Gringo’s Mexican Kitchen {Fuqua} Menu
Welcome to Gringo’s Mexican Kitchen {Fuqua}, a vibrant Tex-Mex gem located at 12348 Gulf Fwy, Houston, TX. Here, the atmosphere buzzes with warmth and energy, perfectly matching the delightful flavors found on the menu.
Customers rave about the exceptional service, like Sunny who enjoyed the Pollo Mexicali, and Kimberly who celebrates over 20 years with Gringo’s, emphasizing the stellar care from staff like Andrew and Cheese. Each dining experience is tailored, ensuring personal touches that create lasting memories.
- Signature Dishes: The Pollo Mexicali stands out, praised for its taste and presentation.
- Outstanding Service: Staff members such as Cheese and Star are frequently mentioned for their attentiveness and friendliness.
- Memorable Atmosphere: Each visit feels special, making it a beloved spot for families and friends alike.
Visit Gringo’s and indulge in a dining experience that combines fantastic food with warm hospitality!
Plasticware
Plasticware
Kid Taco
Ground beef and grated cheese taco served with refritos & Mexican rice.
Kid Chicken Nuggets
(5) white meat chicken nuggets served with French fries.
Kid Quesadillas
Flour tortillas stuffed with melted cheese served with a side of queso, refritos & Mexican rice. *With meat at additional cost.
Kid Macaroni & Cheese
Kid Enchilada
Cheese enchilada topped with chile con carne & melted grated cheese -- served with refritos & Mexican rice.
Kid Nachos
Bean & cheese nachos served with a side of queso, refritos & Mexican rice. *With meat additional cost.
Kid Bean & Cheese Taco
Bean and grated cheese taco served with refritos & Mexican rice.
Kids Meals
Sides
Side Of Sour Cream
Side Of Veggies
Grilled, Steamed, or Sauteed
Side Of Beans & Rice
Side Of Ground Beef
Side Of Rice
Side Of Dressing (Cold)
Side Of Queso
Side Of Fries
Elote
Shaved corn mixed with mayo, lime juice and seasoning - topped with Mexican Spices & queso fresco
Side Of Sauce (Warm)
Side Of Diced Tomatoes
Side Of Jalapenos
Side Of Guacamole
Side Of Grated Cheese
1/2 Dozen Tortillas
Side Of Diced Onions
Side Of Beans
Dozen Tortillas
Side Of Avocado
Side Of Lettuce
Guacamole Salad
Fresh guacamole served with tortilla chips or chicharrones.
Queso "Loco"
Regular queso dip loaded with ground beef -- side of guacamole & sour cream.
Southwest Egg Rolls
Wok & roll - seasoned shredded chicken, roasted corn, spinach, black beans & bell peppers - gmk amazon sauce.
Side Of Chicharrones
Green Sauce
Select 1/2 pint, pint or quart -- served with chips.
Shrimp Empanadas
Fresh shrimp, cheese, poblano peppers & Mexican spices served with avocado salsa, guajillo and chipotle sauce
Quesadillas
Served with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo and jalapeno.
Cantina Nachos
Select meat option -- served with guacamole, sour cream and jalapenos.
Queso Dip
Select Regular or Large -- Served with chips.
Cinco Robles
Throwback - IYKYK! Layered queso with refried beans, ground beef, shredded cheese & topped with sour cream and red pepper garnish
Border Sampler
Chicken quesadillas, southwest eggroll, shrimp empanada, taquitos & steak fajita nachos. Served with guacamole, sour cream and queso. No substitutions.
Red Sauce
Select 1/2 pint, pint or quart -- served with chips.
Chicken Taquitos
Guacamole, queso, jalapenos & crema
Queso (Bulk)
Select pint, quart or gallon -- served with chips.
Guacamole (Bulk)
Select pint, quart or gallon -- served with chips.
Great Dips & Apps
Desserts
Churros
(6) pieces
Sopapillas
(6) Sopapillas with honey
Tres Leches Slice
Extra Chips
Food purchase required. Orders with no payment will be canceled.
Extra Green Sauce
Food purchase required. Orders with no payment will be canceled.
