Chips and Salsa

Caliente white-and-red, super thin desert corn masa and ruby red Jersey tomato salsa with cilantro.

Toasted Ravioli

Lightly breaded pasta squares, stuffed with creamy ricotta cheese and served with our own enchilada sauce.

Mini Tacos

A mini version of traditional taco beef, mexi chicken or combo, topped with pico de gallo, and cheddar Jack cheese.

Seafood Tacos Costeños

Three​ hard corn masa mini tacos stuffed with icy Alaskan crab, gulf shrimp, calamari, and fresh white fish filet, all served chilled in a veracruz red salsa valentina.

Empanadas De La Casa

Your choice of shredded chicken breast, colombian ground beef, or mozzarella and zucchini.

Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo

Shrimp​ sautéed in butter, garlic, white wine, cilantro and lime. Served with flour tortillas.

Mexicajun Shrimp

Golden fried shrimp coated in our own mexicajun batter and served with bamba sauce.

Calamari

Fresh tubes of squid dusted with spiced flour and deep fried. Served with lime wedges, chipotle mayonnaise and tomato coulis.

Dedos de Pollo

Thick strips of succulent chicken breast lightly fried in our mexicajun batter. Served with BBQ sauce and honey mustard.

Caliente Nachos

Cuatro Quesos

A fondito of four Mexican regional cheeses melted over your choice of chicken fajita chunks, taco beef, mexi chicken, chorizo or healthy veggies. Served with flour tortillas.

Mini Chimichangas

Mini crispy, fried flour tortillas stuffed with your choice of pollo mexicana or taco beef, refried beans and cheese.

Flautitas

Your​ choice of taco beef or mexi chicken with shredded mozzarella cheese tightly wrapped in corn-flour tortillas, golden fried, and topped with avocado salsa and cotija cheese. Served with tomatillo and enchilada salsas.

Ceviche Oaxaca

Gulf shrimp, calamari, fresh white fish filet, icy Alaskan swimming crab and cilantro slow cooked in a lime and pepper marinade with onions, garlic and a creamy avocado salsa verde. Served chilled!

Black Angus Mini Burgers

Two caliente black angus steak burgers, served on soft French rolls.

Quesadillas

One dorado chicken breast and one fresh vegetable quesadilla.

Mini Tacos

One Mexican chicken taco and Mexican beef taco.

Flautitas

One beef and one chicken flautita.

Black Angus Mini Burgers

Two caliente black angus steak burgers, served on soft French rolls.

Soft Taquitos

One grilled steak and one chicken breast.

Empanadas De La Casa

One gulf shrimp and one zucchini empanada.

Mini Burritos

One​ fresh vegetable and one Mexi Chicken.

Grilled Gulf Shrimp Skewers

Brushed with a guajillo mesquite, lime marinade.

Grilled Steak

Grilled Chicken

Grilled Shrimp

Combo of One Each

El Cinco De Mayo

Cheddar Jack cheese and fresh pico de gallo.

Vegetales Frescos

Zucchini, eggplant, roasted peppers, portobello mushrooms and mozzarella.

La Cantina

Shredded Mexi chicken and cheddar Jack cheese.

El Dorado

Fajita steak, shrimp or chicken, grilled with pico de gallo, onions, and cheddar jack cheese.

Chipotle

Sliced breast of chicken in chipotle sauce and cheddar jack cheese.

El Caramba

Sautéed shrimp, pico de gallo, and cheddar jack cheese.

Fajita Pita

Char-grilled steak, shrimp or chicken fajitas, diced and served with lettuce, pico de gallo and a special sauce in a large pita.

Roast Leg of Pork Costeño

Lean roast leg of pork marinated in costeño salsa with a black bean jam, avocado slices, chihuahua cheese, jalapeño peppers, tomatoes and red onions.

Grilled Mexi Panini

Your​ choice of thinly cut sirloin steak or farm-raised chicken breast marinated in ancho chile salsa with portobello mushrooms, poblano peppers, Spanish onions, red ripe tomatoes, hass avocado and melted chihuahua cheese.

Cuban Sandwich

Sliced​ steak or chicken sautéed with chorizo sausage and served on a torta roll smothered with onions, peppers and cheddar Jack cheese, pressed on a panini grill.

A Half-Pound Black Angus Steak Burger

Grilled to order with caliente secret herbs and spices, served on a semolina bun with green leaf lettuce, red ripe tomatoes, red onion and seasoned Mexi fries.

