El Primo Mexican Restaurant Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to El Primo Mexican Restaurant, McMinnville's beloved spot for authentic Mexican cuisine! Here, each dish tells a story, from the vibrant Mexican Pizza to the comforting Tortilla Soup. The menu is expertly crafted to cater to every palate, proudly featuring ample vegetarian options alongside mouthwatering specialties like Carne Asada Fries and Flautas.
For those who love to share, the Fiesta Mexicana offers a delightful platter brimming with nachos, quesadillas, and taquitos. Each flavor is enhanced by homemade salsas, frequently praised by guests as the best in town. With a lively atmosphere complemented by happy hour specials, El Primo is perfect for families, groups, and casual diners alike.
Experience the heart of Mexican culture with fresh ingredients and friendly service—your new culinary haven awaits!
Appetizers
Mexican Pizza
Crisp flour tortillas layered with beans, meat, tomatoes, and green onion, topped with guacamole and sour cream. Add asada for an additional charge.
Fiesta Mexicana
A combination of nachos, quesadillas, taquitos rancheros and mini chimichangas, served with guacamole and sour cream.
Nachos Primos
Served with meat, beans, cheese, tomatoes, onions, guacamole, and sour cream.
Potato Skins
Comes with beef, chicken, or bacon.
Quesadilla
Soft flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, tomatoes, and onions, topped with guacamole and sour cream. Add asada for an additional charge.
Flautas
2 flour tortillas filled with shredded beef or chicken deep-fried and cut in pieces. Served with guacamole and sour cream. Add rice and beans for an additional charge.
Taquitos Rancheros
4 deep-fried corn taquitos shredded beef or chicken, cut in half and served with guacamole and sour cream.
Cheese Deep
Melted cheese, specially prepared with sour cream and green onions.
Plato Loco
3 small slices of quesadilla, 3 flautas with choice of meat, 3 potato skins with bacon, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream.
Carne Asada Fries
French fries topped with melted cheese and delicious carne asada with guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Tostada de Camaron
Fresh chopped shrimp cooked in lime juice, mixed with tomatoes, onions, and cilantro.
Ostiones
Botana de Mariscos a la Diabla
Shrimp, octopus, or both (camaron y pulpo).
Botana de Mariscos al Mojo
Shrimp, octopus or both (camaron y pulpo).
Seafood Appetizers
Soups
Tortilla Soup
Sopa de tortilla. A delicious combination of tortilla strips, broiled chicken with slices of avocado, pico de gallo, grated cheese, and other specialty spices.
Meatball Soup
Sopa de albondigas. Meatballs cooked with vegetables: carrots, corn, peas, green beans, and lima beans.
Menudo Soup
Beef tripe soup with red chili sauce.
Caldo de Res
Popular Mexican soup made with delicious chunks of beef, potatoes and carrots with shredded cabbage, cilantro, and fresh corn.
Pozole Soup
Traditional Mexican soup prepared with hominy, pork, spices and red salsa not spicy, with cabbage, radishes, onions, lime, and salsa on the side.
Dinner Salad
Deluxe Taco Salad
Comes with choice of chicken, ground beef, shredded beef or chile verde pork, with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, guacamole, and sour cream on top.
Fajita Salad
Comes with choice of sauteed chicken or beef. Fajita salad is topped with sour cream and pico de gallo.
Primo Fajita Salad
Comes with choice of sauteed chicken or beef. Primo fajita salad served with rice, beans, sauteed vegetables, onions, bell pepper, mushrooms, and sour cream.
Pepe's Pollo Salad
Pepe's polo with rice, beans, sauteed bell peppers, onions, and mushrooms.
Pollo Asado Salad
No taco shell. Deliciously grilled chicken to top your salad with your choice of dressing.
Mexican Taco Salad
Green lettuce, choice of grilled chicken or steak, with sour cream, guacamole, cheesy, and tomatoes.
Salads
Molcajete
Molcajete de Carne
Carne asada, pollo asado, chorizo, cactus, red sauce, bacon, and mozzarella cheese with rice and beans, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo on the side.
Trio Molcajete
Carne asada, pollo asado, shrimp, chorizo, cactus, red sauce, bacon, mozzarella cheese with rice and beans, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo on the side.
