El Metate Menu
Welcome to El Metate, Tifton's cherished haven for authentic Mexican cuisine! Located at 1021 W 2nd St, this unclaimed gem offers an expansive menu that delights both the palate and spirit. Perfect for families and groups, El Metate boasts outdoor seating, takeout, and catering options, creating a welcoming atmosphere for all.
Dive into standout dishes like the Quesabirria, featuring crispy tortillas stuffed with rich birria meat, or indulge in the sizeable Burrito Cancún, overflowing with shrimp and tilapia. Diners rave about the Tifton Burrito—stuffed to perfection with juicy fillings and mouthwatering sauces. The festive ambiance is complemented by friendly service and moderate noise levels, making it ideal for lunch or dinner.
El Metate is more than a restaurant; it’s a lively culinary experience with happy hour specials, vegetarian options, and a full bar that invites you back for more!
Tortas Mexicanas
Carne Asada
Rib-eye slices. topped with grilled onions. served with rice, beans and guacamole salad.
Chicken Soup
Served with rice and vegetables.
Sopa De Mariscos
Soup made with seafood medley, shrimp and tilapia.
Caldo De Camarónes
Soup made with fresh shrimp and vegetables.
Metate Bowl
Beef or chicken served over rice, topped with lettuce, shredded cheese, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Taco Salad
Chicken or beef covered in lettuce, sour cream, tomato and cheese in an edible bowl.
Taco Metate
HUGE deep fried taco Chicken or grilled steak meat with, onion, special sauce with chipotle, guacamole, cream, lettuce and cheese.
Fajita Taco Salad
Chicken or steak fajitas covered in lettuce, tomato, guacamole and cheese in a tasty edible bowl.
Shrimp Cocktail
Chilled shrimp in a broth with onions, tomatoes, cilantro, jalapeños, avocado, ketchup and lime juice.
Soups & Salads
Appetizers
Mini Chimichanga
Deep fried flour tortillas stuffed with chicken. Served with cheese dip and garnished with pico de gallo and lettuce.
The Sampler
Beef taquitos, chicken quesadillas, beef nachos mini chimichangas. Served with a small portion of cheese dip.
Queso Fundido
Chorizo, steak, jalapeños, onion and cilantro deep in cheese dip and mozzarella chesse
Quesabirria
Order of 3. Fried corn or flour tortilla stuffed with birria meat and cheese. Served with rice, onions and cilantro.
Tacos De Birria
Order of 3. Corn tortilla stuffed with birria meat. Served with onions, cilantro, rice and beans.
Tony Tacos
Steak or chicken cooked with onion, cilantro, fresh jalapeños and topped with cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Tacos De Lengua
Mexican traditional tongue tacos served on corn or flour tortilla with fresh onion and cilantro
Beef Cheek Tacos
traditional Mexican tacos corn or flour tortilla served delicious beef chek meat with onion and cilantro
Mexican Burger
Burger bun with beef and chesse with onion tomatoes letucce and jalapenos and french fries
Guacamole Burger
bun burger filled with beef and chesses lettuce onion tomatoes pickles our special sauce mayo and French fries
Chicken Burger
burger bun filled with fried chicken with chesse lettuce onion tomatoes pickles and french fries
New Dishes
Nachos Dishes
Beef or Chicken Nachos
Tortilla chips with ground beef or chicken. Topped with cheese.
Crazy Nachos
Tortilla chips with steak or grilled chicken topped with cheese.
Party Nachos
Chicken nachos served with pico de gallo, sour cream, light cheese, green onions and jalapeños.
Nachos Supreme
Beef nachos topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and guacamole.
Fajitas Nachos FULL
Chicken or steak, fajita nachos topped with cheese dip. Served with vegetables.
Texas Fajita Nachos
Order of Chicken, steak and shrimp fajita nachos topped with cheese dip. Served with vegetables.
Chalupa
flat crispy corn tortilla loaded with beans lettuce guacamole tomato and shredded chesse
Flauta
Single.
Chimichanga
Single.
A La Carta Side Dishes
Burritos
Burrito Cancún
Large flour tortilla stuffed with tilapia, shrimp, rice and beans, covered in special sauce.
Burrito Jalisco
Large flour tortilla stuffed with rice, grilled chicken or grilled steak and beans. Topped with our special creamy sauce.
Fajita Burrito
Large flour tortilla stuffed with rice, beans, grilled chicken or grilled steak, and all the ingredients of our fajita. Served with pico de gallo, guacamole salad and sour cream.
Burrito California
Large flour tortilla filled with rice, beans and grilled chicken or grilled steak. Served with guacamole salad and green sauce.
Burrito Jarocho
Large flour tortilla stuffed with grilled chicken or grilled steak, beans, sour cream, cilantro and onions. Served with guacamole salad.
Burrito Supreme
Large flour tortilla filled with ground beef or chicken and beans. Topped with cheese dip, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.
