ORIGINAL MEXICAN FOOD IN ANAHUAC, TX
WELCOME TO THE BEGINNING!
The Beginning Mexican Grill is a family-owned restaurant in Anahuac, TX serving original Mexican food in a fun, casual atmosphere.
At The Beginning, you’ll enjoy classic Mexican street tacos, delicious American-style tacos, and much more. Our menu is full of south-of-the-border delights, including burritos, enchiladas, tortas, and fresh salads.
We take pride in offering excellent service in a family-friendly setting. Relax and enjoy a meal with friends, or order takeout right here on our website. We’ll let you know exactly when your order will be ready.
We are thrilled to bring the flavors of Mexican to the Anahuac community!
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The Beginning Mexican Grill Menu
Breakfast Plates
Breakfast Plate
7.99
Toast, two eggs, and a choice of bacon, ham, or breakfast sausage.
Anahuac Breakfast
8.99
Two pancakes, two eggs, and a choice of bacon, ham, or breakfast sausage.
All In One Anahuac Breakfast
12.99
Bacon, ham, and breakfast sausage with two eggs, hash browns, and two pancakes or toast.
Biscuits and Sausage Gravy
7.99
Family Platter Breakfast
26.99
8 pancakes, choice of bacon, ham, or breakfast sausage, 4 hash browns, and 8 scrambled eggs.
Breakfast Tortas & Sandwiches
Breakfast Torta
8.99
Egg, beans, mayo, lettuce, cheese, and choice of ham, breakfast sausage, chorizo, or bacon.
BLT
5.99
Bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayo.
Breakfast Sandwich
5.75
Scrambled egg with choice of bacon, breakfast sausage of ham. Add cheese for $0.50.
Egg & Cheese Sandwich
3.99
Scrambled eggs with cheese and mayo.
Omelets & Breakfast Bowls
Breakfast Omelet
10.99
Choice of meats: breakfast sausage, ham, chorizo, or bacon. Add onion, bell peppers, cheese, mushrooms, and tomato. Served with toast.
Veggie Omelet
9.95
Peppers, onions, mushrooms, tomato, and cheese.
Breakfast Bowl
5.50
3 scrambled eggs with cheese and choice of bacon, breakfast sausage, or ham
Breakfast Bowl Supreme
7.95
Choice of meats: breakfast sausage, ham, chorizo, or bacon. 3 scrambled eggs cooked with cheese, peppers, onions, and hash browns.
Spicy Fajita Omelet
11.95
Fajita cooked with jalapeños, onions, peppers, and cheese.
Spicy Fajita Bowl
12.95
Fajita cooked with 3 scrambled eggs with jalapeños, onions, peppers, hash browns, and cheese.
Breakfast Tacos
Potato Taco
2.85
Bacon Taco
2.85
Breakfast Sausage Taco
2.85
Ham Taco
2.85
Link Sausage Taco
2.85
Chorizo Taco
2.85
Machacado Taco
2.85
Chicharron Taco
2.85
Potato & Chorizo Taco
2.85
Mexican-Style Link Sausage Taco
2.85
Huevo a la Mexicana Taco
2.85
Fajita Beef Taco
4.25
Topped with cilantro and onion.
Fajita Chicken Taco
4.25
Topped with cilantro and onion.
Carne Guisada Taco
4.25
Topped with cilantro and onion.
Tripa Taco
4.25
Topped with cilantro and onion.
Pastor Taco
4.25
Topped with cilantro and onion.
Carnitas Taco
4.25
Topped with cilantro and onion.
Brisket Taco
4.25
Topped with cilantro and onion.
Barbacoa Taco
4.25
Topped with cilantro and onion.
Desayunos Mexicanos
Migas
8.85
Eggs scrambled with crispy shredded corn tortillas.
Migas a la Mexicana
9.99
Eggs scrambled with crispy shredded corn tortillas. Served with choice of bacon, breakfast sausage, or ham and choice of potatoes or hash brown and tortillas.
Huevos Divorciados
9.99
Two fried eggs, one topped with red salsa, and 1 with green salsa, and a milanesa steak served with potatoes or hash browns, beans and tortillas.
Machacado
8.85
Dry beef scrambled with egg.
Machacado a la Mexicana
9.99
Dry beef scrambled with egg. Served with choice of bacon, breakfast sausage, or hams, choice of potato or hash browns, beans, and tortillas.
Chilaquiles
8.85
Fried corn tortillas with choice of red or green salsa topped with queso fresco and Mexican sour cream. Served with choice of bacon, breakfast sausage, or ham, choice of potatoes or hash browns, beans and tortillas. Add 2 eggs for $2.50.
Huevos Rancheros
9.15
Two fried eggs topped with red salsa. Served with choice of bacon, breakfast sausage, or ham, choice of potatoes or hash browns, beans and tortillas.
Breakfast Enchiladas
9.99
2 cheese enchiladas (chili gravy, queso, red or green sauce) served with 2 eggs, beans, and choice of potatoes or hash browns.
