Frontera Grill

Salads & Vegetables

salads (and soups), vegetables (and a little meat)

• Little Gem Lettuce Salad$8.50

  pumpkinseed-lime dressing, quick-pickled tomatillos, grilled knob onions

• Smoky Fall Salad$9.00

  roasted nichols farm beets, local kale & arugula, smoky oaxacan pasilla dressing, bacon, anejo cheese

• Topolobampo Tortilla Soup$9.00

  dark broth flavored with pasilla, with grilled chicken, avocado, hand-made jack cheese, thick cream & crisp tortilla strips

• Jícama Street Snack$7.00

  jicama, cucumber, pineapple, fresh lime, crushed guajillo chile

• Smoky-creamy-spicy Mushrooms$9.50

  brown beech, hedgehog, oyster, shiitake & black trumpet mushrooms, white sweet potato, oaxacan pasilla crema, epazote

• Red Chile Kale$7.00

  local black kale, guajillo chile sauce, local potatoes, wood-grilled onions, anejo cheese

• Grilled Green Beans$8.00

  poblano rajas, slow-cooked garlic

• Mashed Potatoes$6.50

  anejo cheese, bacon, grilled knob onions

• Classic White Rice$6.50

  black beans, grilled pineapple, spicy morita chiles, grilled knob onions

• "venomous" Pintos$8.00

  chorizo, ham hocks, bacon, fresh cheese

• Modern Black Beans$6.50

  baja olive oil, roasted garlic, crispy onions, queso anejo, cilantro

• Grilled Knob Onions$3.00

  lime, coarse salt

• Homemade Pickled Jalapeños$3.00

  carrots, cauliflower

• Fried Sweet Plantains$6.00

  homemade sour cream, fresh cheese

Guacamoles

• Frontera Guacamole$9.75

  cilantro, lime, green chile, tomato. just-made tortilla chips

• Pure Green Guacamole$9.75

  green chile de agua, grilled green onions, roasted tomatillo, anejo cheese, beauty heart radish. tortilla chips

• Just-made Tortilla Chips & Two Salsas$4.00

  three-chile (cascabel, morita, guajillo) & tomatillo with serrano & cilantro

Ceviche & Raw Bar - Oysters, Ceviches & Seafood Cocktails

• Classic Seafood Cocktail$15.00

  alaskan king crab, west coast mussels, baby octopus, classic mexican cocktail sauce (roasted tomato ketchup, arbol chile, lime), lime-cured red onion, avocado, cilantro

• Oysters

  shucked to order. tomatillo-habanero “miñoneta,” smoky chipotle-garlic salsa & fresh-cut limes

  • 1/2 Dozen$15.00
  • Dozen$30.00

• Oyster & Ceviche Platter$44.00

  one dozen oysters & their accompaniments, frontera ceviche & tropical tuna cocktail

  • Half Size$23.50

• Octopus & Squid In Aguachile$14.00

  octopus & squid aguachile (lime, cilantro, serrano chile), cucumber, squid ink squiggles, galapagos tomato pearls

• Coconut-lime Ceviche$15.00

  fresh pacific yellowtail, coconut milk, lime, nopal, chile pequin, tender young coconut slivers, cucumber, cilantro

• Frontera Ceviche$14.00

  hawaiian albacore, lime, tomatoes, olives, cilantro & green chile on tostaditas

• Tropical Tuna Cocktail$14.50

  sashimi-grade hawaiian bigeye tuna, tomatillo guacamole, tropical fruit salsa

• Yucatecan Ceviche$13.50

  steamed mexican blue shrimp & calamari, lime, orange, habanero, avocado, jicama, cucumber & cilantro. crispy tortilla chips

• Ceviche Trio$19.00

  frontera ceviche (albacore, tomato, olive), yucatecan ceviche (shrimp, squid, orange, cucumber), tropical tuna cocktail (big eye, avoado-tomatillo, tropical fruit salsa)

• Fresh Stone Crab Claws$18.00

  avocado-tomatillo salsa (infused with herby hoja santa), fall vegetable chips, lime wedges

Street Food

soft tacos, crispy tacos, tacos al carbon, enchiladas, street snacks

• Fresh Corn Tamales$8.00

  banana leaf-steamed sweet corn tamales, homemade crema & fresh cheese, poblano

• Goat Barbacoa Tamal$9.00

  banana leaf-steamed tamal of fresh-ground corn masa, kilgus goat barbacoa, avocado leaf & grilled onions. toasted guajillo salsa, avocado, cincho cheese

• Enchiladas Potosinas$8.50

  chile-spiked corn-masa turnovers with spicy homemade fresh cheese. pepita-avocado mash, tamazula hot sauce, crema drizzle, arugula salad

• Stuffed Jalapeños$9.50

  sweet-sour jalapeños stuffed with veracruz-style chicken picadillo (tomatoes, capers, olives, herbs). cilantro crema, peashoots, añejo cheese

• Mexico City-style Quesadillas$8.50

  corn masa turnovers stuffed with samuel's handcrafted jack cheese & epazote. guacamole

• Sopes Rancheros$8.50

  crispy corn masa boats filled with savory shredded beef, roasted tomato, avocado, homemade fresh cheese

