La Costita Mexican Restaurant Menu (Update 2025)

Welcome to La Costita Mexican Restaurant, nestled in the heart of Clackamas, Oregon. This beloved gem offers a vibrant menu blending traditional and unique dishes, capturing the essence of authentic Mexican cuisine.

  • Starters: Begin with complimentary chips and salsa, a warm welcome to your dining experience.
  • Margaritas: Their margaritas are a highlight—refreshingly authentic and delightfully ample.
  • Seafood: The ceviche is a flavor explosion, while the comforting sopa de tortilla is a must-try.
  • Entrees: Don’t miss the carne asada—customers rave it’s the best around. The spinach burrito is decadent and full of flavor.

With friendly staff and a cheerful atmosphere, La Costita not only serves excellent food but ensures every visit is memorable. Whether you’re a local or just passing through, this restaurant deserves a spot on your culinary list.

Appetizers

Nachos La Costita

Crispy corn tortilla chips topped with refried beans, pickled jalapenos, melted cheddar cheese, chopped tomatoes, diced green onions and garnished with sour cream and guacamole.

La Costita Variedad

Combination of taquitos, nachos and quesadilla garnished with tomatoes, green onions, lettuce, guacamole and sour cream.

US$19.00

Taquitos

Crisp fried flour (corn upon request) tortillas filled with chicken or picadillo, shredded cheddar cheese. Topped with chopped tomatoes and queso fresco. Garnished with sour cream and guacamole.

Queso Fundido

Melted cheese. Served with chips.

US$13.00

Quesadilla

Flour tortilla filled with cheddar cheese, chopped tomatoes and green onions. Garnished with sour cream and guacamole.

Quesadilla De Espinacas

A spinach tortilla filled with sauteed chopped spinach, mushrooms and melted jack cheese. Served with rice and black beans.

US$12.00

Mexican Pizza

Crispy flour tortilla topped with beans, chopped tomatoes, green onions and your choice of ground beef, chicken, or picadillo. Garnished with sour cream and guacamole.

Quesadilla Al Pastor

Flour tortilla filled with melted jack cheese, pork al pastor, chopped onions, pineapple and pico de gallo. Served with sour cream and guacamole. Comes with black beans.

Coctel De Camaron

A refreshing cocktail of shrimp, chopped avocado, onion, tomato, cilantro, cucumber and our blend of tomatoes with spices.

US$18.00

Cheese Crisp

Baked crispy sopapilla smothered with melted mild cheddar cheese.

US$8.95

Ceviche

Shrimp in fresh lime juice, pico de Gallo and avocado. Served on three flat corn tortillas.

US$18.00

Caldo De Pollo

Homemade chicken soup cooked with seasonal vegetables in a clear broth with shredded chicken breast, crunchy tortilla strips and sliced avocado.

Caldo De Albondigas

A traditional mexican meatball soup cooked with seasonal vegetables.

Sopa De Tortilla

A dark and spicy broth with grilled chicken breast, jack cheese, crispy tortilla strips and diced avocado. Best in the northwest!.

Caldo De Camaron

A rich and spicy shrimp broth with prawns and seasonal vegetables. Served with chopped onion, cilantro and avocado.

US$19.00

La Costita Sopas

Ensaladas

Taco Salad

Your choice of chicken, picadillo, ground beef or chile verde. Topped with shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese and chopped tomatoes all served in a crispy flour shell.

US$15.00

Pollo Tropical

Sauteed chicken breast mixed with chopped mango, pineapple, sliced green & red bell peppers, onions and mushrooms. All served on a bed of spring mix greens with sliced avocado and tomato on top.

US$16.50

Chicken Ceasar Salad

The authentic recipe of Tijuana..

US$10.25

Fajita Salad

Spring mix salad, sauteed onions, bell peppers, sliced avocado, tomatoes and mushrooms in a crispy flour tortilla shell. Served with your choice .

US$17.50

Tostada

Crisp corn tortilla topped with refried beans, your choice of chicken, picadillo, ground beef or chile verde. Topped with shredded lettuce, cheddar cheese, chopped tomatoes, and drizzled with a light tomato sauce.

