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El Centro Mexican Restaurant

Name: El Centro Mexican Restaurant
Address: 472 Shawmut Ave, Boston, MA, 02118, US
Telephone: (617) 262-5708
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.5

South End, Boston

Mexican eatery serving regional classics & standards, with bar slinging beer, sangria & margaritas.

★★★★½4.5(725 Google reviews)$$

“Mexican eatery serving regional classics & standards, with bar slinging beer, sangria & margaritas.”

472 Shawmut Ave, Boston, MA 02118 (617) 262-5708

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Boston, MA50 menu items across 8 sections

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Full Menu

8 sections, 50 items

Guacamoles

4 items

Con cotija cheese$14
With chorizo$15
With grasshoppers$16
With straccheria$18

Antojitos

8 items

QUESO FUNDIDO
Melted cheese served with corn tortillas. Add Chorizo or Roasted Peppers +$2
4.Hand made tortilla chips served with our famous fire-roasted salsa.
7.Fried pastry stuffed with cheese, choice protein of chicken, chicken & vegetables. Served with a side of pico, lettuce, chipotle mayo & cilantro sauce.
6.Hand-made corn tamale stuffed with peppers & cheese served with sour cream.
15.Corn on the cob dressed with sour cream, tajin, chipotle mayo and cotija cheese. Off the cob +$2
10.Chicken soup with vegetables, avocado and tortilla strips.
12.Flour tortilla with chihuahua cheese filled with pico de gallo, guac sauce and your choice of protein. Add shrimp +$3
15.Romaine lettuce tossed in cilantro dressing with avocado, mango, tomatoes, topped with tortilla strips and cotija cheese. Choose protein.

Los Clasicos del centro

6 items

Classic dishes

19.Three corn tortillas with filling, cheese, pico de gallo, sour cream & salsa, served with rice and beans, choose protein.
19.Three corn tortillas filled with your choice of protein: potatoes, chicken and vegetables, cheese, pico de gallo, sour cream & salsa, served with rice and beans.
19.A pan-fried tortilla wrapped with melted cheese, choose a protein, topped with red sauce, lettuce, pico de gallo, pickled onions, cheese & sour cream.
18.Choose protein, served with rice, pico de gallo, cheese and beans.
18.Roasted poblano pepper, topped with melted cheese, tomato & tomatoe sauce, served with rice & beans, choose protein.
18.Three corn tortillas stuffed with cheese & topped with spicy black bean sauce, pico de gallo, cotija cheese & a side of avocado.

Quesadillas

6 items

14.Quesadilla stuffed with vegetables and cheese topped with our refried bean sauce and slices of fresh avocado.
22.Quesadilla stuffed in our homemade mole sauce & topped with sesame seeds, served with rice & refried beans.
22.Quesadilla stuffed with chipotle sauce sauteed with asparagus, corn & your choice of shrimp or chicken, served with rice.
22.Three rib eye tacos served "Sonora Style" with guacamole and pico de gallo.
28.Our famous charcoal-grilled skirt steak served "Sonora style" with refried beans, guacamole, pico de gallo & homemade flour tortillas.
20.Salmon fillet grilled to perfection & topped with tortilla strips, onions & cilantro. Served atop a avocado salad.

Tapas New

12 items

11.Perfectly crispy fried potatoes with a spicy red sauce & aioli.
11.Roasted brussel sprouts with balsamic glaze.
10.Stuffed with cheese and a choice of: - Huitlacoche (corn truffle) (V) - Chicharron
11.Charred blue corn tortilla stuffed with smoked fish and chihuahua cheese.
14.Roasted beets with caramelized pecans, arugula, goat cheese and balsamic reduction.
14.3 shrimp stuffed jalapenos with salsas negras.
16.Three corn masa sopes topped with refried beans, lettuce, pickled onions, cotija cheese with vegetables, shrimp chipotle, avocado and chicharron.
16.Three corn masa sopes topped with refried beans, lettuce, pickled onions, cotija cheese and roasted vegetables.
18.Rare tuna sashimi, citrus cuts, topped with our special chile serrano ponzu sauce.
18.Perfectly crispy fried shrimp coated in our spicy creamy sauce.
18.Juicy shrimp relaxing in a tasty olive oil and roasted garlic.
20.Grilled octopus with base of creamy avocado sauce and roasted garlic.

Mixologia

6 items

17.MEZCAL MI AMOR
Smoked mezcal, muddled ginger, lime & splash of prosecco.
16.BLACK DAHLIA
Vodka, muddled blackberry, lime juice & splash of bittermouth & angostura bitters.
16.SONORA QUERIDA
Crema de Bacanora, coffee espresso & frangelico.
17.NOCHE MISTICA
Tequila, herbal infusion, blood orange puree, lime juice & splash of agave.
16.DOLCE BOURBON
Honey bourbon, espresso & liquor 43.
16.OAXACA
Golden tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice & topped with grapefruit soda.

Margaritas

4 items

Add Spicy
14.Classic
16.Tamarind
16.Strawberry

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