled with our queso mixto$12.00
Red Rice & Black Beans
$8.00Red Rice
Red rice. Cooked with tomato, onion, cilantro.$4.00Black Beans
Black beans. Cooked with avocado leaves and epazote.$4.00Avocado
Quarter of an avocado with olive oil and sea salt.$3.00Side Guacamole
$3.00
All hours
| Sunday | Closed |
| Monday | 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
| Tuesday | 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
| Wednesday | 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
| Thursday | 5:00 pm - 9:30 pm |
| Friday | 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
| Saturday | 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
Restaurant info
Modern Mexican Cuisine
Location
1830 Ludlow St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
