
La Taguara - East Washington 3502 E Washington Avenue
3502 E Washington Avenue
Madison, WI 53704
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Featured Items
Empanada
Stuffed and cripy CORN turnover of your choice (beef, chicken, cheese or beans & Cheese)
$4.99Arepa
Hot corn bun with a crispy shell and a soft doughy inside with your choice of two fillings.
$9.99Pastelito
Stuffed and crispy WHEAT turnover of your choice (beef, chicken, cheese or beans & Cheese).
$4.99
Food Menu
Appetizers
El Papi Sampler
"Venezuelan Sampler" Cheese masa balls, yucca sticks, ground beef empanadas, arepitas and tequenos served with nata, guasacaca and tartara verde sauce.
$12.99Colombian Empanadas
Crispy empanadas filled with beef and potatoes served with aji colombiano
$11.99Rompe Colchon
Shimp marinated in lime juice, tossed with fresh tomatoes, avocado, onions and cilantro served with plantain chips.
$12.99Tequenos
Venezuelan version of cheese sticks served with creamy green onion sauce.
$11.99Tajadas con Queso
Slices of sweet plantains topped with caribbean white cheese and served with a side of latin american sour cream
$11.99Tostones
Crispy garlicky green platains served with garlic and cilantro sauce and picadillo salad
$11.99Yuca Frita
Crispy yucca sticks served with garlic & cilantro sauce and aji colombiano
$10.99Yuca con Chicharron
Crispy pieces of yucca fries topped with crispy pork belly and picadillo salad served with a side of garlic and cilantro sauce
$12.99Arepitas con Nata
Crunchy mini arepas (round corn patties) served with Latin American sour cream
$10.99Boneless Wings
Crispy boneless chicken bites tossed in our house made passion fruit hot sauce and sweet plantain pieces served with a side of nata or switch toss and dipping sauce as desire.
$14.99Cheese Masa Balls
Crispy cheese masa balls served with Latin american sour cream, garlic and cilantro sauce and creamy green onion sauce
$10.99Chicken Wings
Crispy chicken wings tossed in our house made passion fruit hot sauce and sweet plantain pieces served with a side of nata or switch toss and dipping sauce as desire.
$14.99Queso Frito
Venezuelan version of cheese curds served with picadillo salad.
$10.99Sweet Corn Tequenos
Sweet corn Venezuelan Version of cheese sticks served with Latin American sour cream.
$10.99Sweet Plantain Tequenos
Sweet plantain tequenos, Venezuelan Version of cheese sticks served with Latin American sour cream.
$10.99Tequeyoyos
Venezuelan version of cheese sticks filled with sweet plantains, ham and cheese served with creamy green onion sauce
$10.99Mandocas
Corn dough rings mixed with sweet plantain, white cheese and spices cooked to perfection and served with Caribbean white cheese and latin american sour cream.
$10.99LT Eggrolls
Our version of traditional Eggrolls. Crispy eggrolls filled with black beans, Caribbean cheese and sweet plantain served with spicy nata (Vegetarian)
$9.99Guacamole & Arepa Chips
$9.99
Specialty
Pabellon
"Venezuelan National Dish" Black beans, white cheese, Rice, Shredded beef, Sweet plantains and an arepita.
$16.99Pabellon a Caballo
"Venezuelan National Dish" Black beans, white cheese, Rice, Shredded beef, Sweet plantains, arepita and topped with a sunny-side-up egg.
$17.99Mofongo
A puerto Rican dish: mashed green plantain mix with crispy pork belly, garlic and then topped with crispy pork. Protein Sub or Add options available.
$17.99Mojito en Coco
Great minced tilapia cooked in a well seasoned coconut sauce served with rice, crispy green plantains, picadillo salad and garlic and cilantro sauce. Chicken or Shrimp available.
$17.99Steak & Onions
Well seasoned thin steak slice sauteed with onions served with rice, black beans, caribbean white cheese and a side house salad
$18.99Bandejita Paisa
Chorizo, crispy pork belly, well seasoned ground beef, sunny side up egg, sweet plantains, rice, pinto beans, avocado, caribbean white cheese and a arepita.
$21.99Cachapa con Queso & Cochino Frito
Sweet corn pancake filled with cheese served with Latin american sour cream, garlic, guasacaca and crispy pork.
