El Mercadito & Taqueria

El Mercadito & Taqueria Menu

(843) 559-7216
3575 Maybank Highway, Johns Island, SC 29455

Lunch Time


Speedy Gonzalez
$5.25
One taco, (1) enchilada, and choice on rice or beans.
Special 2
$6.25
One Chile Relleno, (1) taco, beans, and guacamole salad.
Special 3
$5.50
One burrito, rice, and beans.
Special 4
$5.25
One enchilada, rice, and beans.
Special 5
$6.25
One Chile Relleno, (1) taco, rice, and beans.
Special 6
$6.25
One burrito, (1) taco, and rice.
Special 7
$7.50
Huevos rancheros - Two ranch-style eggs topped with chorizo, served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Special 8
$5.75
Huevos con chorizo - Two scrambled eggs with chorizo, served with rice and beans.
Special 9
$6.00
Taco loco - A crispy flour tortilla filled with chicken, lettuce, grated cheese, and sour cream.
Special 10
$6.75
One cheese steak burrito, topped with nacho cheese and served with rice and beans.
Special 11
$6.25
One pork burrito topped with nacho cheese and served with rice or beans.
Special 12
$6.25
Chicken salad - Grilled chicken strips with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, croutons, and shredded cheese.
Special 13
$7.00
One shrimp quesadilla served with rice and guacamole salad.
Special 14
$7.25
Burrito grande - A 10 inches four tortillas filled with grilled chicken beef, rice, and beans. Topped with cheese and ranchero sauce.
Special 15
$6.50
Flour tortilla wrapped around grilled chicken, onions and nacho cheese. Served with rice and pico de gallo.
Special 16
$6.75
One tamale and (1) cheese quesadilla, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. Served with rice.
Special 17
$6.25
One cheese quesadilla, (1) beef taco and rice.
Special 18
$6.50
One Burrito deluxe with rice and beans.
Special 19
$6.75
One beef or chicken quesadilla served with rice and guacamole salad.
Special 20
$6.75
Grilled chicken burrito topped with nacho cheese, served with rice and guacamole salad.
Special 21
$6.50
Taco salad.
Special 22
$7.25
A flour tortilla stuffed with grilled chicken, vegetables and rice.
Chimichanga
$6.25
One flour tortilla deep-fried, filled with shredded beef or chicken and beans, then topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream nacho cheese, and guacamole.
Lunch Fajita
$7.75
Your choice of chicken or steak.
Volcan
8.50
Grilled chicken, steak or shrimp. Filled with cheese deep. Served with rice and beans.

$Dips (Appetizers)


Cheese
$3.75
Guacamole
$3.50
Bean
$4.75
Spinach
$6.50
Queso Fundido
$5.75
Cheese dip with chorizo or ground beef.
El Mercadito Sampler
$8.00
Cheese nachos with beef and lettuce, cheese quesadilla, chicken taquitos, cheese sauce and red sauce.
Texas Dip
8.50
Our original cheese dip topped with grilled shrimp, chicken and steak strips. Topped with pico de pollo served with flour tortillas.

$Soups & Salads


Guacamole Salad
$2.25
Sour Cream Salad
$2.75
Guacamole & Sour Cream Salad
$2.75
Mercadito Taco Salad
$8.75
Crispy flour shell bowl filled with your choice of grilled chicken or steak, lettuce, corn, black beans, tomatoes, and cheese.
Taco Salad
$6.50
Crispy flour shell bowl filled with your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken, beans, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole.
Grilled Chicken Salad
$8.25
Marinated strips of grilled chicken over a bed of lettuce with avocado, tomatoes, onions, orange slices, cheese, and dressing.
Cabo Salad
$8.99
Salad greens salad topped with our marinated grilled chicken, tomatoes, cheese, corn chopped mango, and grilled pineapple, tossed in a vinaigrette dressing.
Chicken Soup
$7.50
Chicken broth with chicken strips and rice topped with pico de gallo, avocados and tortilla strips.
Cancun Salad
$10.00
Salad greens topped with grilled shrimp, tomatoes, red onion, and cheese, tossed in a vinaigrette dressing.
Caldo de Camaron
$12.75
Shrimp soup.
Sopa de Mariscos
13.25
Seafood mix soup.

