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El Loco

El Loco

Mexican Restaurant and Tex-Mex Restaurant$$$$
Center Square, Albany
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El Loco
7.3/10
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Main Menu 18Gluten-Free Menu 9
Loco Combos
Tex-Max combo dishes served with your choice of one (1) of the following: Rice & Beans, Chili Carne, Chili Veggie, Black Bean Soup, Gazpacho (seasonal), Soup of the Day, Salad, Guacamole Salad (Add $1), Blue Corn Bread. L.A. Mex - add lettuce, tomato and sour cream to a burrito, chimichanga, or enchilada $0.85 cents per item
Enchilada, Taco
11.00
3 Tacos
12.75
2 Enchiladas
12.50
Chimichanga, Taco
11.25
Burrito, Chimichanga
13.25
Chimi, Enchilada, Taco
16.00
Chimichanga, Burrito, Taco
16.25
Burrito, Taco
11.50
Enchilada, Chimichanga
12.75
Enchilada, Burrito
13.00
2 Chimichangas
12.50
2 Burritos
13.50
Burrito, Enchilada, Taco
16.50
Burrito, Chimi, Enchilada
18.00
Fajitas
Chicken Fajitas
14.00
Breast of chicken cut in strips, marinated in citrus juices and cilantro, and sauteed with onions, chiles, and green & red peppers. Served with fajita fixings of refried black beans, salsa roja, shredded cheeses, sour cream and warmed flour tortillas
Tofu Fajitas
13.00
Locally made tofu cut in strips and marinated in spices and chiles. Sauteed with onions,jalapenos, tomatoes, and green & red bell peppers. Served with fajita fixings of refried black beans, salsa roja, shredded cheeses, sour cream, and warmed flour tortillas
Shrimp Fajitas
16.00
Sauteed with red & green peppers, chiles, and onions all bathed in a cilantro-parsley and lime based garlic Chimichurri Sauce Chimichurri Sauce. Served with fajita fixings of refried black beans, salsa roja, sour cream, and warmed flour tortillas
Tostadas Grandes
The Incredible " edible bowl". Layered on our refried pinto beans, and topped with a Salad of fresh lettuce, tomatoes, onions & cilantro, black olives, and shredded cheeses
Machaca
11.50
Rice & Bean
10.00
Pinto Bean
10.00
Ancho-Chipotle Chicken & Black Beans
12.50
Chunked breast of chicken sauteed with ancho chipotle chiles, served over black beans and topped with a salad as above
Pollo
11.50
Sauteed Turkey
Black Bean
10.00
Ensalada
7.50
The salad fixings without the beans. Served with fresh grated carrot, and our house dressing
Loco Chili Tostada
10.50
For the Real Chili Head A large helping of our award winning chili, served on a bed of brown rice, blanketed with shredded cheeses
Totopas
Corn Tortilla chips fresh cut, fried and unsalted $1. with 1 dip below - $3.50, with 2 dip - below $5.75, with 3 dip below - $8
Salsa Raja
1.00
Our most popular red dipping salsa
Nacho Cheese
1.00
El Loco’s version of “chile con queso”
Loco Chili
1.00
Carne or veggie, a hot love
Salsa Mixta
1.00
A mix of red, green, and fresca salsas
Salsa Fresca
1.00
A fresh “pico de gallo” salsa
Frijoles
1.00
Our no-lard pinto beans and jalapenos
Salsa Verde
1.00
Our green tomatillo salsa
Aperitivos
Guacamole
5.75
Our avocado dip - made fresh from only Hass variety California avocados
El Dip
14.50
A great large party warm-up. Five of our delicious dips with unlimited chips: Salsa Roja or Salsa Fresca, Nacho Cheese, Frijoles or Salsa Verde, Loco Chili Carne or Chili Veggie, Guacamole
Nacho Platters
Buenos Nachos
11.50
El loco’s original nacho platter. a single layer of tortilla chips smothered in jack and cheddar cheeses, refried beans, onions, jalapenos, and your choice of
Nachos Fantasticos
11.75
Layer upon layer of corn tortilla chips with melted jack and cheddar cheeses, black beans, salsa roja, salsa verde, sour cream, tomatoes, onions and jalapenos
Nachos Classicos
8.75
Lots of crispy corn tortilla chips topped with melted jack and cheddar and jalapenos. served with salsa roja and sour cream
Sopas / Soups
All soups are homemade of pure stocks and essences
Sopa De Frijole Negro
3.25
Vegetarian black bean soup
Loco Chili Veggie
3.25
Our meatless chili
Sopa Del Dia
3.25
Today’s soup, oftimes vegan, sometimes creamy or meaty, ask your server
Loco Chili Carne
3.75
Our shredded beef chili
Gazpacho
3.25
Seasonal, chilled vegetable soup
Botanas
Pizza Mexicana
9.00
Served on a thin crusted crispy flour tortilla “pizza”. the “sauce” is our veggie chili, with melted cheeses and jalapeno peppers
Mushroom Quesadilla
8.50
Our cilantro-parsley and lime garlicy chimmichurri sauce with portabella mushrooms and melted cheeses folded into a flour tortilla, broiled and cut in wedges
Pollo Flautas
11.50
Flour corn tortilla “flutes” filled with our sauteed turkey on a bed of lettuce with salsa roja, salsa verde, and sour cream for dipping
Especiales Mexicanas
Traditional maxican and nuevo southwestern dishes served with mexican rice and Refried black beans and your choice of one (1) of the following: Black Bean Soup, chili (Carne or Veggie), Soup of the Day, Guacamole Salad ($1), Gazpacho (seasonal), Salad, Blue Corn Bread
Burrito Espinaca Con Champiniones
11.25
Our spinach burrito with mushrooms, artichoke hearts, and shallots, topped with jack and cheddar cheeses.