$17.99
Entrees
Fried Fish
Deep fried fish steak served with rice, picadillo salad, crispy green plantains and garlic and cilantro sauce.
$18.99Fried Red Snapper
Deep fried whole Red Snapper served with pineapple coleslaw, crispy green plantains and guasacaca.
$23.99Grilled Chicken
Grilled chicken breast served with white rice, picadillo salad, your choice of sweet or crispy plantains and guasacaca
$17.99OUT OF STOCKChicken Tenders
Juicy chicken tenders served with pineapple coleslaw, French fries, and pink sauce.
$16.99Churrasco Criollo
Hand-cut well seasond 10oz ribeye steak served with white rice, chorizo, yucca sticks, picadillo salad and guasacaca.
$21.99Parrilla Callejera
Well seasoned pieces of chicken, beef and pork sauteed with onions and peppers served with yucca sticks, picadillo salad, chorizo, fried Caribbean cheese and guasacaca.
$19.99Garlic Shrimp
Sauteed garlic shrimp served with rice, picadillo salad, crispy green plantains and guasacaca.
$18.99Coconut Shrimp
$18.99Coconut Chicken
$17.99Cod Dinner
Deep fried batter Cod served with pineapple coleslaw, crispy green plantains and guasacaca.
$16.99Order Attention Required
Sandwiches & Burgers
Cuban Sandwich
The traditional way! Pressed French bread filled with ham, roast pork, pickles, mustard and Swiss cheese served with pickles, plantain chips and guasacaca sauce.
$16.99Pabellon Wrap
Wheat wrap filled with rice, black beans, shredded beef, sweet plantains and cheese served with pickles, a side of french fries and pink sauce.
$14.99Pepito Sandwich
Sauteed steak or chicken with onions and peppers on a fresh baked bread with lettuce, tomato, onions, potato strings, mayo, ketchup, mustard, creamy green onion sauce, guasacaca and cheddar cheese. Served with pickles, french fries and pink sauce.
$16.99Pork Roast Sandwich
Slow cooked roast pork, potato strings, mayo, ketchup, mustard, guasacaca sauce, tartar sauce, lettuce, tomatoes and onions. Served with pickles, french fries and pink sauce.
$14.99La Taguara Burger
An American tradition with a Venezuelan twist. 1/2 lb. beef patty well-seasoned topped with a fried egg, ham, bacon, gouda cheese, potato strings, mayo, ketchup, mustard, guasacaca sauce, tartar sauce, lettuce, tomatoes and onions. Served with pickles, french fries and pink sauce.
$17.99Bacon Cheese Burger
Juicy 1/2 pound hamburger cook to perfection topped with gouda cheese, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes and onions. Served with pickles, french fries and pink sauce.
$15.99Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Grilled chicken breast topped with cheddar cheese, lettuce, onions and tomatoes. Served with pickles, french fries and pink sauce.
$14.99
Arepas & More
Arepa
Hot corn bun with a crispy shell and a soft doughy inside with your choice of two fillings.
$9.99Patacon Pisao Sandwich
Crispy green plantain sandwich filled with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, caribbean white cheese, mayo, ketchup, mustard, creamy green onion sauce, garlic and cilantro sauce and your choice of fillings
$12.99Empanada
Stuffed and cripy CORN turnover of your choice (beef, chicken, cheese or beans & Cheese)
$4.99Pastelito
Stuffed and crispy WHEAT turnover of your choice (beef, chicken, cheese or beans & Cheese).
$4.99Fish Patacon Sandwich
Smashed green plantain Sandwich with lettuce, onions, tomato, garlic & cilantro sauce and creamy green onion sauce filled with crispy Cod.
$13.99
Specialty Arepas
Pabellon Arepa
Stuffed with shredded beef, black beans, sweet plantain and Caribbean cheese
$11.99Domino Arepa
Stuffed with black beans and Caribbean cheese
$9.99Reina Pepiada Arepa
Stuffed with a mix of shredded chicken, avocado and mayo
$10.99Sifrina Arepa
Stuffed with Gouda cheese and a mix of shredded chicken, avocado and mayo
$11.99Pelua Arepa
Stuffed with shredded beef and Gouda cheese
$9.99Catira Arepa
Stuffed with shredded chicken and Gouda cheese
$9.99Llanera Arepa
Stuffed with grilled steak, tomato slices, avocado and fried cheese
$14.99Rumbera Arepa
Stuffed with pernil (roasted pork), Gouda cheese and pink sauce
$10.99Queso de Mano Arepa
$12.99
Signature Salads
Mango Chicken Salad
Kale lettuce, roasted almonds, fresh mango, carrots and red cabbage tossed with our passion fruit vinaigrette dressing and topped with your choice of grilled or crispy chicken.