Build Your Burger

Tostaco Salad

Green​ leaf lettuce topped with manicured rows of Mexi beef or pollo mexicana, refried beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream and shredded cheddar Jack cheese.

Mesclun Guajillo

Your choice of ranch-raised chicken breast strips or gulf shrimp grilled with guajillo spices over mesclun greens, ruby red grapefruit slices, orange parts, peppers and gorgonzola cheese bits in a chipotle-vinaigrette dressing.

Ensalada del Mar

Grilled​ calamari, shrimp and portobello mushrooms tossed with artichoke hearts, baby arugula, green beans, fresh garden zucchini and red onions in an oregano, limevinaigrette dressing.

Mexican Spring Rolls

Filled with your choice of grilled fajita steak, shredded chicken breast or caliente’s seafood paella mix and lightly pan roasted.

Soy Tortilla Dumplings

A delicate spinach tortilla surrounds your choice of fresh garden vegetables, sautéed gulf shrimp or shredded chicken breast.

Soft Flautitas

Soft tortillas warmed, then stuffed with your choice of caliente’s fresh chilled seafood ceviche mix, steak taquito or chicken breast taquito.

California Rolls

A​ tomato tortilla filled with your choice of sautéed shrimp, grilled chicken breast or inside skirt steak.Then wrapped around sliced avocado, black beans, pico de gallo, red rice and sliced sushi style. Served with wasabi.

Hard Taquitos

Yellow corn taquitos, filled with your choice of caliente’s chicken tinga or our seafood paella mix.

Fish of the Day

Filet of fish grilled then baked with a marinade of chipotle guajillo spice and herbs of El Pacifico. Served with avocado-tomato salad and white Mexican rice on the side.

Chicken Poblano

Farm-raised​ chicken breast sautéed in virgin olive oil and baked to perfection in a creamy poblano salsa and topped with pecorino romano cheese. Served with a red potato placita mix and avocado-tomato salad.

T- Bone Pork Chops

Two grilled T-Bone on-the-rack pork chops spiced with a chile marinade and herbs of la mixteca. Served with avocado-tomato salad, red Mexican rice and black beans on the side.

Steak, Chicken, Shrimp or Combo

Fajita Vegetable

Plato Grande Style

For two or more people and get everything on the fajita platter plus fresh garden vegetables and corn on the cob for $21.95 per person - Minimum two persons.

California Shrimp Rolls

A​ tomato tortilla filled with shrimp, avocado, black beans, pico de gallo and mexican rice. Sliced sushi style and served with wasabi salsa and enchilada dipping sauces.

Paella Mexicana

A flavorful fiesta of shrimp, chicken, little neck clams, fresh blue swimming crab, pepper, olives, onions and vegetables simmered with mexican rice and spices. Served in an iron skillet.

Portobello Stuffed Breast of Chicken

Game​ chicken breast stuffed with portobello mushrooms, poblano peppers and cheddar Jack cheese. Slow baked in creamy enchilada salsa. Served with a salad of avocado chunks, red onions, jersey tomatoes, cilantro and a side of red rice.

Chimichanga

A​ crisp fried tortilla bursting with plenty of chicken or beef, cheese and beans. Served with sour cream and guacamole.

Shrimp Ensueño

Caliente caribbean shrimp done three ways: Mexicajun shrimp, lightly golden fried with bamba sauce; Al Mojo de Ajo, sautéed in garlic, white wine and lime juice; and grilled mesquite shrimp in a guajillo lime marinade served over a bed of Mexi rice with pico de gallo and limes on the side.

Enchiladas de Mole con Pollo

Authentic mole from Puebla baked in a corn-flour tortilla with shredded chicken breast, topped with cotija cheese, sour cream and red onion.

Bistek y Papas Fritas

A 12-oz. char-grilled sirloin steak topped with a medallion of cilantro lime butter and served with a huge portion of crispy seasoned Mexi fries, onion rings and grilled corn.

Mission

Filled with your choice of pollo mexicana or taco beef, then overstuffed with mexican rice, cheddar Jack cheese, refried beans, salsa fresca, diced tomatoes, guacamole and sour cream.

Fajita Mission

Your choice of steak, shrimp or chicken, served with onions.

Healthy

Broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, zucchini, portobello mushrooms and sweet peppers steamed with enchilada sauce, then overstuffed with refried black beans and served with a side of sour cream and guacamole.