Kitchen Sink
10.25
Chorizo, bacon, breakfast sausage, tomatoes, jalapenos, and onions scrambled with eggs and served with beans and tortillas.
Tostadas Rancheras
10.99
Two fried eggs topped with red salsa, queso fresco, Mexican sour cream, on tostadas. Served with choice of bacon, ham, or breakfast sausage, and choice of potatoes or hash browns.
Breakfast Quesadilla
10.99
Scrambled eggs with a choice of bacon, ham, breakfast sausage, or chorizo served with beans, and your choice of potatoes or hash browns.
Carne Guisada
11.99
Beef stew pieces with potatoes and salsa. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Bistek a la Mexicana
11.99
Beef milanesa cooked in tomato, jalapeño, and onions. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Plato Barbacoa
13.25
Not always available, check before ordering. Beef cheek served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
Appetizers
Chile Con Queso
Starting At 5.99
Optional: add ground beef, fajita chicken, or fajita beef for an upcharge.
Small $5.99 • Large $8.99
Small $5.99 • Large $8.99
Guacamole
Starting At 6.99
Small $6.99 • Large $9.75
Anahuac Loaded Fries
6.99
French fries with ranch dressing or queso, plus chives, bacon bits, and cheese.
Stuffed Jalapeños
6.99
5 Cream cheese stuffed jalapeños with ranch.
Cheese Triangles
6.99
6 Mozzarella cheese triangles with ranch or marinara sauce.
Corn Nuggets
6.99
Fried corn fritters.
Fried Pickles
6.99
Fried Mushrooms
6.99
Sandwiches, Burgers & Tortas
The Beginning Burger
14.99
Half-pound hamburger patty, thick-cut smoked bacon, jalapeño sausage, sharp cheddar and pepper jack cheeses, and all the trimmings.
Hamburger
Starting At 9.99
Hamburger (1/3 pound or 1/2 pound) with mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato, onions, and pickles. Options: add cheese, bacon, avocado, mushrooms, grilled onions, or jalapeño sourdough bread.
1/3 Pound Burger $9.99 • 1/2 Pound Burger $10.99
1/3 Pound Burger $9.99 • 1/2 Pound Burger $10.99
Veggie Burger
10.99
Beyond Meat burger with mayo, mustard, lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickles.
Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich
11.75
With grilled peppers, grilled onions, and Swiss cheese.
Chicken Hoagie
11.99
Grilled chicken, bacon, Swiss cheese, mayo, lettuce, and tomato.
Steak Hoagie
11.50
Ribeye steak with mayo, lettuce, and tomato.
Torta
10.99
Mayo, beans, lettuce, queso fresco, crema, and choice of meat: fajita beef, chicken, or pork al pastor.
Crispy Chicken Sandwich
10.99
Regular or spicy chicken patty with mayo, lettuce, and tomato.
Salads, Nachos & Papa Asada
Taco Salad Bowl
12.50
Crispy tortilla bowl with lettuce, beans, cheese, and choice of meat (fajita beef, fajita chicken, ground beef, or pastor). Add guacamole, sour cream, or queso cheese +$0.75.
-J- Bowl
11.75
Lettuce, beans, and rice topped with chile con queso and your choice of meat (fajita beef or fajita chicken). Served with tortillas.
Salad Bowl
10.99
Lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese, and your choice of fajita beef, fajita chicken, ground beef, crispy chicken, or grilled shrimp (for a small upcharge).
Anahuac Nachos
11.50
Chips, cheese, beans, lettuce, tomato, and choice of meat (fajita beef, fajita chicken, ground beef, or pork al pastor).
Nachos Mexicanos
13.50
Cheese, beans, pico de gallo, onion, cilantro, avocado, queso fresco, and choice of meat (fajita beef, fajita chicken, or pork al pastor).
Papa Asada
11.50
Baked potato topped with butter, cheese, crema Mexicana, pico de gallo, and your choice of fajita beef, chicken, pork al pastor, or ribeye steak (upcharge).
The Beginning Plates
Quesadillas
14.99
Flour tortilla filled with cheese, your choice of meat (fajita beef, fajita chicken, pastor, or ground beef). Choose brisket or ribeye steak for a small upcharge. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, and guacamole.
Enchiladas
16.99
3 rolled corn tortillas with your choice of filling (fajita beef, fajita chicken, ground beef, or cheese) and your choice of sauce (red salsa, green salsa, chili gravy, or queso). Served with rice, charro or refried beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream.
Cowboy Chalupas
12.75
2 crispy tortillas with beans, lettuce, crema, queso fresco, and choice of meat (fajita beef, fajita chicken, ground beef, or pastor). Served with rice and guacamole.
Sopes
11.75
2 fried masa base with beans, lettuce, tomato, queso fresco, crema, and choice of meat (fajita beef, chicken, pastor, chorizo, or chicharron). Served with rice and guacamole.
El Jefe Burrito
11.99
12-inch tortilla wrap with refried beans, rice, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, and choice of meat (ground beef, fajita chicken, fajita beef, or pastor). Topped with a copita of queso.