Ancho-Chipotle Chicken Chimichanga
11.50
Chunks of white meat chicken breast cooked in an ancho-chipotle chile, rolled in a flour tortilla with cheese, & deep fried golden brown
Tamales Con Puerco
13.50
(2) Pork Tamales. Our unusual spicy-sweet pork rolled in cornmeal masa, wrapped in corn husks and steamed. Bathed in a veggie chili garnish
Ancho Chicken and Spinach Enchiladas
14.75
(2) Chunks of chicken breast cooked in chiles, spinach, artichoke hearts, mushrooms, & red peppers. Covered in tomatillo salsa & cheeses and broiled
Chorizo and Rice Burrito
12.00
Spiced chunky Mexican pork sausage, sauteed with onions & peppers, rolled in a flour tortilla with Mexican brown rice, & topped with melted cheese
Chile Relleno
12.25
Dinner only. A mild fresh Anaheim chile pepper, roasted then stuffed with Monterey Jack cheese, pan fried in our masa-egg batter, and topped with veggie chili
Burrito Verduras
10.75
Vegetable & Rice Burrito. A combination of sauteed fresh vegetables with Mexican rice wrapped in a flour tortilla and covered with melted cheeses
Chorizo Chimichanga
11.50
Spiced chunky Mexican pork sausage, sauteed with onions &peppers, rolled in a flour tortilla with cheese, & deep fried to a golden brown
Ancho Chicken and Rice Burrito
12.00
Chunks of white meat chicken breast cooked in ancho and chipotle chiles, rolled in a flour tortilla with Mexican rice, & topped with melted cheeses
Pollo Flauta Or Machaca Flauta
13.00
(3) Corn tortillas filled with turkey (or beef) , rolled into “flutes”, deep-fried until crispy, and served with a guacamole garnish
Combos Especiales
Combination of Any Two of the above dishes with Mexican Rice and Refried Black Beans and your choice of one (1) of the following:
Soup of the Day
Gazpacho
Seasonal
Blue Corn Bread
Chili (Carne Or Veggie)
Guacamole Salad
Add $1
Salad
Black Bean Soup
Mole Negro
Chicken Mole Negro
15.75
Chunks of chicken breast and sauteed onions in our black mole sauce. served with mexican rice, black beans, a green salad, and warmed flour tortillas
Tofu and Vegetable Mole Negro
14.00
A mixture of tofu, zucchini, mushrooms, potatoes, peppers, onions and more, sauteed in our black mole sauce, served with mexican rice, black beans, a green salad, and warmed flour tortillas
Quesadillas
A whole wheat flour tortilla folded over our home-made fillings covered in jack and cheddar cheeses and broiled. served with Mexican brown rice and a salad
Ancho-Chipotle Chicken and Spinach
12.50
Our spinach, artichoke heart, and mushroom mix with ancho-chipotle chicken
Spinach and Portabella Mushroom
11.75
Spinach and artichoke hearts, with portabellas
Chorizo
12.50
Spiced Mexican pork sausage sauteed in onions and peppers
Portabella Mushroom and Ancho Chicken
12.50
Strips of portabellas with our chile spiced chicken
Frijole
11.75
Refried pinto beans, with green chiles, and scallions
Ancho Chicken with Mexican Rice
12.50
Our chunked breast of chile spiced chicken with mexican brown rice
Queso
9.50
Jack and cheddar cheeses, with green chiles, onions and cilantro
Portabella Mushroom
11.75
Strips of portabellas sauteed in garlic and butter
Black Bean and Ancho Chicken
12.50
Our chunks of spiced breast of chicken layered on black beans
Ancho Chicken in Green Salsa
12.50
Our chunked breast of chicken spiced with ancho-chipotle chiles, and covered in tomatillo salsa
Ensaladas
Chicken Fajita Salad
10.50
Mixed baby greens topped with warm strips of marinated chicken, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, peppers, and shredded cheeses. served with chipotle ranch dressing
Tofu Salad
10.00
Mixed baby greens topped with our broiled marinated tofu strips, with tomatoes, peppers, onions, cucumbers, and carrots. served with our house cumin-garlic vinegarette
Shrimp Salad
11.00
Mixed baby greens topped with jumbo shrimp cooked in our garlic-cilantro-lime chimmichurri sauce, with tomatoes, peppers, onions, cucumbers, and carrots. served with chimmichurri vinegarette
Side Orders
Sour Cream