Burrito Loco
Meat, rice and beans inside topped with lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream on top.
Pork Carnitas Burrito
Roasted pork with pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream on top.
Chile Colorado Burrito
Chunks of beef in a tasty sauce with pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream on top.
Chorizo Burrito
Ground Mexican sausage blended with eggs, with pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream.
Fajita Burrito
Choice of chicken or steak.
Burrito Asado
Chicken or steak. Served with pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream on top.
Chile Relleno Burrito
2 chiles rellenos inside with pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream on top.
Regular Burrito
It does not include guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Comes with your choice of chicken, ground beef, or shredded beef.
Chipotle Burrito
Chicken breast in chipotle cream sauce with green peppers and onions. Topped with chipotle cream sauce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Chile Verde Burrito
Burrito stuffed with chunks of pork in a tasty green Spanish tomato sauce. Topped with cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
U.S Burrito
Carne asada meat with potatoes and cheese. Topped with pico de gallo and sour cream.
Burritos
Sizzling Fajitas
Chicken Fajitas
Marinated chicken sauteed with bell pepper and onions. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo on the side.
Pork Fajitas
Marinated pork sauteed with bell pepper and onions. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo on the side.
Beef Fajitas
Marinated beef sauteed with bell pepper and onions. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo on the side.
Shrimp Fajitas
Fajitas Combo
2 choices.
Fajitas for 2
Fajitas for 2 Combo
Shrimp Fajitas for 2
Parrillada
For 2. A combination of chicken, beef, shrimp, chorizo, cactus, and grilled green onions with rice, beans, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo on the side.
Parrillada
Vegetarian
Veggie Flautas
Veggie Fajitas
Bell pepper, onions, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, zucchini, and yellow squash.
Veggie Enchiladas
Filled with rice and beans topped with lettuce, pico de gallo tomatoes, onions, guacamole, and sour cream.
Veggie Burrito
Filled with rice and beans topped with lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream.
Arroz con Vegetables
No beans. Broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, zucchini, and yellow squash, over a bed of rice with melted cheese.
Veggie Quesadilla
Quesadilla with bell peppers, cauliflower, zucchini, yellow squash, onions, and broccoli with guacamole and sour cream on top.
Burrito and Quesadilla
Burrito and Taco
Burrito and Enchiladas
Burrito and Nacho
Burrito and Salad
Mix and Match
Eggs
Huevos Mexicanos
3 scrambled eggs mixed with tomatoes, onions, and jalapeno pepper.
Huevos con Chorizo
3 scrambled eggs mixed with Mexican sausage.
Huevos Rancheros
3 eggs topped with onions, bell pepper and special sauce, and topped with cheese.
Huevos Estrellados
3 eggs sunny side up served with rice and beans and topped with pico de gallo on the side.
Huevos con Machaca
3 scrambled eggs mixed with spicy shredded beef.
Cheeseburger
100% fresh ground beef.
Hamburger
100% fresh ground beef.
Bacon Cheese Burger
Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich
Steak Primo
12 oz. T-bone steak, with fries, breaded shrimp, and salad.
All American Food
A la Carte Menu
Chile Relleno
Chimichanga
Taco
Asada Taco
Tamale
Fish Taco
3 tacos with rice and beans, lettuce and pico de gallo.
Enchilada
Chicken Carnitas
Sauteed with green peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Served with guacamole, rice, and beans.
Pollo en Pipian
Chicken breast with pumpkin seed sauce.
Pollo en Mole
Chicken breast in a sweet sauce.
Pollo a la Crema
Chicken breast in a sour cream sauce with green bell peppers and onions.
Pollo Asado
Charbroiled chicken, marinated in a Mexican salsa with guacamole and sour cream.
Arroz con Pollo
Does not include beans. Chicken breast in a special sauce with tomatoes, onions, and mushrooms over a bed of rice and cheese.
Pollo a la Diabla
Chicken sauteed with mushroom and garlic in a spicy devilish sauce.
Pollo a la Mexicana
Sauteed with bacon, pineapple, bell pepper, and onions.
Pollo Chipotle
Chicken breast in a chipotle sauce with green peppers and onions.
