Border Cafe

Name: Border Cafe
Address: 32 Church St., 02138, MA, 02138
Telephone: 617-864-6100

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32 Church St., Cambridge, MA 02138, US

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Cuisine: Cajun, Tex-Mex
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Dress Code: Casual
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Appetizers

Cajun Popcorn

Shrimp fried, spiced with Cajun seasonings and served golden brown with our own Bayou sauce.

Blackened Chicken Fingers

Using a time-honored Cajun technique, boneless chicken tenders are marinated, spiced, seared on a cast-iron skillet and served with a Cajun marmalade sauce.

Camptown Shrimp

Shrimp steeped in a hearty New Orleans style sauce and accented with Modelo Negra beer. Reduced to a spicy, rich, brown sauce, it is then placed atop a grilled French baguette with an extra piece to dunk with.

Crawfish Etouffee

Crawfish tails sautéed with fresh vegetables, herbs, and seasoning combined to form a rich brown gravy over white rice.

House Specialty

Louisiana GUMBO: chicken & sausage By the cup By the bowl

Guacamole

Our own guacamole made from scratch with whole avocados, tomato, onion, cilantro, and seasoned as in Old Mexico.

Pastelitos

Flaky pastries filled with a chicken-cilantro mix. Made in-house and served with a Chimi Verde sauce.

Chorizo Mexicana

Authentic Mexican chorizo, tomatoes, onions, and mushrooms baked with bubbling Poblano Jack cheese. Served with fresh, warm flour tortillas.

Chorizo Flambado

Homemade Cajun sausage baked with green chilis, tomatoes, and Monterey Jack cheese. Served with fresh, warm flour tortillas.

Chili con Queso

Dip our crisp, fresh-made corn tortilla chips in this hot, spicy cheese dip and you’re hooked.

Tejas Chicken

Chicken tenderloins lightly fried and dipped in our secret Tejas Sauce accompanied by bleu cheese dressing and celery sticks.

Border Chili

A hot and spicy bowl of Texas chili topped with cheese and sour cream. Chopped onions available on request.

Quesadilla

Melted Monterey Jack cheese and salsa, stuffed in homemade flour tortillas. With marinated chicken With slow cooked pulled beef

Vegetable Quesadilla

Fresh vegetable medley in a steaming cheese quesadilla.

Shrimp & Crawfish Quesadilla

A delicious blend of two worlds! A fresh flour tortilla is stuffed with shrimp, crawfish, bubbling Monterey Jack cheese, and our Cajun chef Floyd’s secret sauce. Floyd says he had to wrestle an alligator to get the recipe.

Salads

Mesquite Grilled Salmon Salad

Mesquite wood fired, lime-soy glazed, fresh salmon fillet, over field greens with a citrus vinaigrette. Jose recommends, “try the salmon blackened”.

Caesar Salad

The traditional Caesar Salad. Crisp Romaine tossed with Caesar dressing, croutons, and Parmesan cheese. With Mesquite Grilled or Blackened Chicken. Anchovies available upon request.

Blackened Salmon Caesar

Fresh salmon fillet seared with traditional Cajun spices. Served over our classic Caesar salad. Anchovies available upon request.

House Salad

Fresh lettuce mix with diced tomatoes, smokey bacon, croutons, and two cheeses.

Route 66 Chop Salad

Mesquite grilled chicken tossed with iceberg lettuce, red onions, a corn & black bean relish, fresh red peppers, Monterey Jack cheese, diced avocado, crispy tortilla strips, and our kickin’ Chipotle lime sauce.

Mesquite Grilled Fajita Salad

Marinated chicken or beef, mesquite grilled and placed on top of crisp lettuce with diced tomatoes, shredded cheese and sautéed onions.

Steak And Bleu Cheese Salad

We toss our greens with crumbled bleu cheese, mushrooms, red onions, tomatoes, and red peppers, then top it off with mesquite grilled steak. A Texas taste combination.

Tostada-Grande

Our special chicken or pulled beef with black beans, cheeses, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, red onions, mushrooms, and peppers piled into a crispy tortilla shell.

Cajun Favorites

Blackened Salmon

Cajun spiced fresh salmon fillet, blackened on a cast iron skillet. Served with mixed field greens and Jose’s rice. Perfection on a plate.

Blackened Swordfish

Fresh swordfish steaks dipped in lip searing Cajun spices and cooked on a blackening skillet. Served with mixed field greens, Jose’s rice and mango salsa.