Extra Red Sauce
Food purchase required. Orders with no payment will be canceled.
Condiments
Seafood
Fish Taco Dinner
(2) Tacos; fresh, never-frozen Tilapia - homemade corn tortillas, avocado, cabbage slaw, chipotle mayo & queso fresco.
Shrimp Empanadas
Fresh shrimp, cheese, poblano peppers & Mexican spices -- served with avocado salsa, guajillo and chipotle sauce.
Shrimp Taco Dinner
(2) Tacos; sauteed shrimp, homemade corn tortillas, avocado, cabbage slaw, chipotle mayo & queso fresco.
Seafood Enchilada Dinner
(2) Cheese enchiladas smothered in our white wine cream sauce with sauteed gulf shrimp, crawfish tails & melted grated cheese -- served with rice and beans.
Pollo Marisco
You know it, you love it - gulf shrimp & crawfish tails, sauteed to order in our creamy white wine sauce atop a grilled chicken breast, cucumber relish.
Marisco Bowl
Bowl layered with refried beans, Mexican rice, smothered in our white wine sauce with sauteed gulf shrimp & crawfish tails -- served with choice of tortillas.
Pacifico Shrimp
(8) Brochette-style shrimp wrapped in bacon, stuffed with Mexican panela cheese & jalapeno; served with guacamole, pico, whipped lime butter, and choice of rice & beans.
Southwest Shrimp & Avocado Salad
Grilled shrimp, avocado, grilled corn, tomatoes, black beans, grated cheese, and tortilla strips atop mixed greens.
Veracruz
Sizzling fajitas (4) brochette-style shrimp wrapped in bacon, stuffed with Mexican panela cheese and jalapeno; served with guacamole, pico, whipped lime butter, and choice of rice & beans.
Yucatan
Fresh, never-frozen Tilapia prepared grilled or fried, topped with marisco sauce; served with cucumber relish.
House Rita
Gringo's House Margarita - frozen or rocks available
Mangonada
A frozen mango 'rita with chamoy and a Tamarind candy straw.
Cadillac Rita
Our Signature, The "Caddy", Exotico Reposado tequila & premium 03 orange liqueur
Margaritas
Pollo
Pollo Tampico
Sauteed garden veggies -- poblano sauce, and melted grated cheese on a grilled chicken breast, sliced avocado.
Pollo Con Queso
Grilled chicken breast topped with freshly diced pico de gallo, our famous chile con queso & melted grated cheese, with sliced avocado.
Pollo El Dorado
Chipotle cream sauce sauteed with sausage, spinach, and mushrooms, atop a grilled chicken breast -- served with cucumber relish & topped with queso fresco.
Pollo Marisco
You know it, you love it - gulf shrimp & crawfish tails, sauteed to order in our creamy white wine sauce atop a grilled chicken breast with melted grated cheese -- served with cucumber relish.
Pollo Monty-Ray
Grilled chicken breast piled high with sauteed onions & melted grated cheese -- served with guacamole and sour cream.
Fajitas
Your choice of Fajita meat with guacamole, pico, grated cheese & fresh corn or flour tortillas.
Pacifico Shrimp
(8) Brochette-style shrimp wrapped in bacon, stuffed with Mexican panela cheese & jalapeno; served with guacamole, pico, whipped lime butter, and choice of rice & beans.
El Capitan
Sizzling fajitas smothered in marisco seafood sauce (4) brochette-style shrimp, guacamole, pico & whipped lime butter.
Veracruz
Sizzling Fajitas (4) brochette-style shrimp wrapped in bacon, stuffed with Mexican panela cheese and jalapeno.
Pastor Fajitas
Build your own tacos -- served with avocado salsa, grilled pineapple, fresh cilantro, onion, rice & choice of beans.
4-Pack Grilled Shrimp
4-Pack Veracruz Shrimp
(4) Brochette-style shrimp wrapped in bacon, stuffed with Mexican panela cheese & jalapeno.
Skillets & Fajitas
Tacos & Bowls
Marisco Bowl
Bowl layered with refritos, Mexican rice, sauteed gulf shrimp & crawfish tails, smothered in white wine sauce and melted grated cheese -- served with choice of tortillas.
