What's for Dinner this Week? Try One of Favela's Mexican Grill Delicious Entrees!

We use only the best, highest quality ingredients to bring the freshest Mexican food experience to you. That is our commitment. All our food and sauces are prepared daily from scratch in our kitchens with top-quality products.

Platillos Fuertes

All entrees are accompanied with rice, your choice of beans, chips and salsa.

ENCHILADAS ROJAS

Our traditional red sauce Enchiladas, stuffed with your choice of shredded beef, shredded chicken, shredded savory short beef, or cheese.

ENCHILADAS VERDES

Enchiladas made with a fresh tangy tomatillo sauce with your choice of savory shredded chicken or cheese topped with melted cheese.

Shrimp Enchilades for additional charge

VEGETARIAN ENCHILADAS

Made with our tomatillo green sauce, stuffed with cheese, sauteed zucchini and grilled onions. Topped with cheese and sour cream.

FAJITAS 

Best fajitas in town!

Grilled to perfection with our own sauce, onions and bell peppers.

Choose from:

Steak or Chicken

Jumbo Prawns

CHILE RELLENO DINNER

Favela's famous chile relleno, a fresh roasted poblano chile battered and stuffed with mexican cheese and topped with our exclusive light tomato broth.

TAMALES

Red chile pork tamales made right in our kitchen.

CHILE VERDE DINNER

Braised pork with peppers in green tomatillo sauce.

CHILE COLORADO DINNER

Savory slow cooked braised chile colorado.

CARNITAS DINNER

Succulent tender marinated port shoulder braised with garlic, onions, spices and oranges.

HOUSE COMBINATION PLATE

Choose two

Support Struggling Restaurants Around the Country by Ordering a T-Shirt!

Favela's Mexican Grill is very thrilled to have partnered with @buythistshirt who has established a relief campaign that has designed these unique t-shirts to support struggling restaurants around the country.

100% of the profits will be donated to the participating restaurants. 

Thank you so much for your endless support and make sure to check out the other amazing restaurants!

Here is the link to purchase your very own: https://thist-shirt.com/products/favela-s-mexican-grill?fbclid=IwAR0zlIG78fgJsuGxq_daQyoPKDgurcEcwU3T5FrpudWupuYhdv2JLIhCdM4

Churros: A Brief History

Learn the brief history of Churros

Delivery is Available - Order Out This Week!

Don't want to leave your house? No problem. Favela's Mexican Grill is available on Doordash and Grubhub! Now you can have your lunch or dinner delivered this week!

Check Out Our Menu HERE

Super Good Jarritos Mango and Tostadas

Jarritos has been making authentic Mexican Food Super Good since 1950.

You Can Still Order One of Our Delicious Burritos for Take-Out!

Choice of flour, wheat, tomato or spinach tortilla filled with rice, pinto whole beans and mashed beans (lard-free) or black beans and fresh salsa. 

Carne Asada

Marinated, charbroiled chopped steak

Pollo Asada

Marinated boneless and skinless chicken breast

Carne Al Pastor

Lean marinated pork

Chile Verde

Lean sauteed pork with green peppers

Chile Colorado

Lean sauteed pork in red chile

Picadillo

Steamed shredded beef

Vegetarian

Your choice of beans, rice, jack cheese, guacamole, salsa and sour cream

Vegetable

Sauteed zucchini, onions, tomatoes and bell peppers with rice lettuce, sauce and your choice of beans

Frijoles Y Queso

Your choice of beans and jack cheese

Favela's Burrito

Same as above plus cheese, sour cream and guacamole

Shrimp Burrito

Sauteed jumbo shrimp, rice, cabbage and fresh salsa. Not available at downtown Fairfield

The Unique History of Flan, a World Traveled Dessert

With Cinco de Mayo approaching, we were trying find a delicious South of the Border dessert to make for a blog post. This led a topic of great debate in our kitchen. Where the heck does flan come from? They serve it at Mexican restaurants, we’ve all had it in Mexico, and yet the name in no way sounds Mexican. I was sure it was of Spanish descent, Tina, our graphic designer, attested to it being French, and Lucretia, our marketing specialist, swore it was Italian.