US$12.75

Chilaquiles

Authentic Mexican dish, eggs prepared to your liking, crispy corn tortillas, fresh Mexican cheese, refried beans (black bean1.50). Garnished with sour cream, pico de gallo.

US$17.00

Huevos Rancheros

Over-easy eggs served on a corn tortilla and topped with jack cheese and salsa ranchera. Served with Mexican rice and refried beans, with your choice of flour or corn tortillas.

US$14.00

Huevos Con Chorizo

Scrambled eggs with a spice Mexican sausage and chopped green onion. Served with Mexican rice and refried beans, with your choice of flour or corn tortillas.

US$15.00

Enchilada Sunrise

One chicken enchilada topped with enchilada sauce, melted cheese and an over-easy egg. served with Mexican rice and refried beans

Huevos

Fajitas

Vegetable Fajitas

Assortment of vegetables including broccoli, cauliflower, red peppers, zucchini and carrots.

US$18.50

Carne Fajitas

US$22.50

Suprema Fajitas

A fajita for two or more people with a choice of chicken, steak and shrimp. Choose all three meats, half and half, or just one.

US$37.50

El Molcajete

Chorizo, pollo asado, carne asada, shrimp, grilled queso fresco and nopales. Served in a stone bowl with our secret homemade sauce. Served with rice and refried beans.

US$37.00

Taco De Pescado

Three halibut fish tacos served with pico de gallo, queso fresco, sliced cabbage and our house dressing. Served with black beans and rice.

US$23.00

Camarones Costa Azul

Large prawns wrapped in bacon and placed over a bed of sliced onions, red peppers and zucchini. Covered with jack cheese and baked. Served with Mexican rice and refried beans. Garnished with sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.

US$28.00

Jarocha Chimichanga

Large prawns wrapped in bacon and placed over a bed of sliced onions, red peppers and zucchini. Covered with jack cheese and baked. Served with Mexican rice and refried beans. Garnished with sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.

US$22.75

Arroz Con Camarones

Shrimp, sliced mushrooms, chopped onions and tomatoes cooked in our special sauce. Served over a bed of rice and melted jack cheese.

US$23.00

Camarones La Costita

A Soltero family recipe! Shrimp sauteed in our signature monterey jack cream sauce with chopped onions and mushrooms. Served with tortillas, Mexican rice and refried beans.

US$22.00

Mar Y Tierra

Our Mexican version of surf and turf! Marinated and grilled tequila-lime shrimp and our famous carne asada served with your choice of two sides: Mexican rice, refried beans, steamed vegetables or esquites (sauteed corn).

US$29.00

Mojarra Frita

Whole tilapia fish fried to perfection. Garnished with tomato and onion. Served with rice and beans. And your choice of corn or flour tortilla.

US$20.00

Pescado

Combinaciones

One Item Combo

Chimichanga served with guacamole and sour cream. Chile relleno has a cheese only filling, served with guacamole and pico de gallo.

US$14.00

Two Items Combo

Tamales are filled with tinga de pollo (seasoned chicken), chile verde (seasoned pork), and picadillo.

US$16.75

Burrito Carne Asada

Large flour tortilla with carne asada filling. Topped with our burrito sauce and melted cheese. Served with Mexican rice and beans, guacamole and pico de gallo.

US$22.75

Burrito Ranchero

A fajita in a burrito! Your choice of filling: steak, chicken, shrimp, adobo pork or pollo asado, sauteed onion and bell peppers. Wrapped in a tortilla and topped with salsa ranchera and melted jack cheese. Served with Mexican rice, beans, sour cream and guacamole.

US$24.00

Burritos Manadero

Flour tortilla filled with a chile relleno, rice and beans, smothered in burrito sauce and covered with sliced lettuce, chopped tomatoes and shredded queso fresco.

US$16.50

Burrito Costeno

Rice, beans and your choice of meat wrapped in a flour tortilla. Covered with burrito sauce, melted cheese, sliced lettuce and chopped tomatoes. Topped with sour cream.

US$17.00

Burrito Vegetal

Flour tortilla filled with beans and rice. Topped with burrito sauce, melted cheese and covered with a medley of fresh sauteed vegetables including sliced onion, green bell peppers, tomatoes, carrots and chopped celery.