0.75
Reg or fat free
Guacamole Salad
3.75
Beans
2.75
Veggie, pinto or black
L.a. Mex
0.85
Lettuce, tomato and sour cream
Jalapeno Chiles
0.60
Steamed Tortillas
1.25
Guacamole
2.50
Rice
2.75
Mexican brown arroz
Rice and Beans
2.75
Arroz y frijoles
Extra Cheese
0.85
Blue Corn Bread
2.75
Burrito Grande
Burrito Grande
13.75
A mega wrap with your choice of 2 fillings: beef, turkey, black beans, or pinto beans and lettuce, tomato, Mexi- can rice, sour cream. Covered with our salsa roja, jack & cheddar cheeses and broiled. Served with blue corn bread
Bebidas / Beverages
Virgin Pina Colada
A delightful blend of pineapple juices, coconut juices, and coconut. Garnished with fresh fruit. Non-alcoholic
Virgin Sangria Senorial
Sodas
Cola, Diet Cola,Ginger Ale,Lemon-Up,Orange,Club Soda, Iced Tea with refills, Saratoga Water
Coffee
With refills fair-trade organic
Hot Chocolate
Virgin Strawberry Pina Colada
Cafe Mexicana
Sexy Mexi Our fair-trade organic coffee, chocolate, and cinnamon, topped with whipped cream and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Regular or decaf
Jugos / Juices
Pink Lemonade, Pineapple, Apple, Orange, Cranberry, Milk (moo juice) , Red Bull, Energy Drink
Decaf
With refills
Tea
Regular Black, Green, Earl Grey, Chamomile, Peppermint Chai
Postres / Desserts
Cheesecake Changa
5.25
A cheesecake filling wrapped in a flour tortilla and flash fried till warm and crispy on the outside, and cool and creamy on the inside
Helado - Ice Cream
3.25
Premium vanilla or chocolate
Bananachanga
5.25
A hot banana and melted semisweet chocolate deep-fried in a flour tortilla
Chocolate Kahlua Cheesecake
5.25
Velvety smooth cream cheese filling flavored with chocolate and Kahlua coffee liquor
Flan
4.75
Our homemade traditional Mexican coconut caramel egg custard
Buenelos - Fried Flour Dough
5.00
Key Lime Pie
5.00
Creamy and cooling, made with real “key lime juice” shipped from florida, with a graham cracker crust
Chocolate Decadence
5.25
A rich and dense chocolate mousse cake, filled with grand Marnier chocolate mousse, and covered with a luscious chocolate ganache
Hot Coffee Drinks
Cafe Mexicana
A satisfying blend of coffee, chocolate, and cinnamon, topped whipped cream and semi-sweet chocolate chips El loco specialty
Cafe Amaretto Di Saronno
Irish Coffee
Amor Latino
Amaretto, kahlua, and coffee, topped with whipped cream
Kahlua Cafe Mexicana
Bailey's and Coffee
Kahlua and Coffee
Totopas
Totopas
Corn Tortilla Chips. Green Mountain Gringo strips gluten-free $3.50, with 1 dip below $5.80, with 2 dips below $8.05, with 3 dips below $10.30
Salsa Roja
3.50
Our most popular red dipping salsa
Frijoles
3.50
Our no-lard pinto beans, with chiles
Salsa Verde
3.50
Our green tomatillo salsa
Gluten-Free Chips with Guacamole
3.50
Our avocado dip - made fresh from only Hass variety avocados $7.70
Salsa Fresca
3.50
A fresh “pico de gallo” salsa
Loco Chili
3.50
Veggie, a Hot love
Salsa Mixta
3.50
A mix of red, green, and fresca salsas
Nachos
Nachos Classicos
11.20
Green mt strips topped with melted jack and cheddar, and jalapenos. Served with salsa roja and salsa verde
Nachos Fantasticos
14.00
Layers of green mt strips topped with melted jack and cheddar, black beans, salsa roja and verde, tomatoes, onions and jalapenos
Sopas / Soups
Sopa De Frijole Negro
3.25
Vegetarian Black bean soup
Gazpacho
3.25
Seasonal, chilled vegetable soup
Loco Chili Carne
3.25
Our meatless chili
Quesadillas
For our gluten-free potrons, we make a quesadilla with corn tortillas, folded over our home-made fillings covered in jack and cheddar cheeses and broiled. Served with mexican brown rice and a salad
Ancho-Chipotle Chicken and Spinach
12.50
Our spinach, artichoke heart, and mushroom mix with ancho-chipotle chicken
Spinach and Portabella Mushroom
11.75
Spinach and artichoke hearts, with portabellas
Portabella Mushroom
11.75
Strips of portabellas sauteed in garlic and butter
Black Bean and Ancho Chicken
12.50
Our chunks of spiced breast of chicken layered on black beans
