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Cha Cha Cha

Item: Cha Cha Cha
Author: Meagan Wristen

Cuisine: Latin, Mexican

Price: $

10Best Says

Cha Cha Cha serves fresh delicious, high quality, authentic Mexican food. They do this at low prices in a fun, casual environment at 9 different locations around the Portland metro. The most expensive item on their menu is still under eleven dollars. Their enormous burritos are only $6.50 making it one of the most affordable dining options in Portland. They offer massive burritos, enchiladas, tacos, nachos, tamales, soups, fajitas, and salads all made with organic local ingredients. Some popular dishes here are the chili verde burrito, spicy Tinga tacos, and Cha Mole enchiladas. Cha Cha Cha offers a wide selection of tequilas, margaritas and other cocktails.

Address:

1208 NW Glisan
Portland, OR 97209
503-221-2111

Hours:

Sun-Thu: 11am-9pm
Fri-Sat: 11am-10pm

Website:

chachachapdx.com

EXPERT TIPS BY: Meagan Wristen
Portland Local Expert

Best Value, Family Friendly, Mexican: "Be sure to try the Machaca or Pastor burrito."

Recommended as Best Value Because: The only thing better then Cha Cha Cha's low prices is how delicious the food is.
Best for Family Friendly Because: Cha Cha Cha is affordable and the atmosphere is extremely casual perfect for families.
Best for Mexican Because: Cha Cha Cha serves fresh Mexican food at affordable prices.

Main Menu
- Los Favoritos
  El Molca jete
  
  steak, pork sausage, grilled peppers & onions and melted jack cheese. served in a hot volcanic stone mortar with fresh guacamole and cream. flour or tortillas served on the side. ($10.95)
  
  House Fajitas*
  
  our house fajitas with your choice of steak or chicken bell peppers & onion. served on a sizzling skillet with black beans or spanish rice, cream, fresh guacamole and flour or corn tortillas. ($10.95)
  
  House Tamales
  
  two natural pork, chicken or poblano peppers & cheese tamales, tomatillo sauce and served with black beans. ($8.95)
  
  Plato Con Carne*
  
  a great combo! choose any house meant with black or pinto beans, spanish rice, sour cream, fresh guacamole & pico de gallo, corn tortillas on the side. ($8.95)
  
  Big Mama Enchilada*
  
  a gigantic enchilada made with braise shredded beef & spanish rice in a flour tortilla, topped with tomatillo sauce, sour cream, queso fresco & avocado. garnished with chopped onions and cilantro. ($7.95)
  
  Garden Mama Enchilada*
  
  a gigantic enchilada made with organic quinoa salad in a gluten free teff tortilla topped with sauce. garnished with roasted poblano pepper, corn, onion, sour cream & queso fresco. ($8.95)
  
  House Taco Salad*
  a flour tortilla shell with black or pinto beans, spanish and your choice of any house meat. topped with romaine lettuce, jack and cheddar cheese, sour cream, fresh guacamole & pico de gallo.
  
  $7.95
  
  Subsititute Seafood For: $2.00
  Organic Quinoa Salad
  organic quinoa, kale, black beans, roasted poblano peppers, onions, avocado, cabbage habanero salsa, and corn in lime olive oil dressing.
  
  $8.95
  
  Add House Meat: $9.95
  
  Add Seafood: $10.95
  Wholesome Bowl
  roasted poblano pepper, green & black beans, kale, corn, carrots and spinach sauteed in a lime ajillo sauce. garnished with avocado and served with a gluten free teff tortilla on the side.
  
  $9.95
  
  Add House Meat: $10.95
  
  Add Seafood: $11.95
  Super Bowl*
  organic mixed greens with your choice of house meat, black beans, pico de gallo and queso fresco. garnished with tostaditas & avocado
  
  $8.95
  
  Add House Meat: $9.95
  
  Add Seafood: $10.95
  Mole Poblano Burrito*
  
  a carnitas or chicken burrito made with black beans and spanish rice smothered with our mole poblano sauce. garnished with chopped onion, cilantro and queso fresco. ($7.95)
  
  Burrito De Mar
  
  seasonal white fish prawns burrito sauteed and smothered in a white wine cream sauce made with black beans and spanish rice. garnished with pico de gallo, avocado and queso fresco. ($8.95)
  
  House Enchiladas*
  
  a plate with two enchiladas made with any house meat or cheese. served with either red or green enchilada sauce and melted cheese. served with black or pinto beans, spanish rice, sour cream, fresh guacamole & pico de gallo. ($8.95)
  
  Mole Poblano Enchiladas*
  
  a plate with two enchiladas made with chicken or carnitas smothered in our housemade mole poblano sauce with spanish rice. garnished with queso fresco, onions & cilantro. ($8.95)
- Wild Seafood
  
  Wild Salmon Burrito
  
  grilled wild salmon in ajillo sauce with fresh fruit salad, black beans, spanish rice & fresh guacamole. ($8.95)
  
  Shrimp Burrito
  
  sauteed shrimp in ajillo sauce, black beans, spanish rice, chipotle cream sauce &fresh fruit salad. ($8.95)
  
  Grilled Fish Burrito
  
  grilled seasonal white fish with cabbage habanero salsa, black beans, spanish rice & fresh guacamole. ($7.95)
  
  Wild Salmon Taco
  
  grilled wild salmon in ajillo sauce with fresh fruit salsa. ($4.25)
  
  Shrimp Taco
  
  sauteed shrimp in ajillo sauce topped with fresh fruit salsa and chipotle crema sauce. ($4.25)
  
  Grilled Fish Taco
  
  grilled seasonal white fish topped with cabbage habanero salsa. ($3.95)
- Soups
  Tortilla Soup (served Daily)
  chicken or vegetarian (local mushrooms, spanish and onion), garnished with sour cream, queso fresco, avocado and tostaditas.
  