Carne Asada
13.99
Beef steak with grilled onion on top. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, and tortillas.
Bistec a la Mexicana
11.99
Mexican-style beef steak cooked with tomato, onion, and jalapenos. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Carne Guisada
11.99
Slow-cooked beef stew with salsa and potato. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chile con Carne
11.99
Pork rib pieces on a red salsa served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chicken Flautas
13.75
Three rolled chicken taquitos topped with green salsa, lettuce, queso fresco, crema, and tomato. Served with rice, charro or refried beans, and a scoop of guacamole.
Pollo a la Plancha
12.75
Grilled chicken breast served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, and tortillas.
Spaghetti
13.99
With chicken or ground beef. Served with garlic bread.
The Beginning Tacos
Tacos al Carbon
13.50
2 Tacos served with rice, charro or refried beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream. Choice of meat: fajita beef, fajita chicken, ground beef, or pastor.
Soft / Crispy Tacos
12.75
Ground beef tacos with lettuce, cheese, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, and a scoop of sour cream.
Volcano Tacos
12.95
5 Mini tacos topped with grilled onions, queso fresco, and a scoop of guacamole. Choice of meat: fajita beef, fajita chicken, pastor, or ground beef. Served with charro beans.
Mini Tacos
12.75
5 Mini tacos topped with cilantro and onion. Served with charro beans. Choice of meat: fajita beef, fajita chicken, or pastor.
South of the Border Tacos
13.99
3 Corn tortilla tacos topped with cilantro and onion. Served with rice and beans and salsa taquera. Choice of meat: tripa, carnitas, pastor, or barbacoa (when available).
Gringo Tacos
13.99
2 Tacos on flour or corn tortilla with lettuce, cheese, and pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans. Choice of meat: fajita beef, fajita chicken, grilled fish, or grilled shrimp.
Rollitos
12.50
Fajita chicken or fajita beef rolled fried taquitos on corn or flour tortillas. Served with rice, beans, sour cream, and a copita de queso.
Platos Calientes
Tampiqueña
17.99
Tender beef skirt steak topped with Monterey jack cheese on top of grilled onions and bell peppers.
Monterrey Chicken
17.75
Grilled chicken breast topped with Monterey jack cheese on top of grilled onions and bell peppers.
Carnitas de Puerco
17.99
Mexican slow-cooked pulled pork on top of grilled onions and bell peppers.
12 oz. Ribeye
22.99
Tender ribeye steak on top of grilled onions and bell peppers.
Costillas de Res
14.99
Tender beef ribs on top of grilled peppers and onions. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
El Ranchero
18.25
Tender bourbon-marinated beef skirt steak topped with Monterey jack cheese and grilled broccoli, and cauliflower. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and tortillas.
The Beginning Fajita Plates
Chicken Fajitas
Starting At 17.75
For One $17.75 • For Two $36.95
Beef Fajitas
Starting At 19.75
For One $19.75 • For Two $38.50
Combo Fajitas
Starting At 18.75
Beef and chicken.
For One $18.75 • For Two $37.50
For One $18.75 • For Two $37.50
Triple Meat Fajitas
21.75
Beef, chicken, and link sausage.
Seafood
Popcorn Shrimp
8.99
Served with French fries.
Shrimp Po' Boy
10.99
Served with French fries.
Fried Fish Sandwich
8.99
Served with French fries.
Fried Fish Basket
12.99
Served with French fries.
Fried Shrimp Basket
14.99
Six fried shrimp. Served with French fries.
Camarones a la Plancha
13.99
6 grilled shrimp served with rice and salad.
Dolores Blackened Fish
13.99
2 Grilled fish fillets on top of grilled bell peppers and onions. Topped with queso and served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole, and tortillas.
A La Carte
Chalupa (1)
2.75
Chicken Flauta (1)
2.99
Rollito (1)
2.25
Chicken or beef.
Sope (1)
3.99
Volcano Mini Taco (1)
2.75
Gringo Taco (1)
4.25
South of the Border Taco (1)
3.99
Soft / Crispy Taco (1)
4.25
Enchilada (1)
2.99
Quesadilla (1)
9.99
Rice
2.15
Beans
2.15
Tortillas (2)
2.35
French Fries
2.15
Fried Okra
2.99
Onion Rings
3.69
Copita de Queso
1.25
Scoop of Guacamole
1.75
Scoop of Sour Cream
0.75
Scoop of Pico de Gallo
1.50
Chiquitos Menu
Kids' Cheese Quesadilla
6.95
Served with rice and beans. Add meat for $1.99.
Kids' Cheese Enchilada
6.95
Served with rice and beans. Add meat for $1.99.
Kids' Cheese & Bean Nachos
6.95
Add meat for $1.99.
Kids' Cheese Sticks
6.95
Served with French fries.
Kid's Chicken Tenders
6.95
3 pieces of chicken tenders served with French fries.
Kids' Mini Corn Dogs
6.95
Served with French fries.
Kids' Pizza
6.95
Cheese. Served with French fries.