crisp greens with cucumbers, roma tomatoes, cheddar cheese & green olives,
served with our homemade vinaigrette dressing
$6.50
Salad Served With Your Choice Of Chicken Or Beef Fajitas$10.25
Salad With Entree (your Choice)$3.95
Botanas
Ceviche
$8.35
your choice of fresh fish, gulf shrimp or combo, marinated in lime juice with
fresh tomatoes, onion, cilantro & serrano peppers
Ceviche Campechano
$8.95
combo ceviche mixed with our mexican-style cocktail sauce
Camarones Al Ajillo
$9.95
shrimp sauteed in garlic olive oil with pasilla peppers & garlic chip
Calamares A La Mexicana
$9.95
calamari sauteed with onions, serrano peppers, cilantro & fresh tomatoes
Mariscada A La Mexicana
$11.95
shrimp, calamari, crawfish tails & red snapper sauteed with onions, peppers, cilantro & tomatoes
Chilorio
$8.95
sinaloa-style seasoned pork served with avocado slices & tortillas
Queso Flameado
$8.95
melted chihuahua cheese topped with our homemade chorizo (mexican sausage) or
sauteed mushrooms & poblano peppers
Tamales Oaxaquenos
$6.95
two 6oz. oaxaca-style banana-leaf-wrapped tamales, your choice of pork,
chicken or portabella & cuitlacoche
Nachos Compuestos
$7.50
beans, chihuahua cheese, jalapenos, & guacamole with beef or chicken fajita
Nachos Jorge
$8.95
black beans, chihuahua cheese, jalapenos, guacamole, cochinita pibil, & red marinated onions
Quesadillas De Espinacas
$9.75
flour tortillas filled with melted cotija & chihuahua cheese, sauteed spinach & roasted
almonds served with picos unique cilantro-poblano dressing
Quesadillas De Cangrejo O Salmon Ahumado
$11.50
flour tortilla filled with melted cotija & chihuahua cheese & sauteed lump crab meat served
with guacamole salad. or, chilpotle smoked salmon served with creamy chilpotle sauce
Especialidades Mexicanas
Pollo Pibil
$14.95
achiote-marinated chicken baked in banana leaves & served with pickled red onions
Pollo En Mole Poblano
$14.95
chicken cooked in a tasty mole poblano sauce sprinkled with sesame seeds
Cochinita Pibil
$14.25
achiote-marinated roast pork baked in banana leaves & served with pickled red onions
Chiles En Nogada
$14.95
(tradicional and vegetarian)
roasted poblano peppers stuffed with shredded pork or wild rice cooked in peanut sauce with olives,
almonds & raisins, covered with a cold creamy walnut sauce & sprinkled with pomegranates (when in season)
Mancha Manteles
$14.95
(one of the seven moles from oaxaca) pork & chicken sauteed with plantain, sweet potato, apple, & pineapple in a peanut
and chile ancho sauce, sprinkled with sesame seeds
Pollo En Mole Negro Oaxaqueno
$15.25
chicken cooked in a traditional oaxaca-style black mole sprinkled with sesame seeds
Chiles Rellenos
$14.25
two egg-battered poblano peppers stuffed with your choice of picadillo (beef & pork)
or cotija cheese smothered with entomatada sauce and topped with sour cream
Carnes Asadas Sizzling Specialties
We Select Only The Finest Cuts Of Beef Prepared To Your Specifications.
All Of The Above Served With Rajas (grilled Onions & Poblano Peppers), Tortillas, Guacamole
Salad, Pico De Gallo, Mexican Rice & Your Choice Of Charro, Refried Black Or Pinto Beans.
Fajitas O Pollo Al Carbon
sizzling charcoal-broiled beef skirt or chicken breast. served with rajas (grilled onions & poblano peppers), tortillas, guacamole
salad, pico de gallo, mexican rice & your choice of charro, refried black or pinto beans.
For Two$26.95
For One$13.95
Fajita O Pollo Y Camarones
$21.95
sizzling charcoal-broiled fajitas or chicken breast & jumbo gulf shrimp.served with rajas (grilled onions & poblano peppers), tortillas, guacamole
salad, pico de gallo, mexican rice & your choice of charro, refried black or pinto beans.
Parrilla Mixta Para Dos
$36.95
sizzling charcoal-broiled fajitas, chicken breast & jumbo gulf shrimp served with rajas (grilled onions & poblano peppers), tortillas, guacamole
salad, pico de gallo, mexican rice & your choice of charro, refried black or pinto beans.
Parrilla Vegetariana
$12.95
sizzling charcoal-broiled vegetables of the season served with rajas (grilled onions & poblano peppers), tortillas, guacamole
salad, pico de gallo, mexican rice & your choice of charro, refried black or pinto beans.