So I did some research and it turns out we were all kind of right.

Dessert: Flan

Pronunciation: According to the Mother Ship of all pronunciation websites, Forvo, you’re supposed to say “flayn,” as in it rhymes with “plan.” Glad that’s settled.

Origin of the Name: The name comes from the Old French word, “flaon,” from the Late Latin word, “fladon,” which is derived from the Old High German word “flado,” which means a flat cake or object.

History: Like many desserts, flan’s existence began during the Roman Empire. The Romans were the first to domesticate chickens and they found themselves in the middle of an egg surplus. So they used techniques they stole learned from the Greeks to develop new egg-based recipes. These recipes, as you can imagine, resulted in loads of dishes and desserts, including flan.

Back then, most versions of the dessert were savory rather than sweet and included flavors like eel sprinkled with pepper. But a few early recorded recipes contained the only sweetener of the day: honey. And as the Romans conquered basically all of Europe, their customs, beliefs, and recipes went with them. The sweet variety of flan gripped the newly vanquished lands and when the Empire fell in 476 CE, flan survived.

Of all the peoples introduced to this dessert, the Spanish were particularly taken with it (and were the first to top it with a sweet caramel sauce). Like the Romans before them, the Spaniards brought flan to new lands, when in 1518, the famous conquistador Hernán Cortés landed in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico.

The Mexicans took flan to a whole new level. They created coffee, chocolate, and even coconut flavors and the recipes became popular not only in Mexico, but the rest of Latin America.

We hope you enjoy this traditional, worldly dessert on Cinco de Mayo (or any time, really) and from all of us at the bakery, thank you for visiting!

Article Source: https://www.cheesecake.com/Blog/post/the-unique-history-of-flan-a-world-traveled-dessert.aspx

Favela's Mexican Grill Is Open - Place Your Order Today!

This could be your lunch or dinner from FAVELA’S this week, we are open and ready to serve you!

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To place your Take Out order, call 707-428-1496

The Science of Spiciness - Rose Eveleth

When you take a bite of a hot pepper, your body reacts as if your mouth is on fire -- because that's essentially what you've told your brain! Rose Eveleth details the science and history behind spicy foods, giving insights into why some people continue to pay the painful price for a little spice.

Lesson by Rose Eveleth, animation by Flaming Medusa Studios Inc.

Everyone Loves Tacos!! Order Some this Weekend from Favela's Mexican Grill!

Tacos available at Favela's Mexican Grill

Traditional Soft Street Tacos

Tacos are made with two soft corn tortillas, your choice of meat and fresh salsa topped with cilantro.

Meat Choices

Carne asada steak • Pollo asado (grilled marinated chicken) • Al pastor (marinated pork in red chile)

Chile colorado port • Chile verde with green peppers • Picadillo short rib pulled beef

TRADITIONAL TWO TACO COMBO $12.75

Your choice of two traditional street tacos topped with fresh salsa and cilantro and served with rice, your choice of beans, ships and salsa.

A la carte single taco $3.79

FAVELA'S STYLE TACO COMBO $14.45

Favela's style tacos with BIGGER tortillas, choice of meat, cheese, sour cream, guacamole and salsa.

Favela's style single taco $5.25

SHRIMP TACOS $13.25

Two soft tacos made with jumbo shrimp sauteed in garlic and onions, topped with cabbage, salsa and served with chips and rice.

A la carte single taco $4.25

FISH TACOS $13.25

Two sauteed diced Mahi Mahi tacos, topped with cabbage, fresh salsa and served with chips and rice, with little spice.

A la carte single taco $4.25

VEGETARIAN TACOS $12.00

Two soft tacos made with corn tortillas topped with sauteed zucchini, onions, lettuce, tomatoes and bell peppers and served with rice, beans, chips and salsa.

(2) tacos a la carte $7.00