Taqueria El Porton Menu – Bloomington, IL

Type : Mexican restaurant

Location : Bloomington, IL

Fast-food restaurant serving traditional Mexican dishes & shrimp in a no-frills setting. Based on 992 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.5 stars. Price $

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery

Taqueria El Porton 61701

Address:
901 N Main St, Bloomington, IL 61701

Phone: (309) 820-1625

Website:

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Hours

Sunday 9 AM–9 PM
Monday

(Labor Day)
 9 AM–9 PM

Hours might differ
Tuesday 9 AM–9 PM
Wednesday 9 AM–9 PM
Thursday 9 AM–9 PM
Friday 9 AM–9 PM
Saturday 9 AM–9 PM

Menu

Appetizers
Cielo, Mar & Tierra
a rich blend of grilled shrimp beef and chicken covered with melted cheese, a side of pico de gallo and tortilla. so you can build your own tacos		 $8.99
Chicken Wings $5.99
El Porton Dip
ground beef, beans, topped with cheese dip		 $3.50
Cheese Dip, Bean Dip, Guacamole Dip Or Slices Of Avocado $3.50
Guacamole Mexicano
we make it fresh at your time of order, chunks of avocado, tomatoes, onions, jalapenos and a hint of lime		 $5.95
Shrimp Ceviche
chunks of shrimp, cured in lime juice, mixed with tomatoes, onions & cilantro, topped with avocado slices served over a leaf of lettuce		 $7.00
Choriqueso
100% broiled cheese and our succulent chorizo served on a hot skillet with tortillas		 $6.49
Appetizers – Nachos
Nachos Fajitas
tender strips of marinated chicken or beef on a bed of nachos, topped with cheese with or without vegetables		 $8.99
Nachos $4.95
Nachos With Beans $5.95
Nachos With Beef $5.99
Nachos With Beef & Beans $6.95
Nachos With Chicken $6.45
Nachos Deluxe
nachos with assorted toppings of ground beef chopped chicken and beans all covered with shredded lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream		 $7.99
Soups And Salad
Grilled Chicken Or Beef Salad
a flavorful blend of classic mix greens with tomatoes, onions and bell peppers		 $8.95
Guacamole Salad $3.75
Tossed Salad $3.75
Cozumel Salad
delicious plump shrimp, served on a bed of mix greens with tomatoes, onions, bell peppers and crisp vegetables		 $9.99
Tortilla Soup
a zesty chicken broth filled with tender chicken and tortilla strips, topped with grated cheese and a slice of avocado		 $2.99
Chicken Soup
a zesty chicken broth filled with tender chicken strips, rice, pico de gallo and a slice of avocado		 $2.99
Chef Specialties
La Favorita
a chalupa texana and a chille poblano served with rice		 $8.50
La Superior
a chalupa texana a chicken chimichanga and a side of rice		 $8.50
La Preferida
two beef burrito topped with nacho cheese sauce, served with rice and beans		 $8.50
La Tapatia
a chalupa texana, a spinach enchilada topped with cheese sauce and a side of rice		 $8.50
La Mejor
a chalupa texana, a chicken quesdilla topped with cheese sauce and a side of rice		 $8.50
Maria’s Special
two flautas, one shredded chicken, and one shredded beef, topped with cheese sauce, a chalupa texana and a side of ice.		 $8.50
Chile Colorado
beef chunks in a delicious red chile sauce. served with beans and rice(corn or flour tortilla)		 $9.95
El Paso
one chicken burrito and one chicken enchilada topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and sour cream		 $8.50
Extras
Pico De Gallo $0.99
Sour Cream $0.99
Jalapeho Pepper $0.99
Onions $0.99
Grated Cheese $0.99
Mushrooms $0.99
Tomatoes $0.99
Cilantro $0.99
Lettuce $0.99
Chiles Toreados $0.99
A La Carte
Order Of Tacos (3)
beef or chicken		 $5.00
Order Of Soft Tacos (3)
beef or chicken		 $6.50
Order Of Tamales (3) $7.50
Order Of Buritos (2)
beef, chicken or beans		 $6.99
Order Of Enchiladas (3)
beef, chicken or cheese		 $6.99
Order Of Cheese Quesadilla (2) $4.50
Order Of Quesadilia (2)
beef, chicken, spinach or mushroom.		 $6.99
Vegetarian
One Bean Tostada
one cheese enchilada and bean burrito.		 $8.50
One Cheese Burrito
one bean tostada and order of rice.		 $8.50
One Bean Burrito