$Tacos, Tortas & Sopes


Tacos
$2.25
With tortilla Milagro.
Mini Tacos
$1.75
Tacos de Camaron
$10.50
Three flour tortillas filled with grilled shrimp, topped with our special chipotle cream sauce (not spicy) served with rice and chef avocado salad.
Tacos de Pescado
$10.50
Three flour tortillas filled with delicious grilled or breaded fish, topped with cabbage, red onion, pico de gallo and special creamy chipotle sauce.
Tortas al Gusto
$7.50
Traditional Mexican sandwich topped with your meat option, lettuce, onions, tomato, and cheese.
Tortas Cubanas
$9.00
Traditional Cuban sandwich topped with steak, chorizo, hotdog sausage egg, lettuce, onions, tomato, and cheese.
Tortas de Milanesa
$8.00
Traditional breaded chicken or beef sandwich topped with lettuce, onions, tomato, and cheese.
Sopes (3)
7.50
Three thick small tortilla - With your option of filling, topped with lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, sour cream, and sauce.

$House Specials


San Jose Combo
$9.99
A great combination for all! Chile poblano, shredded chicken taco, and ground beef burrito.
Chimichanga
$9.25
Soft or fried. Two flour tortillas filled with shredded beef or chicken. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, nacho cheese, and guacamole. Served with rice and beans.
Chilaquiles
$9.25
Corn tortillas topped with chunks of chicken, cooked with onions and bell peppers. Served with rice, guacamole salad and your choice of red or green sauce.
El Trio Tamales
$9.25
Three tamales, one filled with veggies and topped with cheese sauce, one with shredded chicken and topped with mild tomatillo sauce and last one with filled with pork in red sauce topped with red sauce.
Flautas
$8.75
Four fried corn taquitos, two with shredded beef and two with shredded chicken. Served with rice, lettuce, guacamole, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Leon's Special
$7.99
One chicken burrito and one chicken enchilada, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream, served with rice.
El Special Compa
$13.25
Grilled shrimp and steak, cooked with jalapeno pepper, banana pepper, mushrooms, zucchini, and squash. Served with rice and guacamole salad.
Tour of Mexico
$11.00
One chalupa, one Chile Relleno, one enchilada, one beef taco, and one burrito served with rice and beans.
Stuffed Poblano
$9.25
Poblano pepper stuffed with melted cheese, topped with your choice of steak or chicken. Served with rice and beans.
La Favorita
$8.25
One special burrito, one mixed tostaguac and one chicken enchilada.
La Superior
$8.25
One burrito, one Chile relleno, rice, and beans.
La Mejor
$8.25
One chalupa, one burrito, and one Chile Relleno.
Chori-Changa
8.00
Chicken chimichanga topped with our sauce cheese and chorizo. Served with rice and salad.

$Steak


Bacon Medallions
$14.50
Grilled bacon-wrapped beef tenderloin medallions, served with a cheese enchilada, grilled vegetables and black beans with Mexican queso fresco.
Steak Mexicano
$11.99
Steak cut into pieces and cooked with onions, tomatoes and jalapeno peppers, served with rice and your choice of refried beans or black beans.
Steak Ranchero
$11.99
Grilled steak cooked with onions and bell peppers, served with rice, guacamole salad and your choice of refried beans or black beans.
Cielo, Mar y Tierra
$20.00
Grilled shrimp, chicken, steak, chorizo and pork chops seasoned to perfection. Cooked with onions and jalapenos served two cheese quesadillas and tortillas.
Chef Steak
$11.99
Grilled steak topped with roasted poblano strips, special ranchera sauce with mushrooms and onions served with rice and beans.
Chile Colorado
$11.99
Chile steaks strips cooked in a mild red sauce served with rice and refried beans.
El Jefe Steak
$12.99
Grilled steak and shrimp, topped with cheese sauce, served with rice, roasted potatoes, and grilled vegetables.
Steak Combo
$11.99
Steak served with rice, beans and one cheese enchilada, topped with green sauce.
Carne Asada
$11.99
A mouth-watering thinly slice char-grilled. Served with bean and guacamole salad.
Molcajete
$21.50
Cazuelon
13.50
Steak, chicken, and chorizo, topped with cheese dip, served with rice, lettuce sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.

