full menu - Kokos`s Mexican Restaurant

APPETIZERS
Koko’s Chile con Queso
$9.99
Panchos
Chile con Queso
$6.99
Half Order
Full Order
Bean & Cheese Nachos
$9.99
Fresh picadillo, guacamole & pico de gallo
A perfect blend of cheese, tomato & jalapeno
Shrimp Cocktail
$15.99
Koko’s Ceviche
$12.99
A fresh masterpiece straight from Veracruz
Koko’s Oyster Shooter
$5.99
Fresh Gulf oysters with Koko’s homemade cocktail sauce
LOOK AT WHATS NEW
UNDER THE UMBRELLA!
$8.99
Or top with our famous Angus fajitas
$12.99
$15.99
Trio Especial
$13.99
Empanadas
$13.99
3 Hand rolled chicken flautas, 3 chicken fajita quesadillas,
3 beef empanadas, served with a cup of chile con queso.
Our handmade pastry filled with beef(2), chicken(2),
cheese(2)
Avocado Sliced
$7.99
Tostada Hinojosa (1)
$4.99
1 Tostada topped with shrimp mixed in special sauce,
sliced avocado, in a bed of lettuce & tomatoes
Umbrella indicates new menu items!
TABLE SIDE
Guacamole
$11.99
Made to order with choice of onion, tomato, cilantro,
jalapeno, lime juice & spices
Queso Flameado
$9.99
Melted Monterrey Jack cheese with chorizo, served
flaming hot
SALADS & LITE PLATES
Koko’s Wedge Salad
$10.99
Koko’s Romaine Salad a la Mexicana
$13.99
Wedge Iceberg lettuce with onion, tomato, black olives, bacon bits topped with queso fresco and drizzled with our salsa
quemada vinegarette
Grilled Romaine hearts drizzled with our house made lime
herb vinegarette topped with queso fresco, tomato, onion,
boiled egg and choice of grilled shrimp or chicken
Koko’s Salad
Fresh spring mix with mandarin oranges, strawberries, feta
cheese & roasted pecans, tossed in a prickly pear vinegarette,
topped with grill chicken
Shrimp Salad
A mixture of crisp lettuce, topped with shrimp & your choice
of dressing
Latino Chicken Caesar Salad
The classic with avocado added
$13.99
A mixture of crisp lettuce, topped with shrimp & your choice
of dressing
$12.99
Taco Salad
$11.99
Lite Plate
$13.99
grilled chicken in our chipotle sauce over fresh spring
salad mix topped with tomato, cheese, and guacamole
Your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken with
beans, tomato, cheese, and guacamole
Grilled chicken breast with baked potato & avocado
Alter’s Plate
$13.99
(mixed) $14.99
(beef) $16.99
David’s Plate
$12.99
(mixed) $14.99
(beef) $15.99
Atkin’s Plate
$13.99
(mixed) $14.99
(beef) $15.99
Grilled chicken breast with sliced avocado, lettuce &
tomatoes
$14.99
$12.99
(with shrimp) $14.99
Chicken Strip Salad
Grilled Chicken Chipotle Salad
$11.99
Sliced chicken fajita, sauteed onion, chiles
& tomatoes with a side of guacamole
Grilled chicken breast covered with Monterrey Jack
cheese, salad, sliced avocado & broccoli
CALDOS
Caldo de Pollo
$8.99
(cup) $2.99
Caldo Tlalpeño
Caldo de Res
$8.99
(cup) $2.99
Shrimp Caldo Tlalpeño
Our Mexican style chicken & vegetable soup at
its best
Our delicious homemade beef & vegetable soup
Delicious chicken broth with shredded chicken, rice,
Monterrey Jack cheese, avocado & a bit of chipotle
Delicious seafood broth with shrimp, rice, Monterrey
Jack cheese, avocado & a bit of chipotle
$9.99
(cup) $3.50
$11.99
FAJITAS
Sizzling Fajita Plate
for(1) $16.99
Sizzling beef or chicken fajitas cooked
with onions served with pico de gallo, rice,
beans & guacamole
Quesadillas de Fajita or Chicken
for(2) $32.99
Botana Platter
Beef or chicken fajitas, flautas, been & cheese
tostadas, quesadillas, guacamole, onions,
tomato, jalapenos , rice & beans
for(1) $16.99
for(2) $32.99
for(3) $43.99
for(4) $52.99
$16.99
(shrimp) $17.99
Parrillada for 2
$28.99
Fajita plate
$16.99
Chicken fajitas
$15.99
Tacos de Fajita
$15.99
Fajita Toreadas
$17.99
Flour tortillas stuffed with fajitas & Monterrey
Jack cheese, pico de gallo, rice, beans & guacamole
Beef fajita, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice & beans
3 beef or chicken fajita tacos, pico de gallo, rice & beans
Tacos Reynosa
$15.99
Tacos Gringos
$13.99
3 corn tortillas filled with fajitas topped with
(shrimp) $16.99
onions, cilantro, pico de gallo, guacamole, rice & beans