Fish Taco Dinner
(2) Tacos; fresh, never-frozen Tilapia - homemade corn tortillas, avocado, cabbage slaw, chipotle mayo & queso fresco.
Chalupa Dinner
(3) Chalupas with refritos, lettuce, tomatoes & cheese. Choice of protein and rice & beans.
Shrimp Taco Dinner
(2) Tacos; sauteed shrimp, homemade corn tortillas, avocado, cabbage slaw, chipotle mayo & queso fresco.
Pastor Bowl
Pork al pastor, cilantro lime rice, black beans, grilled pineapple, pickled red onions & avocado drizzled with housemade chipotle mayo.
Fajita Taco Dinner
(2) Fajita tacos; served with guacamole, pico & queso.
Fajita Bowl
Bowl layered with diced fajita meat, refritos, Mexican rice, and dash of chile con carne, smothered in queso & melted grated cheese -- served with choice of tortillas.
Traditional Taco Dinner
Three of same, ground beef or salsa chicken -- served crispy or soft.
Ribeye Street Tacos
(3) Tacos; ribeye tips, onion, cilantro, soft corn tortillas -- spicy red salsa & avocado salsa; served with rice & beans.
Grated Cheese
Select pint, quart, or gallon.
Jalapenos
Select pint, quart, or gallon.
Tamales, By The Dozen
Tamales w/ Chile Con Carne sauce
Shredded Chicken, 1lb
Queso
Select pint, quart, or gallon.
Rice
Select pint, quart, or gallon.
Tortillas, Dozen
Sour Cream
Select pint, quart, or gallon.
Marisco Sauce, Quart
Beans
Select pint, quart, or gallon.
Pico De Gallo
Select pint, quart, or gallon.
Tortillas Chips, 1lb
Fajita Meat, By The Pound
Guacamole, Only
Select pint, quart, or gallon.
Shrimp, By The Dozen
Taco Meat, 1lb
Enchiladas, By The Dozen
Chile Con Carne
Select pint, quart, or gallon.
Guacamole With Tortilla Chips
Select pint, quart, or gallon. Served with Chips.
Grilled Onions
Select pint, quart, or gallon.
Bulk
Specialties
Pork Tamales
(3) pork tamales served with guacamole and pico. Select: "full-service smothered in chile con carne & melted grated cheese, or 'self-service' served in the husk.
Amazon Wrap
Spinach tortilla, fajita chicken, amazon sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, & tortilla strips.
Chimichanga
Fried burrito stuffed with salsa-style chicken, ranchero sauce & grated cheese -- served with guacamole, sour cream, and queso.
Burrito Con Queso
Flour tortilla loaded with 100% ground beef, smothered in queso & melted grated cheese.
La Bomb-Bah Burger
1/2 pound ground sirloin on sweet sourdough bun with melted grated cheese, bacon, poblano peppers, avocado, pico de gallo -- served with amazon sauce, ketchup, and fries.
Zapata
Queso chip, crispy beef taco & (2) cheese enchiladas topped with chile con carne & melted grated cheese.
Plato Rodriguez
(4) Cantina fajita nachos, chicken enchilada topped with chile con carne & melted grated cheese, chicken taquito -- served with guacamole, sour cream, pico, jalapenos & queso.
Pollo Loco
Chicken taquito, chicken enchilada topped with poblano cream sauce & melted grated cheese, chicken fajita taco -- served with guacamole, sour cream, pico & queso.
Plato Soldado {Soldier Plate}
2 Donation to CAMP HOPE! Our soldier plate: Steak fajita taco al carbon, cheese enchilada topped with chile con carne & melted grated cheese, self-service pork tamale -- served with pico, guacamole and queso.
Rosita
Guacamole, bean chalupa & (2) cheese enchiladas topped with queso & melted grated cheese.
Summer Special
Guacamole, crispy beef taco, bean chalupa & queso chip -- Not served with rice and beans.
Mariachi
(2) Chicken enchiladas topped with poblano cream sauce & melted grated cheese, southwest eggrolls & (2) taquitos -- served with amazon sauce & queso.
