Las Velas Mexican

Las Velas Menu

(412) 281-8180
21 Market Sq, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Sopas


Tortilla Soup
$3.00
A chipotle-flavored chicken broth with sliced avocado, onions, cilantro and topped with fried tortilla strips and crumbled fresco cheese.
Black Bean Soup
$3.00
Black bean soup specially seasoned with cumin, salsa and lime.
Sopa Cancun
$3.00
Freshly made chicken broth surrounds a generous portion of rice, shredded chicken, diced tomatoes, chopped onions, cilantro, sliced avocado and jalapeno peppers on the side.
Sopa De Mariscos
10.00
Nicely spiced. A traditional seafood broth with peas, carrots, potatoes, fish and shrimp.

$Ensaladas


Fiesta Salad
$10.00
Black beans, chopped red peppers, corn and cilantro infused with garlic lime and topped with jicama sticks and honey pasilla vinaigrette.
Ensalada Brisas
$12.00
Marinated shrimp, orange and avocado slices, tortilla strips and fresco cheese served on a bed of spinach leaves. Topped with honey pasilla vinaigrette.
Fajita Salad
$11.00
A bed of romaine lettuce topped with your choice of meat, hot grilled onions, peppers and melted cheese. Served with creamy vinaigrette dressing.
Burrito Salad
10.00
Served in a bowl, this tortilla-free meal is made with beans, lettuce, grilled peppers-onions, salsa verde, pico de gallo, cheese and your choice of meat.

$Entradas (Dinner)


Chips & Salsa
$3.00
Chips & Queso
$6.00
Chips & Guacamole
$7.00
Cocktail Del Cejas
$12.00
Large shrimp prepared in a Mexican cocktail sauce made fresh with onions, cilantro, avocado and lime. Served cold with crackers.
Quesadillas
$10.00
Traditional cheese quesadilla, chicken, steak, ground beef, carnitas, veggies or chorizo. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream.
Shrimp Chorizo Skewers
$9.00
3 large grilled shrimp paired with Mexican sausage.
Sopecitos
$9.00
4 small thick corn tortillas, handmade in our kitchen, topped 1 each of chicken, steak, chorizo and carnitas, served with beans, salsa verde, roja, onions, cilantro and fresco cheese.
Nachos las Velas
$10.00
Our freshly cut and fried chips topped high with black beans, cheese, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Las Velas Flautas
$10.00
3 flautas made with flour tortillas wrapped around a mix of diced chicken, cheese, red and green peppers, corn and onions. Served with creamy chipotle sauce.
Ceviche
$12.00
Citrus-marinated fish, shrimp or combo ceviche served in the traditional Mexican style.
Stuffed Jalapenos
9.00
4 large, fresh jalapenos skinned and stuffed with fresco cheese, ground beef and chorizo. Drizzled with our creamy tamarindo honey sauce.

$Tacos

Served with two sides.
Tacos Del Paisa (Fish)
$12.00
3 tacos with freshly breaded tilapia, shredded cabbage, pico de gallo and a creamy chipotle sauce.
Tacos Del Timon (Shrimp)
$14.00
3 tacos with freshly breaded large shrimp, pico de gallo, avocado and el timon's creamy salsa.
Tacos Checandole (Pastor)
$13.00
3 tacos with marinated pork, onion and cilantro, grilled pineapple and a sweet and mildly spicy salsa.
Tacos Del Guero (Cochinita Pibil)
$13.00
3 tacos with slow-cooked achiote-vinegar shredded pork and habanero-vinegar marinated red onions.
Tacos de Arrachera
$13.00
A must try! 3 tacos with marinated hanger steak (a special cut), onions and cilantro and salsa (mild or hot).
Filet Mango Tacos
$14.00
3 tacos with tender marinated filet steak and mango pico de gallo.
Three Tacos
$12.00
Mahi Mahi Tacos
13.00
3 grilled mahi-mahi tacos topped with pico de gallo, avocado and a creamy chipotle-mustard sauce.

