El Mezcal Mexican Restaurant
1819 W 23rd St, Lawrence
(785) 856-3444
Customers' Favorites
Especial El Mezcal Fajita
Grilled Taco Salad
Cheese Quesadilla
White Cheese Dip
Chicken Fajitas
Frozen Margarita
Burrito Gigante
Beans and Rice
Burrito Patron
Chimichanga
Appetizer
White Cheese Dip
Bean Dip
Nachos Order
Nachos with cheese and your choice of beans.
Choriqueso
Mexican sausage served on a bed of beans and topped with cheese and pico de gallo.
Mexican Sample
Two taquitos Mexicanos, two cheese quesadillas, and guacamole dip.
Queso Fundido
Chorizo with cheese dip and pico de gallo.
Guacamole Dip
Guacamole Mexicano
Mixed avocado, onion, tomatoes, cilantro, and jalapenos.
Salads
Grilled Salad
Salad dressing available: bleu cheese, Thousand Island, and ranch.
Taco Salad
A crisp flour tortilla bowl filled with cheese sauce, and seasoned ground beef or shredded of chicken, topped with tomato, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole.
Fajita Taco Salad
A crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with cheese sauce, steak, or grilled chicken, topped with tomato, cheese, and sour cream.
Grilled Taco Salad
A crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with rice, grilled chicken or grilled steak, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, bell pepper, and covered with cheese sauce and grilled pineapple.
Guacamole Salad
El Mezcal Salad
Crispy salad mixed with grilled chicken, zucchini, mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, corn, and broccoli. Topped with Monterey cheese and diced tomato.
Fajitas
Especial El Mezcal Fajita
Chorizo, shrimp, chicken, and steak. Served with pico de gallo and special sauce on side. Srved with sauteed bell peppers, onions and tomatoes, they also came with rice, beans, salad, guacamole, sour cream, and tortillas.
Pina Rellena Fajita
Chicken, shrimp, scallops, crab imitation, pineapple, and mushrooms. Srved with sauteed bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes, they also came with rice, beans, salad, guacamole, sour cream, and tortillas.
Shrimp Fajitas
Fajitas Pacifico
Shrimp, scallops, fish, and imitation crab. Srved with sauteed bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes, they also came with rice, beans, salad, guacamole, sour cream, and tortillas.
Fajitas Tropical
Chicken, steak, shrimp, and pineapple. Srved with sauteed bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes, they also came with rice, beans, salad, guacamole, sour cream, and tortillas.
Fajitas Jalisco
Marinated tender chicken and steak strips with shrimp. Srved with sauteed bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes, they also came with rice, beans, salad, guacamole, sour cream, and tortillas.
Seafood
Camarones Con Arroz
Grilled shrimp with bell peppers, green, and yellow zucchini, onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, and pineapple. Served on a bed of rice and covered with cheese dip. Choice of black or refried beans.
Filete De Pescado Con Camarones
Tilapia fillet cooked with shrimp, green peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Served with rice and guacamole salad. Choice of black or refried beans.
Quesadilla De Camarones
10" flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with shrimp bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and beans. Served with lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream. Choice of black or refried beans.
Shrimp Chimichanga
A flour tortilla stuffed with shrimp, deep fried to golden brown and topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Lobster and Shrimp Chimichanga
Lobster and Shrimp Enchiladas
Two flour tortillas stuffed with lobster and shrimp white cheese dip on top and served with rice. Choice of black or refried beans.
Enchiladas Costenas
Three shrimp and imitation crab, enchiladas stuffed with pico de gallo and topped with green sauce. Served with guacamole, salad, and rice. Choice of black or refried beans.
Shrimp Nachos Fajita
Cheese nachos with marinated shrimp. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo. Choice of black or refried beans.
Camarones A La Diabla
Shrimp cooked with our special hot sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortilla. Choice of black or refried beans.
Shrimp Cocktail
Large shrimp in our special recipe. Served with tomato sauce, fresh onions, cilantro, and avocado. Choice of black or refried beans.
Caldo De Camaron
15 shrimp soup prepared with fresh vegetables. Served with rice and pico de gallo. Choice of black or refried beans.
Fish Tacos
Two tacos with pico de gallo, cabbage, rice and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Shrimp Tacos
Two tacos with pico de gallo, cabbage, rice and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
Shrimp cooked with our special garlic sauce. Served with guacamole salad, rice, and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Steaks
Carne Asada
Juicy steak served with beans, rice, onions, and avocado. Choice of black or refried beans.
Steak Ranchero
T-Bone steak with hot sauce on top, served with rice and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Steak Mexicano
T-Bone steak topped with cooked onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, rice, and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Steak Costeno
T-Bone steak with shrimp, mushrooms, pineapple, beans, rice, guacamole, and salad. Choice of black or refried beans.
Steak Tampiquena
T-Bone steak served with rice, beans, guacamole, and salad. Choice of black or refried beans.
