Las Placitas Central American

Las Placitas Menu

(202) 543-3700
517 8th St Se, Washington, DC 20003
$$$$$

Salvadoran Antojitos


Carnitas Las Placitas
$6.95
strips of steak grilled homemade style
Yuca Con Chicharron
$6.95
fried spanish root with fried pork and cabbage salad
Tamal De Elote
$2.95
veggie green corn tamale served with sour cream
Pupusa
$1.95
hand-made tortilla filled with cheese, or pork & cheese
Platanos Fritos
$3.95
sweet fried plantain served with sour cream and beans
Gambas Al Ajillo
$7.95
shrimp sauteed in a garlic butter and white wine sauce
Mejillones Marineros
$7.95
fresh mussels served in a ginger and marineros sauce
Ceviche Mixto
8.95
fresh fish, shrimp, marinated in lemon-lime juice and spices

$Mexican Antojitos


Quesadilla
$5.95
cheese, spinach & cheese or veggie & cheese
Quesadilla
$7.95
shrimp
Grilled Chicken Or Steak Quesadilla
$6.95
two flour tortillas filled with cheese, garnished with guac, sour cream, & pico de gallo
Nachos Rancheros
$5.95
tortilla chips covered with beans, cheese, jalapenos, s/cream, guac, & pico de gallo
Nachos Rancheros
$7.95
grilled chicken or steak
Taquitos Dorados
$6.95
three crispy taquitos filled with chicken or beef & served with guac, s/cream & pico de gallo
Guacamole Dip
$6.95
a blend of fresh ripe avocados served with tortilla chips
Chile Con Queso
$4.95
mild, jalapeno taste melted cheese served with tortilla chips
Chile Con Carne
$5.95
Chorizo Con Queso
5.95
spinach sausage topped with melted cheese and tortillas on the side

$Sopas

Soups
Sopa De Mariscos
$5.95-12.95
seafood soup with shrimp, scallops, squid, mussels, clams, & veggies
Sopa De Tortilla
4.95
rich soup with chicken, tortilla chips, cheese, and avocados.

$Ensaladas

Salads. Salads Come With Homemade Dressings On The Side
Ensalada Las Placitas
$5.95
fresh romaine, avocados, heart of a palm and tomatoes
Ensalada Las Placitas
$12.95
grilled shrimp, chicken, or steak
Ensalada De Aguacate
$5.95
fresh romaine, avocados, and tomatoes
Dinner Salad
4.95
fresh romaine, tomatoes, and cucumbers.

$Salvadoran Specialties

The Following Dishes Include White Rice And Black Beans.
El Tipico
$12.95
a chicken tamale, a pupusa, sweet plantain, yucca served with sour cream
Combinacion Tipica Vegetariana
$12.95
veggie combo of a corn tamale, a cheese pupusa, plantain, & veggies of the day
Pollo Asado
$13.95
half chicken roasted salvadoran style covered with sauteed spanish onions
Pollo Ranchero
$13.95
half chicken roasted salvadoran style and covered with mixed green vegetables
Pollo A La Parrilla
$13.95
grilled chicken breast served with sauteed onions, tomatoes, zucchini, & sweet plantain
Puerco Al Horno
$14.95
tender morsels or pork roasted salvadoran style, sauteed onions, & plantain
Parrillada Al Carbon
$16.95
a combo of broiled chicken breast, ny steak, shrimp or sausage. served with a garlic, butter, and white wine sauce
Las Placitas Steak
$15.95
new york steak on the grill, served with garlic butter sauce, & vegetable of the day
Mar Y Tierra
$16.95
new york steak on the grill, served with shrimp sauteed in garlic butter sauce, & vegetables
Carne Asada
$14.95
fajita steak grilled served with sauteed onions in a chef special sauce, and sweet plantain
Lomo Saltado
14.95
fajita steak with sauteed onions, tomatoes, sweet, hot peppers, & fried potatoes