  Cup: $3.95
  
  Bowl: $8.95
  Pozole Soup (served Friday, Saturday, Sunday)
  traditional hominy soup with chicken or pork. garnished with cabbage, radish, onion, oregano and avocado. tostadas with sour cream and queso fresco on the side.
  
  Cup: $4.50
  
  Bowl: $9.95
- Sides
  
  Chips & Guacamole
  
  ($4.50)
  
  Chips & Pico De Gallo
  
  ($2.95)
  
  Sour Cream
  
  ($1.50)
  
  Spanish Rice
  
  ($2.25)
  
  Black Or Pinto Beans
  
  ($2.25)
  
  Beans & Rice
  
  ($3.95)
  
  Side Of Avocado
  
  ($1.50)
- Bebidas
  Homemade Aquas Frescas
  
  jamalca, horchata, tamarindo. ($2.95)
  
  Mexican Coke, Jarritos, Jumex
  
  ($2.50)
  
  Iced Tea, Fountain Soda
  $1.95
  
  Second Refill: $0.95
- Hot Beverages
  
  Local Roasted Coffee
  
  ($2.95)
  
  Smith Tea Maker Teas
  
  ($2.95)
- Dessert
  
  Flan
  
  ($4.25)
- Salad
  
  Mexicana Salad
  
  romaine lettuce, fresh avocado, orange wedges, cucumber, tomato & red onion in a orange olive oil dressing. ($5.95)
  
  Caesar Salad
  
  romaine hearts, red onion & queso fresco tossed in caesar dressing. topped with tostaditas and avocado. ($5.95)
  
  Nopalitos Salad
  
  cactus strips tossed in olive oil and fresh lime juice with cilantro, tomato and red onion. garnished with queso fresco tostaditas and avocado. ($6.50)
- Ninos Menu
  Enchilada
  enchilada made with red enchilada sauce & cheese topped with sour cream, served with pinto beans and spanish rice on the side.
  
  $3.95
  
  No Meat: $3.25
  Quesadilla
  quesadilla with jack and cheddar cheese and sour cream.
  
  $3.95
  
  No Meat: $3.25
  Nachos
  homemade chips, pinto beans, jack and cheddar cheese & sour cream.
  
  $3.95
  
  No Meat: $3.25
  Burrito
  pinto beans, jack and cheddar cheese.
  
  $3.95
  
  No Meat: $3.25
  Taco Combo
  choose a meat option, we'll add lettuce, jack & cheddar cheese. served with pinto beans and rice on the side.
  
  $3.95
  
  No Meat: $3.95
- House Burritos
  
  Mama Beef
  
  braised beef cooked in a guajillo and aromatics sauce. ($6.95)
  
  Chile Verde
  
  tender pork in tomatillo sauce. ($6.95)
  
  Chile Colorado
  
  slow cooked beef in guajillo sauce. ($6.95)
  
  Fajitas
  
  steak or chicken with grilled bell peppers, onions & sour cream. ($6.95)
  
  Fundido
  
  grilled steak and ham, bell peppers, onion, jack & cheddar cheese. ($6.95)
  
  Carne Asada
  
  grilled steak. ($6.95)
  
  Picadillo
  
  ground beef cooked with almonds, raisins & potatoes. ($6.95)
  
  Pollo
  
  grilled chicken marinated in ajillo sauce. ($6.95)
  
  Spicy Tinga
  
  spicy shredded chicken with queso fresco. ($6.95)
  
  Classico
  
  grilled steak & a chile rellenos served with sour cream. ($6.95)
  
  Pastor
  
  marinated pork & pineapple. ($6.95)
  
  Carnitas
  
  braised juicy pork. ($6.95)
  
  Lengua
  
  slow cooked cow tonque. ($6.95)
  
  Chorizo
  
  homemade pork sausage. ($6.95)
  
  Pollo Libre
  
  grilled chicken breast with bell peppers, onions & goat cheese. made with black beans. ($6.95)
- Breakfast Burrito
  
  Gallito
  
  spinach, local mushrooms, onion and egg scramble, goat cheese, black beans & pico de gallo. ($7.50)
  
  Machaca
  
  shredded beef and egg scramble, pinto beans, jack cheese and cheddar cheese, sour beans & pico de gallo. ($7.50)
  
  Chorizo Con Huevo
  
  pork sausage and egg scramble, black beans, spanish rice, queso fresco, fresh guecomole & pico de gallo. ($7.50)
- Vegetarian & Vegan
  