Alambre
Grilled steak, ham and bacon topped with cheese. Served with rice and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Burritos
Burrito Real
Seasoned ground beef or shredded chicken topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Burrito Gigante
A California style burrito, made in a large homemade flour tortilla, and filled (steak or chicken) with rice and beans, topped with cheese sauce. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream. Choice of black or refried beans.
Burrito Mezcal
A California style, steak and fries, and our house special sauce. Wrapped around a large homemade served with tomatoes, lettuce, and avocado. Choice of black or refried beans.
Cheese Steak Burrito
One steak burrito covered with onions and cheese sauce, served with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, and rice or beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Burrito Patron
Large flour tortilla stuffed with chicken, steak, shrimp, rice, and beans. Topped with green and cheese sauce. Choice of black or refried beans.
Burrito Chile Verde
Pork cooked in green sauce rolled in a flour tortilla with rice and beans and covered with spinach dip. Choice of black or refried beans.
Burrito Roqueta
Pork burrito topped with white cheese sauce, green sauce, and pico de gallo. Served with rice. Choice of black or refried beans.
Burrito Mexicano
Pork burrito, cooked with tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers. Topped with nacho cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and guacamole. Choice of black or refried beans.
Burrito Deluxe
Two shredded chicken burritos topped with sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. Choice of black or refried beans.
Enchiladas
Enchiladas Rancheras
Two cheese enchiladas topped with pork, tomatoes, onions, bell pepper, and sauce. Served with guacamole salad and rice. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Enchiladas Suizas
Four chicken enchiladas covered with cheese and tomato sauce, sour cream, and with pineapple. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Enchiladas Mexicanas
One of each: beef, chicken and cheese enchilada, covered with green sauce and cheese sauce. Served with rice and beans. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Enchiladas Lawrence
Three chicken enchiladas covered our special tomato sauce, served with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, and rice. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Enchiladas Supremas
One of each: beef, chicken, cheese and bean, covered with enchilada sauce, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Quesadillas
Quesadilla Nortena
A flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with steak or chicken, mushrooms and onions. Served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and tomatoes. Choice of black or refried beans.
Quesadilla Fajita
A grilled flour tortilla stuffed with steak or chicken fajita and beans. Served with guacamole, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and rice. Choice of black or refried beans.
Quesadilla Rellena
A flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with cheese, chopped beef, or shredded chicken, and refried beans. Served with lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream. Choice of black or refried beans.
Quesadilla Hawaiiana
A flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with cheese, ham, sausage, and pineapple. Served with lettuce, guacamole and sour cream. Choice of black or refried beans.
Vegetarian
One Vegetarian Quesadilla and One Cheese Enchilada
Served with beans. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
2. One Bean Burrito, One Cheese Enchilada and One Bean Tostada
3. One Bean Burrito, One Quesadilla and One Chalupa
Vegetarian Quesadilla
Grilled flour tortilla stuffed with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, broccoli, pineapple, and mushrooms. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Vegetarian Fajitas
Sauteed broccoli, mushrooms, bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream, and tortillas. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
One Chile Relleno and One Black Bean Tostada
Served with rice and beans. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Combinations
1. Two Tacos, Rice and Beans
2. Two Enchiladas, Rice and Beans
3. One Burrito, One Enchilada, Rice and Beans
4. Two Chile Rellenos, Rice and Beans
5. One Tamale, One Chile Relleno and One Taco
6. One Burrito, One Tostada and One Tamale
7. One Taco, One Enchilada and One Burrito
8. One Chile Relleno, One Tostaguac and One Enchilada
9. Two Tamales, Rice and Beans
10. One Burrito, One Taco, Rice and Beans
11. One Tostada, One Taco and One Enchilada
12. One Taco, One Tostada and Tostaguac
13. One Taco, One Chile Relleno, Rice and Beans
14. One Taco, One Enchilada, Rice and Beans
15. One Tamale, One Enchilada, Rice and Beans
Chicken
Pollo A La Crema
Grilled chicken cooked with mushrooms, bell peppers, and onions on chipotle cream cream sauce. Served with rice and beans. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Pollo Hawaiano
Pollo Jalapeno
Grilled chicken breast, covered with jalapeno sauce, sauteed onions, and bell peppers. Shrimp and cilantro on top. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, rice and black beans. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Pollo Ranchero
Grilled chicken breast, covered with sauce and a shrimp enchilada. Served with guacamole salad, tomatoes, beans and rice. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Pollo Loco
Grilled chicken breast, topped with cheese sauce. Served with guacamole salad, tomatoes, beans, and rice. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Pollo Loco With Mushrooms
Grilled chicken breast, topped with cheese sauce. Served with guacamole salad, tomatoes, beans, and rice. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Chori Pollo
Grilled chicken breast strip, chorizo, and cheese sauce. Served with rice and beans. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Caldo de Pollo
Chicken soup with vegetables. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Pollo Suizo
Grilled chicken covered with cheese dip. Served with rice. White cheese dip topping or add to any plate for an additional cost. Choice of black or refried beans.