$13.99Heart of Palm and Avocado Salad
Letuce mix, spring mix, tomatoes, caribbean white cheese tossed with our passion fruit vinaigrette dressing and topped with heart of pamls and avocado slices.
$13.99OUT OF STOCKShrimp & Coconut Salad
Lettuce, spring mix, onions, tomatoes, roasted coconut flakes tossed with our coconut vinaigrette dressing and topped with grilled Shrimp.
$15.99Large Caesar Salad
Chopped romaine lettuce tossed with creamy caesar dressing and topped with cheese and croutons.
$7.99Large House Salad
Letuce mix, spring mix, tomatoes, avocados, caribbean white cheese tossed with your choice of dressing.
$7.99
Kid's
Pabellon Junior
Rice, black beans and ground beef.
$6.49Kid's Arepa
2 kid-size arepas filled with ham and gouda cheese.
$6.49Kid's Empanaditas
4 Ground beef mini empanadas served with pink sauce
$6.49Kid's Mac & Cheese
Traditional mac and cheese.
$6.49Kid's Chicken Tenders
Chicken tenders served with fries and pink sauce
$6.49Kid's Drink
$1.99Kid's Cachapitas
$6.49
Sides
Side Rice & Black Beans
Rice and black beans mix.
$3.99Side of Beans
Well seasoned made from scratch beans, your choice of black beans or red kidney beans.
$3.99Side of Rice / Arroz
White rice
$3.99Side of Avocado
Slices of fresh avocado.
$2.99Side of Fries
Side of french fries.
$4.99Side Sweet Plantains
Slices of sweet plantain.
$4.99Side Crispy Plantains
Slices of crunchy green plantain.
$4.99Side Yucca Fries
Yucca fries.
$4.99Cup of Soup
A cup of the soup of your choice: Non Vegetarian, Vegetarian or Soup of the Day
$4.99Bowl of Soup
Bowl of the soup of your choice: Non-Vegetarian, Vegetarian or Soup of the Day
$6.99Side Caesar Salad
$4.99Side House Salad
$4.99Arepa Viuda
$5.991 Egg
$2.50Side Eggplant
$3.9912oz Guasacaca
$9.99Side of Chicharron
$6.99Side Plantain Chips
$2.99Sausage
$3.99Colombian Sausage
$3.99Side of Shredded Beef
$6.99Side Cochino Frito
$6.99Side Roast Pork
$6.99Side Ground Beef
$6.992oz Guasacaca
$0.992oz Tartara
$0.992oz Nata
$0.992oz Pink Sauce
$0.992oz Aji Colombiano
$0.992oz Salsa
$0.992oz Ranch Dressing
$0.992oz Blue Cheese Dressing
$0.992oz Honey Mustard Dressing
$0.992oz Caesar Dressing
$0.992oz Passion Fruit Vinaigrette
$0.992oz Passion Fruit Hot Sauce
$0.992oz Pineapple Hot Sauce
$0.992oz Coconut Dressing
$0.992oz Hot Caraquena Sauce
$0.992oz Hot Super Hot Sauce
$0.992oz BBQ Sauce
$0.992oz Buffalo Sauce
$0.992oz Sweet Red Chili Sauce
$0.992oz Picadillo
$0.992oz Jalapeno Wheels
$0.992oz Pickle Chips
$0.992oz Dulce de Leche Sauce
$0.992oz Chocolate Sauce
$0.99Extra Lemons/Limes
$0.9912 oz Picadillo Salad
$9.9912 oz Tartara Sauce
$9.9912 oz Guasacaca
$9.99
Desserts
Carrot Cake
Warm home-made amazing carrot cake topped with powder sugar and lots of love
$6.99Churros
Fried dough pastry rolled in sugar and cinnamon mix served with your choice of chocolate or dulce de leche sauce.
$5.99Coconut Rice Pudding
Rice pudding slow cooked in sweet coconut sauce.