Tifton Burrito
HUGE Large flour tortilla stuffed with rice, beans, grilled chicken, grilled steak, shrimp and grilled vegetables. Topped with cheese. Served with guacamole salad. Best seller.
Burrito Loco
New. Large flour tortilla filled with steak, pastor, rice, beans, onion, cilantro and jalapeños. Served with guacamole salad and topped with cheese dip.
Sylvester Burrito
Large flour tortilla stuffed with rice, beans, grilled chicken or grilled steak, and vegetables. Served with, guacamole salad and special sauce.
Enchiladas Supreme
Combination of one chicken, one beef, one bean and one cheese enchilada. Topped with ranchero sauce. Served with lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.
Enchiladas Rancheras
Two chicken enchilada and two beef enchilada. Topped with ranchero sauce, cilantro and cheese dip.
Flautas Mexicanas
Four deep fried taquitos stuffed with beef or chicken. Served with rice and guacamole salad.
Enchiladas Verdes
Three beef or chicken enchiladas with green sauce, rice and beans.
Mexican Quesadilla
Quesadilla stuffed with beef or chicken and beans. Served with rice, guacamole salad and sour cream.
Quesadilla Supreme
Large quesadilla stuffed with grilled chicken or steak, mushrooms, and onions. Served with guacamole salad.
Carne Asada Con Camarón
Served with rice, beans and guacamole salad.
Quesadilla Veracruz
Two flour tortillas stuffed with crab and chorizo. Served with rice, guacamole salad and small cheese dip.
Quesadilla Deluxe
Grilled flour tortilla stuffed with steak or chicken, onions, tomatoes, guacamole salad and rice.
Enchiladas Al Carbón
Three steak enchiladas with cheese, onions, tomatoes and jalapeños. Served with rice and beans.
Super Chimichangas
Two chimichangas, beef or chicken. Topped with guacamole salad. Served with rice and beans.
Carnitas Dinner
Pork tips cooked with onions. Served with rice and beans. Your choice of red or green sauce.
Alambres De Camarón
Deep fried shrimp skewered with peppers and onions. Served with rice and guacamole.
Alambres
Deep fried steak or chicken skewered with peppers and onions. Served with rice and guacamole salad.
Especialidades El Metate
El Metate Favoritos
Mole Poblano
Tender chicken strips smothered in a traditional Mexican sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Special
Four enchiladas, steak or chicken. Covered in green sauce. Served with lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
Chiles Poblanos
Two stuffed peppers. Topped with cheese dip. Served with rice and beans.
Tacos Al Pastor
Three soft tacos filled with special marinated pork. Served with onion and cilantro.
Chile Colorado
Chopped grilled steak or chicken. Cooked with hot red sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Maria's Special
Fried chimichanga filled with grilled steak, chicken, shrimp, rice, beans, jalapeño, onions and cilantro. Served with special sauce, lettuce, sour cream, tomato and guacamole.
Ranchero Plate
Grilled steak or chicken. Cooked with bell peppers, onions and chipotle sauce. Topped with mozzarella cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Shrimp Fajitas
Grilled shrimp with our special seasoning.
Fajitas Vallarta
Grilled steak, chicken and chorizo. Seasoned with chipotle sauce.
Fajitas Beef or Chicken
Grilled steak or chicken with our special seasoning.
Fajitas Del Mar
Grilled shrimp, scallops, tilapia fillet and crabmeat.
Parrillada Mexicana
Main dish consists of carnitas, shrimp, chorizo, chicken and grilled steak strips.
Fajitas Quesadillas
Grilled quesadilla stuffed with beef or chicken and all ingredients of our fajitas.
Fajitas Metate
Combination of chicken, steak and shrimp.
Fajitas
Mariscos Seafood
Tilapia and Shrimp
Shrimp cooked with vegetables on top of a tilapia fillet, served with rice and beans.
Ranchero Veracruz
Shrimp and grilled chicken with spinach, com and zucchini over rice. Served with guacamole salad.
Camarónes Al Mojo
Large shrimp seasoned with grilled garlic. Served with rice and guacamole salad.
Camarónes a La Diabla
Hot & spicy shrimp. Served with rice and guacamole salad.
Seafood Enchiladas
Three enchiladas made with crabmeat and shrimp. Served with rice and guacamole salad.
Camarónes a La Plancha
Grilled shrimp cooked with our house seasoning. Served with, rice and guacamole salad.
Fish Tacos
Three fish tacos. Served with rice, beans, green sauce, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Tacos De Camarón
Three shrimp tacos. Served with rice, beans, green. Sauce, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Piña Loca
Shrimp, scallops and crab cooked with peppers and onions inside a pineapple.
Arroz Con Mariscos
Shrimp, scallops and crabmeat. Served with rice, lettuce, sour cream and guacamole salad.
Camarónes a La Pancho Villa
Served with rice, guacamole salad and special sauce.
Camarónes Mexicanos
Shrimp cooked with jalapeños, onion and tomato. Served with rice and beans.
Quesadilla De Camarón
Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream and guacamole salad.