Ancho Chicken in Green Salsa
12.50
Our chunked breast of chicken spiced with ancho-chipotle chiles, and covered in tomatillo salsa
Ancho Chicken with Mexican Rice
12.50
Our chunked breast of chile spiced chicken with mexican brown rice
Queso
9.50
Gheese, green chiles, onions and cilantro
Portabella Mushroom & Ancho Chicken
12.50
Strips of portabellas with our chile spiced chicken
Frijole
11.75
Refried pinto beans, with green chiles, and scallions
Gluten Free
Dessert Flan
Our Homemade Traditional Mexican Coconut Caramel Egg Custard
4.75
Especiales
Vegetarian Fajitas
12.50
A mixture of green and red peppers, jalapenos, garlic, cilantro, potatoes, celery, zucchini, carrots, mushrooms, and onions, pan sauteed and served with fajita fixings of refried black beans, salsa roja, shredded cheeses, and warmed corn tortillas
Shrimp Fajitas
16.00
Sauteed with red and green peppers, chiles, and onions all bathed in a cilantro-parsley and lime based garlicy chimichurri sauce. served with fajita fixings of refried black beans, salsa roja, and warmed corn tortillas
Tamales Con Puerco
13.50
Our unusual spicy-sweet shredded pork rolled in cornmeal masa, wrapped in cornhusks, steamed, and bathed in a veggie chili garnish. served with mexican rice and refried black beans, and your choice of one (1) of the items: Rice and Beans, Chili Veggie, Black Bean Soup, Gazpacho, Salad, Guacamole salad ($1)
Chicken Fajitas
14.00
Breast of chicken cut in strips, sauteed with onions, chiles, and green and red peppers, bathed in a cilantro-parsley and lime based chimichurri sauce. served with fajita fixings of refried black beans, salsa roja, shredded cheeses, and warmed corn tortillas
Ancho-Chipotle Chicken and Spinach Enchiladas
14.75
Chunked breast of chicken sauteed with ancho and chipotle chiles, garlic, spinach, arti- choke hearts, mushrooms, and red peppers. wrapped in corn tortillas and broiled with green toma- tillo salsa and jack and cheddar cheeses. served with black beans and a salad
Loco Combos
3 Soft Tacos
13.35
Three soft corn tortillas with your choice of one filling : cheese, Mexican rice, pinto beans, or black beans. topped with lettuce, tomatoes, onions and cilantro, and shredded cheeses
1 Enchiladas and 1 Soft Tacos
10.95
Loco Combos are served with your choice of one (1) of the following : Rice & Beans, Chili Veggie , Black Bean Soup, Gazpacho, Salad, Guacamole Salad ($1.00)
2 Enchiladas
12.50
Rolled soft corn tortillas filled with your choice of one filling: cheese, Mexican rice, pinto beans, or black beans. then topped with salsa roja or salsa verde and melted cheeses
Tostadas Grandes
Served in a Bowl for our Gluten-free patrons and topped with a salad of fresh lettuce, tomatoes, onions & cilantro, black olives, and shredded cheeses
Rice and Bean
10.00
Pinto Bean
10.00
Ancho-Chipotle Chicken and Black Beans
12.50
Chunked breast of chicken sauteed with ancho chipotle chiles, served over black beans and topped with a salad as above
Black Bean
10.00
Ensalada
7.50
The salad fixings without the beans. served with fresh grated carrot, and our house dressing
Veggie Chili
9.75
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El Loco
465 Madison Ave (Willett St.)
Albany, NY 12210
United States
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El Loco serves Tex-Mex, Traditional Mexican, and Nuevo Southwestern food and drink in a fun and festive atmosphere in Albany. Since 1983, an Albany 'institution' of 'Loconess'.
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Open until 10:30 PM (Show more)
  • Tue–Thu
    • 11:30 AM–9:30 PM
  • Fri–Sat
    • 11:30 AM–10:30 PM
  • Sun
    • 4:00 PM–9:30 PM
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(518) 436-1855
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El Loco Mexican Cafe
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Yes
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Full Bar, Cocktails
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