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520 Colorado Ave · Calhan, Colorado

Real Mexican Food With Love Right Here in Calhan

It started with homemade plates sold out of our own house. Then a food truck. Then, with our mother Licha beside us, a kitchen of our own. Everything still comes out the same way it always has — by hand, from scratch, for people we know by name.

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Breakfast Lunch Dinner Family owned & operated
Licha's quesabirrias — tortillas dipped in chili sauce, filled with cheese and slow-cooked birria, served with a side of consommé
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Licha standing at the counter of the kitchen, in front of a chalkboard that reads Licha's Mexican Food! With Love!
Licha — the reason the sign says what it says
Our Story

From a Home Kitchen
to Our Own Doors

Our journey began with a simple dream and a lot of passion — selling homemade food out of our house, hoping one day to take those flavors on the road. Hard work turned that dream into a food truck. And with the support of our incredible mother, Licha, it turned into a restaurant of our own. Every dish we serve is a tribute to our roots and the love that went into building this place.

01Our house
02The food truck
03Our kitchen
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Made In House, Every Day

Our Homemade
Pork Green Chili

It goes on the burritos, over the fries, across the rellenos and the eggs. We make it here, from scratch, the way it’s always been made in our family. Ask for it smothered — that’s how the regulars order.

Get it smothered
No Shortcuts

Made Here, By Hand

Three things we will never buy in a bag.

A stuffed sopapilla smothered in Licha's homemade green chili, topped with lettuce and tomatoes

The Green Chili

Pork green chili simmered in house and ladled over damn near everything on the menu. Available by the cup or the side if you want to take some home.

Trays of hand-wrapped tamales in corn husks, ready to steam

The Tamales

Wrapped by hand, one at a time, in the back of this kitchen. Order them plain, smothered, or grab a batch to take with you.

Quesabirrias with a cup of beef consommé for dipping

The Birria

Beef slow-cooked until it pulls apart, tucked into tortillas dipped in chili sauce, with a cup of consommé on the side for dipping.

The Lineup

What People Come Back For

A few of the plates that leave this kitchen most.

House favorite
Quesabirrias

Quesabirrias

Five tortillas dipped in chili sauce, filled with cheese and slow-cooked shredded beef. Consommé on the side.

$14.75
Everything on it
Tejano Bowl

Tejano Bowl

Grilled steak, chicken and shrimp with peppers, onions and mozzarella, finished with chipotle cream sauce.

$16.38
Big Poppa Burrito

Big Poppa Burrito

A whole chile relleno rolled into a burrito with beans and your choice of meat. Smothered or handheld. Rice and beans not included.

$12.75
Carne Asada Fries

Carne Asada Fries

Fries under grilled steak, jalapeños, onions and tomatoes, smothered in green chili and cheese.

$13.26
9 meats
Street tacos

Tacos

Four per order on double tortillas with onions and cilantro. Asada, al pastor, barbacoa, birria, carnitas, lengua and more.

$12.50
Bolillo Torta

Bolillo Torta

Refried beans, your choice of meat, cheese and all the fixings on a bolillo roll, with fries on the side.

$12.22
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“ Every dish we serve is a tribute to our roots and the love that went into building this place.
— The Licha’s Family
Find Us

Come Sit Down

Call Ahead

Ordering to go? Give us a ring and we’ll have it hot and ready when you pull up.

(719) 347-5288

Hours

Mon – Tue7:30 AM – 8 PM
WednesdayClosed
Thu – Fri7:30 AM – 8 PM
Saturday8:30 AM – 8 PM
Sunday8:30 AM – 2 PM
Hungry?

Come Eat With Us

Dine in, or call ahead and take it with you. Either way, it comes out of the same kitchen.

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