La Tonalteca - Christiana, DE

1237 Churchmans Rd, Newark
(302) 294-1108

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Maravilla Nachos
Tortilla Soup 1
Chips and Salsa
Chicken Fajitas
Fajita - Chicken
Supreme Nachos
Seafood Nachos
Texas Fajitas
Chile Relleno
Azteca Burrito

Menu

Appetizers
180. Grande Sampler
Chile relleno, enchilada, crispy corn shell taco, vegetarian tamal and burrito.
181. Mexican Tapas
A sampler of chicken quesadillas, pork taquitos, beef chimichangas, and stuffed jalapenos. Served with our rico sauce.
182. Chori Fries
Crispy french fries covered in our famous queso blanco dip and chorizo Mexican sausage, topped with pico de gallo and cilantro.
183. Chiles Toreados
Sautéed jalapeno peppers 4 with garlic and salt.
184. Tropi Yuca
Yuca and pork belly, served with cabbage, tomatoes, onions and rico sauce.
185. Stuffed Jalapenos
Batter fried jalapeños stuffed with chedder cheese. Served with lettuce and rico sauce.
186. Shrimp Ceviche
Cooked shrimp mixed with onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and fresh avocado, marinated in lime juice and served with our homemade corn tortilla chips.
187. Mexican Shrimp Cocktail
Chilled shrimp served in a tomato-juice cocktail with onion, tomato, cilantro, jalapeno, and fresh avocado. Served with saltine crackers.
188. Botana de Camaron
6 grilled seasoned, unpeeled shrimp served with our homemade rico sauce.

Soups
1. Tortilla Soup
12 oz. A tomato-based soup with crispy tortilla strips and cheese, topped with fresh avocado and sour cream.
2. Sopa de Mariscos
Authentic Mexican seafood soup made fresh to order with potatoes, bell peppers, yuca and seafood mix.
3. Sopa de Pollo
The original Mexican chicken soup.
4. Sopa de Res
Beef stew with vegetables.

Salads
6. La Casa
Fresh iceberg lettuce topped with onions, red and green peppers, tomatoes, fresh avocado, shredded cheese, and crispy tortilla strips.
7. Shrimp Rice Salad
White rice with shrimp and green salad on top with cilantro lime dressing.
8. Mango Chicken
Fresh mango mixed with lettuce, onions, red and green peppers, tomatoes, and crispy tortilla strips, topped with grilled chicken.
9. Tropical Shrimp
Tropical blend of grilled shrimp and fresh pineapple mixed with lettuce, onions, red and green peppers, tomatoes, and crispy tortilla strips.
224. Taco Salad Bowl
Crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with beans and your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream.

Dips
54. Queso Blanco
A white, creamy, melted cheese dip.
56. Choriqueso
White, creamy melted cheese with chorizo.
55. Guacamole
The perfect blend of ripe avocados, onions, cilantro, jalapenos and fresh seasoning.
57. Bola Chile
A cup filled with ground beef, beans, cheese, pico de gallo and enchilada sauce.
58. Chile con Queso
2 crispy corn tortillas smothered with cheese and topped with ground beef.
46. Puebla
Melted cheese with chile poblano pepper and potato. Mixed with red sauce and cilantro.
45. Anafre
Pork belly and whole black beans mixed with onions, tomatoes, and cilantro. Topped with fresh avocado and Chihuahua cheese. Served with our homemade corn chips.

Bowls
140. Burrito
Choice of grilled chicken or steak. Served in a bowl with a choice of black beans or rice, pico de gallo, salsa, cheese, and sour cream.
141. Mexican
Crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with beans, choice of grilled chicken, steak or shrimp and seasonal vegetables. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, cilantro, pico de gallo and sour cream.
142. Mi Pueblo
Grilled pork belly served in a bowl with rice, corn and black beans salad, cilantro, pico de gallo, tortilla strips drizzled with mole sauce.
143. Poblano
Grilled shrimp served with poblano chile, corn, vegetables, lettuce and cheese dip.
144. Divino
Grilled chicken served in a bowl with quinoa, vegetables, corn tortillas, cilantro, cheese and lettuce drizzled with our rico sauce.

Chalupas
135. Originales
2 crispy flat tortillas with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cilantro and cheese.
136. Texanas
2 flat corn tortillas, one covered with green tomatillo sauce and the other with red sauce, topped with chicken, lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes and cheese.
137. Poblanas
2 crispy flat tortillas with beans, poblano peppers and corn bean salad. Topped with lettuce, cheese and sour cream.
138. Beef Tostadas
2 crispy flat tortillas with ground beef. Topped with cabbage, pico de gallo, cheese and chipotle sauce.

