La Fortaleza Clifton Menu

125 dishes · Clifton, NJ · $$

Browse the full menu with prices below, including 20 Tacos for $29, Alitas Del Rancho, Calamar Costeno. Prices and availability may vary — please confirm with the restaurant.

Food Specials

20 Tacos for $29

$29

Twenty tacos. Twenty reasons to be happy. Grab this deal every Tuesday!

Appetizers

Alitas Del Rancho

$15

Just the way they are made at the rancho: spicy, saucy, and full of flavor. Covered in our homemade buffalo sauce and served with celery and blue cheese.

Spicy

Calamar Costeno

$18

Fried calamari served with our rich in house mayo-chipotle sauce.

Ceviche de Camaron

$19

Tender shrimp marinated in bright lime juice and mixed with onions and spices for a refreshing coastal classic.

Elote Preparado

$5

Mexican street-style corn topped with mayo, cheese, chile, and lime.

Fiesta Fortaleza

$25

Mini chicken tacos, mini flautas, fried calamari, and chorizo nachos served with guac, pico, and sour cream.

Flautas

$14

Crispy, golden rolled tacos filled with tender chicken and melted cheese. Finished with sour cream, fresh lettuce, and guacamole.

Guacamole

$15

Crafted with the freshest Michoacano avocados, jalapeno, onion, and cilantro. Served with golden, crispy tortilla chips and salsa.

Mini Tacos

$14

Crispy fried mini tacos filled with juicy chicken.

Queso Fundido

$12

A rich, bubbling skillet of melted cheese topped with jalapenos, mushrooms, and chorizo. Served with warm flour tortillas and pico de gallo.

Tostadas

$12

Three crunchy tortillas topped with refried beans, fresh lettuce, avocado, and a drizzle of crema Mexicana. Choose your topping: Chicken, Vegetarian (mushroom, onion & green pepper), Refried Beans, Steak, Cecina, or Tinga.

Vegetarian

Nachos

$14

Tour of Mexico Platter

$34.99

A sampler featuring one huarache, one quesadilla, two chicharron gorditas, and two sopes, served with slow-braised house-made birria.

Gorditas de Chicharron

$16

Thick handmade corn gorditas filled with savory chicharron prensado, served with fresh lettuce, crema, queso fresco, and salsa.

Soups & Salads

Aguacate Salad

Fresh avocado, crisp greens, and vegetables with natural lime.

Ensalada Taco

A refreshing salad packed into a crispy taco shell bowl.

Pozole

$19

A hearty Mexican soup made with hominy and tender pork, simmered in a rich broth. Comes with 2 tostadas layered with crema Mexicana, refried beans, lettuce, and cheese.

Sopa Azteca

$17

Made with tomato, tortilla strips, cheese, chicken, cubed avocado & chile pasilla.

Sopa De Mariscos

$25

Rich seafood soup with calamari, shrimp, mussels, octopus, and clams.

Tacos

Tacos de Maiz

Fresh homemade corn tortillas topped with your choice of protein.

Tacos Albanil

$25

Steak, mushrooms, jalapenos & onions on warm tortillas.

Gringas

$16

Flour tortillas filled with al pastor pork and grilled pineapple, served taco-style with onions and cilantro.

Tacos de Birria

$21

Crispy, cheesy tacos filled with juicy slow-braised birria and served with hot consome for dipping.

Baja Fish Tacos

$15

Crispy beer-battered fish with fresh slaw, pico de gallo, and creamy chipotle sauce.

Tacos Gobernador

$20

Three cheesy shrimp tacos cooked with peppers and onions.

20 Tacos for $29

$29

Every Tuesday.

Fan Favorites

Classic Fajitas

$21

Sizzling fajitas with one protein of your choice, served with rice, refried beans, crema Mexicana, pico de gallo, guacamole & flour tortillas.

Combination Fajitas

$27

Choose two fajita proteins, served sizzling with peppers and onions, tortillas, rice, beans.

