Chuy’s is a restaurant which started in Texas back in 1982, by its founders John Zapp and Mike Young. Chuy’s restaurant has been in business to date. Their menu is commonly known as Tex-Mex which is due to the flavors and recipes they use. Chuy’s is a restaurant that focuses on providing original homemade dishes mostly from Mexico.
As the name suggests, (Tex-Mex) their ingredients come from Mexico, in towns like Rio Grande, deep South Texas, Austin and beyond. Chuy’s main goal is to provide quality and fresh food. This is why production of their products is done by experts and even ingredients used are always fresh as they come in every morning and are never frozen.
| Item | Size | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Appetizers | ||
| Appetizer Plate | Chile con queso, nachos, deluxe quesadillas, chicken flautas, guacamole and sour cream. | $10.29 |
| Chile Con Queso Appetizer | Homemade blend of melted cheese, green chile sauce and ranchero sauce. | $6.99 |
| Guacamole Appetizer | A creamy blend of fresh avocados and salsa fresca. | $6.29 |
| Panchos Appetizer | Special nachos with your choice of fajita chicken, fajita beef or seasoned ground sirloin. | $9.49 |
| Special Nachos Appetizer | Regular nachos with guacamole and pico de gallo. | $8.29 |
| Cheese Quesadillas Appetizer | Handmade flour tortillas stuffed with cheese, green chiles and onion. Served with guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo. | $7.49 |
| Deluxe Chicken Quesadillas Appetizer | Handmade flour tortillas, stuffed with fajita chicken, cheese, green chiles and onion. Served with guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo. | $8.79 |
| Nachos Appetizer | Freshly made tostada chips layered with refried beans, cheese and jalapenos with lettuce and tomato. | $6.99 |
| Queso Compuesto Appetizer | Chile con queso with seasoned ground sirloin, guacamole and pico de gallo. | $7.29 |
| Salads and Soups | ||
| Grilled Chicken Salad | Fajita chicken, tomatoes, avocados on a bed of fresh and mixed salad greens. | $9.59 |
| Mexi Cobb Salad | Fajita chicken, green chiles, cheese, avocados, tomatoes on a bed of fresh and mixed salad greens. | $9.79 |
| Tex-Mex Salad Combination | Large dinner salad with your choice of enchilada, mini burrito, deluxe quesadilla or tortilla soup. | $9.29 |
| Tortilla Soup | Chuy's famous recipe. Homemade chicken broth with freshly-roasted, hand-pulled chicken, avocado, roasted corn, green chiles, tomatoes and cilantro, topped with cheese and tortilla strips. | $4.59 |
| Large Dinner Salad | Tomatoes, cucumbers and fresh and mixed salad greens. | $4.99 |
| Taco Salad | Homemade tortilla bowl with fresh, mixed salad greens, tomatoes, cheese, guacamole and your choice of fajita chicken, fajita beef or seasoned ground sirloin. | $9.29 |
| Famous Big as Yo' Face Burrito | ||
| Bean and Cheese Big as Yo' Face Burrito | A homemade, 12" flour tortilla stuffed with refried beans and cheese. Served with your choice of sauce and rice. | $8.59 |
| Fajita Chicken Big as Yo' Face Burrito | A homemade, 12" flour tortilla stuffed with refried beans and cheese. Served with your choice of sauce and rice. | $10.69 |
| Seasoned Ground Sirloin Big as Yo' Face Burrito | A homemade, 12" flour tortilla stuffed with refried beans and cheese. Served with your choice of sauce and rice. | $9.49 |
| Fajita Beef Big as Yo' Face Burrito | A homemade, 12" flour tortilla stuffed with refried beans and cheese. Served with your choice of sauce and rice. | $10.69 |
| Fresh Oven Roasted Chicken Big as Yo' Face Burrito | A homemade, 12" flour tortilla stuffed with refried beans and cheese. Served with your choice of sauce and rice. | $9.79 |
| Tacos | ||
| Baja Tacos | Freshly made flour tortillas with your choice of lightly battered and fried fish or shrimp, cilantro, red cabbage and creamy jalapeno. Served with your choice of rice and beans. | $9.99 |
| Soft Tacos | Handmade flour tortillas with lettuce, cheese, pico de gallo and guacamole and your choice of filling. Served with your choice of rice and beans. | $8.89 |
| Crispy Tacos | Hand-formed corn tortillas filled with seasoned ground sirloin, lettuce, cheese and tomatoes. Served with your choice of rice and beans. | $8.69 |