Tamales
Pork Tamales
1 covered with red enchilada sauce, 1 with green tomatillo sauce, cheese, cilantro and salad.
Chicken Tamales
1 covered with red enchilada sauce, 1 with green tomatillo sauce, cheese, cilantro and salad.
Vegetarian Tamales
1 covered with red enchilada sauce, 1 with green tomatillo sauce, cheese, cilantro and salad.

Nachos
49. Senor Nachos
Homemade corn tortilla chips with your choice of shredded cheese, refried beans, chicken or ground beef.
50. Seafood Nachos
Homemade corn tortilla chips covered with grilled shrimp, scallops, fish, melted cheese, and cilantro.
52. Supreme Nachos
Homemade corn tortilla chips with assorted toppings of ground beef, chicken, and re fried beans, covered with melted cheese and served with lettuce, sour cream, and tomatoes.
53. Maravilla Nachos
Homemade corn tortilla chips topped, fajita style with seasonal vegetables, a choice of grilled chicken or steak, and fresh pico de gallo.
48. Poblano Nachos
Homemade corn tortilla chips topped with cheese, chile poblano, and corn beans mix salad.

Tacos
170. Original Tacos
Your choice of 4 crispy corn shell or 4 soft flour tortillas, and your choice of shredded chicken or ground beef topped with lettuce, shredded cheese, and a side of pico de gallo. Served with rice or beans.
210. Tacos de Asada
Choice of grilled steak, chicken, carnitas or shrimp. Served in 3 flour or corn tortillas. With sides of beans, hot salsa, and fresh pico de gallo.
251. Fish Tacos
Grilled tilapia fillet in three corn tortillas with sides of shredded cabbage, fresh pico de gallo, and cilantro sauce. Served with rice.
220. Cuatro Amigos
4 grilled tacos steak, chicken, chorizo, and carnitas served in soft corn tortillas, and topped with fresh cilantro and onions. Served with beans and hot salsa.

Seafood
229. Chile Cancun
Poblano pepper stuffed with grilled shrimp, fresh jalapenos, onions, mushrooms, and chihuahua cheese, covered with green tomatillo sauce and melted cheese. Served with rice.
255. Camarones a La Diabla
10 large shrimp cooked with spicy 'la diabla' sauce. Served with rice, 'la casa' salad and.
252. Camarones Al Mojo de Ajo
10 large shrimp seasoned with special spices and garlic. Served with rice and 'la casa' salad with 3 flour or corn tortillas.
253. Senor Shrimp Rice
Medium shrimp cooked with seasonal vegetables, served with rice and 'la casa" salad.
250. Filete de Pescado
Fish fillet topped with our Rico sauce. Served with rice and 'la casa' salad.
256. Pescado Frito
Whole fried fish served with rice, cilantro, 'la casa' salad and 3 flour or corn tortillas. May contain small bones.

Chicken
#25. Pollo al Arriero
2 pieces of grilled chicken breast topped with chorizo, fresh jalapeño, pineapple, and cheese. Served with rice, 'la casa' salad, and 3 flour or corn tortillas.
26. Pepito
1 shredded chicken burrito and 1 chicken tamal topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. Served with rice.
27. Pechuga Borracha
Grilled chicken breast stuffed with our poblano pepper salad mix, laid over seasonal vegetables, covered with red sauce and cheese, and topped with fresh avocado. Served with rice, beans, and 3 flour or corn tortillas.
32. Chicken a la Fiesta
Homemade corn tortilla chips cooked with green tomatillo sauce, cheese, and grilled chicken. Served with rice.
34. Pollo Asado
Seasoned grilled chicken breasts served with rice, beans, and 3 flour or corn tortillas.
35. Pollo Ranchero
Grilled chicken breasts covered with hot ranchero sauce. Served with rice, poblano pepper salad, and 3 flour or corn tortillas.