one cheese enchilada and order of rice.		 $8.50
One Chalupa
one bean burrito and one quesadilla		 $8.50
One Bean Burrito
with nacho cheese and one chalupa.		 $8.50
Chiles Poblanos (Poblano Peppers)
stuffed with chihuahua cheese, battered, deep fried & baked. topped with a special sauce and served with ice and beans.		 $10.95
Pork
Carnitas Dinner
pork tips served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole salad and tortillas		 $9.95
Burito Jalisco
a flour tortilla stuffed with pork, cooked with tomatoes, onions and bell peppers. topped with nacho cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and guacamole		 $6.45
Enchiladas Rancheras
two cheese enchiladas topped with pork, cooked with tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, all covered with enchilada sauce and served with a guacamole salad.		 $6.45
Chile Verde
chunks of pork topped with green sauce. served with beans and ice, and your choice of corn or flour tortillas.		 $9.95
Chicken And Beef
Tacos Al Carbon (3)
three delicious grilled steak or grilled chicken tacos, served with pico de gallo, a side of beans, sour cream and tomatillo sauce		 $10.95
Flautas
four deep-fried com tortillas, rolled with shredded beef or chicken.served with a guacamole salad, tomatoes and sour cream		 $8.95
Quesadilla Mexicana
a flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with beans, cheese and your choice of chopped beef or chicken. served with a guacamole salad, tomatoes and sour cream.		 $7.95
Huevos A La Mexicana
eggs over a com tortilla, topped with rancheras sauce, grilled tomatoes, onions and jalapenos. served with ice, beans and tortillas. hot or mild at your request.		 $7.75
Tamale Deluxe
one tamale, four assorted nachos, each topped differently with chicken, beef, ice and beans, and two chicken or beef flautas. garnished with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and guacamole		 $7.95
Burritos
Burrito Seafood
a flour tortilla stuffed with grilled shrimp and tilapia, cooked with lightly onions, bell peppers, tomatoes and cilantro, topped with cheese dip and a ranchera sauce, served with ice and beans		 $8.95
Burritos Verdes
order of two burritos stuffed with chopped beef or chicken, topped with green sauce. served with ice and garnished with a guacamole salad and tomatoes		 $8.50
Burritos Deluxe
order of two burritos, one chicken and one beef, both stuffed with beans and topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and ranchera sauce.		 $8.50
Cheese Steak Burrito
(chicken or beef) a soft lour tortilla filled with slices of steak, grilled onions, nacho cheese. served with lettuce, tomatoes, ice and beans		 $10.75
Burrito Special
one beef burrito with sauce, topped with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream		 $6.00
Chilaquiles Rojos O Verdes
com tortillas cooked with chicken and our own special red or green sauce topped with cheese. served with rice and guacamole salad.		 $8.50
Special Dinner
“a little of everything” chalupa, chile relleno, beef taco, enchilada, tamale, rice and beans		 $11.95
Sizzling Fajitas
Beef Fajitas $12.99
Chicken Fajitas $11.99
Combo Fajitas
both beef and chicken		 $12.99
Fajitas Del Mar
Mixed Fajitas
a combination of beef, chicken and shrimp		 $13.99
Shrimp Fajitas $12.99
Vegetarian Fajitas $8.95
Fajitas Chicken & Shimp $12.99
Fajitas Beef & Shimp $12.99
Extra Tortillas (3) $0.75
Parrillada Mexicana
main dish combo with succulent carnitas, shrimp, mexican sausage, chicken and beef		 $24.95
From The Grill – Steak & Shrimp
El Porton Special
sirloin steak cooked with our house recipe onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. served with rice and beans		 $13.95
T-Bone Steak
our best seller steak!! a t-bone steak, served with french fries, a side of salad and a cup of black beans		 $13.95
T-Bone & Scallops A La Mexican