$Seafood Specialties

The Seafood Dishes Come With White Rice And Black Beans.
Mariscada
$16.95
a combo of fresh scallops, shrimp, squid, mussels, cooked in a home-made saffron seafood broth
Paella Las Placitas
$16.95
valencia's famous spanish rice dish with shrimp, scallops, clams, mussels, squid, & chicken.
Camarones Azteca
$15.95
fresh shrimp, sauteed with vegetables, and served with a saffron seafood sauce
Mariscos A La Mexicana
$15.95
fresh shrimp and scallops sauteed with onions, tomatoes, green and hot peppers
Pescado Ranchero
$15.95
fresh broiled salmon served with sauteed mixed green vegetables
Salmon Campeche
$16.95
fresh broiled salmon served with sauteed shrimp, scallops, zucchini, and carrots, in a saffron seafood sauce
Tilapia Al Horno
$15.95
filet of baked tilapia, served with sauteed mixed green veggies, & sweet plantain
Mojarra Frita
14.95
a fried whole tilapia fish served salvadoran style, with grilled shrimp, salad & tortillas.

$Try Our Fajitas Mexicanos

Juicy Marinated Fajitas: Grilled Steak, Chicken Breast, Or Shrimp, Served With Onions, Green Peppers, Tomatoes, Guac, Sour Cream, Pico De Gallo, Rice Beans & Flour Tortillas.
Fajitas De Pollo
$14.95
chicken fajitas
Fajitas De Carne
$14.95
steak fajitas
Fajitas De Pollo Y Carne
$14.95
combo of chicken and steak fajitas
Fajitas De Camarones
$15.95
shrimp fajitas
Tex-Mex Fajitas
$15.95
combo of shrimp, chicken and steak fajitas
Fajitas De Vegetales
11.95
a variety of fresh vegetables fajitas

$Enchiladas Nortenas

Two Corn Tortillas Stuffed With Your Choice, Covered With Melted Cheese, Salsa, Served With Lettuce, Pico De Gallo, Sour Cream Rice & Beans.
Enchiladas De Carne Asada
$12.95
two grilled steak enchiladas, covered with green tomatillo and red chile sauce
Enchiladas Rancheras
$12.95
two chicken enchiladas covered with ranchera and red sauce
Enchiladas De Carne
$12.95
two beef enchiladas covered with fresh green tomatillo sauce
Enchiladas Marineras
$13.95
two shrimp and scallops enchiladas covered with ranchera sauce
Enchiladas Monterrey
$11.95
two cheese enchiladas covered with ranchera sauce
Tamales De Pollo
$11.95
two tamales stuffed with chicken and covered with green tomatillo sauce
Chile Relleno
12.95
two poblano jalapeno pepper stuffed with cheese and fried in a light batter of egg whites covered with ranchera sauce

$Tacos Mexicanos

The Taco Dishes Are Served With Lettuce, Pico De Gallo, Guacamole, Sour Cream, Rice & Beans.
Tacos Al Carbon
$13.95
three soft flour tortillas filled broiled chicken or fajita steak
Tacos De Pollo O De Carne
$12.95
three crispy shell tacos stuffed with chicken or shredded beef and cheese
Taco Salad
$12.95
a large crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with salad, chicken or fajita steak
Taco Salad De Camarones
13.95
a large crispy flour tortilla bowl filled with salad and grilled seasoned shrimp

$Burritos Mexicanos

A Soft Large Flour Tortilla Stuffed With Your Choice And Covered With Salsa, Melted Cheese, Served With Guacamole, Sour Cream, Lettuce, Pico De Gallo, Rice & Beans.
Burritos De Carne Asada
$12.95
twin grilled steak burritos, covered with green tomatillo, and red chile sauce
Burrito De Carne
$12.95
shredded beef burrito covered with green tomatillo sauce, and red chile sauce
Burrito De Pollo
$12.95
shredded or grilled chicken burrito covered with ranchera and red chile sauce
Burrito De Camarones
$13.95
shrimp burrito with ranchera sauce
Burrito De Vegetales
9.95
a variety of fresh vegetables burrito with ranchera & tomatillo sauce

