Salazar Cocina
440 Lehigh St, Reading
(610) 406-5734
Customers' Favorites
Chicken and Cheese Empanada
El Patio Sushi
Rice and Beans
Cuban Sandwich
French Fries
Birria Tacos
House Salad
Yuca Fries
Dumplings
Trifongo
Featured items
Pica Pollo Platter
Crispy fried chicken with your choice of side served with limes.
CITICHEF's Chopped Cheese Empanada
Classic Harlem, NYC sandwich redesign into an empanada.
AVE Fries
Loaded cheese steak fries with bacon, topped with lots of cheese, cilantro aioli, kreme sauce and pico de gallo.
Pernil | Roasted Pork
8 hour slow roasted pork shoulder served with your choice of side.
Birria Tacos
Three cheese stuffed tacos with your choice of pernil, chicken, steak or shrimp, served with a Birria spicy broth.
Trifongo
Yuca, platano maduro, platano verde mashed with garlic butter and bacon.
Chepe's Burrito
Giant burrito rolled in a flour tortilla, choice of protein, rice, beans, cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo and cilantro aioli.
Mofongo
Green plantain mashed with garlic butter, salt, pepper and bacon.
French Fries
Tossed with thyme and garlic butter.
Chopped Cheese Fries
A Classic Harlem, New York favorite brought to Reading with a new spinoff. Crispy fries, chopped black angus beef, cheddar cheese sauce, kreme sauce, lettuce, pico de gallo.
Pollo Al Horno / Baked Chicken
Cuban
Slow roasted pernil, ham, pickles and honey mustard just how they make em in Miami :)
Birria Ramen
Ramen noodles in a birria sauce broth served with your choice of meat, poached egg, cilantro, onions and limes
Country Club
CHIMI
Toasted garlic butter bread, mix cabbage, tomatoes, red onions, kreme sauce and choice of meat.
Tostones
Sliced plantains twice fried tossed in garlic butter.
Fish and Chips
Butter milk fried flounder with your choice of side
Tripleta
A Puerto Rican classic sandwich loaded with pernil, ham, chicken, cheddar cheese, potato chips, lettuce, tomatoes and kreme sauce.
Pepper Steak | Bistec Encebollado
Filet Mignon, grilled pappers and onions, and your choice of side.
Pa' Picar
Chicken and Cheese Empanada
Shredded Pollo guisado with cheese.
CITICHEF's Chopped Cheese Empanada
Classic Harlem, NYC sandwich redesign into an empanada.
Barrilitos de Plátanos
Green plantain cups loaded with your choice of meat, topped with guacamole, pico de gallo, kreme sauce, sweet soy
Sesame Chicken Pincho
One Sesame Chicken pincho with garlic bread.
Picadera
Fried sampler of chicharron. pica pollo, longaniza, salami, mozzarella sticks, dumplings, french fries and tostones. (Feeds up to 3-4 people}
Cuban Empanada
Pernil, ham, pickles and Swiss cheese.
Empanada de Queso
Three cheese empanada.
Jamaican Beef Patty
Classic Jamaican beef patty served with kreme sauce on the side.
Sesame Chicken Platter
Three Sesame chicken Pinchos served with your choice of side
Chimi Sliders
Two mini black angus burger, coleslaw, kreme sauce.
CitiChef Eatz
Pica Pollo Platter
Crispy fried chicken with your choice of side served with limes.
Birria Ramen
Ramen noodles in a birria sauce broth served with your choice of meat, poached egg, cilantro, onions and limes
Pork Belly | Chicharron
Crispy pork belly fried to perfection with your choice of side.
Chofán (Fried Rice)
Dominican style fried rice with shrimp, chicken, ham, platano maduro, avocado, mixed vegetables, fried egg, soy sauce, sweet chilii, sesame seeds, cilantro.
Philly Cheese Steak Empanada
CITICHEF's newest innovation a giant Philly cheese steak empanada loaded with thinly cut ribeye steak, peppers and onion and extra cheese :)
Empanada Taco
2 crispy Taco of your choice filled with love Lettuce, fried cheese, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo and kreme sauce.
Tres Golpes Pizza
Platano crust, marinara sauce, mozzarella, queso frito, salami, longaniza, fried egg, kreme sauce, cilantro. (Feeds 2ppl)
Chicken & Waffles
Belgian cinnamon toast crunch waffle, crispy chicken tenders, cinnamon sugar whipped cream.
Sandwiches & More
Cuban
Slow roasted pernil, ham, pickles and honey mustard just how they make em in Miami :)
Chepe's Burrito
Giant burrito rolled in a flour tortilla, choice of protein, rice, beans, cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo and cilantro aioli.
OG Chopped cheese
A sandwich born in Harlem, NYC and brought to Reading, Pa consists of chopped black angus, American cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and kreme sauce.
CHIMI
Toasted garlic butter bread, mix cabbage, tomatoes, red onions, kreme sauce and choice of meat.
Patacón
Plantain sandwich with your choice of meat, fried cheese lettuce, tomatoes, red onion, cilantro aioli.
Philly Cheese Steak
Prime Ribeye steak thinly slice mix with sautéed peppers and onions and topped of with cheddar cheese sauce.
Tripleta
A Puerto Rican classic sandwich loaded with pernil, ham, chicken, cheddar cheese, potato chips, lettuce, tomatoes and kreme sauce.
El Jefe Burger
Double cheese black angus burger with bacon and cilantro aioli served with french fries
Chimi Sliders
Two mini black angus burger, coleslaw, kreme sauce.