Burritos
208. Mexicanos Burrito
2 burritos stuffed with beef tips and beans, covered with red sauce and cheese. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and guacamole.
215. Grande Burrito
1 jumbo wrapped burrito stuffed with a choice of grilled chicken or steak, rice, black beans, cheese dip and pico de gallo. Served with ranchera sauce on the side.
219. Deluxe Burrito
2 burritos, 1 chicken and 1 ground beef, filled with beans and topped with our original burrito sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
227. Azteca Burrito
Fajita style burrito stuffed with seasonal vegetables mixed with your choice of grilled chicken or steak, covered with green tomatillo sauce and melted cheese, and topped with fresh pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.
258. Del Mar Burrito
1 jumbo burrito stuffed with grilled shrimp, scallops, fish, and cheese, covered with our homemade Rico sauce. Served with rice and 'la casa' salad.
31. Verdes Burrito
2 burritos stuffed with chicken and beans. Covered with green tomatillo sauce and melted cheese, topped with fresh pico de gallo.
228. Burrito de Carnitas
1 big burrito stuffed with shredded pork chunks and pico de gallo, covered with hot salsa and green tomatillo sauce, queso Blanco. Served with rice and beans.

Quesadillas
51. Casera Quesadilla
Served with lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
59. Fiesta Quesadilla
Mushroom, chicken, or chorizo served with lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
260. Reales Quesadilla
Choice of grilled chicken or steak. Cheese and beans layered between 2 grilled tortillas, served with rice, sour cream, and salad.
223. Rellena Quesadilla
Choice of shredded chicken, beef tips or ground beef. Cheese and beans layered between 2 grilled flour tortillas, served with rice, sour cream, and salad.
207. Supreme Quesadilla
Shrimp, onions, mushrooms, and cheese layered between 2 grilled flour tortillas. Served with rice, sour cream, and salad.
259. Hawaiian Quesadilla
Choice of grilled chicken or shrimp. With fresh pineapple, ham, vegetables and melted Chihuahua cheese between two grilled flour tortillas. Served with sour cream.

Enchiladas
150. Mexicanas Enchilada
3 chicken enchiladas covered with our traditional enchilada sauce and cheese. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
151. Tricolor Enchilada
2 chicken and 1 cheese enchilada covered with green tomatillo sauce, mole poblano sauce, and our traditional enchilada sauce. Served with rice and beans. Contains nuts.
152. Verdes Enchilada
3 chicken enchiladas covered with green tomatillo sauce and cheese. Served with rice and beans.
153. Supreme Enchilada
1 chicken, 1 beef, 1 bean, and 1 cheese enchilada all covered with our traditional red enchilada sauce and cheese. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
154. Poblanas Enchilada
3 chicken enchiladas covered with mole poblano sauce contains nuts and cheese. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and rice.
155. Playeras Enchilada
3 flour tortillas stuffed with grilled shrimp, scallops, fish, onions, and tomatoes, covered with our homemade Rico sauce. Served with rice and "la casa" salad.

Specialties
236. Carne Asada Specialty
Marinated grilled steak with poblano pepper salad, beans, rice, and 3 flour or corn tortillas.
Bandeja Tipica Specialty
Steak, rice, yuca, tostones, beef chalupas, sweet tamalitos, whole beans, maduros, stuff jalapeno and sour cream.
Bistec Encebollado Specialty
Marinated filet steak with onions, oregano and garlic. Served with maduros and white rice.
Ropa Vieja Specialty
Shredded beef briskets stewed with tomatoes, bell peppers and onions. Served with maduros and white rice.
217. Carnitas Specialty
Chunks of pork seasoned and cooked to perfection. Served with rice, beans, fresh pico de gallo, and 3 flour or corn tortillas.
212. Chimichangas Specialty
2 flour tortillas soft or fried filled with your choice of beef tips or shredded chicken, covered with queso Blanco and topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream. Served with Beans.
206. Simpatia Especial
Your choice of grilled chicken, steak or shrimp combined with a vegetable medley of fresh mango, grilled onions, red and green peppers, mushrooms, zucchini, and tomato mixed with our homemade Rico sauce. Served with rice.
213. Brocheta Alambre Specialty
Grilled chicken, steak, and shrimp served on 2 skewers and laid over a bed of seasonal vegetables. Served with rice, beans and 3 flour or corn tortillas.
221. Chilaquiles Specialty
Homemade corn tortilla chips cooked with red sauce, cheese, and chicken. Served with rice and lettuce.
225. Puntas al Albanil Specialty
A choice of grilled chicken, steak or shrimp sautéed with fresh jalapeños, onions, mushrooms, cilantro, and cheese. Served with rice, beans, and 3 flour or corn tortillas.
226. Chile Verde Specialty
Beef tips cooked with your choice of green tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, beans, and 3 flour or corn tortillas.
226. Chile Colorado Specialty
Beef tips cooked with your choice of red sauce. Served with rice, beans, and 3 flour or corn tortillas.
214. Taquitos Mexicanos Specialty
2 beef and 2 chicken hand rolled tacos fried and topped with rico sauce and salad.
211. Parrillada Specialty
Grilled chicken, steak, shrimp, and tender pork served on a large sizzling skillet. Served with rice, beans, poblano pepper salad, sides of salsa Verde and fresh pico de gallo, and 6 flour or corn tortillas.
230. Molcajete Specialty
Grilled strips of chicken, steak, chorizo, nopal cactus, cambray onions, red and green peppers, and, topped with Chihuahua cheese, with your choice of green tomatillo sauce or red sauce, and poured in a sizzling lava-rock bowl. Served with rice, beans, and 4 flour or corn tortillas. Available with shrimp, scallops, and fish for an additional charge.