2 fajita tacos on flour tortillas, topped with chile con
queso, rice & beans
Tacos Monterrey
3 corn tortillas filled with fajitas, topped with
Monterrey Jack cheese, pico de gallo, guacamole,
rice & beans
$16.99
(shrimp) $17.99
Grilled beef fajita, chicken fajita, Sausage, Mollejas
served with rice & beans
chicken breast, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice &
beans
Beef strips, sauteed in onion, tomatoes, & chiles,
guacamole, rice & beans
Sombrero
for(1) $17.99
for(2) $32.99
Mar y Tierra Botana Platter
for(2) $38.99
for(4) $66.99
Sizzling beef, chicken, or shrimp fajitas cooked
with onions & bell peppers, topped with Monterrey Jack, covered with tortillas, served with pico
de gallo, guacamole, rice & beans
Beef or chicken fajitas, fried shrimp, fried fish,
stuffed crab, flautas, rice & beans
STEAK & SEAFOOD
Ribeye 12oz
$24.99
Camarones al Molcajete
$18.99
Ribeye Mexicano
$27.99
Fried Fish (2)
$13.99
Fried Shrimp
$16.99
Fish Tacos
$13.99
Fried Shrimp Tacos
$14.99
Tostadas Hinojosa
$13.99
Blackened Fish
$16.99
Ceviche de Camaron
$13.99
Certified Angus beef, served with vegetable medley,
baked potato, salad & Texas toast
Certified Angus beef ribeye topped with our homemade four cheese salsa served with salad,rice & beans
Served with rice, Texas toast & a side salad
Bisteck Ranchero
$17.99
Porkchop
$19.99
Koko’s Molcajete
$17.99
Fresh bisteck sauteed in our salsa quemada served
with salad, rice & beans
A classic! seasoned & grilled to perfection, served
with a baked potato & vegetable medley
Angus rib eye chicharrones, with fresh guacamole,
pico de gallo, and tortillas
Ribeye Tacos
Certified Angus Rib eye pieces grilled to perfection
with corn tortillas topped with avocado slices & pico
de gallo
$17.99
Huachinango al Mojo en la Plancha
$23.99
Shrimp Ranchero
$16.99
Shrimp al Mojo de Ajo
$16.99
Fresh Gulf whole Red Snapper with our garlic butter
sauce, spanish rice, & charro beans
8 large Texas Gulf shrimp in a mild sauce served with
vegetable medley, baked potato, salad & Texas toast
8 large Texas Gulf shrimp served in a garlic butter
sauce cooked to perfection, vegetable medley, baked
potato, salad & Texas toast
Seafood Platter
Fried shrimp, fried fish, stuffed crab, fries, onion
rings, rice & toast
Fresh Gulf shrimp mixed with avocado, cilantro,
and tomato topped with Monterrey Jack cheese
8 Fresh Gulf shrimp fried to perfection served
with french fries, salad & Texas toast
3 corn tortillas filled with fried, blackend, or
grilled white fish sauteed in onions & tomatoes,
topped with Monterrey Jack cheese & our homemade chipotle salsa, cilantro, served with salad
3 corn tortillas filled with fried shrimp, topped
with tomatoes, lettuce, cilantro, Monterrey Jack
cheese & our special chipotle sauce
3 tostadas, topped with shrimp mixed in a special
sauce, sliced avocado, in a bed of lettuce & tomatoes
Blackened Tilapia, served on a hot skillet topped
with shrimp, cilantro, served with rice, baked
potato & salad
3 tostadas topped with fresh shrimp ceviche mixed
with pico de gallo
for(2) $34.99
for(4) $62.99
**Koko’s Fajitas are certified USDA domestic prime beef
ENCHILADAS
Enchiladas
3 ground beef, chicken, or cheese enchiladas, rice
& beans
Enchiladas Suizas
3 enchiladas filled with our delicious seasoned
chicken, topped with our special salsa verde with
guacamole, sour cream, rice & beans
$8.99
$10.99
Add 2 over easy eggs to your enchiladas suizas for $2.99
Enchiladas Poblanas
3 enchiladas filled with our delicious seasoned
chicken, topped with our mole sauce, served with
melted Monterrey Jack cheese, rice & beans
Enchiladas Locas
2 carne guisada enchiladas in flour tortillas topped
with chile con carne & chile con queso, rice &
beans
$10.99
$11.99
Trio Enchiladas
$11.99
Entomatadas
$10.99
Enchiladas de Chipotle
$11.99
Enchiladas de Fajita
$14.99
1 cheese enchilada, 1 enchilada suiza, 1 enchilada
chipotle, rice & beans
3 rolled corn tortillas filled with our delicious seasoned shredded chicken, topped with our special
tomato sauce and Monterrey Jack cheese, served
with rice & beans.
