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.

$15.99

Chicken Soup

Served with rice and vegetables.

$12.99

Sopa De Mariscos

Soup made with seafood medley, shrimp and tilapia.

$20.25

Caldo De Camarónes

Soup made with fresh shrimp and vegetables.

$18.99

Metate Bowl

Beef or chicken served over rice, topped with lettuce, shredded cheese, pico de gallo and sour cream.

$11.25

Taco Salad

Chicken or beef covered in lettuce, sour cream, tomato and cheese in an edible bowl.

$12.25

Taco Metate

HUGE deep fried taco Chicken or grilled steak meat with, onion, special sauce with chipotle, guacamole, cream, lettuce and cheese.

$13.25

Fajita Taco Salad

Chicken or steak fajitas covered in lettuce, tomato, guacamole and cheese in a tasty edible bowl.

$14.99

Shrimp Cocktail

Chilled shrimp in a broth with onions, tomatoes, cilantro, jalapeños, avocado, ketchup and lime juice.

$20.25

Soups & Salads

Appetizers

Mini Chimichanga

Deep fried flour tortillas stuffed with chicken. Served with cheese dip and garnished with pico de gallo and lettuce.

$10.99

The Sampler

Beef taquitos, chicken quesadillas, beef nachos mini chimichangas. Served with a small portion of cheese dip.

$13.99

Queso Fundido

Chorizo, steak, jalapeños, onion and cilantro deep in cheese dip and mozzarella chesse

$11.99

Quesabirria

Order of 3. Fried corn or flour tortilla stuffed with birria meat and cheese. Served with rice, onions and cilantro.

$13.99

Tacos De Birria

Order of 3. Corn tortilla stuffed with birria meat. Served with onions, cilantro, rice and beans.

$13.99

Tony Tacos

Steak or chicken cooked with onion, cilantro, fresh jalapeños and topped with cheese. Served with rice and beans.

$13.99

Tacos De Lengua

Mexican traditional tongue tacos served on corn or flour tortilla with fresh onion and cilantro

$17.49

Beef Cheek Tacos

traditional Mexican tacos corn or flour tortilla served delicious beef chek meat with onion and cilantro

$17.49

Mexican Burger

Burger bun with beef and chesse with onion tomatoes letucce and jalapenos and french fries

$10.65

Guacamole Burger

bun burger filled with beef and chesses lettuce onion tomatoes pickles our special sauce mayo and French fries

$10.99

Chicken Burger

burger bun filled with fried chicken with chesse lettuce onion tomatoes pickles and french fries

$10.99

New Dishes

Nachos Dishes

Beef or Chicken Nachos

Tortilla chips with ground beef or chicken. Topped with cheese.

$11.99

Crazy Nachos

Tortilla chips with steak or grilled chicken topped with cheese.

$13.99

Party Nachos

Chicken nachos served with pico de gallo, sour cream, light cheese, green onions and jalapeños.

$13.99

Nachos Supreme

Beef nachos topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and guacamole.

$13.99

Fajitas Nachos FULL

Chicken or steak, fajita nachos topped with cheese dip. Served with vegetables.

$14.99

Texas Fajita Nachos

Order of Chicken, steak and shrimp fajita nachos topped with cheese dip. Served with vegetables.

$15.99

Chalupa

flat crispy corn tortilla loaded with beans lettuce guacamole tomato and shredded chesse

$3.99

Flauta

Single.

$4.25

Chimichanga

Single.

$5.25

A La Carta Side Dishes

Burritos

Burrito Cancún

Large flour tortilla stuffed with tilapia, shrimp, rice and beans, covered in special sauce.

$15.99

Burrito Jalisco

Large flour tortilla stuffed with rice, grilled chicken or grilled steak and beans. Topped with our special creamy sauce.

$13.99

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.

$13.99

Burrito California

Large flour tortilla filled with rice, beans and grilled chicken or grilled steak. Served with guacamole salad and green sauce.

$13.99

Burrito Jarocho

Large flour tortilla stuffed with grilled chicken or grilled steak, beans, sour cream, cilantro and onions. Served with guacamole salad.

$13.99

Burrito Supreme

Large flour tortilla filled with ground beef or chicken and beans. Topped with cheese dip, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.

$11.99

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.

$15.25

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.

$13.99

Sylvester Burrito

Large flour tortilla stuffed with rice, beans, grilled chicken or grilled steak, and vegetables. Served with, guacamole salad and special sauce.

$13.99

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.

$14.35

Enchiladas Rancheras

Two chicken enchilada and two beef enchilada. Topped with ranchero sauce, cilantro and cheese dip.

$14.35

Flautas Mexicanas

Four deep fried taquitos stuffed with beef or chicken. Served with rice and guacamole salad.

$11.75

Enchiladas Verdes

Three beef or chicken enchiladas with green sauce, rice and beans.

$14.35

Mexican Quesadilla

Quesadilla stuffed with beef or chicken and beans. Served with rice, guacamole salad and sour cream.