  Rajas Enchiladas
  
  roasted poblano peppers, corn and onions in a cream sauce, topped with tomatillo sauce & queso fresco, black beans and spanish rice on the side. garnished with avocado. ($8.95)
  
  Rajas Burrito
  
  roasted poblano peppers, corn, and onions in a cream sauce, black beans, queso fresco & pico de gallo in a whole wheat tortilla. ($6.95)
  
  Oregon Harvest Burrito
  
  organic pecan crusted soy or amasazi bean patty with black beans, roasted poblano peppers, corn, onions, fresh guacamole & pico de gallo in a whole wheat tortilla. ($6.95)
  
  Grilled Veggie Burrito
  
  roasted poblano peppers, corn, onions, spanish rice, lettuce, black beans & guacamole in a whole wheat tortilla. ($6.95)
  
  El Organico Burrito
  
  organic tofu or tempeh in ajillo sauce, sauteed with local mushrooms, spanish, onions, black beans & fresh guacamole in a whole wheat tortilla. ($6.95)
  
  Chile Relleno Burrito
  
  homemade chili relleno stuffed with cheese, black or pinto beans, spanish rice, fresh guacamole & pico de gallo. ($6.95)
  
  Bean, Cheese & More Barrito
  
  black or pinto beans, spanish rice, jack & cheddar cheese & pico de gallo. ($5.95)
  
  Organico Taco
  
  organic tofu or tempeth, sauteed with local mushrooms, spanish rice, onion in ajillo sauce. ($2.95)
  
  Grilled Veggie Taco
  
  roasted poblano peppers, corn, onions, lettuce, black beans & fresh guacamole. ($2.95)
- House Tacos
  
  Mama Beef
  
  braised beef cooked in a guajillo and aromatics sauce with cilantro and onions. ($3.25)
  
  Chile Verde
  
  tender pork in tomatillo sauce with queso fresco & pico de gallo. ($3.25)
  
  Chile Colorado
  
  slow cooked beef in guajillo sauce with queso fresco & pico de gallo. ($3.25)
  
  Fajitas
  
  steak or chicken with grilled bell peppers, onions & sour cream. ($3.25)
  
  Machaca
  
  shredded beef and egg scramble, sour cream, jack & cheddar cheese. ($3.25)
  
  Spicy Tinga
  
  spicy shredded chicken with queso fresco & pico de gallo. ($2.95)
  
  Pollo
  
  grilled chicken marinated in ajillo sauce with pico de gallo. ($2.95)
  
  Carne Asada
  
  grilled steak with onions & cilantro. ($2.95)
  
  Pica Dillo
  
  ground beef cooked with almonds, raisins & potatoes & pico de gallo. ($2.95)
  
  Pastor
  
  marinated pork & pineapple with cilantro & onions. ($2.95)
  
  Carnitas
  
  braised juicy pork with cilantro & onions. ($2.95)
  
  Lengua
  
  slow cooked cow tongue with cilantro & onions. ($2.95)
  
  Chorizo
  
  homemade pork sausage with cilantro & onions. ($2.95)
- Fritos Y Quesadillas
  Rajas Quesadilla
  
  roasted poblano peppers, corn, and onions in a cream sauce with jack cheese. served with fresh guacamole & pico de gallo. ($6.95)
  
  Hongos Quesadilla
  
  organic spanish, local mushrooms, onions, and jack cheese. served with sour cream, fresh guacamole & pico de gallo. ($6.95)
  
  Quesadilla*
  choose any house meat with jack and cheddar cheese. served with sour cream, fresh guacamole & pico de gallo.
  
  $5.95
  
  Just Cheese: $5.95
  Chimichanga*
  
  choose any house meat, black or pinto beans, spanish rice, jack & cheddar cheese in a flour tortilla. topped with romaine lettuce, jack & cheddar, sour cream, fresh guacamole & pico de gallo. ($7.95)
  
  Taquito
  
  four shredded beef, chicken, or potato taquitos made with corn tortillas, sour cream, queso fresco, romaine lettuce, fresh guacamole & pico de gallo. ($6.95)
  
  Flautitas
  
  two shredded beef or chicken flautas made with flour tortilla, queso fresco, chipotle crema sauce, fresh guacamole & pico de gallo. ($7.95)
  
  Sopes
  
  two handmade corn cakes topped with black beans, choice of any house meat, green enchilada sauce, romaine lettuce, sour cream & queso fresco. ($6.95)
  
  Empanadas
  
  two corn turnovers filled with picadillo or roasted poblano peppers, corn & onion in cream, topped with chipotle cream, red enchilada sauce & queso fresco, black beans and spanish rice on the side. ($8.95)
  
  Las Tostadas
  
  two tostadas made with spicy tinga,chile verde or chile colorado, black beans, romaine lettuce, sour cream, fresh avocado, pico de gallo and queso fresco. ($6.95)
  
  House Nachos*
  homemade tortilla chips topped with any of our house meats, pinto beans, jack and cheddar cheese, sour cream, fresh guacamole & pico de gallo.
  
  $7.95
  
  No Meat: $6.95

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