Chipotle Mission

Sliced breast of chicken or gulf shrimp braised in chipotle chile salsa, wrapped in a giant tortilla with pico de gallo, mexican rice, cheddar Jack cheese, refried beans, guacamole and sour cream.

Burrito Tinga

Shredded mexican chicken, onions and red peppers sautéed with chipotle salsa and wrapped in a tortilla grande with guacamole, mexican rice, and refried black beans.

Taco

Enchilada

Tostada

Burrito

Suizas

A choice of mexican chicken, mexican beef or cheese, topped with a green tomatillo and sour cream suiza sauce.

La Bandera

A trio of enchiladas including one beef with ranchero salsa, one chicken with suiza sauce and a third cheese enchilada with tomatillo salsa.

Grilled Tomatillo Chicken Enchiladas

Grilled fajita chicken breast, topped with cheddar Jack cheese.

Blue Corn Chipotle Enchiladas

Farm-raised chicken breast, sautéed in a chipotle salsa, baked in blue corn Indian tortillas and topped with melted cheddar Jack cheese and pico de gallo.

Fajita Enchiladas

Diced fajita chicken or steak and onions with enchilada sauce and baked with melted cheese on top! Served with avocado-tomato salad.

Grilled Corn on the Cob

Sour Cream

Small

Sour Cream

Large

Side of Cheese

Blue Cheese

Tortillas

Sauce

Ensalada De La Casa

Side of Avocado

Rice and Beans

Mexican Rice

Refried Beans

Black Beans

Mexi Fries

Ice Cream

Häagen-Dazs vanilla, chocolate, dulce de leche or chocolate chip.

Flan

A​ Mexican-style vanilla custard baked with a caramel topping and drizzled with strawberry sauce. Garnished with whipped cream and a cherry.

Fried Ice Cream

Häagen-Dazs chocolate chip ice cream coated with cinnamon flakes and deep fried till it’s crispy.

Churritos

Small candy chunks of flour dough dipped in egg yolks and sugar, then deep fried and served with a scoop of your favorite ice cream on the side.

Chocolate Eruption

A warm fudge-filled chocolate cake topped with chocolate and raspberry syrup and served with your choice of häagen-daz ice cream on the side.

Banana Baileys Chimichanga

Fresh banana chunks sautéed in baileys Irish cream and sugar milk, lightly deep fried in a flour tortilla. Served with your choice of ice cream on the side.

Tamal Dulce

A chocolate tamal stuffed with hecho a mano chocolate fudge or dulce de leche and your choice of ice cream. All in a hoja de maiz (corn husk).

Sopapillas

Crispy​ fried tortilla strips topped with häagen-dazs vanilla ice cream, honey, cinnamon and cherries. Big enough for two hungry amigos.

Patron

Silver, añejo, xo cafe

Cazadores

Silver, añejo, reposado

Herradura

Silver, añejo, reposado

El Tesoro

Añejo

Jose Cuervo

Silver, gold, tradicional

Sauza

Gold, hornitos, commemorativo, tres generations

Cabo Wabo

Añejo 1800 Reposado Mezcal

Strawberry

Raspberry

Peach

Mango

Cherry

Tamarind

Orange

Melon

Passion Fruit

Pineapple

Apple

Pomegranate

Banana

Guava

Kiwi

Papaya

Grape

Coconut

Mexican Spring Rolls

Spring rolls Mexican style filled with your choice of grilled fajita steak, shredded chicken breast or caliente’s seafood paella mix, and lightly pan roasted.

Soy Tortilla Dumplings

A delicate spinach tortilla surrounds your choice of fresh garden vegetables, sauteed gulf shrimp or shredded chicken breast.

Soft Flautitas

Soft tortillas warmed on the flat grill, then stuffed with your choice of caliente’s fresh chilled seafood ceviche mix, steak taquito or chicken breast taquito.

California Rolls

A​ tomato tortilla filled with your choice of sauteed shrimp. Grilled chicken breast or inside skirt steak. Then wrapped around sliced avocado, black beans, pico de gallo, red rice and sliced sushi style. Served with Wasabi.

Hard Taquitos

Hard yellow corn taquitos, filled with your choice of caliente’s chicken tinga or our seafood paella mix. tasting for two

Pork and Pineapple Taquitos Guajillo

Baby​ corn taquitos filled with pork loin slices marinated in guajillo salsa, then sautéed with chunky pineapples, mixed peppers, Spanish onions and topped with cilantro and cotija cheese. Served with limes and crispy potato balls.