$5.99Guava & Cheese Bites
Venezuelan Sweet version of cheese sticks (Bite size) filled with caribbean white cheese and guava paste.
$5.99Nutella Bites
Little crispy nutella pastry.
$5.99Passion Fruit Pie
Made from scratch passion fruit pie topped with whipped cream and drizze with passion fruit syrup.
$5.99Quesillo / Flan
Caramel vanilla egg custard.
$5.99Tropical Cake
$7.99Dulcelitos & Nutelitos
$6.99
Lunch Specials
Sopa y Seco Lunch
Rice with your choice of meat (Beef, Chicken, pork or Eggplant) soup of the day and a side salad.
$11.99Pollo a la Parrilla Lunch
Grilled chicken breast, rice, soup of the day and a house salad.
$11.99Arepa & Empanada Lunch
One corn pocket sandwich (Arepa) with one filling of your choice plus one corn turnover (beef, chicken, cheese or beans&cheese) and your choice of soup or salad.
$11.99Arepa & Pastelito Lunch
One corn pocket sandwich (Arepa) with one filling of your choice plus one wheat turnover (beef, chicken or cheese) and your choice of soup or salad.
$11.99Empanada & Pastelito Lunch
One corn and one wheat turn over with the filling of your choice served with soup or salad
$10.99Pabellon Wrap Lunch
Half wheat wrap filled with sweet plantains, black beans, rice, caribbean white cheese and shredded beef and your choice of soup or salad.
$10.99Patacon Pisao Lunch
Half smashed green plantain sandwich with your choice of filling and your choice of soup or salad.
$10.99Cubano Lunch
Half Cuban sandwich (pork roast, ham, pickles, mustard and swiss cheese) and your choice of soup or salad.
$10.99Arepa Lunch
One corn pocket sandwich (Arepa) with one filling of your choice and your choice of soup or salad.
$10.99Empanada Lunch
Two CORN turnovers of your choice (beef, chicken, cheese or beans & Cheese) and your choice of soup or salad.
$10.99Pastelito Lunch
Two WHEAT turnovers of your choice (beef, chicken, cheese) and your choice of soup or salad.
$10.99Empanada Pastelito Lunch
$10.99Soup & Salad Lunch
Your choice of soup and salad.
$9.99
Beverage Menu
NA Beverages
Fountain Soda
Free Refills
$2.99Passion Fruit Juice / Jugo de Parchita
Passion Fruit Juice
$4.29Tamarind Juice / Jugo de Tamarindo
Tamarind Juice
$4.29Sugar Cane Lemonade / Papelon con Limon
Sugar cane and lime juice
$4.29Nestea Limon
$4.29Nestea Durazno
$4.29OUT OF STOCKFresskolita Soda
Venezuelan bubble gum soda
$3.99Malta Polar
Venezuelan sugar cane, malt soda
$3.99Jarritos
Mexican soda with your choice of Pineapple, Mandarin, Lime.
$3.99Kid's Drink
$1.99Coffee / Cafe
Cup of coffee, free refills
$1.99Hot Tea
$1.99Pepsi to-go
$2.99Diet Pepsi To-go
$2.99Mt.Dew To-go
$2.99Manzanita Sol To-go
$2.99Hot Cocoa with Cheese / Chocolate Caliente con queso (winter only)
Hot cocoa made from scratch and served with Caribbean white cheese. WINTER ONLY!
$4.99OUT OF STOCKHot Cocoa / Chocolate Caliente (winter only)
Hot cocoa made from scratch. WINTER ONLY!
$3.99
Sunday | 8:30 am - 3:00 pm |
Monday | 9:30 am - 8:00 pm |
Tuesday | 9:30 am - 8:00 pm |
Wednesday | 9:30 am - 8:00 pm |
Thursday | 9:30 am - 8:00 pm |
Friday | 9:30 am - 9:00 pm |
Saturday | 8:30 am - 9:00 pm |
Proud of Our Roots! We offer traditional Venezuelan & Latin American cuisine. Visit us and delight your palate with the taste of delicious authentic Venezuelan SAZON. Enjoy our dining room or, for those on the go, call ahead and we'll have your order ready for you to pick up and carry out. Special Events and Catering Our catering menu is available for private events: weddings, business lunches, dinners, cocktail receptions, and more. We would love to discuss how to be a part of your next event. Visit any of our two Madison locations!