Quesadilla

A warm flour quesadilla grilled golden with melted cheese.

Chimichanga

$14

Your favorite meat wrapped in a 10-inch flour tortilla, fried crispy with melted cheese. With rice, frijoles refritos, pico de gallo, crema Mexicana, and guacamole.

Classic Burrito

A warm 10-inch flour tortilla loaded with melted Monterey Jack and cheddar, rice, frijoles refritos, pico de gallo, crema Mexicana, and guacamole. Choice of salsa and protein.

Burritos Mixed

$23

Choose two fillings, rolled in a 10-inch flour tortilla with cheese, topped with salsa, served with rice and beans.

Quesa-Birria

$21

Quesadilla packed with slow-braised birria and melted Oaxaca cheese, served with warm consome.

El Machete Fortaleza

$25

A long corn-tortilla quesadilla up to 18-24 inches, filled with melted Oaxaca cheese.

Quesadilla Tortilla De Maiz

$17

Fresh corn tortilla stuffed with lettuce, crema, and queso fresco, with choice of one protein.

Our Famous Cemitas

Puebla's famous sesame-bread sandwich with avocado, Oaxaca cheese, chipotle, jalapenos, and papalo

Cemita Al Pastor

$15

Pastor-style pork, avocado, and Oaxaca cheese with spicy green sauce and limes.

Spicy

Cemi-Birria

$18

Slow-cooked birria and Oaxaca cheese, served with consome.

Cemita Carnitas

$15

Slow-cooked Michoacan carnitas with avocado, Oaxaca cheese, cilantro, and onions.

Cemita Cecina

$16

Thinly sliced salted beef with Oaxaca cheese, jalapeno, and guacamole.

Cemita Cubana

$16

Avocado, grilled ham, breaded sirloin steak, carnitas, Oaxaca cheese, papalo, and chipotle.

Cemita Mexicana

$16

Guacamole, sirloin steak, onions, jalapenos, and Oaxaca cheese.

Cemita Milanesa, The OG

$16

Crispy chicken or steak milanesa with papalo, Oaxaca cheese, avocado, jalapenos, and chipotle.

Entrees

Alambre Fortaleza

$19

Tender strips of meat or shrimp sauteed with bell peppers, onions, and melted cheese, with warm tortillas.

Arrachera al Anafre

$37

12 oz Prime skirt steak with rice, frijoles charros, chiles toreados, and nopales, plus guacamole, pico de gallo, and handmade tortillas.

Cecina Fortaleza

$21

Thin slices of salted pork grilled, with rice, refried beans, corn tortillas, toasted chiles, and nopales.

Chilaquiles

$14

Crispy corn tortillas in homemade salsa topped with fried eggs, refried beans, crema, cheese and avocado. Choice of salsa and protein.

Chiles Rellenos

$14

Roasted poblano pepper in egg batter with tomato salsa, rice, beans, and corn tortillas. Stuffed with cheese, chicken, or steak.

Chuletas en Salsa Chipotle

$18

Pork chops in spicy chipotle sauce with onions and mushrooms, rice and refried beans.

Spicy

Enchiladas

Soft corn tortillas with savory meat, salsa roja, verde, or bandera, crema, melted cheese, lettuce, and avocado.

Enmoladas

$19

Corn tortillas filled with meat or veggies, smothered in housemade mole with 21 traditional ingredients. Contains nuts and sesame.

Mar y Tierra

$45

12 oz Prime skirt steak with shrimp in garlic sauce, rice and refried beans.

Molcajete Fortaleza

$65

Chile marinated pork, grilled steak & chorizo with nopales, Oaxaca cheese, pork rinds, rice, frijoles & tortillas.

Mole Poblano

$22

Chicken in housemade mole sauce of 21 ingredients, with rice, frijoles charros, tortillas, avocado, and crema. Contains nuts & sesame.