$Vegetarian


Choose 2 Items
7.25
Served with rice and beans.

$Sizzling Fajitas

All fajitas are cooked with onions, green and red bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, tomatoes, and sour cream, choice of white or Mexican rice and refried or black beans.
Grilled Steak
$12.00
Grilled Chicken
$11.25
Shrimp
$13.50
Braised Pork
$10.99
Carnitas.
Steak & Shrimp
$12.25
Chicken & Shrimp
$11.99
Texas
$12.99
Steak, chicken and shrimp.
Del Mar
$13.75
Shrimp and scallops.
Sarape Fajitas
$13.50
Chicken, beef and ham grilled with onions and bell peppers. Topped with shredded cheese.
Fajitas Vegetarian
$10.00
Mushrooms, broccoli, zucchini, yellow squash, cauliflower, bell peppers, tomatoes, and onions.
El Mercadito Special Fajitas
$13.50
Steak, chicken and shrimp grilled with mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, squash and zucchini.
Cinco Amigos Special Fajitas
24.00
Steak, chicken, shrimp, pork carnitas and chorizo (Mexican sausage) grilled with mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, squash, and zucchini.

$Seafood


Seafood Combo
$12.75
Grilled tilapia fillet and shrimp topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice and veggies.
Arroz con Mariscos
$12.25
Grilled shrimp and scallops over a layer of rice, topped with nacho cheese and special ranchero sauce. Served with sour cream salad.
Camarones a la Mexicana
$12.25
Delicious shrimp cooked with onions, mushrooms, bell peppers and tomatoes. Served with rice and beans.
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
$12.25
Shrimp cooked in garlic butter and mushrooms. Served with rice and salad.
Camarones a la Diabla
$12.25
Your choice of mild or hot, delicious shrimp cooked with our diablo chipotle sauce. Served with rice, lettuce and pico de gallo.
El Mercadito Special Shrimp
$12.75
Shrimp cooked in a mild creamy chipotle sauce and topped with pico de gallo. Served with rice and salad.
Mexican Shrimp Cocktail
$13.50
Shrimp combined in a tomato-lime cocktail juice sauce, with chopped tomato, jalapeno, onion, cilantro, and avocado.
Fried Mojarra
$11.50
Fried whole tilapia, served with rice, lettuce, avocado, slices, and pico de gallo sauce.
Chipotle Tilapia
$11.75
Grilled tilapia fillet, topped with chipotle sour cream sauce. Served with rice and house salad.
Mojarra Mexicana
$13.50
Fried whole tilapia topped with grilled shrimp and served with rice, lettuce, avocado slices, and pico de gallo sauce.
Seafood Chimichanga
11.75
A flour tortilla fried to golden brown stuffed with shrimp, crab meat and scallops, cooked with bell peppers and onions. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and nacho cheese. Served with rice or beans.

