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Arnaldo Richards' Picos

Mexican
$$$

3601 Kirby Dr.

Houston, TX 77098
713-662-8383
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Sopas Y Ensaladas
Caldo Tlalpeno

chicken consomme with shredded chicken, tomatoes, onion, cilantro, rice & chunks of avocados
Cups : 4.50 Bowl : 6.95
Sopa De Tortilla A La Mexicana.

our traditional version of an all- time favorite
Bowl : 6.95
Ensalada Verde

crisp romaine tossed with our cilantro-poblano dressing, fresh parmesan & garlic croutons
6.50
Ensalada Mixta

crisp greens with cucumbers, roma tomatoes, cheddar cheese & green olives, served with our homemade vinaigrette dressing
6.50 Salad Served With Your Choice Of Chicken Or Beef Fajitas : 10.25 Salad With Entree (your Choice) : 3.95
Botanas
Ceviche

your choice of fresh fish, gulf shrimp or combo, marinated in lime juice with fresh tomatoes, onion, cilantro & serrano peppers
8.35
Ceviche Campechano

combo ceviche mixed with our mexican-style cocktail sauce
8.95
Camarones Al Ajillo

shrimp sauteed in garlic olive oil with pasilla peppers & garlic chip
9.95
Calamares A La Mexicana

calamari sauteed with onions, serrano peppers, cilantro & fresh tomatoes
9.95
Mariscada A La Mexicana

shrimp, calamari, crawfish tails & red snapper sauteed with onions, peppers, cilantro & tomatoes
11.95
Chilorio

sinaloa-style seasoned pork served with avocado slices & tortillas
8.95
Queso Flameado

melted chihuahua cheese topped with our homemade chorizo (mexican sausage) or sauteed mushrooms & poblano peppers
8.95
Tamales Oaxaquenos

two 6oz. oaxaca-style banana-leaf-wrapped tamales, your choice of pork, chicken or portabella & cuitlacoche
6.95
Nachos Compuestos

beans, chihuahua cheese, jalapenos, & guacamole with beef or chicken fajita
7.50
Nachos Jorge

black beans, chihuahua cheese, jalapenos, guacamole, cochinita pibil, & red marinated onions
8.95
Quesadillas De Espinacas

flour tortillas filled with melted cotija & chihuahua cheese, sauteed spinach & roasted almonds served with picos unique cilantro-poblano dressing
9.75
Quesadillas De Cangrejo O Salmon Ahumado

flour tortilla filled with melted cotija & chihuahua cheese & sauteed lump crab meat served with guacamole salad. or, chilpotle smoked salmon served with creamy chilpotle sauce
11.50
Especialidades Mexicanas
Pollo Pibil

achiote-marinated chicken baked in banana leaves & served with pickled red onions
14.95
Pollo En Mole Poblano

chicken cooked in a tasty mole poblano sauce sprinkled with sesame seeds
14.95
Cochinita Pibil

achiote-marinated roast pork baked in banana leaves & served with pickled red onions
14.25
Chiles En Nogada

(tradicional and vegetarian) roasted poblano peppers stuffed with shredded pork or wild rice cooked in peanut sauce with olives, almonds & raisins, covered with a cold creamy walnut sauce & sprinkled with pomegranates (when in season)
14.95
Mancha Manteles

(one of the seven moles from oaxaca) pork & chicken sauteed with plantain, sweet potato, apple, & pineapple in a peanut and chile ancho sauce, sprinkled with sesame seeds
14.95
Pollo En Mole Negro Oaxaqueno

chicken cooked in a traditional oaxaca-style black mole sprinkled with sesame seeds
15.25
Chiles Rellenos

two egg-battered poblano peppers stuffed with your choice of picadillo (beef & pork) or cotija cheese smothered with entomatada sauce and topped with sour cream
14.25
Carnes Asadas Sizzling Specialties
Fajitas O Pollo Al Carbon

sizzling charcoal-broiled beef skirt or chicken breast. served with rajas (grilled onions & poblano peppers), tortillas, guacamole salad, pico de gallo, mexican rice & your choice of charro, refried black or pinto beans.
For Two : 26.95 For One : 13.95
Fajita O Pollo Y Camarones

sizzling charcoal-broiled fajitas or chicken breast & jumbo gulf shrimp.served with rajas (grilled onions & poblano peppers), tortillas, guacamole salad, pico de gallo, mexican rice & your choice of charro, refried black or pinto beans.
21.95
Parrilla Mixta Para Dos

sizzling charcoal-broiled fajitas, chicken breast & jumbo gulf shrimp served with rajas (grilled onions & poblano peppers), tortillas, guacamole salad, pico de gallo, mexican rice & your choice of charro, refried black or pinto beans.
36.95
Parrilla Vegetariana

sizzling charcoal-broiled vegetables of the season served with rajas (grilled onions & poblano peppers), tortillas, guacamole salad, pico de gallo, mexican rice & your choice of charro, refried black or pinto beans.
12.95
Codorniz A La Parrilla

two (2) sizzling charcoal-broiled quail, marinated & bacon-wrapped served with rajas (grilled onions & poblano peppers), tortillas, guacamole salad, pico de gallo, mexican rice & your choice of charro, refried black or pinto beans.
21.95
Camarones A La Parrilla

six (6) sizzling charcoal-broiled jumbo gulf shrimp served with rajas (grilled onions & poblano peppers), tortillas, guacamole salad, pico de gallo, mexican rice & your choice of charro, refried black or pinto beans.
20.50
Sirloin Steak

12 oz. of the finest steak money can buy served with rajas (grilled onions & poblano peppers), tortillas, guacamole salad, pico de gallo, mexican rice & your choice of charro, refried black or pinto beans.
21.95
Filete Al Chilpotle