$11.49

Quesadilla Supreme

Large quesadilla stuffed with grilled chicken or steak, mushrooms, and onions. Served with guacamole salad.

$14.80

Carne Asada Con Camarón

Served with rice, beans and guacamole salad.

$23.99

Quesadilla Veracruz

Two flour tortillas stuffed with crab and chorizo. Served with rice, guacamole salad and small cheese dip.

$14.25

Quesadilla Deluxe

Grilled flour tortilla stuffed with steak or chicken, onions, tomatoes, guacamole salad and rice.

$14.25

Enchiladas Al Carbón

Three steak enchiladas with cheese, onions, tomatoes and jalapeños. Served with rice and beans.

$14.25

Super Chimichangas

Two chimichangas, beef or chicken. Topped with guacamole salad. Served with rice and beans.

$13.80

Carnitas Dinner

Pork tips cooked with onions. Served with rice and beans. Your choice of red or green sauce.

$14.29

Alambres De Camarón

Deep fried shrimp skewered with peppers and onions. Served with rice and guacamole.

$19.99

Alambres

Deep fried steak or chicken skewered with peppers and onions. Served with rice and guacamole salad.

$16.29

Especialidades El Metate

El Metate Favoritos

Mole Poblano

Tender chicken strips smothered in a traditional Mexican sauce. Served with rice and beans.

$14.80

Enchiladas Special

Four enchiladas, steak or chicken. Covered in green sauce. Served with lettuce, tomato and sour cream.

$14.80

Chiles Poblanos

Two stuffed peppers. Topped with cheese dip. Served with rice and beans.

$12.95

Tacos Al Pastor

Three soft tacos filled with special marinated pork. Served with onion and cilantro.

$12.99

Chile Colorado

Chopped grilled steak or chicken. Cooked with hot red sauce. Served with rice and beans.

$14.75

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.

$13.89

Ranchero Plate

Grilled steak or chicken. Cooked with bell peppers, onions and chipotle sauce. Topped with mozzarella cheese. Served with rice and beans.

$14.65

Shrimp Fajitas

Grilled shrimp with our special seasoning.

$19.95

Fajitas Vallarta

Grilled steak, chicken and chorizo. Seasoned with chipotle sauce.

$19.95

Fajitas Beef or Chicken

Grilled steak or chicken with our special seasoning.

$17.55

Fajitas Del Mar

Grilled shrimp, scallops, tilapia fillet and crabmeat.

$19.95

Parrillada Mexicana

Main dish consists of carnitas, shrimp, chorizo, chicken and grilled steak strips.

$19.95

Fajitas Quesadillas

Grilled quesadilla stuffed with beef or chicken and all ingredients of our fajitas.

$14.75

Fajitas Metate

Combination of chicken, steak and shrimp.

$19.95

Fajitas

Mariscos Seafood

Tilapia and Shrimp

Shrimp cooked with vegetables on top of a tilapia fillet, served with rice and beans.

$18.39

Ranchero Veracruz

Shrimp and grilled chicken with spinach, com and zucchini over rice. Served with guacamole salad.

$18.99

Camarónes Al Mojo

Large shrimp seasoned with grilled garlic. Served with rice and guacamole salad.

$18.99

Camarónes a La Diabla

Hot & spicy shrimp. Served with rice and guacamole salad.

$18.99

Seafood Enchiladas

Three enchiladas made with crabmeat and shrimp. Served with rice and guacamole salad.

$15.25

Camarónes a La Plancha

Grilled shrimp cooked with our house seasoning. Served with, rice and guacamole salad.

$18.99

Fish Tacos

Three fish tacos. Served with rice, beans, green sauce, sour cream and pico de gallo.

$14.65

Tacos De Camarón

Three shrimp tacos. Served with rice, beans, green. Sauce, sour cream and pico de gallo.

$14.65

Piña Loca

Shrimp, scallops and crab cooked with peppers and onions inside a pineapple.

$20.15

Arroz Con Mariscos

Shrimp, scallops and crabmeat. Served with rice, lettuce, sour cream and guacamole salad.

$18.99

Camarónes a La Pancho Villa

Served with rice, guacamole salad and special sauce.

$18.99

Camarónes Mexicanos

Shrimp cooked with jalapeños, onion and tomato. Served with rice and beans.

$18.99

Quesadilla De Camarón

Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream and guacamole salad.

$14.80

Steak Camarón

Rib-eye steak topped with shrimp and cheese. Served with Mexican rice and guacamole salad.

$20.25

Steak Veracruz

Rib-eye steak, shrimp. Cooked with tomatoes and onions. Served with rice and beans.

$20.25

Ranchero Steak

Rib-eye steak. Topped with our ranchero sauce. Served with rice and beans.

$18.15

Steak El Metate

Rib-eye steak. Topped with our ranchero sauce, served with rice and beans.

