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The Menu

The Menu.

Everything is hand-folded, hand-mixed, and made the way Julio makes it at home. Specials rotate. Featured items are what we're especially proud of. Ask at the counter if you want the story behind any of it.

A note on the Cuban Sandwich: our famous Cuban Sandwich Special ($8.95) is served Tuesday and Thursday only, 2 PM–5 PM. First-come, first-served. It goes fast.
Empanadas. Hand-folded · Every Morning

Folded by hand in the kitchen before we open. Regulars and specials sit side-by-side on the tray. Order one as a snack, three as a meal, or try the trio for $13.95.

Flagship Julio's empanada cut open showing golden crust and savory beef filling
Tray of hand-folded empanadas arranged in a pinwheel with herb garnish

Regular Empanadas — $5.25

Traditional Beef $5.25

Slow-cooked seasoned beef, onions, and peppers. The one we're famous for.

Beef & Cheese $5.25

Beef and melted cheese in a golden crust.

Chicken $5.25

Pulled chicken with Latin spices and sofrito.

Cuban Sandwich $5.25

The Cuban Sandwich — folded into a crust. Roast pork, ham, Swiss, pickles, mustard.

Garlic Spinach Potato $5.25

Garlic-wilted spinach and potato. Vegetarian, dinner-worthy.

Jamaican Beef $5.25

Scotch bonnet heat, Jamaican spices, ground beef.

Loaded Meatball $5.25

Italian-style meatball, marinara, and mozzarella.

Sausage & Pepper $5.25

Italian sausage, onions, peppers. A street-fair favorite.

Special Empanadas — $5.95

Limited runs. What's on the tray today may not be on the tray tomorrow.

Braised Beef Osso Buco $5.95

Slow-braised short rib with red wine reduction. Dinner in a pocket.

Jalapeño Steak $5.95

Grilled steak with pickled jalapeños and cheese.

Deviled Crab $5.95

Tampa-style deviled crab filling folded into our empanada shell.

Garlic Shrimp $5.95

Gulf shrimp tossed in garlic butter, sealed in.

Plantain Steak $5.95

Grilled steak with sweet plantains — Julio's combo.

The Trio Deal — $13.95

Pick any three regular empanadas. The most popular way to order.

Bowls & Plates. Rice · Beans · Protein · Plantains

Lunch portions are generous. Dinner portions come with sweet plantains on the side. Rice and beans are made fresh daily.

Shrimp bowl with rice, pico de gallo and an empanada on top
Garlic shrimp bowl plated with rice, beans, plantains, and herb garnish

Lunch Bowls

Chicken or Pork Picadillo $10.95

Pulled chicken or pork picadillo over rice & beans.

Shrimp Bowl $12.95

Garlic Gulf shrimp, rice, beans, pico.

Steak Bowl $12.95

Grilled steak over rice & beans with onions and peppers.

Dinner Plates

Chicken or Pork Picadillo Plate $14.95

Rice, beans, sweet plantains, and your choice of protein.

Shrimp Plate $15.95

Dinner portion of garlic shrimp with rice, beans, and sweet plantains.

Steak Plate $15.95

Grilled steak, rice, beans, and sweet plantains.

Empanada Plate $13.95

Two empanadas plus rice & beans. A full dinner, at the right price.

Giant Chicken Shish Kebab $5.95

Marinated chicken on a skewer — grill-fired, a la carte.

Julio's Antojos

Little cravings — the side dishes Latin kitchens never skip.

Stuffed Yucca $4.95

Fried yucca dough stuffed with seasoned beef.

Devil's Blue Crab $7.95

Tampa-style Cuban deviled crab croquette.

Homemade Beef Potato Ball $5.95

Seasoned beef wrapped in fluffy potato, fried golden.

Sandwiches & Burgers. Pressed · Layered · Sauced

Sandwich specials are $10.95 each. Add fresh fries for $2.95. The Cuban Sandwich has its own window — read the note up top.

Julio's Cheeseburger with the Puerto Rican flag, served with golden fries
Julio's Cheeseburger on brioche bun with crispy cheese, plated with fries

Sandwich Specials — $10.95

Julio's Latin Philly $10.95

Grilled steak, onions, peppers, and garlic aioli on a pressed roll.

Julio's Bori $10.95

Mojo pork, sweet plantains, onions, fried cheese, garlic aioli, mayo, ketchup.

Coco Rico Chicken $10.95

Grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato — bright, simple, a tiny bit sweet.

Julio's Cuban Gyro $10.95

Roast pork and ham layered the gyro way — with Cuban-sandwich fillings.

Julio's Cheeseburger $10.95

Brioche, seasoned patty, melted cheese, our house sauce.

Add Fresh Fries +$2.95

Hand-cut, seasoned, fried in-house.

The Cuban Sandwich Special — $8.95

Tuesday & Thursday only, 2 PM to 5 PM. Locals say it's the best Cuban in town. Arrive early.

Sauces. Take the heat home

The house sweet onion sauce is the one we put on every tray — and the one everyone asks to take home. Bottled on-site.

Signature

Sweet Onion Sauce.

Caramelized onions, cream, and a slow-cooked tang. The sauce Julio puts on his own plate. Keep it in the fridge — it goes on everything.

Small Bottle $5
Large Bottle $10
Two Julio's Empanadas branded sauce bottles side by side
Also on the shelf

Rotating small-batch sauces and salsas. Ask the counter what's ready today — we bottle what's good.

"Folded by hand. — Served hot. Everything else is detail."

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