3 enchiladas filled with our delicious seasoned
chicken, served with melted Monterrey Jack
cheese, creamy chile chipotle sauce, rice & beans
3 enchiladas filled with our famous fajitas, topped
with chile con carne gravy & yellow cheese, rice
& beans
MEXICAN
Chicken Chipotle Dinner
$14.99
Flautas
$8.99
Chicken with Poblano Crema
$15.99
Chalupas
$8.99
Juicy chicken breast, topped with homemade
creamy chipotle sauce, Monterrey Jack cheese,
sliced avocado, rice & beans
Juicy chicken breast, topped with our homemade
poblano crema sauce, served with rice & charro
beans
3 freshly rolled corn tortillas filled with our delicious seasoned shredded beef or chicken, fried
tender crispy, guacamole, sour cream, rice & beans
(beef or chicken) 3 fried corn tortillas topped with
lettuce, tomatoes & yellow cheese
Chile Relleno
$11.99
Crispy Tacos
$8.99
Jalisco Platter
$11.99
Chicken Tenders
$8.99
Tacos Dorados
$11.99
Roasted poblano pepper, lightly breaded filled
with picadillo served with salad, rice & beans
2 chipotle enchiladas, 1 crispy beef taco, rice &
beans
3 flour tortillas filled with beans & our delicious
seasoned shredded beef, served with rice, charro
beans & guacamole. An Uptown Favorite!
Mole Plate
Our delicious plate of Mexican mole, served with
rice, beans, lettuce & tomatoes
$13.99
(beef or chicken) 3 crispy tacos topped with lettuce, tomatoes, yellow cheese, rice & beans
3 Chicken tenders, salad, fries, white gravy & toast
Carne Guisada
$11.99
Southwestern Chicken
$15.99
Includes salad, and choice of tortillas, rice & beans
Chicken breast covered with cheese sauce, sliced
avocado, lettuce, tomatoes & rice
Burrito Dinner
1 burrito covered with chile con carne,
yellow cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, rice & beans
(ground beef) $11.99
(guisada) $13.99
*Consuming raw or under cooked meat, poultry, seafood, shellfish or eggs may increase risk of food born illnesses.
COMBINATION PLATES
Mexican Plate
$11.99
Deluxe Mexican Plate
$13.99
Saltillo Plate
$11.99
1 cheese enchilada, 1 bean chalupa, 1 crispy beef
taco, rice & beans
2 cheese enchiladas, 2 crispy beef tacos, 1 bean
chalupa, rice & beans
2 chicken enchiladas topped with Monterrey Jack
cheese, 1 chile con queso tostada & 1 crispy beef
taco, rice & beans
Koko’s Special
$13.99
Koko’s Chipotle
$13.99
Tampiqueña Plate
$18.99
D-Ware Special
$13.99
Guadalajara Plate
$11.99
2 enchiladas suizas, 2 fajita tacos, rice & beans
2 chicken chipotle enchiladas, 2 fajita tacos, rice
& beans
Fajita, 1 crispy beef taco, 1 cheese enchilada, rice
& beans
2 cheese enchiladas, carne guisada, rice & refried
beans
$13.99
2 cheese enchilada, 2 fajita tacos, rice & beans
Koko’s Suizas
2 cheese enchiladas, 2 chicken flautas, served with
rice, refried beans, guacamole & sour cream
HAMBURGERS
served with fries
Hamburger
$7.99
Bacon Burger
$8.99
Cheeseburger
$8.99
Koko’s Burger
$10.99
Grilled Chicken Burger
$8.99
American & Swiss cheese, bacon, mushrooms, ham, jalapenos & avocado
DESSERT
SIDES
The Cheese Cake Factory
$6.95
Flan
$6.50
Chocolate Cake
$6.95
Assorted flavors
Fajita Taco
$4.50
Guacamole
$4.99
Beans
$1.69
Picante Sauce
$1.50
Rice
$1.69
Fries
$2.25
Chips
$1.99
$2.25
Sour Cream
$1.50
Add beef or chicken
to enchiladas
Cheese Sauce
$4.99
corn or flour
tortillas (3)
$1.50
Vegetable Medley
$2.99
BEVERAGES
Coffee • Fresh Lemonade • Coke • Sprite • Dr. Pepper
Orange • Diet Coke • Topo Chico • Iced Tea • Hot Tea • Mexican Cokes
LET’S ALL GO BACK TO THE EARLY 70’S, when two little boys named Albert and Jorge Suarez were running
and playing like boys do. With a strict right hand from their father, and a gentle left hand from their mother, these young monsters grew up just as their mother wanted them to. Albert, the older of the two, grew up to be ambitious and aggressive. Jorge on
the other hand, grew up free-spirited and charming. Jorge was the little boy whose mother dressed him as a cook for Halloween.