Steak Camarón
Rib-eye steak topped with shrimp and cheese. Served with Mexican rice and guacamole salad.
Steak Veracruz
Rib-eye steak, shrimp. Cooked with tomatoes and onions. Served with rice and beans.
Ranchero Steak
Rib-eye steak. Topped with our ranchero sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Steak El Metate
Rib-eye steak. Topped with our ranchero sauce, served with rice and beans.
Mexican Steak
Beef chunks, cooked with tomatoes, onions, cilantro and jalapeños. Served with rice and beans.
Steak Jarocho
Rib-eye topped with grilled onions, mushrooms, chipotle, sauce and cheese. Served with rice and guacamole salad.
Tacos De Asada
Three chopped beef or grilled chicken tacos. Served with onions, cilantro, sour cream, green sauce, rice and beans.
Molcajete Special
Pork tips, grilled chicken, shrimp and spicy Mexican sausage. Served with rice, nopales, beans and guacamole salad.
Molcajete Platter
Signature dish consisting of chicken breast, a rib-eye steak and shrimp. Served with rice, beans, nopales and guacamole salad on a hot authentic plate.
American Steak
Rib-eye steak. Served with French fries.
Texas Rice
Chicken, steak and shrimp. Topped with cheese dip. Served with a bed of rice.
Steaks
Chicken Dinners
Chori-Chicken
Grilled breast. Topped with chorizo, mushrooms, green onions. Covered with cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo Sabroso
Grilled chicken breast, shrimp. Cooked with chipotle and spinach. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo a La Crema
Tender chicken strips. Cooked with our special cream sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Arroz Con Pollo
Grilled chicken strips. Served on a bed of rice covered with cheese dip.
Pollo El Metate
Grilled chicken breast with onion, mushroom, smothered in our special sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo Jalisco
Grilled marinated chicken breast. Covered with bell peppers, onions, mushrooms and spinach. Topped with cheese dip. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo Vallarta
Grilled chicken breast with grilled onions, mushrooms, chipotle peppers and cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Pollo Rico
Healthy choice. Grilled breast with our special seasoning, topped with cilantro. Served with black beans, rice and broccoli.
Pollo Veracruz
Healthy choice. Grilled breast with our special seasoning. Topped with cilantro. Served with black beans, pico de gallo and broccoli.
Pollo Chipotle
Chicken with chipotle sauce, black beans and rice.
Lunch #1. Carne Asada
Served with rice and beans.
Lunch #2. Arroz Con Pollo
Chicken served with rice and cheese dip.
Lunch #3. Texas Rice
Chicken, steak and shrimp. Topped with cheese dip. Served on a bed of rice.
Lunch #4. One Burrito
Served with rice and beans.
Lunch # 5. One Enchilada
Served with rice and beans.
Lunch #6. Beef Burrito
Burrito, taco and rice.
Lunch #7. Speedy Gonzalez
Enchilada, taco and a portion of beans or rice (choice one).
Super Speedy Gonzalez
Enchilada, taco, rice and beans.
Lunch #8. One Chicken Quesadilla
Served with rice and beans.
Lunch #9
Quesadilla, enchilada and one taco.
Lunch #10. Arroz Con Camarón
Grilled shrimp smothered in cheese. Served on a bed of rice.
Lunch #11. Fiesta Burrito
Large flour tortilla stuffed with grilled chicken or steak, bell peppers and onions. Topped with cheese dip. Served with rice and pico de gallo.
Lunch #12. Mexican Burrito
Tortilla stuffed with beef or chicken, beans, rice, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream and lettuce, green sauce and cheese dip.
Lunch #13. Shrimp Fajitas
Shrimp fajitas. Served with rice and beans.
Lunch #14. Chimichanga
One chicken or beef chimichanga. Served with rice, beans and guacamole salad.
Lunch #15. Lunch Fajitas
Chicken or steak fajitas. Served with rice and beans.
Lunch #16. Monster Burrito
Tortilla stuffed with beef, beans and rice. Topped with chile con carne.
Lunch #17. Tacos De Asada
Two steak or chicken tacos. Served with pico de gallo, rice, beans, sour cream and green sauce.
Lunch #18. Burrito Carnitas
Burrito stuffed with pork. Cooked with onions and tomatoes and peppers. Served with sauce cheese and salad.
Lunch #19. Pollo Vallarta
Grilled chicken breast. Topped with onions, chipotle sauce and cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Lunch #20. Burrito Supreme
Burrito stuffed with beef or chicken and beans. Topped with cheese dip, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.
Lunch
Desserts
Fried Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream with a crispy fried coat. Topped with chocolate and whipped cream.
Sopapilla
Fried flour tortilla. Topped with honey sugar and cinnamon.
Flan
Mexican caramel custard.
Churros
The Mexican fried dough pastry.
Monkey Chango
Fried tortilla stuffed with cheesecake deep on sugar and cinnamon with chocolate and caramel drizzle
Tamarindo
Mexican fresh water