NY Steak

$35

12 oz New York strip with fries and house salad.

Parrillada Mixta

$70

Grilled chicken, steak, pork chops, shrimp, Mexican sausage, nopales, roasted jalapenos, onions, and mushrooms. With rice, beans, and tortillas.

T-Bone Steak

$34

12 oz T-bone with salad and fries.

Tampiquena

$49

12 oz NY steak Mexican-style with refried beans, rice, and enmoladas topped with mole.

Seafood

Aguachiles

$24

Shrimp cooked in lime juice with cucumber, celery, and chile serranos.

Camarones a la Diabla

$23

Shrimp sauteed with butter and onions in signature inferno salsa, with white rice and vegetables.

Spicy

Coctel de Camarones

$24

Mexican shrimp cocktail in chilled calypso sauce with onions, cilantro, and avocado.

Filete Enamorado

$28

Tilapia filet with French fries, calamari, shrimp, and mussels in butter cream sauce, with white rice and vegetables.

Red Snapper

$33

Whole red snapper fried, with apple-mango salad, white rice, and garlic sauce.

Salmon al Grill

$29

Grilled salmon with white rice and sauteed vegetables.

Kids

Mini Burrito

$11

A little burrito made for kids.

Chiquilladas

$11

Cheesy little flour quesadillas.

Para los Pollitos

$13

Chicken fingers with golden fries.

Sides

Arroz Mexicano

$4

Classic Mexican rice.

Arroz Blanco

$4

Frijoles Refritos

$6

Frijoles Charros

$6

Pinto beans, bacon, and sausage slow-cooked with spices.

French Fries

$6

Maduros

$6

Fried sweet plantains.

Aguacate Side

$4

Nopales

$6

Tender cactus strips.

Chiles Toreados

$6

Grilled jalapenos.

Guacamole Side

$5

Pico de Gallo Side

$3

Sour Cream Side

$3

Bandera Side

$6

Guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream.

Jalapeno Side

$2

Tortillas de Maiz

$4

Tortillas de Harina

$3

Chips y Salsa

$3

Queso Fresco

$2

Queso Oaxaca

$4

Desserts

Chocolate Caramel Churros

$12

Cinnamon-sugar churros stuffed with caramel, served with warm chocolate sauce.

Flan

$9

Traditional flan with caramel glaze.

Fried Ice Cream

$9

Vanilla ice cream in a crunchy golden coating.

Tres Leches Cake

$9

Soaked in three sweet milks, topped with whipped cream.

Beverages

Apple Juice

$3

Coca Cola

$3

Cranberry Juice

$3

Diet Coke

$3

Fanta Orange

$3

Gingerale

$3

Iced Tea

$3

Orange Juice

$3

Seltzer Water

$2

Sprite

$3

Unsweetened Ice Tea

$3

Agua de Horchata

$7

House-made horchata with a hint of cinnamon.

Agua de Jamaica

$7

Hibiscus drink.

Agua de Pina

$7

Pineapple agua fresca.

Agua de Tamarindo

$7

Tamarind agua fresca.

Jarritos Mexican Soda

$4

Sangria Senorial Mexican Soda (non-alcoholic)

$4

Boing Mango

$4

Sidral Mundet

$4

Mexican Coca Cola

$4

Squirt

$4

Classic Lemonade

$4

Mango Lemonade

$4

Passion Fruit Lemonade

$4

Strawberry Lemonade

$4

Coconut Lemonade

$4

Bottled Water

$2.50

Coffee

$3

Cappuccino

$7

Cafe de Olla

$3

Mexican coffee with cinnamon and piloncillo.

Tea

$7

Hot Chocolate

$7

Shirley Temple

$7

Virgen Margarita (alcohol-free)

$7

Virgen Mojito (alcohol-free)

$11

Virgen Pina Colada (alcohol-free)

$12

Menu data compiled from public sources and may not reflect current prices or availability.