Specialties
Street Tacos
One of each filled with chicken, carnitas, steak and chorizo tacos with onions, cilantro and sauce. Choice of black or refried beans.
Molcajete El Mezcal
Grilled chicken, steak, shrimp, and chorizo served in a traditional Molcajete bowl with fresh cheese, cebollitas cambria, cactus, and served inside a special chipotle sauce. Accompanied with tortillas and a side of rice and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Taco Platter
Three deep fried tacos with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. Served with rice and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Chile Verde
Shredded pork covered with green sauce. Served with rice and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Carnitas
Pork tips, served with rice, beans, and guacamole salad. Choice of black or refried beans.
Chile Colorado
Sliced steak with red sauce, served with rice and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Chimichanga
Deep fried burrito (chicken, beef or pork) topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Tacos Carne Asada
Three grilled steak or chicken tacos, served with pico de gallo, tomatillo sauce and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Taquitos Mexicanos
Three fried taquitos filling with shredded beef, pork or chicken, lettuce, tomato, guacamole and sour cream. Served with rice and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Guadalajara
A chicken burrito and a chicken enchilada. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and guacamole. Choice of black or refried beans.
Nachos Supreme
Nachos topped with beef, chicken, beans, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream. Choice of black or refried beans.
Nachos Fajita
Nachos served with chicken, beef or both. Topped with cheese, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo. Choice of black or refried beans.
Trio Chimichangas
Three chimichangas (chicken, beef and pork) topped with spinach dip, yellow cheese dip, enchilada sauce, served with lettuce, guacamole and pico de gallo, rice and beans. Choice of black or refried beans.
Torta
Chicken, steak or carnitas, with lettuce, sliced tomatoes and avocados. On toasted white bread, served with french fries. Choice of black or refried beans.
A la Carta
Steak Or Grilled Chicken Taco
Street Taco
Taquito Mexicano Taco
Deep Fried Taco
Shrimp Taco
Fish Taco
Soft or Hard Taco Chicken
Soft or Hard Taco Beef
Beef Enchiladas
Chicken Enchiladas
Cheese Enchiladas
Chalupa
Tamal
Chile Relleno
Beef Burrito
Chicken Burrito
Bean Burrito
Spinach Burrito
Grilled Chicken Burrito
Steak Burrito
Tostada
Tostaguac
Cheese Quesadilla
Spinach Quesadilla
Grilled Chicken Quesadilla
Steak Quesadilla
Shrimp Quesadilla
Child's Plates
Quesadilla (Kids)
Served with rice and beans. Children Under 10 Years, No Exceptions. Includes Soft Drink (12 oz.).
One Taco (Kids)
Served with rice and beans. Children Under 10 Years, No Exceptions. Includes Soft Drink (12 oz.).
One Enchilada (Kids)
Served with rice and beans. Children Under 10 Years, No Exceptions. Includes Soft Drink (12 oz.).
Burrito (Kids)
Served with rice and beans. Children Under 10 Years, No Exceptions. Includes Soft Drink (12 oz.).
Quesadilla (Kids)
Served with french fries. Children Under 10 Years, No Exceptions. Includes Soft Drink (12 oz.).
Plain Burger (Kids)
Served with french fries. Children Under 10 Years, No Exceptions. Includes Soft Drink (12 oz.).
11. Children Taco Salad
Chicken Nuggets (Kids)
Served with french fries. Children Under 10 Years, No Exceptions. Includes Soft Drink (12 oz.).
Corn Dog (Kids)
Served with french fries. Children Under 10 Years, No Exceptions. Includes Soft Drink (12 oz.).
Hot Dog (Kids)
Served with french fries. Children Under 10 Years, No Exceptions. Includes Soft Drink (12 oz.).
Macaroni and Cheese (Kids)
Served with french fries. Children Under 10 Years, No Exceptions. Includes Soft Drink (12 oz.).
Side Orders
Mexican Rice
Refried Beans
Black Beans
Shredded Cheese
Sour Cream
Pico De Gallo
Sliced Jalapenos
Tortillas
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Recent Reviews
My wife and I were in Lawrence to go to a pet store in town. We like Mexican it heard we like Mexicans food so we stopped in. I had the sense to ask the man at the door what he would recommend for someone from out of town who wanted to leave with a good impression of their restaurant. He made three recommendations and the one I picked was spot on and delicious. My wife enjoyed her meal immensely as well.
December 2025
Love this little local Mexican restaurant! Staff is always so friendly and perfect for college kids (or anyone) wanting cheap good margs! Food is great and they always accommodate to my GF diet!
December 2025
Truly one of those classic staples in Lawrence, a place that has never treated us wrong.
The food is tasty, and well priced. The portions are large, and come out in a timely fashion. Fresh. Drink specials are also very good. The Margaritas are super yummy.
The service has been fantastic every time. Treating you much like family.
The food is tasty, and well priced. The portions are large, and come out in a timely fashion. Fresh. Drink specials are also very good. The Margaritas are super yummy.
The service has been fantastic every time. Treating you much like family.
November 2025
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