a thick juicy grill t-bone steak over a bed of onions and tomatoes on a sizzling skillet, scallops and whole jalapeno pepper. served with ice, beans, guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream and lettuce		 $16.95
Steak Ranchero
tender rib eye steak cooked in our special ranchera sauce, served with ice and beans		 $12.95
Carne Asada
slices of rib eye steak grilled with onions, served with ice, beans and guacamole salad.		 $12.95
Pollo Con Vegetales
well marinated boneless chicken breast grilled to perfection. served with ice, beans and steamed vegetables.		 $10.95
Steak A La Tampiquena
succulent rib eye steak cooked with onions, served with rice, beans, a guacamole salad and pico de gallo.		 $12.95
Pollo La Parrilla
premium chicken delicately seasoned to perfection. served with rice, beans and guacamole salad		 $10.95
Pollo Fundido
mouth-watering premium grilled chicken covered with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes and melted cheese		 $10.95
Pollo Adobe
strips of grilled premium chicken with a creamy sauce, cheese and spinach. served with rice and beans.		 $10.95
Pollo A La Mexicana
grilled boneless chicken breast covered with tomatoes, onions and jalapenos. served with rice and beans.		 $10.95
Pollo Chipotle
a house specialty! strips of grilled premium chicken in a creamy sauce, served with rice and beans		 $10.95
Arroz Con Pollo
slices of chicken breast prepared with fresh sliced mushrooms, onions and poblano peppers. served on a bed of rice with cheese, steamed vegetables and a side salad.		 $10.95
Pollo Hawaiiano
grilled marinated chicken strips, cooked with poblano peppers, mushrooms, onions, chunks of pineapple, and melted cheese. served with rice, steamed vegetables and a side salad		 $10.95
La Poblana
your choice of specially prepared outside skirt steak usda chicken or red tilapia on a bed of grilled poblano pepper, onions, mushrooms, tomatoes and mozzarella cheese served with rice, beans, guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream and lettuce		 $13.95
Enchiladas
Enchiladas Supreme
four assorted enchiladas (chicken, beef, bean, and cheese), topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and ranchera sauce		 $8.50
Enchiladas Verdes
order of three enchiladas stuffed with chopped beef or chicken and topped with green sauce. served with rice and beans		 $8.50
Yolandas
order of three chicken enchiladas topped with ranchera sauce, ice and guacamole salad		 $8.50
Seafood – Make It Your Way/ Elige Uno
Chipotle
cooked in our delicious smoked chipotle creamy sauce.
Mojo De Ajo
cooked with minced garlic and butter, garnished with guajillo pepper
Diabla
a delicious hot sauce made with boiled tomato and roasted chiles
Veracruzana
our mouthwatering sauce made with tomatoes, onions, olives and a hint of white wine
Mexicana
cooked with onions, tomatoes and jalapeno peppers
Cocktel De Camarones
large shrimp cocktail. comes with sliced avocado, chopped onions, cilantro, tomatoes and special ketchup sauce
Atlantic Salmon Agave
a fresh salmon filet, lightly seasoned and grilled to perfection with agave glazed, served with rice and vegetables
Arroz Con Camarones
shrimp sauteed in butter, cooked with onion, mushrooms and poblano peppers. served on a bed of rice with cheese, steamed vegetables and a side salad
Fish Or Shimp Tacos
a classic! fried or grilled red tilapia or shrimp lightly battered and marinated, topped with lettuce and pico de gallo. served with rice and your choice of charro beans or black beans pick one of our sauces: chipotle, jalapenos or regular
Sides
Chalupa Texana $4.95
Order Of Rice $1.99
Order Of Beans $1.99
Cheese Quesadilla $2.50
Tamale (1) $3.00
Quesadilla
beef, chicken, spinach or mushroom		 $3.75
Chicken Or Beef Taco (1) $1.75
Nacho Cheese Burito $4.95
Chicken Or Beef Soft Taco $2.25
Chicken, Beef Or Bean Burito $3.75
Chalupa (1) $3.75
Chile Relleno $3.25
Chicken Or Beef Enchilada $2.50
Chicken Or Beef Tostada (1) $4.25
Chile Poblano (1) $3.99
Cup Of Black Beans $2.00
Cup Of Charro Beans $2.00