And he was also the one who, in his teens, had no choice but to “cook” at his uncle’s restaurant while his friends were out causing
trouble. Why, you might ask? Because his mother wanted him to promise he would always be her little chef!
In 1990, tragedy stuck the Suarez family as Albert and Jorge’s mother, Carmen, passed away, too soon for her to see her dreams
for her children come true, but not too soon for her to have left a significant and memorable inspiration for their future. After
years of cooking at his uncle’s restaurant and Jorge decided it was time to fulfill the promise he made his mother as a boy. Jorge
approached Albert and suggested they open a restaurant of their own suggesting he’d be the cook and Albert would be the waiter.
At the time, Albert was helping his father at their family owned clothing store, Albert’s Formal Wear. Having worked at the store
since he was 8, Albert learned the skills necessary to make a business successful. “I may have known how to cook, but I would
have never taken this business to where it is at today without the help of my brother,” Jorge says. “There would not be a Koko’s if
it had not been for him. He knows the ins and outs of a business. He is the restaurant’s PR MAN.”
Koko’s, named after a nickname given to Jorge by his mother, opened in October 1990, a few short months after the passing of
their mother. It was affectionately known as a “hole in the wall” on downtown Broadway. The original Koko’s was so small it
could only fit ten tables and the kitchen was so tiny only Jorge could fit back there to cook. The menu started modestly and the
hours of operation were limited. But it was a restaurant they could call their own and the boys couldn’t be happier. Two years
later, along with the overwhelming support from their father, Albert Sr. and their younger brother Marco, Koko’s was a tremendous success and the little restaurant had outgrown its first home. Jorge and Albert needed a larger location. And they didn’t
have to go far, moving directly across the street where ten tables tripled to 30. Towards the latter part of the 90’s Koko’s was practically a downtown institution during lunch. City officials, mayors, downtown business owners, shoppers and the average Joe
found their way to downtown McAllen to eat at Koko’s. So much so that the restaurant soon inherited an additional nickname,
“POLITI-KOKO’S”, named for the amount of political influence that was eating at the restaurant at any given time. Koko’s may
have been small, but it was the perfect downtown place to eat and socialize during the lunch hour. “I remember going to the
downtown location at least 2 to 3 times weekly,” says former McAllen Mayor Leo Montalvo. “I did it because it was convenient
to my office and convenient to City Hall. I still go to the uptown location at least twice a week. But, I go to eat there now because
of the personal relationship I have created over the years with the Suarez brothers.”
In less than a decade, the boys had made Koko’s a legendary name downtown. However, they were constantly asked about dinner hours. The restaurant was never open past 3 pm, but because their loyal, frequent customers kept asking for dinner service,
Albert and Jorge gave in to their requests. In February 2004, after more than 14 years downtown, Albert and Jorge decided it
was time to take their little restaurant to another level. They opened Koko’s Uptown, currently located on North 10th Street. “We
moved uptown because it was time for the restaurant to step up,” said Albert. “We had been downtown for so many years, that
we got comfortable there. But our customers gave us enough faith that if we moved to better ourselves and better the atmosphere
and ambiance of the restaurant, then they would move with us. Not only did our customers follow us, but they brought new customers with them, and the new location brought its own new customers.” “The restaurant has become a safe, comfortable haven
for a lot of our customers. They come here 2 or 3 times a week because we pride ourselves on our customer service,” Jorge added.
“The staff knows to welcome everyone with open arms, regardless of whether there is a lunch or dinner rush. If I notice that the
staff is too busy with one customer, and another customer
is waiting, Albert or I immediately jump in to help.”
If you visit Koko’s more than once during the week, chances are you may run into the same people. In spite of their
move uptown, the restaurant has maintained its reputation
as a legendary institution. Nearly fifteen years have passed
since Jorge and Albert decided to open Koko’s. And when
you walk in, the first thing you’ll see is a dedication to their
mother on the wall. They continue to run the restaurant as
she would have run it herself, not only offering authentic
Mexican food but treating their customers as if they were
guests in their own home.