| Tacos Al Carbon | Freshly made flour tortillas filled with fajita chicken or beef, grilled onions and green chilies. Served with your choice of rice and beans. | $10.49 |
| House Specialities | ||
| Chicken Flautas | Homemade corn tortillas filled with freshly-roasted, hand-pulled chicken, rolled, fried and drizzled with our smoky and red chipotle sauce. Served with guacamole and sour cream. Served with choice of | $8.79 |
| Chuychanga | A fried flour tortilla filled with fresh, oven-roasted chicken, cheese, cilantro and green chiles, garnished with sour cream and your choice of sauce. Served with choice of rice and beans. | $10.39 |
| Steak Burrito | A handmade, 12" flour tortilla stuffed with sliced grilled steak and cheese, topped with hatch green chile sauce. Served with green chile rice and charro beans. | $10.99 |
| Chile Rellenos | An authentic New Mexican favorite. A fresh Anaheim pepper, fire-roasted and filled with your choice of the following. Battered and fried to perfection. Drizzled with sour cream. Served with choice of | $9.69 |
| Elvis Green Chile Fried Chicken | A Chuy's original. A tender chicken breast breaded with Lay's potato chips, deep fried and smothered in green chile sauce and cheddar cheese. Served with green chile rice and charro beans. | $9.99 |
| Enchiladas | ||
| Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Enchilada | Freshly-roasted, hand-pulled chicken and cheese with boom-boom sauce, made with cheese, roasted new Mexican green chiles, tomatillos, green onions, cilantro and lime juice. Rolled to order in our fre | $10.79 |
| Custom Enchiladas | Seasoned ground sirloin, fresh oven roasted chicken or cheese with your choice of sauce. Rolled to order in our fresh, homemade corn tortillas and served with your choice of rice and beans. | $9.79 |
| Southwestern Enchilada | A New Mexican tradition. Homemade blue corn tortillas stacked with freshly-roasted, hand-pulled chicken, cheese and green chile sauce topped with a fried egg. Rolled to order in our fresh, homemade c | $9.99 |
| Veggie Enchilada | Spinach, onions, zucchini, yellow squash, red bell peppers, serranos, roasted green chiles, corn and cheese in homemade blue corn tortillas with ranchero sauce. Rolled to order in our fresh, homemade | $8.79 |
| Classic Tex Mex Enchilada | Cheese and onion with Tex-Mex sauce. Rolled to order in our fresh, homemade corn tortillas and served with your choice of rice and beans. | $8.99 |
| Deluxe Chicken Enchilada | Freshly-roasted, hand-pulled chicken and cheese with deluxe tomatillo sauce. Rolled to order in our fresh, homemade corn tortillas and served with your choice of rice and beans. | $9.79 |
| Stacked Enchilada | An authentic New Mexican recipe. Homemade blue corn tortillas stacked with freshly-roasted, hand-pulled chicken, cheese and tomatillo sauce, topped with sour cream. Rolled to order in our fresh, home | $9.39 |
| Fajitas | ||
| Fajitas | You choice of beef, chicken or a combination, grilled with onions and peppers, served with handmade flour tortillas, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, cheese, pico de gallo, Mexican rice and refried be | $13.59 - $24.69 |
| Combinations | ||
| 1. Comida Deluxe Combo | Cheese Tex-Mex enchiladas, chicken flautas, a seasoned ground sirloin crispy taco, guacamole and homemade tostada chips dipped in chile con queso. Served with your choice of rice and beans. | $11.29 |
| 2. The Elvis Presley Memorial Combo | Beef Tex-Mex enchilada, cheese ranchero enchilada, chicken tomatillo enchilada, a seasoned ground sirloin crispy taco and homemade tostada chips dipped in chile con queso. Served with your choice of | $11.49 |
| 3. Taco and Enchilada Combo | Seasoned ground sirloin crispy taco, cheese Tex-Mex enchilada. Served with your choice of rice and beans. | $8.79 |
| 4. Relleno and Enchilada Combo | Your choice of chile relleno and enchilada. Served with your choice of rice and beans. | $9.59 |
| 5. Chalupa and Enchilada Combo | Chicken chalupa, a homemade corn tortilla fried and topped with refried beans, cheese, freshly-roasted, hand-pulled chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, jalapenos and deluxe chicken enchilada. Served with you | $8.99 |
