It\u2019s still a well-kept secret outside the Ryan Place and TCU neighborhoods near 1112 W. Berry St.<\/p>\n
But even with hundreds of new taquerias all across town, La Tortilandia still surprises with menu items<\/a> rarely found at most restaurants.<\/p>\n Ever had \u201corejas de elefante\u201d? Or \u201cchilaquiles en salsa morita\u201d?<\/p>\n They\u2019re on the La Tortilandia menu along with huaraches, molletes and plenty of enchiladas, tacos, fajitas, oysters, fish and shrimp.<\/p>\n The chilaquiles are eye-opening. Particularly if you\u2019re so drowsy on a Saturday morning that you trip over the high front doorstep. (Advice: Take the ramp.)<\/p>\n Salsa morita is a hotter version of chipotle sauce made with morita chili peppers, a distinctive small jalape\u00f1o. It has all the roasted flavor of chipotles and more fire, turning an egg platter or chilaquiles rojos into a fireball breakfast.<\/p>\n Salsa arbol is also available, and El Yucateco habanero sauces are on the table.<\/p>\n A chilaquiles platter is about $10, so La Tortilandia is the place to go if you\u2019re tired of expensive brunches.<\/p>\n \u201cOrejas de elefante\u201d is a nickname for a large, double-stacked breaded steak Milanesa, figuratively the shape of an \u201celephant\u2019s ear.\u201d<\/p>\n If the only Milanesa you\u2019ve ever tried was tough or hard, this is neither. La Tortilandia\u2019s fried steak is tender, with finer breading than a chicken-fried steak.<\/p>\n The menu at this restaurant \u2014 originally named \u201cLa Tortilandia Oyster Bar\u201d \u2014 includes a wide choice of shrimp or fish diablo or with garlic sauce, fish tacos Veracruz-style or snapper wrapped in parchment and baked with vegetables<\/p>\n The regular lunch platters of enchiladas or tacos cost less than $10. So do weeknight dinner specials.<\/p>\n The special one recent day was chicken in mole sauce for about $11, another good deal.<\/p>\n The primary dessert is the housemade flan, but if it\u2019s sold out you\u2019ll have to settle for sopaipillas, bakery tres leches cake or La Tortilandia\u2019s pancakes, a neighborhood favorite.<\/p>\n This location is the last of what once was a three-restaurant company owned by the Dorado family. The first La Tortilandia was on Hemphill Street across from an old steel foundry, followed by the second on McCart Avenue where a Tacos Ernesto location continues.<\/p>\n The Berry Street location is in a 101-year-old building that opened in 1925 as a neighborhood grocery for the then-new Ryan Place neighborhood. It later was a dry cleaners, a cabinet shop and a drugstore before becoming a series of panaderias and restaurants.<\/p>\n La Tortilandia\u2019s busy season is just beginning, It\u2019s a frequent stop for TCU football fans going to or from games using West Berry Street from Interstate 35W.<\/p>\n It\u2019s open from breakfast through dinner daily; 817-922-0205<\/a>, latortilandia.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WORTH Nearly 35 years after it opened when most south Fort Worth knew little about tortas or…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408789,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-408788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\u201cOrejas](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_1419.jpeg\" "\\"IMG_1419.jpeg\\"")
\u201cOrejas de elefante\u201d \u2013 \u201celephant ears\u201d \u2013 double milanesa and chilaquiles with hot-hot chipotle morita salsa at La Tortilandia, seen Aug. 15, 2026. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_1427.jpg\" "\\"IMG_1427.jpg\\"")
A combo platter with ceviche, shrimp, stuffed jalape\u00f1os, fish tacos, guacamole and sour cream at La Tortilandia. Dale Blackwell Star-Telegram archives <\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_1428.jpg\" "\\"IMG_1428.jpg\\"")
A burrito at La Tortilandia. Star-Telegram archives Rodger Mallison <\/p>\n