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Reviews

Neira Kartal
Holy Mexican food! The BEST Mexican food I have ever tried in my life! Fresh, simple, delicious. The service was outstanding; our waitress was the sweetest human on the planet. Will be back for sure.

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Drew Tschirki
I can’t speak for authenticity but I can say that we had a very tasty and hot meal on our visit to Bloomington today. The salsa was very nicely flavored (my wife thought it was spicy but I loved it); the guacamole was more her taste. As soon as I saw that they offered cow tongue I knew I was going to get that. I had the cow tongue burrito and the meat was cooked PERFECTLY and was very flavorful. My wife had the fish tacos and she liked them a lot. Our toddler enjoyed picking apart the tacos, and I had the other one (beef) and it was very good. The service was great as well. Whenever we come back through town we will be 100% be back here!

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Dr. Robert Shorty
Have been going here since my undergraduate days!!! Best Mexican food in IL and best flautas anywhere! Their service is fast, hot, and fresh!!!

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Cherie Mcneal
My daughter and I went for dinner, and our server was very much unkind to us. We were served a half basket of cold chips, we were left alone for a long time and not helped to order. We had to ask if we could order, and when we asked for more chips, we had to ask for that several times. It was as if we were bothering her. We watched as she checked on everyone except for us. I just wanted to pay and leave at that point. Use to be a favorite spot for me but I will never return.

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A Medrano
We are verrry particular with authentic Mexican food. I want to say this is one of the most delicious and authentic restaurants in Central Illinois. The waiters were very attentive despite of how packed the place was! We loved absolutely everything we ate and are willing to drive an hour to be back!

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Jaime Guzman
If you want Mexican home cooking like mama used to make them this is the spot.

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Ken S
Excellent food. Chicken flautas really good. Fish tacos were great and beef nachos amazing. Place is kinda small. But its super authentic and very good food. Service was excellent. Definitely a good stop. Pepsi products and ice tea was great!

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Gloria Hernandez
Service was bad, the waitress was being everywhere, she sat us down, brought 2 of 4 drinks and ok, then went to sat someone else and took them thre drinks,chips n salsa. We were thinking we would have to order chips, then she sat someone else, a n d finally our chips came. The menu has no description of what is on or whT is included on plates. We asked the waitress and she confused us. Half our order was not good as she confused us and we did not get what we thought.

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Debra Hernandez-Pacho
HOLA, so we went right before lunch and got to seat ourselves. La Señora who served us was very friendly and professional (plus she took my side on a bet at the table. Haha). Anyways, we ordered the Cecina Chimichanga that came with beans/rice/salad mix. It’s was very good and filling (as you see in pic i actually took half plate home). We also ordered tacos of chili rellenos/ asada/tripa/lengua (never go wrong with tacos here). The only thing i would say is for six tacos only 2 pieces of lime were on the plate (i suppose some people don’t use them and for that reason they do that so not too waste). The Horchata is a MUST! I tried the peach margarita ( it was in a can) it was different but 10% alcohol def felt it. He had XX dark (it’s beer not much more to say about that). The entrance is accessible to wheelchairs, however it would be a tight fit to the restrooms (so that’s a so so). Prices are reasonable for the area. THIS IS A PLACE I RECOMMEND FOR GOOD MEXICAN FOOD..

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Monica Lazaro
I’ve tried all of the “Mexican” restaurant here in town and as someone who lives in chicago and gets to taste actual authentic Mexican food, this restaurant is by far the best place for Mexican food in town! Other places I feel are more hyped up because college students don’t have actual taste buds and will eat anything as long as they have margaritas with it, but if you are wondering on a location to taste great Mexican food!! This is it!! Not to mention the salsas are actually spicy! For those who can tolerate it!! The horchata is great! And their micheladas really cured my hangover, IYKYK! Over all the staff is amazing! Very sweet people and very professional! It’s the only spot I go to for when ever I’m craving some tacos! Took my Mexican parents here once and they loved it! So 10/10!! Would definitely recommend this place!

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