Tlayuda
$28.00
Crisp Oaxacan tortilla with required choice of carne asada or chorizo.
“Please, if you want to enjoy the real Mexican food in DC, you have to come here. Tlayudas are the BBBEEESSSTTTT!!!”
From enchiladas to seafood sopes, Latin American food at Chicatana in Columbia Heights, Washington, DC is available for pickup.
Order onlineTlayuda
$28.00
Crisp Oaxacan tortilla with required choice of carne asada or chorizo.
“Please, if you want to enjoy the real Mexican food in DC, you have to come here. Tlayudas are the BBBEEESSSTTTT!!!”
Molotes de Requeson
$10.00
Fried plantain and cream cheese come with mole sauce.
Nopales Salad
$12.00
A salad made with nopales, the tender pads of prickly pear cactus.
Gorditas de Chicharron
$10.00
Thick corn masa cakes filled with crisp pork cracklings.
T Pastor
$5.00
Pork tacos topped with onions, pineapple, and cilantro.
“Some of the best pastor tacos I’ve had in the US. So delicious, MUST visit if you’re in DC”
T Camaron
$5.00
Shrimp tacos topped with tomatoes, onions, and sour cream.
“I was pleasantly surprised as a Mexican 🇲🇽🙋🏻♀️person and from the DMV area. The sopes were so delicious. They’re definitely very modern, but tasted so good. My Mexican mom can’t even make this. My partner got the Tlayuda, which was so good. I got two tongue tacos, and one shrimp taco and I love both of them, but the shrimp one was the best. I also got a side of beans and rice. Overall would come back here.”
T Carnitas
$4.50
Pork tacos topped with salsa verde, onions, and cilantro.
“Great happy hour spot! The food is great, highly recommend the Suadero and carnitas tacos.”
T Lobster
$8.00
Lobster taco served in a tortilla, with toppings unspecified.
“We came here from Seattle because of the Google reviews. The food was delicious (lobster taco) and the spicy passion fruit margarita was top notch! Would recommend! Make a reservation or come early as it fills up fast”
Q Carne Asada
$16.00
A cheese-filled tortilla folded around grilled carne asada.
“Every bite was great. We had guacamole, esquites, jamon serrano, steak quesadilla, carnitas taco, flats and margaritas!”
Q Al Pastor
$16.00
A cheese-filled tortilla quesadilla with al pastor-style pork.
“Such a good mojito, tlayuda, and al pastor quesadilla!!”
Quesadilla de Insectos
$16.00
A quesadilla filled with insects, with varieties unspecified.
“Staff is excellent. Food & drinks are amazing. Love this neighbor gem. Try all the insects! Ceviche, tacos, you cant go wrong. Don't leave 14th & Meridian!”
Q Mushroom/Spinach
$15.00
A quesadilla filled with mushrooms and spinach in a folded tortilla.
Aguachile Verde
$18.00
Shrimp in a green chile-lime marinade, served as a seafood starter.
“Best tacos and aguachile, highly recommend. We stop for Sunday brunch often too”
Sopes de Camaron
$13.50
Masa cakes topped with shrimp, garlic, guajillo chile, and black beans.
Churros con Dulce de Leche
$10.00
Fried dough churros served with sweet, caramel-like dulce de leche.
“Best churros I’ve ever had (and I have had a lot of churros)!! The passionfruit flan is also a must have. If they’re offering the passionfruit and pomegranate scallop ceviche, get it for the table - it is so so tasty. The al pastor is also out of this world and will ruin you for any other al pastor.”
Passionfruit Flan
$10.00
Smooth custard flavored with passion fruit and finished with caramel.
“Oh my gosh. We just ate at this place, and the margaritas, tacos, brussels sprouts, passionfruit flan. Everything. Amazing.”
Chicatana serves Latin American food ranging from ranchera-style enchiladas to octopus sopes and chicken with mole. You can finish your meal with passionfruit flan or churros paired with dulce de leche.
T Pescado pairs rockfish and rice tempura with morita mayo and cabbage. T Asada has hanger steak, grilled onion, and salsa molcajete, while T Pollo combines chicken tinga with avocado and cilantro.
Visit Chicatana in Columbia Heights, Washington, DC for pickup, dine-in, or delivery. Chilaquiles Verdes offers sautéed shrimp as a protein option, while Tlayuda can be ordered with chorizo.
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