Las Velas
mexican
Chips & Queso
$8.00
Beef $10.00 | Chorizo $10.00
El Trio
$12.00
Chips with salsa, queso, and guacamole
Quesadillas
$12.00
Sopes
$12.00
Two thick handmade corn tortillas topped with beans and chicken, steak, ground beef, chorizo or carnitas, salsa verde or Roja, onions, cilantro, and fresco cheese. Served with rice
Tostadas
$12.00
Fish Tacos (Breaded Fish)
$12.00
Two tacos (flour or corn soft tortillas) topped with freshly breaded tilapia, shredded cabbage, pico de gallo, and a creamy chipotle sauce. Served with rice and beans
Two Tacos
$12.00
Served with rice and beans. Choose from chicken, carnitas, steak, ground beef, veggies, or chorizo. Choose Mexican Style (Onions or Cilantro) or Tex Mex (Lettuce, Shredded Cheese, Sour Cream. Add +$0.50)
Shrimp Tacos
$14.00
Two tacos with freshly breaded large shrimp, pico de gallo, avocado, and Timon’s creamy salsa. Served with rice and beans
Pastor Tacos
$12.00
Two tacos with marinated pork, onions and cilantro, grilled pineapple, and sweet yet mildly spicy salsa. Served with rice and beans
Cochinita Pibil Tacos
$12.00
Two tacos with slow-cooked achiote vinegar shredded pork and habanero vinegar-marinated red onions. Served with rice and beans
Mahi-Mahi Tacos
$13.00
Two mahi-mahi tacos topped with pico de gallo, avocado, and a creamy chipotle-mustard sauce. Served with rice and beans
Huarache
$12.00
Elongated oval-shaped tortilla stuffed with refried beans and topped with lettuce, pico de gallo, salsa, sour cream, and fresco cheese. Choose chicken, steak, or carnitas
Flautas
$12.00
Three flautas made with flour tortillas wrapped around a flavorful mix of chicken and cheese. Served with creamy chipotle sauce, rice, and beans
Las Velas Lunch Combo
$15.00
One burrito, one green enchilada, and one taco cooked with your choice of one meat: chicken, steak, ground beef, chorizo, or carnitas. Served with rice and beans
Chile Relleno Combo
$14.00
One cheese chile relleno, rice, beans, chilaquiles with salsa verde
Burritos (Akumal)
$12.00
Vegetarian burrito stuffed with beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, peppers, onions, mushrooms, guacamole, sour cream and red salsa
Burritos (Cancun)
$17.00
Your choice of meat, cheese, pico de gallo, and guacamole
Burritos (Xel-ha)
$17.00
Rice, chopped onions and cilantro, beans and shredded cheese. Choose from chicken or steak
Burrito breakfast
$12.00
Scrambled eggs, chorizo, fried, and cheese.
El Trio
$12.00
Chips with salsa, queso, and guacamole
Quesadillas
$14.00
Traditional cheese. Served with lettuce/pico de gallo and sour cream | Meats or Veggies $12.00 | Shrimp or Filet $16.00
Sopecitos
$12.00
Four small thick corn tortillas, handmade in our kitchen, topped one each of chicken, steak, chorizo, and carnitas, served with beans, salsa verde, Roja, onions, cilantro, and fresco cheese
Las Velas Flautas
$12.00
Three flautas made with flour tortillas wrapped around a mix of diced chicken and cheese. Served with creamy chipotle sauce
Stuffed Jalapeños
$12.00
Four large, fresh jalapeños skinned and stuffed with fresco cheese, ground beef, and chorizo. Drizzled with our creamy tamarindo honey sauce
Empanadas
$12.00
Choose from cheese, beef or chicken, $14. Fish or Mushrooms $15
Sopa De Mariscos
$18.00
Nicely spiced. A traditional seafood broth with peas, carrots, potatoes, fish, and shrimp
Ensalada Brisas
$18.00
Marinated shrimp, orange and avocado slices, tortilla strips, and fresco cheese served on a bed of spinach leaves. Topped with honey pasilla vinaigrette
Tacos De Pescado (Fish)
$6.00
Freshly breaded tilapia, shredded cabbage, pico de gallo, and a creamy chipotle sauce
Tacos De Camaron (Shrimp)
$8.00
Grilled or Freshly breaded shrimp, pico de gallo, avocado, and El Timon’s creamy salsa
Tacos Pastor
$6.00
Marinated pork, onion and cilantro, grilled pineapple, and a sweet and mildly spicy salsa
Tacos Cochinita Pibil
$6.00
Slow-cooked achiote/vinegar shredded pork and habanero/vinegar marinated red onions
Mahi Mahi Tacos
$7.00
Grilled mahi-mahi taco topped with pico de gallo, avocado, and a creamy chipotle-mustard sauce
Tacos De Barbacoa
$6.00
Beef slow-cooked in spices, dry peppers, and vinegar
Gobernador taco
$8.00
