Tainos Cafe & Lounge Menu (Update 2025)
Introducing the menu at Tainos Cafe & Lounge in Coram, NY, where Latin American flavors come alive in a casual and classy setting. Start your meal with tantalizing options like crispy chicken croquettes, flavorful empanadas, and coconut shrimp with a sweet coconut sauce. For soup lovers, try the hearty chicken noodle soup or the savory Sancocho beef stew. Indulge in salads like the skirt steak salad or the Tainos salad with your choice of protein. The menu also features mouth-watering dishes like the Chicken Trifongo and the Fried Red Snapper. Don't forget to sip on their strong and delicious cocktails, like the Tainos Henny Margarita or the frozen Hawaiian Pina. With live music on Fridays and a vibrant atmosphere, Tainos Cafe & Lounge is a hidden gem that promises a memorable dining experience.
Appetizers
Chicken croquettes
( 4) Chicken croquettes / Crisp and succulent chicken croquettes served with pink sauce.
Wings
(6) Chicken wings. Chicken wings with a tasty mix of spices served with blue cheese dressing and celery. Choose spicy, medium or BBQ.
Empanadas
(3) Empanadas pieces. Crafted empanadas served with pink sauce. Choose your favorite: chicken, beef, Cheese, Hawaiian
Fried calamari (Calamares Fritos)
Fried calamari. Seasoned calamari, lightly breaded and fried until tender, crispy and golden brown served with marinara sauce.
Quesadillas
Flour tortilla stuffed with choice of protein, mozzarella cheese served with pico de gallo guacamole and sour cream.
Fried pork crackling & fried casaba (Chicharron de Cerdo con Yuca)
Pork crackling with friend cassava. Classic pork crackling served with fried cassava.
House Guacamole
Freshly made guacamole, pico de gallo served with torilla chips.
Amor Caribeo
Shrimp sauted in a mozzarella dip, served with fried green plantains.
Coconut shrimp (Camarones al Coco)
Coconut shrimp 4 pieces. Shrimp dipped in our house batter, rolled in coconut and deep-fried to a golden brown served with our sweet coconut sauce for dipping.
Ceviche de Camarones
Shrimp ceviche. Shrimp marinated in lemon juice, onions, tomatoes, cilantro and cocktail sauce and served with tortillas chips.
Canasta de Platano (plantains baskets)
(3) Basket of stuffed plantains with a guacamole base, topped with pico de gallo.
(Mixed sampler) Mixto Para Compartir
Empanadas, pork crackling, fried beef, fried cheese, salami, and fried cassava.
Vegetables soup (sopa de Vegetables)
Vegetables soup, bowl comes with a side white rice
Chicken noodle soup (Sopa de Pollo)
Chicken soup, noodles, potatoes . Bowl comes with a side of rice
(Chicken risotto) Asopao de Pollo
Asopado is a popular Dominican and Puerto Rican dish. Its essentially our version of a Chicken and Rice Soup that infuses all of our favorite flavors
Sancocho (Beef stew)
Sancocho is a soup made throughout Latin America and the Caribbean with different meat, root vegetables, fresh sofrito (an aromatic Puerto Rican seasoning blend), and seasoned with sazn seasoning and an spice. Bowl comes a side of rice
Soups
Salad
Skirt steak salad (Ensalada Con Churrasco)
Skirt steak served on a bed of lettuce, tomatoes, onions, bacon, blue cheese and a balsamic reduction.
Caesar Salad
Crisp romaine lettuce and freshly made croutons tossed in our house Caesar dressing topped with your choice of protein.
Tainos Salad
Choose grilled or crispy chicken served on a bed of fresh greens, with Monterey Jack and cheddar cheese, crispy chopped bacon, onions, cucumber and diced tomatoes.
House Salad (Ensalada de la Casa)
House salad. Fresh greens, diced tomatoes, cucumber, onions, mixed cheeses, and balsamic vinaigrette.
Goat stewed (chivo)
Dominican stewed goat, slightly spicy. Served with rice and beans or choose a side.
Platter (Picadera Tainos )
Taino's sampler. Fried crackling chicken on the bone, pork crackling, fried beef, and fried plantains.