US$16.00

Burrito De Espinacas

Large spinach tortilla filled with sauteed onion, mushrooms and chopped spinach. Topped with Suiza sauce and melted jack cheese. Served with Mexican rice and black beans.

US$16.00

Burrito Costita Especial

Served on a hot iron skillet. A large flour tortilla stuffed with carne asada and chorizo, rice, beans and sauteed onions. Smothered with our costita sauce, topped with queso fresco, sliced avocado, cilantro and sour cream.

US$23.00

Burritos

Enchiladas

Custom Enchiladas

Corn tortillas stuffed with your choice of fillings and covered with your favorite sauce and melted cheese. All enchiladas are served with rice and refried beans.

Enchiladas Mexico

Three enchiladas Stuffed with your choice of filling and covered with suiza, La Costita and ranchera sauce. Topped with queso fresco, Served with rice and refried beans.

US$1,875.00

Enchiladas Camaron

Corn tortillas filled with Shrimp. Topped with your choice of red or green sauce. Garnied with sour cream sliced avocado, tomatoes and green onions.

Pollo En Mole

Mole” derives from “mulli,” a holistic Nahuatl word encompassing sauce, mixture, concoction or stew. Our mole is created with unsweetened chocolate, various chile peppers and spices. Mole sauteed with chicken breast and chopped onion. Served with Mexican rice and tortillas.

US$20.00

Arroz Con Pollo

Tender chunks of chicken breast, sliced mushrooms, chopped onions and tomatoes simmered in our special sauce. Served over a bed of rice and melted jack cheese.

US$20.00

Pollo La Costita

A Soltero family recipe! Tender chunks of chicken breast sauteed in our signature monterey jack cream sauce, butter and onions. Served with tortillas, Mexican rice and refried beans.

US$21.00

Pollo Asado

Charcoal-broiled marinated chicken breast served with your choice of chimichanga, enchilada or chile relleno. Served with Mexican rice and refried beans

US$23.00

Fundido Especia

Chicken chimichanga smothered with homemade cream cheese and melted cheddar cheese. Served with Mexican rice refried beans. Garnished with sour cream and guacamole.

US$19.75

Pollo

Carne

Alambre De Res

One of the many popular dishes from Mexico City! Marinated beef flank sauteed in soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce and spices with pieces of bacon, sliced red and green pepper and onions. Topped with melted jack cheese, and baked to perfection. Served with flour or corn tortillas, Mexican rice, refried beans and salsa mulata.

US$21.00

Carne Asada

Skirt steak grilled to taste, accompanied by grilled green onions, fried jalapeno, refried pinto beans and Mexican rice. Garnished with pico de gallo and guacamole.

US$27.00

Tacos Al Pastor

This specialty features five corn tortillas topped with adobo marinated pork loin, sweetened with pineapple and cooked with chopped onions. Topped with cilantro and lime. Served with black beans..

US$21.50

Chile Verde

Slow braised chunks of pork smothered with our green tomatillo sauce. Served with corn or flour tortillas, Mexican rice and refried beans.

US$20.00

Tacos Tijuana

A Tijuana classic that will please your taste buds! Five soft corn tortillas with carne asada, chopped onions, cilantro, sliced avocados and queso fresco. Served with frijoles de la hoya . whole pinto beans.

US$24.50

Tacos Costenos

Three corn tortillas filled with sliced grilled tender skirt steak and topped with queso fresco cheese. Served with pico de gallo, guacamole, Mexican rice and refried beans.

US$21.50

Chile Colorado

Chunks of beef slow cooked in a tasty red chile sauce. Served with corn or flour tortillas, Mexican rice and refried beans..

US$20.00

Mexican Rice

US$5.50

Guacamole

US$6.00

Taco

US$3.50

Tortillas

US$3.00

Pico De Gallo

US$4.50

Burrito

US$10.00

Enchilada

US$5.50

Sour Cream

US$2.50

Chile Relleno

US$9.00

Chimichanga

US$9.50

Tamale

US$5.50

Extras

Bebidas

Fountain Drinks

US$4.00

Mexican Bottled Soda Jarritos

US$4.00

Aguas Frescas

US$4.00