Codorniz A La Parrilla
$21.95
two (2) sizzling charcoal-broiled quail, marinated & bacon-wrapped served with rajas (grilled onions & poblano peppers), tortillas, guacamole
salad, pico de gallo, mexican rice & your choice of charro, refried black or pinto beans.
Camarones A La Parrilla
$20.50
six (6) sizzling charcoal-broiled jumbo gulf shrimp served with rajas (grilled onions & poblano peppers), tortillas, guacamole
salad, pico de gallo, mexican rice & your choice of charro, refried black or pinto beans.
Sirloin Steak
$21.95
12 oz. of the finest steak money can buy served with rajas (grilled onions & poblano peppers), tortillas, guacamole
salad, pico de gallo, mexican rice & your choice of charro, refried black or pinto beans.
Filete Al Chilpotle
$25.00
8 oz. charcoal-broiled beef tenderloin smothered with chihuahua cheese, topped with
chilpotle & parsley sauce, served with white rice & avocado slices
Filete Azteca
$25.95
8 oz. charcoal- broiled beef tenderloin smothered with our very own black bean mole,
topped with queso cotija, served with esquites and sauteed spinach
Filete Mestizo
$25.95
8 oz. charcoal-broiled beef tenderloin served with cuitlacoche (mexican truffle) and requeson
(soft mexican cheese) sauces accompanied with esquites and fresh sauteed spinach
Chamorro De Ternera En Chile De Arbol (osso Buco)
$26.95
tender veal shank slow-cooked in a chile de arbol sauce served with charro-style alubias
(cannellini beans) and slices of avocado
Tampiquena
$16.25
8 oz. charcoal- broiled sirloin strip served with a cheese enchilada covered with mole
poblano sauce, mexican rice, refried beans & pico de gallo
Huasteca
$16.25
8 oz. charcoal-broiled sirloin strip served with guacamole salad, melted chihuahua cheese and a
bowl of charro beans
Churrasco Poblano
$15.95
8 oz. of marinated flank steak, smothered with melted chihuahua cheese and covered with a
poblano sauce made with roasted tomatoes, charred poblano peppers and sauteed kernels of
corn accompanied by charro beans and slices of avocado
Especialidades Del Mar
Huachinango A La Veracruzana
$21.95
red snapper filet covered with our traditional veracruz sauce
Huachinango Tikin-xik
$21.95
red snapper filet seasoned with achiote & charcoal-broiled in banana leaves, served
with pickled red onions
Huachinango Al Mojo De Ajo
$21.95
red snapper filet sauteed in garlic oil & sprinkled with garlic chips
jumbo gulf shrimp sauteed in garlic oil & sprinkled with garlic chips
Camarones Adobados
$21.95
jumbo gulf shrimp stuffed with poblano pepper, wrapped in bacon then
charcoal-broiled & basted with our special adobo sauce
Pescado Tampicos
fresh seasonal filet of fish topped with fresh sauteed lump crab meat, pico de gallo
and avocado chunks, served with marinated grilled vegetables market
sauteed crawfish smothered with melted chihuahua cheese and creamy chilpotle sauce (hot & spicy)
Flautas Estilo Mexico
$11.95
three crispy flautas filled with your choice of beef barbacoa, chicken or potato and cheese, topped
with fresh tomatillos salsa, sour cream, queso cotija and avocado slices
Sincronizadasverdes O Rojas
$11.95
(a picos original since 1984) roasted pork, roasted chicken and melted chihuahua cheese served stacked between corn tortillas and
topped with salsa verde (tomatillo) or salsa entomatada (tomato), sour cream and avocado slices
Especialidades Tex-mex
Burritos Tex-mex
$11.95
filled with your choice of ground beef or chicken, chile con queso, lettuce, tomatoes & sour cream,
and served with mexican rice & refried beans
Chalupas Tex-mex
$11.95
crispy corn tortilla with beans, chile con queso, ground beef, lettuce, tomatoes, topped with sour
cream & jalapenos
Realizing there were very few restaurants in Houston that served authentic Mexican food, Arnaldo Richards and his wife, Janice, opened their first restaurant, El Granero, in 1982 in Bellaire, Texas. In April 1984, they opened Pico’s Mex-Mex Restaurant, also in Bellaire. Today, Pico’s is recognized as one of Houston’s premier Mexican restaurants and Arnaldo has become one of the city’s most celebrated chefs.Pico's Mex-Mex Restaurant, with its innovative regional Mexican menu, is the ideal setting for satisfying your Mexican food cravings. Enjoy fresh seafood or spinach enchiladas, pollo pibil (marinated chicken snuggled in banana leaves and baked to tender perfection) or camarones adobados (jumbo Gulf shrimp, bacon-wrapped and basted with adobo sauce). Relax on our palapa-covered patio to the music of strolling musicians and treat yourself to a premium Margarita from one of the best selections in the city.