Chicken Specialties
Beef Specialties
Carne Asada
Grilled skirt steak seasoned in our special spices. Served with sauteed green onions, guacamole, and pico de gallo on the side.
Carne Asada Tacos
3 steak tacos charbroiled with guacamole and pico de gallo on the side.
Steak Carnitas
Sauteed with green peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Served with guacamole, rice, and beans. Strips of beef sauteed with bell pepper and onions in a mild sauce.
Chile Colorado
Chunks of beef in a tasty sauce.
Tacos al Carbon
3 tacos of charbroiled steak with tortilla marinated in a mild sauce.
Steak a la Mexicana
Strips of beef, sauteed with bacon, pineapple, bell pepper, and onions.
Steak Ranchero
Strips of beef sauteed with jalapeno peppers, tomatoes, onions, and rice and beans.
Puerco a la Mexicana
Pork sauteed with bacon, pineapple, bell pepper, and onions.
Puerco en Pipian
Pork in a pumpkin seed sauce.
Carnitas de Puerco
Roast pork.
Pork Carnitas Tacos
3 roasted pork carnitas tacos.
Pork Encebollado
Roast pork with sliced onions, rice and beans, and guacamole.
Tacos al Pastor
3 tacos with marinated pork.
Chile Verde
Chunks of pork in a tasty, green Spanish tomato sauce.
Pork Specialties
Seafood Specialties
Lucas Burrito
1 flour tortilla filled with shrimp, crab, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, and carrots. Topped with sour cream, avocado slices, and a special sauce.
Enchiladas Combinadas
2 enchiladas filled with crab, shrimp, tomatoes, mushrooms, and onions. Topped with avocado slices, sour cream, and a special sauce.
Arroz con Camarones
Shrimp in a special sauce with tomatoes, onions, and mushrooms on a bed of rice and cheese. Does not include beans.
Ricky's Camarones
Shrimp cooked with butter, mushrooms, and bacon in a sweet garlic sauce.
Ruben's Shrimp
Shrimp wrapped with bacon and deep-fried. Served with rice and beans.
Mia's Shrimp
Shrimp wrapped with bacon and deep-fried with onions, bell pepper, and jalapenos. Served with rice and beans on the side and melted cheese on top.
Chimichanga del Mar
Seafood chimichanga filled with crab, shrimp, and vegetables topped with lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, and sour cream.
Camarones a la Diabla
Shrimp sauteed with butter, garlic, onions, hot peppers, and mushrooms.
Fish Tacos
3 tacos with rice and beans, lettuce, and pico de gallo.
Enchiladas de Camaron
2 enchiladas filled with shrimp, tomatoes, mushrooms, and onions. Topped with sour cream, slices of fresh avocado, cheese, and our special sauce.
Burrito de Cangrejo
A flour tortilla filled with crab, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, and carrots. Topped with sour cream, avocado slices, and a special sauce.
Enchiladas de Cangrejo
2 enchiladas filled with crab, tomatoes, mushrooms, and onions. Topped with sour cream, slices of fresh avocado, cheese, and special sauce.
Burrito de Camaron
A flour tortilla filled with shrimp, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, and carrots. Topped with sour cream, avocado slices, and a special sauce.
Camarones a la Crema
Shrimp sauteed with bell pepper and onions in a sour cream sauce.
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
Shrimp sauteed with mushrooms, onions in butter, and red garlic sauce.
Camarones al Chipotle
Shrimp with chipotle cream sauce, mushrooms, cilantro, and onions served with rice and beans.
Cielo Mar y Tierra
A combination of chicken, beef, and shrimp.
Pescado Dorado
Fried fresh whole fish served with rice and beans.
Campechana
Shrimp cocktail with octopus soup served with onions, tomatoes, cilantro, jalapenos, and avocado.
7 Mares Soup
Seafood soup. A combination of seafood - shrimp, halibut, crab, scallops, clams, octopus, and vegetables.
Coctel de Camaron
Shrimp soup served with tomatoes, onions, cilantro, jalapenos, and avocado.
Mariscada
A variety of seafood, shrimp a la diablo, octopus, and shrimp al mojo de ajo. Garlic sauce.
House Seafood Specialties
Enchilada Specialties
Enchiladas Suizas
2 enchiladas filled with your choice of chicken, cheese, or beef and topped with green sauce and sour cream.
