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
$29Twenty tacos. Twenty reasons to be happy. Grab this deal every Tuesday!
Appetizers
Alitas Del Rancho
$15Just 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.
Calamar Costeno
$18Fried calamari served with our rich in house mayo-chipotle sauce.
Ceviche de Camaron
$19Tender shrimp marinated in bright lime juice and mixed with onions and spices for a refreshing coastal classic.
Elote Preparado
$5Mexican street-style corn topped with mayo, cheese, chile, and lime.
Fiesta Fortaleza
$25Mini chicken tacos, mini flautas, fried calamari, and chorizo nachos served with guac, pico, and sour cream.
Flautas
$14Crispy, golden rolled tacos filled with tender chicken and melted cheese. Finished with sour cream, fresh lettuce, and guacamole.
Guacamole
$15Crafted with the freshest Michoacano avocados, jalapeno, onion, and cilantro. Served with golden, crispy tortilla chips and salsa.
Mini Tacos
$14Crispy fried mini tacos filled with juicy chicken.
Queso Fundido
$12A rich, bubbling skillet of melted cheese topped with jalapenos, mushrooms, and chorizo. Served with warm flour tortillas and pico de gallo.
Tostadas
$12Three 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.
Nachos
$14Tour of Mexico Platter
$34.99A sampler featuring one huarache, one quesadilla, two chicharron gorditas, and two sopes, served with slow-braised house-made birria.
Gorditas de Chicharron
$16Thick 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
$19A 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
$17Made with tomato, tortilla strips, cheese, chicken, cubed avocado & chile pasilla.
Sopa De Mariscos
$25Rich 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
$25Steak, mushrooms, jalapenos & onions on warm tortillas.
Gringas
$16Flour tortillas filled with al pastor pork and grilled pineapple, served taco-style with onions and cilantro.
Tacos de Birria
$21Crispy, cheesy tacos filled with juicy slow-braised birria and served with hot consome for dipping.
Baja Fish Tacos
$15Crispy beer-battered fish with fresh slaw, pico de gallo, and creamy chipotle sauce.
Tacos Gobernador
$20Three cheesy shrimp tacos cooked with peppers and onions.
20 Tacos for $29
$29Every Tuesday.
Fan Favorites
Classic Fajitas
$21Sizzling fajitas with one protein of your choice, served with rice, refried beans, crema Mexicana, pico de gallo, guacamole & flour tortillas.
Combination Fajitas
$27Choose two fajita proteins, served sizzling with peppers and onions, tortillas, rice, beans.
Quesadilla
A warm flour quesadilla grilled golden with melted cheese.
Chimichanga
$14Your 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
$23Choose two fillings, rolled in a 10-inch flour tortilla with cheese, topped with salsa, served with rice and beans.
Quesa-Birria
$21Quesadilla packed with slow-braised birria and melted Oaxaca cheese, served with warm consome.
El Machete Fortaleza
$25A long corn-tortilla quesadilla up to 18-24 inches, filled with melted Oaxaca cheese.
Quesadilla Tortilla De Maiz
$17Fresh 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
$15Pastor-style pork, avocado, and Oaxaca cheese with spicy green sauce and limes.
Cemi-Birria
$18Slow-cooked birria and Oaxaca cheese, served with consome.
Cemita Carnitas
$15Slow-cooked Michoacan carnitas with avocado, Oaxaca cheese, cilantro, and onions.
Cemita Cecina
$16Thinly sliced salted beef with Oaxaca cheese, jalapeno, and guacamole.
Cemita Cubana
$16Avocado, grilled ham, breaded sirloin steak, carnitas, Oaxaca cheese, papalo, and chipotle.
Cemita Mexicana
$16Guacamole, sirloin steak, onions, jalapenos, and Oaxaca cheese.
Cemita Milanesa, The OG
$16Crispy chicken or steak milanesa with papalo, Oaxaca cheese, avocado, jalapenos, and chipotle.
Entrees
Alambre Fortaleza
$19Tender strips of meat or shrimp sauteed with bell peppers, onions, and melted cheese, with warm tortillas.
Arrachera al Anafre
$3712 oz Prime skirt steak with rice, frijoles charros, chiles toreados, and nopales, plus guacamole, pico de gallo, and handmade tortillas.
Cecina Fortaleza
$21Thin slices of salted pork grilled, with rice, refried beans, corn tortillas, toasted chiles, and nopales.
Chilaquiles
$14Crispy corn tortillas in homemade salsa topped with fried eggs, refried beans, crema, cheese and avocado. Choice of salsa and protein.
Chiles Rellenos
$14Roasted poblano pepper in egg batter with tomato salsa, rice, beans, and corn tortillas. Stuffed with cheese, chicken, or steak.