Casserole (Yaroas)
Ripe plantains or potatoes casserole. Mashed ripe plantain or potatoes fries topped with cheese, drenched in pink sauce.
Chicken breast (Pechuga de Pollo)
Seasoned grilled chicken breast. Served with rice and beans or choose a side.
Chicken Special (Pollo Tainos)
Sauted shrimp in Taino's garlic sauce over grilled chicken breast. Served with rice and beans or choose a side.
Fried chicken chunk (Chicharron de Pollo)
Caribbean style fried chicken chunks. Served with rice and beans or choose a side.
Arroz con Pollo
Chicken and rice mixed. Chicken breast sauted with peppers, onions, capers, rice, salt and pepper served with sweet plantain.
Chaufa Mixta
Spanish fried rice. A delicious fusion of Latin, Chinese fried rice with shrimp, chicken, and beef mixed with peppers, served with sweet plantain.
Colombian special (Bandeja Paisa)
Colombian platter. Traditional Colombian platter, steak, pork crackling, egg, sweet corn cake, avocado, rice, beans and sweet plantains.
Fajitas
Grilled seasoned steak, chicken or shrimp on a bed of bell peppers and onions in a hot skillet, accompanied with mixed cheeses, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Oxtail (Rabo)
Rabo Encendido is a flavorful and hearty dish, popular and beloved recipe that showcases the rich and tender meat from the tail of a cow. Serve with rice and beans or choice of (1) side.
Mang (tres golpes)
Classic Dominican dish, green mashed plantains, fried salami, fried eggs, fried cheese topped with picked onions
Taino's Specialties
Mofongo
Mofongo Tainos special
Mix seafood mofongo ( shrimp, clams, mussels and crab).
House Mofongo ( Chicken-Vegetarian-pork-oxtail-cheese)
Our traditional green plantain, choice of chicken, vegetarian, pork, shrimp, goat, Oxtail.
Trifongo
Trifongo is a legendary cousin of the famous mofongo. It is the perfect combination of green plantain, ripe plantain and fried cassava.
El Criollito
Mofongo in creole sauce and longaniza (Spanish sausage made from minced meat).
Enfuego Mofongo
Shrimp, sauted mushrooms, cherry tomatoes in a creamy spicy mushroom sauce.
Puerto Plata
A beautiful creation of a 10oz lobster tail and shrimp on a mofongo, covered in our freshly made creamy alfredo sauce.
Skirt steaks (Churrasco a la Parrilla)
Skirt steak. A mouth-watering classic cut of grilled skirt steak served with chimichurri sauce. Served with rice and beans or choose a side.
Bistec Encebollado
Flat top sirloin, flavorful beef steak prepared with salt and pepper, red wine and topped with caramelized onions. Served with rice and beans or choose a side
Bistec Criollo Flank steak in creole sauce
Steak made in a creole sauce, choose a side
Bistec milanesa (Breaded Steak)
Breaded steak, rice and beans or choose a side
Sirloin Special
Grilled sirloin filet topped with a rich marsala and cream mushroom sauce. Served with rice and beans or choose a side.
Fried beef chunks (Carne Frita)
Fried beef chunks. Marinated fried beef chunks, Served with rice and beans or choose a side.
Rabo Guisado
Stewed oxtail, rice and beans or choose a side
El Taino Caliente (Chivo)
Goat stew creole style, choose a side
Ribs (Costillas)
Baby back ribs. These fall-off-the-bone ribs are exactly the way ribs should be. Succulent and saucy, each rack is smoked, grilled to perfection and brushed with a home-made BBQ sauce. Served with rice and beans or choose a side.
Chuletas Pork chops
Perfectly seasoned pork chops cooked to perfection.
Meats
Pastas
Pasta Alfredo
Linguine noodles tossed in a creamy parmesan cheese sauce, or choose marinara, garlic.
Taino's seafood pasta (Pasta Con Mariscos)
Seafood pasta. Seafood sauted in a creamy Alfredo sauce, garlic, or red sauce.
Surf and turf (Mar y Tierra)
Grilled shrimp, fish, skirt steak and grilled chicken. Served with rice and beans or choose a side.