Crawfish Etouffee

Crawfish tails sautéed with fresh vegetables, herbs, and seasoning simmered in a rich brown sauce. Served over white rice.

Filet Mignon Jim Bowie Style

Jim Bowie loved exquisite food and fine wine. Jose proudly presents Jim’s personal New Orleans favorite. Seared medallions of beef tenderloin, cooked medium, covered with a secret cream sauce with shrimp and fresh herbs. Served with a heaping portion of crispy shoestring fries.

French Quarter Chicken

A sautéed breast of fresh chicken embraced by a tangy lemon pepper sauce.

Eggplant Royale

A bubbling-hot blend of cheeses, lump crabmeat and Cajun spices, served over a delicately fried eggplant. This is a Creole family tradition as served on “Royale” Street in New Orleans’ “French Quarter”.

Gulf Coast Seafood Enchiladas

Fresh flour tortillas stuffed with sautéed shrimp, crawfish and melted Poblano Jack cheese. Covered with a Cajun spiced three cheese and lump crabmeat sauce.

Catfish New Orleans

A large fresh fillet of catfish, royally seasoned, deep fried with a shrimp and basil cream sauce.

Blackened Chicken

Our tender marinated breast of chicken, blackened on the outside, spicy and juicy on the inside and served with a Cajun marmalade sauce.

Blackened Catfish

A fresh catfish fillet dipped in blackening seasoning and seared on a cast-iron skillet.

Mesquite Grilled

Mesquite Swordfish

Fresh swordfish steaks grilled over a mesquite fire, glazed with Jalapeño butter. Served with mixed field greens, Jose’s rice and mango salsa.

Cajun Burger

Our mesquite broiled hamburger rubbed in Cajun spices, covered with Poblano Jack cheese, and crisp Cajun onion strings. Served with our Bayou Sauce and a heaping portion of crispy shoestring fries.

Chicken Bandera

A mesquite grilled chicken breast seared with a kicked-up Chipotle lime glaze. Served with grilled avocado, mango salsa and crispy shoestring fries.

Mexican Burger

Our mesquite broiled hamburger topped with shredded cheeses, sautéed fajita onions, and guacamole. Served with pico de gallo and a heaping portion of crispy shoestring fries.

Mesquite Grilled Hamburger

Made from fresh ground chuck. Served with shredded lettuce, tomato, a slice of red onion, and a heaping portion of crispy shoestring fries.

Mexican Specialties

Gaucho Chicken

Tender, marinated chicken breast, grilled over a mesquite wood fire with blackened tomato, and a Chimi Verde sauce with fresh herbs, served with crispy shoestring fries.

Salmon San Sebastian

Mesquite grilled, 10 ounce salmon fillet. Served with mixed field greens, Jose's rice and Chimi Verde sauce with fresh herbs.

Chicken Guadalajara

A boneless marinated chicken breast filled with authentic chorizo, red peppers and spinach, roasted with Poblano Jack cheese, served with Jose's rice. This item needs 18 minutes to reach perfection

Chimichurri Steak

Authentic Argentinean style flank steak grilled over mesquite wood, cooked medium, sliced and served with fresh herb Chimi Verde sauce, white rice and black beans.

Swordfish Tacos Veracruz

Fresh swordfish blackened on a cast iron skillet, served in fresh flour tortillas with Chipotle cole slaw, pico de gallo and mango salsa. Accompanied with fresh field greens and a mesquite grilled avocado.

Burros

You choose from our seasoned pulled beef or tender marinated chicken and we’ll stuff it into a large, fresh flour tortilla, add plenty of cheese and bake it in homemade enchilada sauce.

Enchiladas

Stuffed corn tortillas baked in cheese and homemade enchilada sauce. Ole! Stuffed with cheese and diced green chilis. Stuffed with Jose’s special pulled beef. Stuffed with tender marinated chicken.

Soft Tacos

Two fresh flour tortillas stuffed with your choice of pulled beef or marinated chicken and pico de gallo.

Taco and Enchilada

Combine any of our pulled beef, marinated chicken or cheese enchilada with a pulled beef or marinated chicken taco.

Corn and Black Bean Empanadas

Four flaky handmade pastries stuffed with seasoned corn, black beans, peppers, fresh cilantro, and Monterey Jack cheese. Served with roasted red pepper sauce.