| 6. Enchilada, Taco and Chalupa Combo | Cheese Tex-Mex enchilada, seasoned ground sirloin crispy taco and chicken chalupa, a homemade corn tortilla fried and topped with refried beans, cheese, freshly-roasted, hand-pulled chicken, lettuce, | $10.29 |
| 7. Vegetarian Combo | Cheese chile relleno with ranchero sauce and veggie enchilada, rolled in a homemade blue corn tortilla and topped with ranchero sauce. Served with your choice of rice and beans. | $9.29 |
| 8. Chuy's Lite Combo Plate | Seasoned ground sirloin crispy taco, guacamole and chile con queso. | $6.79 |
| 9. Chicken Lite Combo | Chicken chalupa, a homemade corn tortilla fried and topped with refried beans, cheese, freshly-roasted, hand-pulled chicken, lettuce, tomatoes and jalapenos, soft fajita chicken taco and guacamole. | $8.49 |
| Sides | ||
| Crispy Beef Taco | $2.89 | |
| Chips and Creamy Jalapeno | $3.59 - $11.99 | |
| Chips and Salsa | $2.69 - $9.49 | |
| Tortillas | $1.50 - $3.00 | |
| Side of Green Chile Rice | $1.59 | |
| Side of Mexican Rice | $1.59 | |
| Side of Sour Cream | $0.99 | |
| Side of Charro Beans | $1.59 | |
| Side of Guacamole | $1.49 | |
| Side of Refried Beans | $1.59 | |
| Soft Chicken Taco | $3.39 | |
| Soft Beef Taco | $3.39 | |
| Desserts | ||
| Flan | $4.29 | |
| Tres Leches | $5.99 | |
| Full Order of Sopapillas | $3.89 | |
History
Chuy’s has come a long way, from 1982. As mentioned earlier, Chuy’s started in Texas. Mike and John teamed up with Jose Cuervo who became their decorator. Creativity was of great significance due to short amount of funds. Also they wanted to come up with a brand that stood out and was recognizable from anywhere.
The inadequacy of funds was not a setback, on the contrary, it was a great opportunity to come up with a unique and interesting brand. This is why they came up with the idea of wooden swimming fish from the ceilings. Not to mention the Elvis shrine and hubcaps hanging above your booth.
This formed unique identifiers of Chuy’s which is why they say If you ‘ve seen one Chuy’s, you ‘ve seen one Chuy’s.By the year 2000, Chuy’s had fifteen restaurants in Texas. Mike and John loving what they were doing in Texas alone, found it right to spread the love even further. In this spirit, by November 2009 Chuy’s was in Nashville, TN suburb of Franklin.
Since then Chuy’s has been spreading its Tex-Mex with the core objective of sharing the delicious and fresh food that come with the brand. Also Chuy’s restaurant has embraced franchise and plays a major role in spreading the product and also the brand. They take pride in ensuring the product is the same everywhere, this is why training and orientation is provided for all who wish to join them as a franchise.
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Chuy’s has a variety of food and drinks when it comes to its menu. Its appetizers include Guacamole, Panchos, quesadillas, Queso Compuesto, Deluxe Quesadillas just to mention a few. Each of the items is unique in itself, with ingredients such as Ranchero sauce, melted cheese, seasoned ground sirloin, green chilies and onions making them of high quality and irresistibly delicious.
There are also a variety of salads in Tex-Mex which includes Grilled Chicken Salad, Mexico-Cobb Salad, Large Dinner Salad, Tortilla Soup and Taco Salad. Homemade sauces form another major part of Chuy’s ranging from Hatch Green Chile Sauce to mild Tomatillo sauce. At the restaurant they are made from scratch and in small batches to ensure fresh sauces are available.
Another attribute of Chuy’s is that their willingness to give back to the community. Chuy’s has raised over $175,000 for local charity partners since 2010. It also supports upcoming franchises to develop their product so that Chuy’s experience to be the same everywhere and hence maintains the reputation they already have.
Chuy’s restaurant also had another category added to its menu which is specaialties. Here, you are served with your choice of green chile rice and refried or Charro Beans, or Mexican ice. Other dishes include Chuymanga, Chicken Flautas and Elvis Green Chile Fried Chicken. Lastly, Chuy’s restaurant open from 11 a.m to 10 p.m from Sunday through Thursday and from 11 a.m to 11 p.m on Fridays till Saturday