Chuletas en Salsa Chipotle
$18Pork chops in spicy chipotle sauce with onions and mushrooms, rice and refried beans.
Enchiladas
Soft corn tortillas with savory meat, salsa roja, verde, or bandera, crema, melted cheese, lettuce, and avocado.
Enmoladas
$19Corn tortillas filled with meat or veggies, smothered in housemade mole with 21 traditional ingredients. Contains nuts and sesame.
Mar y Tierra
$4512 oz Prime skirt steak with shrimp in garlic sauce, rice and refried beans.
Molcajete Fortaleza
$65Chile marinated pork, grilled steak & chorizo with nopales, Oaxaca cheese, pork rinds, rice, frijoles & tortillas.
Mole Poblano
$22Chicken in housemade mole sauce of 21 ingredients, with rice, frijoles charros, tortillas, avocado, and crema. Contains nuts & sesame.
NY Steak
$3512 oz New York strip with fries and house salad.
Parrillada Mixta
$70Grilled chicken, steak, pork chops, shrimp, Mexican sausage, nopales, roasted jalapenos, onions, and mushrooms. With rice, beans, and tortillas.
T-Bone Steak
$3412 oz T-bone with salad and fries.
Tampiquena
$4912 oz NY steak Mexican-style with refried beans, rice, and enmoladas topped with mole.
Seafood
Aguachiles
$24Shrimp cooked in lime juice with cucumber, celery, and chile serranos.
Camarones a la Diabla
$23Shrimp sauteed with butter and onions in signature inferno salsa, with white rice and vegetables.
Coctel de Camarones
$24Mexican shrimp cocktail in chilled calypso sauce with onions, cilantro, and avocado.
Filete Enamorado
$28Tilapia filet with French fries, calamari, shrimp, and mussels in butter cream sauce, with white rice and vegetables.
Red Snapper
$33Whole red snapper fried, with apple-mango salad, white rice, and garlic sauce.
Salmon al Grill
$29Grilled salmon with white rice and sauteed vegetables.
Kids
Mini Burrito
$11A little burrito made for kids.
Chiquilladas
$11Cheesy little flour quesadillas.
Para los Pollitos
$13Chicken fingers with golden fries.
Sides
Arroz Mexicano
$4Classic Mexican rice.
Arroz Blanco
$4Frijoles Refritos
$6Frijoles Charros
$6Pinto beans, bacon, and sausage slow-cooked with spices.
French Fries
$6Maduros
$6Fried sweet plantains.
Aguacate Side
$4Nopales
$6Tender cactus strips.
Chiles Toreados
$6Grilled jalapenos.
Guacamole Side
$5Pico de Gallo Side
$3Sour Cream Side
$3Bandera Side
$6Guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Jalapeno Side
$2Tortillas de Maiz
$4Tortillas de Harina
$3Chips y Salsa
$3Queso Fresco
$2Queso Oaxaca
$4Desserts
Chocolate Caramel Churros
$12Cinnamon-sugar churros stuffed with caramel, served with warm chocolate sauce.
Flan
$9Traditional flan with caramel glaze.
Fried Ice Cream
$9Vanilla ice cream in a crunchy golden coating.
Tres Leches Cake
$9Soaked in three sweet milks, topped with whipped cream.
Beverages
Apple Juice
$3Coca Cola
$3Cranberry Juice
$3Diet Coke
$3Fanta Orange
$3Gingerale
$3Iced Tea
$3Orange Juice
$3Seltzer Water
$2Sprite
$3Unsweetened Ice Tea
$3Agua de Horchata
$7House-made horchata with a hint of cinnamon.
Agua de Jamaica
$7Hibiscus drink.
Agua de Pina
$7Pineapple agua fresca.
Agua de Tamarindo
$7Tamarind agua fresca.
Jarritos Mexican Soda
$4Sangria Senorial Mexican Soda (non-alcoholic)
$4Boing Mango
$4Sidral Mundet
$4Mexican Coca Cola
$4Squirt
$4Classic Lemonade
$4Mango Lemonade
$4Passion Fruit Lemonade
$4Strawberry Lemonade
$4Coconut Lemonade
$4Bottled Water
$2.50Coffee
$3Cappuccino
$7Cafe de Olla
$3Mexican coffee with cinnamon and piloncillo.
Tea
$7Hot Chocolate
$7Shirley Temple
$7Virgen Margarita (alcohol-free)
$7Virgen Mojito (alcohol-free)
$11Virgen Pina Colada (alcohol-free)
$12Menu data compiled from public sources and may not reflect current prices or availability.