Presidente
(2) Cheese enchiladas topped with chile con carne & melted grated cheese -- chalupa, queso chip, crispy beef taco & guacamole.
Combinations
Features
(1) Taco
Tex Mex Insider Monthly Exclusive
Frito Pie Enchiladas
(3) Ground beef enchiladas stuffed with refritos, grated cheese & Frito’s -- topped with chile con carne, chile con queso & drizzle of crema; served with rice and beans.
Chicken Pastor Fajitas
Chicken al pastor & jalapeno toreado served on a sizzling skillet; diced avocado, grilled pineapple, fresh cilantro, onions, & avocado salsa with choice of rice & beans.
Gallon Unsweet Tea
Gallon Sweet Tea
Gallon Lemonade
Fountain Drink
Gallon Citrus Tea
Beverages
Enchiladas
Fajita Enchilada Dinner
(3) Fajita enchiladas -- select fajita meat and sauce -- topped with melted grated cheese.
Three Amigos Plus Pepe
Steak fajita enchilada, cheese enchilada, chicken enchilada & ground beef enchilada -- all topped with melted grated cheese. No substitutions.
Chicken Enchiladas Suizas
Three. shredded {all white meat} chicken enchiladas, a traditional suizas sauce, grated cheese, queso fresco & pickled red onions; cilantro lime rice & sliced avocado
Seafood Enchilada Dinner
(2) Cheese enchiladas smothered in our white wine cream sauce with sauteed gulf shrimp, crawfish tails & melted grated cheese -- served with rice and beans.
Cheese Enchilada Dinner
(3) Cheese enchiladas topped with chile con carne & melted grated cheese.
Chicken Enchilada Dinner
(3) Salsa-style chicken enchiladas topped with poblano cream sauce & melted grated cheese.
Beef Enchilada Dinner
(3) Ground beef enchiladas topped with chile con carne and melted grated cheese.
Cabo Salad
Tex-Mex cobb salad; diced fajita meat, bacon, diced avocado, tomatoes, black olives, chopped egg & grated cheese.
Soup & Salad
Cup of tortilla soup & small fajita salad.
Fajita Salad
Diced fajita meat, mixed greens, tomatoes, grated cheese, cucumbers, jicama, and red onion, topped with guacamole & tortilla strips.
Tortilla Soup
Made fresh daily. Salsa style chicken, rice, and veggies.
Taco Salad
Tortilla shell filled with seasoned ground beef or salsa-style chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, grated cheese, guacamole & sour cream.
Southwest Shrimp & Avocado Salad
Grilled shrimp, avocado, grilled corn, tomatoes, black beans, grated cheese, and tortilla strips atop mixed greens.
Cozumel Chicken Salad
Tex-mex twist on chicken salad with mixed greens, seasonal fruits, avocados, tomatoes & maple pecans.
Soups & Salads
A la carte
(1) Shrimp Empanada
(1) Tamale
(1) Taco
(1) Chicken Enchilada
(1) Cheese Enchilada
(1) Egg Roll
(1) Chalupa
(1) Chalupa with refritos, lettuce, tomatoes & cheese
Family Fajita Bowl Casserole
Chicken fajita bowl casserole with beans, Mexican rice & grated cheese - served with 1/2 pint of red & green salsa, 1/2 pint of queso, and chips. {no beans & rice served on the side} Serves 2 adults and 2 kids.
Snack Attack
Pork tamales, combo quesadillas, chicken taquitos & southwest eggrolls {not served with chips & salsa}
Enchilada Family Meal
A dozen enchiladas with your choice of beans, Mexican rice, 1/2 pint of red & green salsa, 1/2 pint of queso, and chips. {12 of the same style} Serves 2 adults and 2 kids.
Family Fajita Pack
Fajitas served with your choice of beans, Mexican rice, 1/2 pint of guac, 1/2 pint of pico, 1/2 pint of cheese, 1/2 pint of red & green salsa, 1/2 pint of queso, and chips. Serves 2 adults and 2 kids.
Taco Family Meal
A dozen tacos with your choice of beans, Mexican rice, 1/2 pint of red & green salsa, 1/2 pint of queso, and chips. Serves 2 adults and 2 kids.