shrimp, melted cheese, poblano pepper, corn, onions, cilantro and gobernador salsa
Pittsburgh taco
$6.00
steak marinated in light mustard, hint of melted queso dip, thin fries with chorizo and our special salsa
three gobernador tacos
$18.00
served with mexican rice and pinto beans
three mahi mahi tacos
$19.00
three mahi mahi tacos served with Mexican rice and pinto beans
three al pastor tacos
$15.00
served with side of Mexican rice and pinto beans
three fish tacos
$15.00
served with side of mexican rice and pinto beans
three shrimp tacos
$19.00
served with mexican rice and pinto beans
three cochinita pibil tacos
$15.00
served with rice and beans
three pittsburgh tacos
$18.00
served with rice and beans
Burrito Cancun
$17.00
A large flour tortilla with your choice of meat. Stuffed with cheese, pico de gallo, and guacamole
Burrito Isla
$17.00
A burrito stuffed with shredded cheese, rice, green peppers, grilled onions, and sour cream. Your choice of meat
Burrito Xel-ha
$17.00
A favorite in the Riviera Maya, this burrito is stuffed with rice, chopped onions and cilantro, beans, and shredded cheese. Your choice of meat
Burrito Pastor
$17.00
White rice, pastor meat, grilled pineapple, onions and cilantro with pastor sauce
chimichanga
$17.00
fried burrito, cheese with your choice of meat
Alambres Pollo/Carne
$20.00
Grilled chopped peppers and onions smothered with melted cheese are placed atop grilled chicken or steak and served with rice, lettuce/pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream and tortillas
Chiles Rellenos
$18.00
A traditional Mexican dish made with poblano peppers with skins removed, dipped in batter, stuffed with cheese, and your choice of chicken, steak, or pork. Covered with a savory lightly spiced red sauce
Velada
$28.00
Half of a fresh pineapple shell filled with chicken, steak, fish, shrimp, chorizo, grilled peppers, onions, and cilantro. All topped with melted cheese and served with tortillas, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo
Enchiladas Suizas
$18.00
Shredded chicken in salsa verde, topped with queso fresco, onions, cilantro, and sour cream
camarones al ajillo
$20.00
8 jumbo shrimps cooked with butter, garlic, guajillo peppers and onions. served with our seafood salsa, flour or corn tortilla choice
Beans, Pinto or Black
$4.00
Esquites or Elote
$4.00
Traditional Pico De Gallo
$4.00
Papas Leticia (Lime Potatoes)
$4.00
House Salad
$4.00
Sopapillas
$7.00
Fried tortillas doused with honey. Topped with vanilla ice cream
Fried Ice Cream
$7.00
Vanilla ice cream coated in a sweet crunch. Drizzled with your choice of chocolate, honey, or caramel
Flan
$7.00
Churro Bites
$7.00
The traditional Mexican pastry is served in bite-sized pieces for sharing. Served with your choice of dipping sauce: chocolate, caramel, honey, or raspberry
Menu as captured Sep 2, 2026 · source ↗
We hold 230 venues in Pittsburgh, PA and could score 28 of them. This one is not among them, so it has no position — not a low one.
There is no score breakdown to show: nothing we read about this venue earned points in any of the four categories, so a bar chart of zeroes would look like a verdict on the kitchen rather than on what it publishes. What we did read is below.
v1.7.4 0.0/100 = sourcing 0.0/50 (named-farm 0 distinct, named-region 0 distinct, attribute 0 distinct, buzzword 0 distinct) + farm partners 0.0/20 (none scored) + registry 0.0/12 (none listed) + press 0.0/18 (capped at 35% of the 0.0-point evidence base).
Buzzwords only. This venue uses sourcing language ("farm-fresh", "locally sourced") but names no farms, regions, or verifiable attributes.
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| Sunday | 12pm – 8pm |
|---|---|
| Monday | 11am – 9pm |
| Tuesday | 11am – 9pm |
| Wednesday | 11am – 9pm |
| Thursday | 11am – 9pm |
| Friday | 11am – 10pm |
| Saturday | 11am – 10pm |
Hours checked Aug 29, 2026 · source ↗ · these hours were read from the page text rather than published schedule data, so we show the week instead of calling it open or closed · Always worth confirming with the restaurant.
Call (412) 251-0031No online booking — reservations by phone.
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