$Chicken


El Mercadito Bowl
$10.50
A bowl filled with rice black beans and your choice of meat topped with pico de gallo and sour cream.
Pollo a la Pina
$12.99
Grilled chicken breast and shrimp topped with slices of grilled pineapple and cheese sauce. Served with rice and sour cream salad.
Pollo Relleno de Jamon
$11.50
Marinated chicken breast stuffed with ham, bell peppers, onions and cheese, topped with nacho cheese and served with rice and beans.
Chicken Cancun
$10.99
Grilled chicken breast cooked to perfection and topped with broccoli, yellow squash, zucchini, and melted cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo Asado
$10.99
Marinated grilled chicken breast topped with cheese dip, served with rice, guacamole, and sour cream salad.
Pollo Fundido
$9.00
Two fried tortillas filled with chicken and topped with nacho cheese. Served with rice and sour cream salad.
Chipotle Chicken
$10.99
Grilled chicken breast served over a bed of bell pepper and onions, topped with our special chipotle sour cream sauce and grilled pineapple. Served with rice and sour cream salad.
Chori Pollo
$10.99
Grilled chicken breast topped with chorizo and cheese. Served with one enchilada with rice.
Arroz con Pollo
$10.99
Grilled chicken strips over a layer of rice and topped with nacho cheese and a special ranchero sauce. Served with lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole.
Pollo Mexicano
$10.99
Grilled chicken cut in pieces cooked with onions, red and green bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, and sour cream salad.
Pollo Ranchero
$10.99
Boneless chicken breast topped with grilled mushrooms, onions and nacho cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Chicken & Vegetables
9.99
Grilled chicken with bell peppers, mushrooms, zucchini, squash, and broccoli. Served with rice and sour cream.

$Pork


Carnitas
$10.99
Tender juicy braised pork chunks slow cooked in our special juices and seasoning for hours resulting in a tender inside and slightly browned crispy-edged outside full flavor. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, and tortillas.
Chile Verde
$10.99
Braised pork chunks with tomatillo sauce, rice, and beans.
Chuletas a la Mexicana
11.50
Two grilled pork chops topped with sauteed tomatoes, onions and jalapenos. Served with rice and refried beans.

$Enchiladas


Enchiladas Verdes o Rojas
$8.75
Three chicken enchiladas topped with melted cheese and mild tomatillo sauce. Served with rice and sour cream salad.
Enchiladas Super Rancheras
$9.99
For the enchilada lover! Five different enchiladas - (1) beef, (1) chicken, (1) shredded beef, (1) beans and (1) cheese. Topped with melted cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and special enchilada sauce.
Seafood Enchiladas
$10.75
Two flour tortillas filled with grilled shrimp and scallops, topped with cheese sauce, spinachand avocado slices. Served with rice, beans and guacamole salad.
Enchiladas de Mole
$8.99
Three corn tortillas filled with shredded chicken topped with mole sauce (A smooth and mild combination of chill posts chocolate, spices and much more) served with gratinated cheese and rice and beans.
Yolandas
8.99
Three chicken enchiladas topped with enchilada sauce and melted cheese. Served with rice and guacamole salad.

$Quesadillas


Quesadilla Roja
$8.00
Our stuffed cheese quesadilla with your choice of ground beef, beef tips, chicken, or beans. Served with fresh lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and our own supreme sauce. Choice or refried beans, black beans or rice.
Seafood Quesadilla
$11.50
A big flour tortilla stuffed with cooked shrimp, scallops, crab meat, bell peppers, and onions. Served with rice, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and tomatoes.
Quesadilla Verde
$6.75
Our stuffed cheese quesadilla with your choice of ground beef, beef tips chicken or beans. Served with fresh lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and guacamole. Choice of refried beans, black beans or rice.
Quesadillas Mexicanas
$11.50
Two quesadillas with grilled chicken, onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, and mushrooms. Served with rice, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and tomatoes.
Fajita Quesadilla
$10.50
Strips of fajita style beef or chicken, with grilled onions and peppers in a quesadilla. Served with guacamole salad.
Cheese Quesadilla
$3.00
Beef Quesadilla
$4.00
Chicken Quesadilla
$4.00
Pork Quesadilla
$4.00
Shredded Beef Quesadilla
$4.00
Grilled Chicken Quesadilla
$6.00
Grilled Steak Quesadilla
$6.00
Shrimp Quesadilla
6.99