$Chimichangas Mexicanas

A Deep Fried Flour Tortilla Filled With Your Choice, Served With Lettuce, Guacamole, Sour Cream, Pico De Gallo, Rice & Beans.
Chimichanga De Carne
$12.95
shredded beef chimichanga
Chimichanga De Pollo
$12.95
chicken chimichanga
Chimichanga De Mariscos
13.95
shrimp and scallops chimichanga

$Combinaciones Las Placitas

The Following Combinations Are Covered With Salsa, And Melted Cheese, Served With Lettuce, Pico De Gallo, Sour Cream, Rice & Beans
1. One Cheese Enchilada And One Chile Relleno
$12.95
2. One Chicken Enchilada And One Beef Enchilada
$12.95
3. Trio Enchiladas
$13.95
chicken, beef, and cheese
4. One Chile Relleno, 1 Chicken Tamale & 1 Chicken Enchilada
$13.95
5. One Chile Relleno, 1 Chicken Taco & 1 Beef Taco
$13.95
6. Jose's Special Combo
13.95
a combo of carne asada, grilled shrimp, 1 beef taco, 1 chicken tamale, and slices of avocados.

$Kids $6.95

Kid's Plates Come With Rice & Beans
Cheese, Chicken Or Beef Quesadilla
Chicken Or Beef Burrito
Chicken And Beef Taco Combo
soft or crispy

Side Orders


Rice
$1.50
Beans
$1.50
Sour Cream
$1.00
Side Of Guacamole
$2.95
Salsa And Chips
$3.00
Shredded Cheese
$1.00
3 Tortillas
1.00

$Mixed Drinks $7.95


Vodkas
stolichnaya, grey goose, smirnoff
Malibu Coconut, Bacardi Rum, Bombay Gin, Bailey's, Liquor 43
Cognac
hennessey, courvoisier
Cognac
grand marnier
Whisky
red label, black label, jim beam, jack daniels, dewar's

Beers


Salvadorian Pilsener & Suprema
$4.00
Miller Lite, Bud Light, Heineken
$4.00
Mexican Beers
$4.25
corona, corona light, xx, negra modelo, tecate
Non-Alcoholic Beer
4.00

$Sodas And Juice $1.95


Coke
Diet Coke
Sprite
Ginger Ale
Ice-T
Pink Lemonade
Club Soda
Cherry Temple
Tonic Water
Orange Juice
Cranberry
Pineapple
Salvadorean Tamarindo
Salvadorian Maranon
Salvadorian Horchata

Margaritas

Gl / Sm (Pitcher) / Lg (Pitcher). On The Rocks Or Frozen
Lemon-Lime Margarita
$13.95-24.95
Jose Cuervo Gold Margarita
$26.95-6.95
1800 Margarita
$15.95-26.95
Blue Margarita
$6.95-15.95
Cadillac Marg
$17.95-29.95
with grand marnier
Don Julio Margarita
$29.95-7.95
Patron Margarita
$18.95-30.95
Strawberry Margarita
$5.95-13.95
frozen
Swirl Margarita
$13.95-24.95
frozen
Mango Margarita
$5.95-13.95
frozen
Mojito
13.95-24.95
on the rocks

$Frozen Daiquiri's

Gl / Sm (Pitcher) / Lg (Pitcher).
Strawberry Daiquiri
$9.95-3.95
Strawberry Daiquiri
$13.95-24.95
with bacardi
Pina Colada
$18.95-9.95
Pina Colada
$13.95-24.95
with bacardi rum
Tropico
$9.95-3.95
1/2 pina colada 1/2 strawberry
Tropico
$13.95-24.95
with bacardi rum
Mango Daiquiri
$13.95-5.95
with bacardi rum
Mango Daiquiri
18.95-3.95

$Wine By The Glass


Sangria
$24.95-5.95
Yellow Tail*
$5.95
merlot or cabernet
Yellow Tail*
$5.95
chardonnay
Concha Y Toro*
$5.95
merlot or cabernet
Pinot Grigio
$5.95

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