Fajitas

Beef Fajitas

Tender skirt steak marinated in a secret blend of spices, grilled over mesquite wood and served sizzling hot.

Chicken Fajitas

Marinated chicken breast grilled over mesquite wood and served sizzling hot. Also available: half & half fajitas fajitas for two

Blackened Chicken Fajitas

Tender marinated chicken breast, blackened on the outside, spicy and juicy on the inside.

Blackened Catfish Fajita

Our fresh blackened catfish served line dancing under a fresh mango salsa.

Vegetable Fajita

A medley of vegetables tossed with seasonings, sautéed and served fajita style with black beans and white rice.

Rio Grande

Boneless breast of blackened chicken and your choice of tender marinated beef or chicken fajitas grilled over mesquite logs.

El Pueblo

Succulent Louisiana Gulf shrimp and your choice of marinated beef or chicken fajitas slowly grilled over mesquite logs to celebrate the big boss's favorite taste combination.

Vegetarian

Vegetable Quesadilla

Lightly grilled fresh vegetables medley in a steaming cheese quesadilla.

Guacamole

Our own guacamole made from scratch with whole avocados, tomato, onion, cilantro, and seasoned as in Old Mexico.

Black Bean Tostada Grande

We fill a crisp, flour tortilla shell with lettuce, black beans, cheeses, and diced tomatoes. Garnished with mushrooms, peppers, red onions and guacamole. A meal in itself.

Caesar Salad

The traditional Caesar Salad. Crisp romaine lettuce tossed with Caesar dressing, croutons and Parmesan cheese (dressing contains anchovies).

Vegetable Fajitas

A medley of fresh vegetables tossed with seasonings, sautéed and served with black beans and white rice.

Corn And Black Bean Empanadas

Four flaky handmade pastries stuffed with seasoned corn, black beans, peppers, fresh cilantro, and Monterey Jack cheese. Served with roasted red pepper sauce, black beans and white rice.

Bean Burro

A large, fresh flour tortilla stuffed with plenty of black beans baked in our homemade Ranchero sauce. Served with black beans and white rice.

Cheese Enchiladas

Corn tortillas stuffed with cheese and green chilis, covered with our homemade Ranchero sauce and baked until piping hot. Served with black beans and white rice.

Vegetable Jambalaya

Straight from Jose’s garden! A medley of fresh vegetables and rice, lightly tossed in our spicy Ranchero sauce. A vegetarian’s delight!

Eggplant St. Charles

Delicately fried eggplant topped with a blend of bubbling cheeses and Cajun spices.

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Cajun Popcorn

Blackened Chicken Fingers

Camptown Shrimp

Crawfish Etouffee

House Specialty

Guacamole

Pastelitos

Chorizo Mexicana

Chorizo Flambado

Chili con Queso

Tejas Chicken

Border Chili

Quesadilla

Vegetable Quesadilla

Shrimp & Crawfish Quesadilla

Mesquite Grilled Salmon Salad

Caesar Salad

Blackened Salmon Caesar

House Salad

Route 66 Chop Salad

Mesquite Grilled Fajita Salad

Steak And Bleu Cheese Salad

Tostada-Grande

Blackened Salmon

Blackened Swordfish

Crawfish Etouffee

Filet Mignon Jim Bowie Style

French Quarter Chicken

Eggplant Royale

Gulf Coast Seafood Enchiladas

Catfish New Orleans

Blackened Chicken

Blackened Catfish

Mesquite Swordfish

Cajun Burger

Chicken Bandera

Mexican Burger

Mesquite Grilled Hamburger

Gaucho Chicken

Salmon San Sebastian

Chicken Guadalajara

Chimichurri Steak

Swordfish Tacos Veracruz

Burros

Enchiladas

Soft Tacos

Taco and Enchilada

Corn and Black Bean Empanadas

Beef Fajitas

Chicken Fajitas

Blackened Chicken Fajitas

Blackened Catfish Fajita

Vegetable Fajita

Rio Grande

El Pueblo

Vegetable Quesadilla

Guacamole

Black Bean Tostada Grande

Caesar Salad

Vegetable Fajitas

Corn And Black Bean Empanadas

Bean Burro

Cheese Enchiladas

Vegetable Jambalaya

Eggplant St. Charles

Hamburger

Cheese Quesadilla

Chicken Quesadilla

Chicken Taco

Chicken Fingers

Chicken Fajita

Soft Drink

Milk

Juice

French Fries

M&M's