$18.15

Mexican Steak

Beef chunks, cooked with tomatoes, onions, cilantro and jalapeños. Served with rice and beans.

$18.15

Steak Jarocho

Rib-eye topped with grilled onions, mushrooms, chipotle, sauce and cheese. Served with rice and guacamole salad.

$18.15

Tacos De Asada

Three chopped beef or grilled chicken tacos. Served with onions, cilantro, sour cream, green sauce, rice and beans.

$14.80

Molcajete Special

Pork tips, grilled chicken, shrimp and spicy Mexican sausage. Served with rice, nopales, beans and guacamole salad.

$26.99

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.

$26.99

American Steak

Rib-eye steak. Served with French fries.

$18.15

Texas Rice

Chicken, steak and shrimp. Topped with cheese dip. Served with a bed of rice.

$15.85

Steaks

Chicken Dinners

Chori-Chicken

Grilled breast. Topped with chorizo, mushrooms, green onions. Covered with cheese. Served with rice and beans.

$15.25

Pollo Sabroso

Grilled chicken breast, shrimp. Cooked with chipotle and spinach. Served with rice and beans.

$16.39

Pollo a La Crema

Tender chicken strips. Cooked with our special cream sauce. Served with rice and beans.

$15.25

Arroz Con Pollo

Grilled chicken strips. Served on a bed of rice covered with cheese dip.

$14.95

Pollo El Metate

Grilled chicken breast with onion, mushroom, smothered in our special sauce. Served with rice and beans.

$15.25

Pollo Jalisco

Grilled marinated chicken breast. Covered with bell peppers, onions, mushrooms and spinach. Topped with cheese dip. Served with rice and beans.

$15.25

Pollo Vallarta

Grilled chicken breast with grilled onions, mushrooms, chipotle peppers and cheese. Served with rice and beans.

$15.25

Pollo Rico

Healthy choice. Grilled breast with our special seasoning, topped with cilantro. Served with black beans, rice and broccoli.

$16.50

Pollo Veracruz

Healthy choice. Grilled breast with our special seasoning. Topped with cilantro. Served with black beans, pico de gallo and broccoli.

$16.50

Pollo Chipotle

Chicken with chipotle sauce, black beans and rice.

$15.25

Lunch #1. Carne Asada

Served with rice and beans.

$12.25

Lunch #2. Arroz Con Pollo

Chicken served with rice and cheese dip.

$11.99

Lunch #3. Texas Rice

Chicken, steak and shrimp. Topped with cheese dip. Served on a bed of rice.

$11.99

Lunch #4. One Burrito

Served with rice and beans.

$8.99

Lunch # 5. One Enchilada

Served with rice and beans.

$9.99

Lunch #6. Beef Burrito

Burrito, taco and rice.

$9.99

Lunch #7. Speedy Gonzalez

Enchilada, taco and a portion of beans or rice (choice one).

$9.99

Super Speedy Gonzalez

Enchilada, taco, rice and beans.

$10.25

Lunch #8. One Chicken Quesadilla

Served with rice and beans.

$9.99

Lunch #9

Quesadilla, enchilada and one taco.

$9.99

Lunch #10. Arroz Con Camarón

Grilled shrimp smothered in cheese. Served on a bed of rice.

$11.99

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.

$11.99

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.

$10.50

Lunch #13. Shrimp Fajitas

Shrimp fajitas. Served with rice and beans.

$12.25

Lunch #14. Chimichanga

One chicken or beef chimichanga. Served with rice, beans and guacamole salad.

$9.99

Lunch #15. Lunch Fajitas

Chicken or steak fajitas. Served with rice and beans.

$12.25

Lunch #16. Monster Burrito

Tortilla stuffed with beef, beans and rice. Topped with chile con carne.

$11.99

Lunch #17. Tacos De Asada

Two steak or chicken tacos. Served with pico de gallo, rice, beans, sour cream and green sauce.

$10.99

Lunch #18. Burrito Carnitas

Burrito stuffed with pork. Cooked with onions and tomatoes and peppers. Served with sauce cheese and salad.

$11.50

Lunch #19. Pollo Vallarta

Grilled chicken breast. Topped with onions, chipotle sauce and cheese. Served with rice and beans.

$11.50

Lunch #20. Burrito Supreme

Burrito stuffed with beef or chicken and beans. Topped with cheese dip, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.

$10.50

Lunch

Desserts

Fried Ice Cream

Vanilla ice cream with a crispy fried coat. Topped with chocolate and whipped cream.

$7.50

Sopapilla

Fried flour tortilla. Topped with honey sugar and cinnamon.

$7.50

Flan

Mexican caramel custard.

$7.25

Churros

The Mexican fried dough pastry.

$7.25

Monkey Chango

Fried tortilla stuffed with cheesecake deep on sugar and cinnamon with chocolate and caramel drizzle

$7.25

Tamarindo

Mexican fresh water

$4.50

Mexican Waters