8 oz. charcoal-broiled beef tenderloin smothered with chihuahua cheese, topped with chilpotle & parsley sauce, served with white rice & avocado slices
25.00
Filete Azteca

8 oz. charcoal- broiled beef tenderloin smothered with our very own black bean mole, topped with queso cotija, served with esquites and sauteed spinach
25.95
Filete Mestizo

8 oz. charcoal-broiled beef tenderloin served with cuitlacoche (mexican truffle) and requeson (soft mexican cheese) sauces accompanied with esquites and fresh sauteed spinach
25.95
Chamorro De Ternera En Chile De Arbol (osso Buco)

tender veal shank slow-cooked in a chile de arbol sauce served with charro-style alubias (cannellini beans) and slices of avocado
26.95
Tampiquena

8 oz. charcoal- broiled sirloin strip served with a cheese enchilada covered with mole poblano sauce, mexican rice, refried beans & pico de gallo
16.25
Huasteca

8 oz. charcoal-broiled sirloin strip served with guacamole salad, melted chihuahua cheese and a bowl of charro beans
16.25
Churrasco Poblano

8 oz. of marinated flank steak, smothered with melted chihuahua cheese and covered with a poblano sauce made with roasted tomatoes, charred poblano peppers and sauteed kernels of corn accompanied by charro beans and slices of avocado
15.95
Especialidades Del Mar
Huachinango A La Veracruzana

red snapper filet covered with our traditional veracruz sauce
21.95
Huachinango Tikin-xik

red snapper filet seasoned with achiote & charcoal-broiled in banana leaves, served with pickled red onions
21.95
Huachinango Al Mojo De Ajo

red snapper filet sauteed in garlic oil & sprinkled with garlic chips
21.95
Camarones Al Chilpotle

jumbo gulf shrimp covered with chilpotle & parsley sauce (hot & spicy)
20.95
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo

jumbo gulf shrimp sauteed in garlic oil & sprinkled with garlic chips
20.95
Camarones Adobados

jumbo gulf shrimp stuffed with poblano pepper, wrapped in bacon then charcoal-broiled & basted with our special adobo sauce
21.95
Pescado Tampicos

fresh seasonal filet of fish topped with fresh sauteed lump crab meat, pico de gallo and avocado chunks, served with marinated grilled vegetables market
Market :
Platillos Mexicanos
Enchiladas De Mariscos .

sauteed shrimp & crab meat enchiladas with poblano cream sauce & chihuahua cheese
13.95
Enchiladas Suizas Tradicionales

chicken, cheese or beef enchiladas topped with tomatillo sauce, chihuahua cheese & sour cream
11.95
Enchiladas Vegetarianas

seasonal vegetable enchiladas topped with ranchero sauce & chihuahua cheese
11.95
Enchiladas De Mole Poblano

chicken, cheese or beef enchiladas topped with mole poblano sauce, cotija cheese & onions
12.50
Enchiladas De Espinacas

sauteed fresh spinach & roasted almonds enchiladas with poblano cream sauce & chihuahua cheese
13.50
Enchiladas De Acociles

sauteed crawfish smothered with melted chihuahua cheese and creamy chilpotle sauce (hot & spicy)
13.95
Flautas Estilo Mexico

three crispy flautas filled with your choice of beef barbacoa, chicken or potato and cheese, topped with fresh tomatillos salsa, sour cream, queso cotija and avocado slices
11.95
Sincronizadasverdes O Rojas

(a picos original since 1984) roasted pork, roasted chicken and melted chihuahua cheese served stacked between corn tortillas and topped with salsa verde (tomatillo) or salsa entomatada (tomato), sour cream and avocado slices
11.95
Especialidades Tex-mex
Burritos Tex-mex

filled with your choice of ground beef or chicken, chile con queso, lettuce, tomatoes & sour cream, and served with mexican rice & refried beans
11.95
Chalupas Tex-mex

crispy corn tortilla with beans, chile con queso, ground beef, lettuce, tomatoes, topped with sour cream & jalapenos
11.95
Nachos Gabachos

beans, cheddar cheese, jalapenos, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, tomatoes & fajitas
11.95
Enchiladas Tex-mex

chicken, cheese or beef enchiladas topped with texas gravy, cheddar cheese & chopped onions served with rice & refried beans
11.95
Crispy Tacos

texas-style ground beef tacos served with rice & refried beans & chihuahua cheese
9.95
Chile Con Queso

100% real cheese chile con queso (the way it should be)
Large : 6.25 Half : 4.25 Add Fajitas Large : 1.75 Add Fajitas Half : 1.45 Add Ground Beef Large : 1.25 Add Ground Beef Half : 0.95

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Located in the heart of Upper Kirby at the corner of Kirby and Richmond, Arnaldo Richard's Picos (formerly known as Pico's Mex-Mex) by chef Arnaldo Richards is a Houston destination for traditional regional Mexican cuisine. The attractively appointed, newly constructed space, replaced the restaurant's former location in Bellaire, which was open since 1984. Pico's is a popular place that doesn't take reservations. Expect waits of 30 minutes or more at peak times, so order one of their famous margaritas at the bar. Standout dishes on the large menu include the chiles en nogada, the conchinita pibil, and the Chamorro de Puerco con Verdolagas (pork shank in green sauce with vegetables). A live harpist and/or guitarist plays traditional Mexican music daily during dinner service.

Photo by Troy Fields

Details

Price: $$$
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-10 p.m.; Friday & Saturday 9 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday 9 a.m.-9 p.m.
Outdoor seating: Open-air patio
Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Recommended
Parking: Lot available, Valet
Extra Services: Catering
Takeout
- Call restaurant to order/pay
- Use restaurant website to order/pay