Bacon, Egg & Cheese
Crispy bacon, American cheese, and scramble egg.
CHIMI wrap
Instead of the traditional Chimi on a bread we did a spinoff on a flour tortilla filled with fresh mix cabbage, tomatoes, red onion, Citichef's famous kreme sauce and your choice of meat.
El Patio Burger
Black angus beef, fried cheese, salami, platano maduro, fried egg, pickled red onions, la krema sauce served with french fries.
RFC (Reading Fried Chicken)
Crispy chicken tenders, bacon, mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, lettuce and kreme sauce.
Chicken Parm
Crispy chicken, marinara sauce, mozzarella, parmesan cheese on a toasted garlic bread served with a side of our house made marinara sauce.
Mofongo's
Mofongo
Green plantain mashed with garlic butter, salt, pepper and bacon.
Trifongo
Yuca, platano maduro, platano verde mashed with garlic butter and bacon.
From the Sea ~
Fish and Chips
Butter milk fried flounder with your choice of side
Calamares | Calamari
Fried calamari served with salsa criolla, mix greens, cilantro, lime
Mar y Tierra Sushi
NY strip steak, lobster tail, shrimp, cream cheese, avocado, kreme sauce, sweet soy
Chepe's Burrito with Shrimp
Giant burrito rolled in a flour tortilla, filled with shrimp, rice, beans, cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo, cilantro aioli.
Steam Table
Pernil | Roasted Pork
8 hour slow roasted pork shoulder served with your choice of side.
Pollo Al Horno / Baked Chicken
Pepper Steak | Bistec Encebollado
Filet Mignon, grilled pappers and onions, and your choice of side.
Pollo Guisado / Chicken Stew
Órale wey
Birria Tacos
Three cheese stuffed tacos with your choice of pernil, chicken, steak or shrimp, served with a Birria spicy broth.
Birria Ramen
Ramen noodles in a birria sauce broth served with your choice of meat, poached egg, cilantro, onions and limes
Chepe's Burrito
Giant burrito rolled in a flour tortilla, choice of protein, rice, beans, cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo and cilantro aioli.
RFC Tacos
Three corn tortilla tacos, fried chicken, bacon, mozzarella cheese. pico de gallo, kreme sauce
El Chinito
Dumplings
Served with mix greens, sweet chili sauce, sweet soy sauce.
Mar y Tierra Sushi
NY strip steak, lobster tail, shrimp, cream cheese, avocado, kreme sauce, sweet soy
El Patio Sushi
Dominican fusion sushi filled with guacamole, queso frito, salami and topped with platano maduro, kreme sauce, sweet soy
Loaded Fries
El Patio Fries
Loaded fries, fried salami, fried cheese, longaniza, fried egg, platano maduro, mozzarella cheese, pico de gallo, kreme sauce
AVE Fries
Loaded cheese steak fries with bacon, topped with lots of cheese, cilantro aioli, kreme sauce and pico de gallo.
Chopped Cheese Fries
A Classic Harlem, New York favorite brought to Reading with a new spinoff. Crispy fries, chopped black angus beef, cheddar cheese sauce, kreme sauce, lettuce, pico de gallo.
Cheese Fries
Truffle Fries
Crispy fries tossed with thyme, garlic butter, white truffle oil and parmesan cheese.
Sides
Rice and Beans
Tostones
Sliced plantains twice fried tossed in garlic butter.
Potato Salad
French Fries
Tossed with thyme and garlic butter.
House Salad
Yuca Fries
Moro De Guandules
Cheese Fries
Yuca Mash
Creamy yuca mash topped with mozzarella cheese
Truffle Fries
Crispy fries tossed with thyme, garlic butter, white truffle oil and parmesan cheese.
Drinks
Morir Soñando
A traditional drink from the Dominican Republic that is made with silky blend of orange juice, sugar, and evaporated milk over crushed ice is reminiscent of a drinkable creamsicle.
Passion Fruit (Chinola)
Passion fruit is a sweet, exotic fruit with a delicious, slightly tart flavor.
Lemonade
Pepsi
Sprite
Country Club
Snapple
Bottle water
MTN Dew
Coke
Pineapple Jarritos
Sunkist
Dr. pepper
Canada Dry Ginger Ale
Diet Pepsi
Algo Dulce
Flan
A baked custard topped with caramel and passion fruit sauce.
Guava & Cheese Empanada
Served with cinnamon sugar whipped cream.
Churros
Served with cinnamon sugar whipped cream and nutella sauce
Fried Oreos
served with ice cream (Only for dine-in or pick up)
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Recent Reviews
Great experience today at Salazar Cocina! Got lunch for the family and I and had a great experience interacting with the lady that was serving my food. She was very kind and food was great as well!
March 2024
This place is top tier!!!! I’m working my way through the menu. So far I have tried their dumplings (MY FAVORITE), Chimis, mofongo, rice and beans, fried chicken, tostones, and lemonade. The food is just fantastic! I find myself savoring every single bite. They have nice presentation and great customer service. I can definitely see this place expanding in the future.
February 2024
El final, Do not waste your time looking for another place to find some authentic Latin fusion cuisine. My family and I had pica pollo, chimi, shrimp and chicken mofongo, birria tacos and el patio sushi.. the food was delicious the best I have had since moving to PA. If you are craving deliciousness, good service and on a budget, this is your place.
Kid-friendliness: The owner gave my two year old complimentary passion fruit juice and Oreos.
Kid-friendliness: The owner gave my two year old complimentary passion fruit juice and Oreos.
November 2023
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