$Burritos

All of our burritos are served with lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Akumal Burrito
$12.00
Vegetarian burrito with lettuce, black beans, pico de gallo, peppers, onions, mushrooms, guacamole, sour cream and red salsa.
Burrito Cancun
$14.00
A large flour tortilla with steak and shrimp. Stuffed with cheese, pico de gallo and guacamole.
Burrito Isla
$12.00
A burrito stuffed with melted cheese, rice, green peppers, grilled onions, salsa roja and sour cream.
Burrito Xel-Ha
12.00
A favorite in the Riviera Maya, this burrito is stuffed with rice, chopped onions and cilantro, beans, hot or mild salsa and melted cheese. Your choice of meat.

$Especiales De Las Velas

Served with two side, except for fajitas, alambres and velada.
Fajitas
$16.00
Traditional fajitas served with rice, black beans, grilled peppers and onions, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream, cheese and tortillas.
Enchiladas
$14.00
4 enchiladas with your choice of meat bathed in our green sauce, red sauce or mole rojo, topped with chopped onions, cilantro, sour cream and crumbled fresco cheese.
En Mole Poblano
$16.00
Deliciously slow-cooked mole rojo sauce smothered on your choice of chicken or pork. Corn or flour tortillas.
Alambres Pollo/Carne
$17.00
Grilled chopped peppers and onions smothered with melted cheese are placed atop grilled chicken or steak and served with rice, lettuce-pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream and tortillas.
Tamales
$13.00
2 traditional cornmeal tamales steamed in banana leaves. Choose chicken, pork or veggies.
Carne Asada
$18.00
Traditional Mexican recipe of ribeye marinated in our own abuela's recipe.
Chiles Rellenos
$18.00
A traditional Mexican dish made with poblano peppers with skins removed, dipped in batter, stuffed with cheese and your choice of chicken, steak or pork. Covered with a savory lightly spiced red sauce.
Carne Cambalache
$20.00
Our version of carne arrachera. A choice cut of steak specially seasoned in tequila and mesquite-lime vinaigrette.
Mar Y Tierra
$20.00
Steak and shrimp seasoned in the owner's mother's special recipe.
Velada
21.00
Half of a fresh pineapple shell filled with chicken, steak, fish, shrimp, chorizo, grilled peppers, onions and cilantro. All topped with melted cheese and served with tortillas, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.

$Traditional Mexican

Enjoy these recipes that have been time-tested throughout the homes of old and present-day Mexico and perfected by abuela. All traditional Mexican dishes are served with lettuce/pico de gallo, rice, sliced avocado and tortillas. Pair your meat or seafood selection with a style of preparation from below.
Veracruzana
$16.00
There's a medium heat to this dish that uses a chipotle-hinted tomato sauce combined with jalapeno peppers, green peppers and surprisingly, green olives.
Diabla
$16.00
Not for the timid, this dish is called "diabla" thanks to the intense heat of the habanero pepper. Chipotle adobo adds to the smoky flavor of this red sauce.
Mexicana
$16.00
One of the most common means of preparing meat, poultry and fish in Mexico, this recipe uses jalapeno peppers, tomatoes and onions. A true taste of Mexico.
Mango
$16.00
This sauce is unique for its dual sweet-yet-smoky and spicy flavor. Sautéed onions and flavor, culminating in a savory dish.
Chipotle
$16.00
This sauce is unique for its dual sweet-yet-smoky and spicy flavor. Sauteed onions and flavor, culminating in a savory dish.
Al Cilantro
16.00
It's the cilantro, of course, that gives this sauce its green, almost pesto-like consistency. Those customers who enjoy the cilantro-infused las velas house salsa will find this a sure favorite.

$Desserts


Sopapillas
$5.00
Fried tortillas doused with honey. Topped with vanilla ice cream.
Fried Ice Cream
$5.00
Vanilla ice cream coated in a sweet crunch. Drizzled with your choice of chocolate, honey or caramel.
Flan
$5.00
Traditional creme caramel.
Fresas Con Crema
$5.00
Fresh strawberries topped with sweet cream and cinnamon. Served on a sopapilla.
Churro Bites
5.00
The traditional Mexican pastry served in bite-sized pieces for sharing. Served with your choice of dipping sauce: chocolate, caramel, honey or raspberry.

$Coffee


Mexican
$2.50
Cinnamon-infused flavor.
Americano
$2.00
Traditional coffee.
Flaming Coffees
$7.00
Cafe maya: prepared with sambuca, cafe espanol: prepared with brandy.

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