Flautitas Yucatan

Three mayan mini flautitas, stuffed with farm fresh chicken breast, chihuahua cheese, poblano peppers and epazote spice, and topped with enchilada salsa and cotija cheese.

Carnitas Estilo Michoacan

Boneless pork loin fillets or farm raised chicken breast chunks sautéed with mixed peppers, Spanish onions and local spices, served in the black iron skillet with roasted tomatoes and raw tomatillo and avocado salsa with blue corn tortillas for rolling.

Red Snapper (Huachinango) Chipotle

Pacific red snapper fillet grilled and then baked with a marinate of chipotle, guajillo spice and topped with the green salsa made table side with the herbs of El pacifico. Served with the avocado tomato salad and white Mexican rice on the side.

Baby Arugula Gulf Shrimp And Endive Salad

Gulf shrimp on baby arugula greens, laced with lemon and virgin olive oil with endives, jicama, yellow mango and red peppers.

Pasta Vermicelli

Mexican thin pasta prepared AL Dente style in a red tomato sauce with a marinate of gulf shrimp, chicken breast chunks, pieces of Spanish chorizo and topped with cotija cheese. Served with avocado slices on the side.

Guajillo Silverado Chicken

Caliente’s​ 25th anniversary (silver anniversary) signature entrée features smoked chicken breast steamed in silver foil while simmering with mixed peppers, black beans, mexican red rice, Spanish onions, green olives, and served in the black iron skillet with pico de gallo, avocado salad and green tomatillo salsa. Flour tortillas for rolling on the side.

Sirloin Steak Tampiqueña Panuches

Grilled sirloin steak served open face on the corn masa panuches, which are filled with an avocado black bean jam topped with the green guajillo sauce. Served with poblano peppers in a creamy salsa, brown refried beans, red mexican rice, and an avocado salad.

Patron

Silver añejo XO cafe

Cazadores

Silver añejo reposado

Herradura

Silver añejo reposado

Jose Cuervo

Silver​ gold tradicional

Sauza

Gold hornitos commemorativo tres generations

El Tesoro

Añejo​

Cabo Wabo

Añejo

1800 Reposado

Mezcal

Taquito

A corn roasted flour tortilla with your choice of grilled steak, grilled chicken, or gulf shrimp.

Black Angus Roadhouse Mini Burger

Caliente black angus mini burger served on a soft french roll.

Calamari

Fresh tubes of squid dusted with flour and golden fried.

Dorado Quesadilla

One mini chicken breast quesadilla or vegetales frescos and mozzarella cheese.

Mexicajun Shrimp

Golden​ fried gulf shrimp coated in our own mexicajun batter and served with bamba sauce.

Empanada De La Casa

One gulf shrimp or colombian ground beef empanada.

Dedos De Pollo

Thick strips of succulent chicken breast lightly fried in our mexicajun batter.

Beer of the Month

Aguardiente Del Dia

Tequila fermented with natural fruits.

Caliente y Fria Margarita

Made with cazadores tequila silver and 2 slices of jalapeño.

24 oz Frozen Sangria

Classic Caliente Mexican Coffee

An equal blend of tequila and kahlua topped with fresh American coffee and topped with whipped cream, a cherry and a cinnamon stick.

The Nutty Mexican

This​ delicious coffee, mixes frangelico liqueur, kahlua and fresh American coffee. Topped with whipped cream, a cherry and a cinnamon stick.

Cha - Cha Chocolate

Hot cocoa, frangelico liqueur and vanilla vodka.

Mexican Spring Roll

Filled​ with your choice of grilled fajita steak, shredded chicken breast or caliente’s seafood paella mix.

Soy Tortilla Dumpling

Your choice of fresh garden vegetables, sautéed gulf shrimp or shredded chicken breast.

Soft Flautita

Your choice of caliente’s fresh chilled seafood ceviche mix, steak taquito or chicken breast taquito.

Hard Taquito

Filled with your choice of caliente’s chicken tinga or our seafood paella mix.

Caliente Road House Burger Slider

Caliente mini burger slider, served on a soft french roll.

Empanada De La Casa

One gulf shrimp or zucchini empanada.

Mini Flour Burrito

Your​ choice of Mexi chicken, Mexi beef or vegetales.