Fajitas
Fajitas
Chicken or steak.
Fajitas Picantes
Served with fresh jalapenos. Chicken or steak
Hawaiian Fajitas
Served with fresh pineapple. Chicken or shrimp.
Texas Fajitas
Chicken, steak and shrimp.
Camarones Fajitas

14 oz. Steaks

Ranchero
Topped with hot ranchero sauce.
Tampiquena
Served with side of salad and pico de gallo.
Mexicano
Steak and Shrimp
Steak and shrimp - topped with shrimp and mushrooms, covered with alfredo sauce and salad.

Combination Dinner
Combination Dinner
Choose your own combination Served with rice and beans.

Vegetarian
91. Al Trio
1 cheese enchilada, 1 bean burrito, and 1 chalupa
92. De la Casa
1 cheese quesadilla, 1 bean burrito, and 1 vegetarian tamal.
94. Chiles Poblanos
2 poblano peppers medium hot filled with a mix of cheese and mashed potatoes, covered with red sauce. Served with rice and beans.
95. Spinach Enchiladas
2 enchiladas filled with spinach and cheese, covered with cheese and green tomatillo sauce. Served with rice and beans.
96. Tecas Enchiladas
2 enchiladas filled with a mix of poblano pepper slices, onions, and corn, covered with enchilada sauce and cheese. Served with rice and beans.
98. Veggi Quesadilla
Spinach or mushrooms with cheese layered between 2 grilled flour tortillas. Served with rice, sour cream, and salad.

Side Orders
63. Large Bag of Chips
64. Medium Bag of Chips
65. Additional Basket of Chips
66. Additional Salsa for Chips
67. Large Salsa for Chips
16 oz.
68. French Fries
69. Mushrooms
73. Fried Beans
76. Spanish Rice
78. Corn Tortillas
3 pieces.
79. Flour Tortillas
2 pieces.
83. Sour Cream
84. Pico de Gallo
85. Hot Salsa
86. Jalapenos
89. Additional Tomatoes
89. Additional Onions
90. Additional Shredded Cheese

Kids Menu
36. Kids 1 Burrito and 1 Taco
37. KIds 1 Taco, Spanish Rice and Beans
39. Kids Cheese Quesadilla, Rice and French Fries
40. Kids Soft Taco and Cheese Enchilada
41. Kids 1 Burrito and Rice

Drinks
Agua Frescas
Jarritos
Juice
Sodas
Coke products.
Tea

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Recent Reviews

Chicken tacos are loaded with meat. Could be a little more flavorful and more onions would be a nice addition.

Meals dont come with rice you have to buy it additionally meals only come with beans this is unusual
July 2025
La Tonalteca is a colorful and lively Mexican restaurant that delivers big on both flavor and atmosphere. From the moment you walk in, the bold décor, hand-painted chairs, and upbeat mariachi music set the tone for a festive dining experience. The menu is extensive, covering all the expected classics like tacos, enchiladas, burritos, and combination platters, but also offering house specialties that set it apart. I started with the queso fundido, which arrived bubbling hot with...
July 2025
🇲🇽 Delicious, warm your soul Mexican eats! Their Chile Cancun stuffed poblano‘s with grilled shrimp are a phenomenal menu gem and definitely check out their featured Margarita flight. Every flavor was distinct, handcrafted and fresh!
May 2025

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La Tonalteca - Christiana, DE

1237 Churchmans Rd, Newark, DE 19713
(302) 294-1108