• Smoked Chicken Taquitos$9.00

  roasted tomatillo salsa, homemade crema, anejo cheese, guacamole

• Old School Frontera Trio$18.50

  two pieces each: smoked chicken taquitos (sour cream, guacamole), mexico city-style corn masa quesadillas (artisan cheese, epazote), ceviche fronterizo tostadas

• Street Food Trio$19.75

  two pieces each: potosinas (fresh cheese, avocado, crema, tamazula), stuffed chicken jalapenos (cilantro crema, peashoots, anejo cheese), sopes (shredded beef, roasted tomato, green chile)

• Red Chile Meatballs$13.00

  classic little mexican pork meatballs, guajillo chile sauce, braised kale, crispy onions, queso de cincho

• Chicken In Ajillo$13.00

  smoked chicken, ajillo sauce (roasted garlic, morita chile, cream), "wilted" local winter spinach, roasted potatoes, cilantro

• Classic Queso Fundido$9.00

  samuel's artisanal jack cheese, garlicky roasted peppers, homemade chorizo

• Beef Barbacoa Queso Fundido$10.00

  otter creek organic cheddar, slow-cooked beef barbacoa, guajillo salsa, pickled white onion, anejo cheese

• Tacos Al Carbón$13.50

  wood-grilled meat, poultry, fish or mushrooms, roasted poblano rajas, guacamole, two salsas

• Big Wood-grilled Tacos Al Carbón Trio$36.00

  grassfed skirt steak, gunthorp chicken, pork, roasted poblanos, guacamole, grilled knob onions & local shishito peppers

• Mole Poblano Enchiladas$13.00

  gunthorp free-range chicken, grill-roasted red onions

• Duck Carnitas Enchiladas$13.75

  slow-cooked duck carnitas with spicy chiles toreados, tomamole (tomatillos, grilled pineapple, sesame, serrano), beauty heart spirals, crunchy nuts to garnish

Live Fire Entrees

• Duck In Pasilla-huitlacoche Sauce$23.50

  red chile-rubbed gunthorp duck breast, dark sauce of pasilla & local huitlacoche. corn husk-steamed tamales studded with sweet corn, smoky green beans, cheese chicharron

• Pork In Chipotle-black Bean Sauce$23.50

  adobo-marinated pork loin, chipotle black bean sauce, black rice, seared butternut "shoestrings," otter creek cheddar crema

• Oaxacan-style Carne Asada$29.50

  red chile-marinated creekstone natural black angus rib steak. black beans, sweet plantains with homemade crema, guacamole

• Carne Asada “brava”$29.00

  spicy habanero-marinated, wood-grilled creekstone natural ribeye, spicy salsa huevona (hand-crushed, grill-roasted tomatoes, jalapeños). grilled knob onions, sweet corn tamal (topped with homemade sour cream & fresh cheese)

Moles, Pipianes & Red Chile Braises

• Chicken In Mole De Calabaza$23.50

  garlic-marinated chicken breast, red kuri squash mole, roasted local sweet potatoes & beets, watercress salad

• Shrimp In Almond Estofado$25.00

  spicy serrano-marinated fresh gulf shrimp, oaxacan almond estofado (tomato, garlic, sweet spices). roasted delicata, peashoots, spicy pickled vegetables

• Atlantic Golden Tilefish In Green Peanut Mole$23.50

  marinated golden tilefish, green peanut mole (tomatillo, poblano, herbs, allspice), nutty poblano-corn tortitas, braised kale

• Fish In Apricot Mole$23.50

  adobo-marinated day-boat catch in sweet-savory apricot mole. red chile-roasted white sweet potatoes, snug haven spinach, jicama-apricot mole

• Vegetable Fideos$18.00

  spaghetti squash, root vegetable ribbons, roasted tomato-guajillo sauce, red chile mushrooms, anejo cheese, arugula salad

• Mole Trio$23.00

  mole poblano enchiladas (2), pork simmered in coloradito (red beans, toasted sesame), fall vegetables in green peanut mole

Desserts

• Nino Envuelto De Cajeta Y Nuez$9.00

  traditional mexican cake roll filled with luscious crema of housemade cajeta (goat milk caramel) & tracey's pecans. tropical guava ice cream, coconut shortbread, fresh guava

• Duo De Flanes$8.25

  a duo of caramel custards: dark chocolate infused with ancho chile & classic mexican vanilla. smoky bacon brittle

• Bunuelos Navidenos$8.75

  our take on the quintessential oaxacan christmas experience: crispy, paper thin fritters, layered with tangy goat cheese ice cream. brandied fruit (cherries, figs, cranberries, apricots, apples), candied pistachios

• Sopa De Frutas$7.50

  crimson prickly pear-lime sorbet nestled into tangy grapefruit & orange, pomegranate seeds & candied citrus peel, afloat in a passion fruit-orange "broth"

• Frontera's Chocolate Pecan Pie$8.50

  with kahlua whipped cream

• Homemade Ice Creams$8.00

  choose your ice cream: guava with d'aristi rum, or goat cheese with torres orange liqueur. choose your topping: homemade cajeta (goat milk caramel) or bittersweet hot fudge