Enchiladas a la Crema
Enchiladas de Mole
2 enchiladas topped with mole sauce.
Enchiladas Sunrise
2 enchiladas topped with 2 eggs.
Enchiladas de Pipian
2 enchiladas topped with pumpkin seed sauce.
Enchiladas Rancheras
2 enchiladas topped with onions, bell pepper, and sour cream.
Deluxe Enchiladas
It does not include rice and beans. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Tostada
Deep-fried corn tortilla with your choice of meat, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese on top.
Avocado Tostada
Deep-fried corn tortilla with your choice of meat, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese with fresh avocado slices and sour cream on top.
Deluxe Tostada
Deep-fried corn tortilla with your choice of meat, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese guacamole, and sour cream on top.
Tostadas
Combinations
One Taco Combo
Small.
One Enchilada Combo
Small.
One Tostada Combo
Small.
One Tamale Combo
Small.
Chile Relleno con Guacamole Combo
Medium. Served with guacamole on top.
Enchilada and Tamale Combo
Medium.
Two Enchiladas Combo
Medium.
Chimichanga Combo
Medium.
Enchilada and Taco Combo
Medium.
Burrito Combo
Medium.
Enchilada and Tostada Combo
Medium.
Burrito and Enchilada Combo
Large.
Burrito and Taco Combo
Large.
Burrito and Tamale Combo
Large.
Burrito and Tostada Combo
Large.
Burrito and Chile Relleno Combo
Large.
Chimichanga and Enchilada Combo
Large.
Chimichanga and Taco Combo
Large.
Chimichanga and Tamale Combo
Large.
Chimichanga and Tostada Combo
Large.
Chimichanga and Chile Relleno Combo
Large.
Two Chimichangas Combo
Large.
Two Chiles Rellenos Combo
Large.
Chiles Relleno and Enchilada Combo
Large.
Chiles Relleno and Taco Combo
Large.
Chiles Relleno and Tamale Combo
Large.
Chiles Relleno and Tostada Combo
Large.
Chiles Relleno
Large.
Enchilada and Deluxe Taco Salad Combo
Large.
Enchilada and Flauta Combo
Large.
Three Enchiladas Combo
Large.
Enchilada, Tostada and Taco Combo
Large.
Enchilada and 2 Tacos Combo
Large.
Three Tacos Combo
Large.
Two Burritos Combo
Large.
Two Tamales Combo
Two Tacos Combo
Flauta, Tamale and Relleno Combo
Taco, Burrito and Relleno Combo
New Combinations
Senior Menu
Senior Burrito
Senior Quesadilla
Senior Nachos
No rice. Served with meat, beans, tomatoes, onions, guacamole, and sour cream.
Senior Tamale
Senior Mexican Pizza
No rice. Served with meat, beans, tomatoes, onions, guacamole, and sour cream.
Senior Enchilada
Senior Taco
Senior Tostada
Kids Chicken Nuggets
Served with fries.
Kids Macaroni and Cheese
Served with french fries.
Kids Enchilada
Served with rice and beans.
Kids Taco
Served with rice and beans.
Kids Tamale
Served with rice and beans.
Kids Burrito
Served with rice and beans.
Kids Quesadilla
Served with rice and beans.
Kids Mexican Pizza
No rice. Served with meat, beans, tomatoes, onions, guacamole, and sour cream.
Kids Nachos
No rice. Served with meat, beans, tomatoes, onions, guacamole, and sour cream.
Kids Tostada
Served with rice and beans.
Kids Corndog
Served with french fries.
Kids Hot Dog
Served with fries.
Kids Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Served with fries.
Children Menu
Sides
Guacamole
Sour Cream
Spanish Rice
Pico de Gallo
Fries
Cheese
Refried Beans
Flour Tortillas
Corn Tortillas
Churros
Deep-Fried Ice Cream
Vanilla flavor.
Flan
Mexican custard.
Xangos
Mexican dessert with cheesecake inside, wrapped in a pastry flour tortilla.
Desserts
Beverages
Fountain Soft Drink
Sidral Mexican Coke
Jarritos
Mango, guava, tamarindo y mandarina.