$Nachos

All nachos are made with our homemade-famous cheese sauce.
Nachos Del Mar
$10.50
Topped with grilled shrimp, scallops, onionsand bell pepper.
Special Nachos
$7.25
Topped with ground beef lettuce, tomato, sour creamand guacamole.
Tony's Nachos
$7.75
Topped with grilled chicken and black beans.
Fajitas Nachos
$11.00
Your choice of fajita style beef or chicken.
El Mercadito Nachos
$9.99
Topped with refried beans, ground beef, jalapeno slices and pico de gallo.
Bean Nachos
$5.75
Black Bean Nachos
$5.75
Ground Beef Nachos
$6.25
Ground Beef & Bean
$6.25
Shredded Chicken
$6.50
Grilled Chicken
$7.75
Chicken Steak
7.99

$Burritos


Burrito Chile Verde o Rojo
$9.99
A flour tortilla filled with your choice of braised pork (carnitas) or steak, topped with mild tomatillo sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Burrito Fajita
$10.99
Two rolled flour tortillas filled with your choice of grilled steak or chicken with red and green peppers and onions. Topped with nacho cheese sauce and pico de gallo. Served with rice and sour cream salad.
California Burrito
$9.99
One large burrito, filled with grilled chicken or steak and fresh pico de gallo, rice and beans. Topped with cheese dip.
Burrito la Bandera
$9.99
One large tortilla filled with grilled steak or chicken, topped with cheese sauce, mild poblano sauce, red burrito sauce and sour cream. Served with rice and sour cream salad.
Burritos Deluxe
$9.50
Two combination burritos - One chicken with beans and one beef with beans, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Burritos Tapatios
$8.99
Two rolled flour tortillas filled with tender braised pork chunks, topped with nacho cheese, lettuce and sour cream. Served with rice or beans.
Cheese Steak Burritos
$10.50
Two rolled flour tortillas filled with beans, ans steak strips, cooked with grilled onions, topped with nacho sauce and pico de gallo. Served with rice and sour cream salad.
Seafood Burrito
10.99
A large flour tortilla filled with grilled shrimp, scallops, crab meat, bell peppers and onions. Served with rice and guacamole salad.

$Kids' Menu

12 years and under.
(1) Burrito & (1) Taco
$4.25
(1) Taco & (1) Enchilada
$5.00
(1) Enchilada, Rice & Beans
$4.25
Chicken Fingers & Fries
$4.25
(1) Cheese Quesadilla & Rice
$4.25
Corn Dog & Fries
$4.25
Cheese Nachos
4.25

$Side Orders


Tortillas
$0.99
Tamales
$3.25
Beef or chicken.
Enchiladas
$2.75
Chiles Rellenos
$3.25
Rice
$2.00
Beans
$2.00
Black Beans
$2.00
Pico de Gallo
$1.00
Jalapenos
$0.99
Sour Cream
0.99

$Burritos - Side Orders


Beef
$3.99
Bean
$3.99
Beef with Nacho Cheese
$4.25
Chicken
$4.00
Fried Beef
4.25

$Tacos - Side Orders


Hard Shell Beef
$6.00
Supreme
$2.50
Soft Taco
2.25

$Desserts


Flan
$3.25
Mexican egg custard.
Sopapilla with Ice Cream
$3.00
Fried flour tortilla with honey, butter and cinnamon.
Fried Ice Cream
4.25

$Soft Drinks


Coke
$2.25
Diet Coke
$2.25
Sprite
$2.25
Mr. Pibb
$2.25
Lemonade
$2.25
Iced Tea
$2.25
Coffee
2.25

$Beverages (Aguas Frescas)

Fresh fruit water.
Horchata
$2.50
Mexican rice water made with cinnamon and milk.
Pina
$2.50
Pineapple.
Jamaica
$2.50
Hibiscus flower.
Melon
$2.50
Cantaloupe.
Mango
$2.50
Tamarindo
$2.50

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