Salmon on sweet Thai chili sauce
Salmon on sweet thai chilli sauce (Salmon en sweet thai. Choose a side.
Grilled Salmon (Salmon a La Plancha)
Fresh lightly seasoned grilled salmon filet. Served with rice and beans or choose a side.
Salmon on garlic sauce (Salmon Al Ajillo)
Fresh lightly seasoned grilled salmon filet in garlic sauce. Served with rice and beans or choose a side.
Shrimp (Camarones)
(8) Shrimp. Grilled shrimp in Tainos garlic sauce. Served with rice and beans or choose a side.
Red snapper (Pargo Boca chica Style)
A whole 1-2 Lb, red snapper seasoned and marinated to perfection, fried to a beautiful golden brown color. Served with rice and beans, salad or choose a side.
Sauteed flounder Punta Cana style
Sauteed fish fillet topped with a creamy mushrooms sauce and shrimp. Served with rice and beans or choose a side.
Lobster (Cola de Langosta)
Lobster tail. Creole or fra diavolo, or with shrimp in garlic sauce. Served with rice and beans or choose a side.
Seafood
Burgers, Wraps and Sandwiches
Bacon Cheeseburger
Topped with bacon, cheese, pickles, onions, mayo, lettuce and tomato.
Avocado Burger
Angus burger, avocado, cheddar mozzarella cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickles and cilantro aioli.
Tainos Chicken Sandwich
Our unique and delicious sandwich, made with brioche bun, mozzarella cheese, ripe plantains and pink sauce.
Chimi Original
Domincan chimi. Meat or chicken, cabbage, pink sauce and bread.
Honey Chicken Wrap
12inch Tortilla, Mixed greens, cheese, breaded chicken and honey mustard sauce /Fries.
Veggie Wrap
12inch tortilla rice, beans, ripe plantain, tomato, lettuce and sour cream/ fries.
Steak Wrap
12inch tortilla, steak, peppers, mixed cheeses, lettuce, tomato and balsamic reduction/Fries.
Kid's chicken Fingers
Served with fries
Kids Mac and Cheese
Fries & hot dog weener Salchipapas
Mixed hot dog with fries
Kids cheese burger
Served with fries.
Kids Menu
Side Orders
Rice
White rice or Yellow rice
Red Beans
Black beans Habichuelas negras
Tostones
Green fried plantain chips.
Sweet plantains (Maduros)
Sweet plantains.
Cassava fries Yuca Freitas
Steamed Cassava Yuca al vapor
Steamed cassava with pickled onions
Mashed Potatoes
Avocado (Aguacate)
Avocado side.
Mixed Vegetables
Carrots and carrots perfectly seasoned and steamed
Mofongo
Chose a mofongo or a Trifongo / garlic sauce
Potatoes fries
Melted mixed cheese
Melted
(8oz) Peppers and Onions
(2) Eggs
(8oz) Creole Sauce
(4)Fried Cheese
(4)Tortillas
(3) Bacon
(8oz) White Sauce
8 oz.
(8oz) Mojito Sauce
(8oz) Garlic Sauce
(5) Shrimp
5 pieces tail on
Avocado
Whole hass avocado
(Arepas) Sweet Corn Cake with Cheese
Add-Ons
Postres
Spanish Flan
Tres Leches
Tres leches is a very light cake, soaked in 3 kinds of milk.
Helado frito ( Fried Ice Cream )
Churros with vanilla ice cream
Churros soaked in our sweet tres leche sauce, topped with vanilla icream.
Large Sampler for family
1/2 tray of mix of meats, Chicken on the bone, fried pork belly, beef chunks, (4) breaded shrimps,fried cheese, fried salami, green plantains, tostones, sweet plantains,yuca fries.
Hot Tray
Cafes
Regular Coffee
Tea
Morir Soado
Milk and orange juice fusion sweetened to perfection.
Pineapple Juice
Orange Juice
Maracuya
Passion fruit juice. Milk or water.
Mango Juice
Milk or water.
Guanbana
Soursop. Milk or water.
Blackberry
Mora