chicken enchiladas in your choice of tomatillo green salsa or rich red mole, housemade queso fresco, mexican crema, sweet onion
Entrees - Vegetarianos
Chile Relleno
$17.95
roasted poblano chile stuffed with housemade queso fresco and queso anejo lightly battered and baked in a spiced tomato sauce, black beans, red tomato rice
Plato Vegetariano Azteca
$17.95
la palapas vegetarian plate: three potato taquitos, guacamole, salsa de arbol, rice tortita, grilled nopal cactus, black beans
Plato Vegan Tepozteco
$17.95
la palapas vegan plate: huitlacoche corn mushrooms guacamole, pico de gallo, sauteed swiss chard, grilled nopal cactus, pinto beans
Enchiladas De Hongos Verdes
$17.95
mushroom and queso fresco enchiladas in tomatillo salsa with housemade queso fresco, mexican crema, sweet vidalia onion
Entrees - Pescado Y Mariscos
Tacos De Pescado Con Crema De Chipotle Y Guacasalsa
$18.95
three soft corn tacos of achiote rubbed tilapia filet with crisped chile pasilla and romaine sides of chipotle crema and avocado~tomatillo salsa, red tomato rice, black beans
Calamares A La Diabla
$16.95
calamari pan seared with a devilish spicy salsa of ancho~pasilla chiles
refried vegetarian pinto beans, red tomato rice
Pescado A La Talla zihuatanejo
$17.95
traditional from the pacific coast ~ fresh catfish filet in guajillo chile and achiote barbeque, saffron rice, sauteed green beans
Camarones Con Mole Rojo De Morelos
$18.95
shrimp with red guajillo chile mole from morelos, red tomato rice, refried vegetarian pinto beans
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
$17.95
shrimp sauteed with golden roasted garlic cloves red tomato rice, slow cooked black beans
Pescado Al Pipian Verde
$18.95
baked tilapia in mild yucatecan green pumpkinseed pipian with roasted chile serrano ~ saffron rice, sauteed swiss chard
Camarones En Salsa De Tamarindo
$18.95
shrimp in tamarind~ancho~pasilla salsa saffron rice, sauteed green beans
Sides
Substitutions 2.00
Esquites
$4.95
epazote sauteed corn
Nopal Asado
$4.95
grilled cactus
Ejotes
$4.95
shallot sauteed green beans
Acelgas
$4.95
garlic sauteed swiss chard
Chorizo Casero
$4.95
spicy guajillo chorizo
Chayotes Diana
$4.95
chayotes in spicy crema
Tortita De Arroz
$4.95
baked rice tortita
Cebollitas
$4.95
taqueria style grilled spring onions
Arroz Rojo
$4.95
red tomato rice
Arroz Verde
$4.95
green tomatillo rice
Al Azafran
$4.95
vegetarian saffron rice
Frijoles Pintos
$4.95
vegetarian pinto beans
Frijoles Negros
$4.95
vegetarian black beans
Frijoles Charros
$4.95
smoky bacon spicy pintos
Arroz Rice
$3.95
Frijoles Beans
$3.95
Arroz Y Frijoles
half and half ~ your choice!
Desserts
Chocolates De La Palapa
$5.00
embossed tin filled with dark chocolate spiced with ancho and chipotle chiles
Crepas Con Cajeta
$7.00
delicate crepes folded with homemade cajeta goats milk caramel with toasted pecans
Pie Terciopelo De Aguacate
$8.00
avocado velvet pie in crisp graham crust with vanilla~lime sour cream, hibiscus syrup, toasted pistachios
Crema De Chocolate
$7.00
belgian~ mexican chocolate pudding with whipped cream and chocolate lace
Pastel Tres Leches
$9.00
moist cake with fluffy meringue icing drizzled with three milks
Chocolate De metate Brownie
$8.00
dark and milk chocolate walnut brownie from the hand grinding stone
with dulce de leche ice cream
Empanada De Arroz Con Leche
$8.00
cinnamon empanada stuffed with rice pudding with cinnamon ice cream
La Palapa Flan De Kahlua Y Vainilla
$6.00
traditional vanilla, caramel and kahlua flan
Copa De Petalos De Rosa Carmina
$8.00
homemade rose petal ice cream parfait with fresh whipped cream
and belgian chocolate sauce
Parfait Azteca De Oro
$8.00
sweet harvest corn ice cream parfait with home made cajeta and toasted macadamia nuts
La Palapa, an authentic Mexican restaurant specializing in "Mexico City style" tacos and quesadillas and regional home cooking opened Friday, November 24, 2000 at 77 St. Marks Place, between First and Second Avenue in the East Village. La Palapa is owned by Barbara Sibley, a chef and artist with extensive New York City restaurant experience.