La Cantina Bar & Grill
5400 Edgewood Rd NE, Cedar Rapids
(319) 393-0924
Customers' Favorites
Chicken Quesadilla Seafood Enchiladas
Carne Asada and Eggs
Chimichanga Dinner
Queso Con Chorizo
Fajitas Al Pastor
Chicken Fajitas
Tacos Al Pastor
Chips & Salsa
Shrimp Tacos
Guacamole
Items Worth Indulging On
Quesadilla Df
Named after the districto federal itself. Your choice of grilled chicken, beef or pork. Served in an oversized tortilla cheese. An instant classic! Served with rice and beans or a guacamole salad.
Carnitas
Chunks of seasoned pork are grilled with tequila for a deep and smoky flavor. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
Tacos Campechanos
Steak, pork, and chorizo. Topped with melted Monterey Jack cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Steak Tacos
Deliciously grilled steak with onions in three taco shells. Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo.
Fajitas
The best in town! Your choice of chicken, beef, or pork, grilled with onions, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, and your choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Fajitas Los Cabos
Created for the seafood lovers. Comes with shrimp, crab meat, bell peppers, tomatoes, and a tilapia fillet on top. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Appetizers
Queso Dip
Cheese Fries
Served with bacon.
Wings
Onion Rings
Guacamole
Queso con Chorizo
Nachos
Your choice of chicken or beef with melted cheese.
Nachos Supreme
Your choice of chicken or beef served with guacamole, sour cream, lettuce, beans, and melted cheese.
Nachos con Cuantas
Nachos with shredded pork and BBQ sauce.
Quesadilla
Full size cheese quesadilla.
Ensaladas
La Ensalada Grande
Freshly mixed greens layered with your choice of grilled steak or chicken. Topped off with green peppers, tomatoes, onions, shredded cheese, and crunchy tortilla strips.
Southwestern Cobb Salad
Freshly mixed greens layered with rows of grilled chicken, red onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, avocado, and shredded cheese.
Taco Salad
Taco bowl layered with lettuce, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole. Your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken. Served with chips on the side.
Fajita Salad
Romaine lettuce with shredded cheese and topped with grilled chicken.
House Salad
Freshly tossed greens with shredded cheese.
Quesadillas
Quesadilla Coyoacan
A Mexican favorite! Your choice of steak or chicken grilled with spicy chorizo, bell peppers, and onions. Placed in an oversized tortilla cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Quesadilla Df
Named after the districto federal itself. Your choice of grilled chicken, beef, or pork. Served in an oversized tortilla cheese. An instant classic! Served with rice and beans or a guacamole salad.
Veggie Quesadilla
Fresh bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and mushrooms. All grilled together and placed in an oversized tortilla with cheese. Served with a guacamole salad.
Quesadilla Acapulco
Shrimp, tilapia, and grilled veggies. Served with rice and a guacamole salad.
A la Carte
Chile Relleno
Tamale
Chicken Enchilada
Beef Enchilada
Seafood Enchilada
Burrito
Hard Taco
Soft Taco
Pico de Gallo
Bean Dip
Shredded Cheese
Pork
Steak
Fish
Grilled Chicken
Shrimp
Jalapenos
Ranch
Sour Cream
Cantina's Especial
Mole
Grilled chicken smothered with our uniquely rich and deep-flavored mole sauce. Topped with sesame seeds. Served with rice, beans, and tortilla.
Chimichanga
Two flour tortillas stuffed with your choice of chicken or beef and deep fried to a golden-brown delight. These flaky pockets are then topped with queso dip, lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas de Mole
Your choice of chicken or beef rolled into three enchiladas. Topped with our one-of-a-kind mole sauce. This rich brown sauce holds its own to classic Mexican tradition with deep and bold flavor. Served with rice and beans.
Milanesa
Thinly slicked steak is dipped in egg, coated in bread crumbs, and cooked in oil for a perfect crunch. Served with rice and beans and a small guacamole salad.
Chile Rojo o Verde
Tender chunks of pork simmered in your choice of red or green sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Pollo Enchilado
Smoked chicken breast is simmered with onions in our spicy chipotle sauce. Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo.
Arroz con Pollo
Juicy grilled fajita chicken on a bed of Spanish rice and smothered in our famous queso sauce.
Enchiladas
Three corn tortillas rolled around your choice of chicken, beef, pork, or cheese. Topped off with a red sauce, lettuce, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Puerco Loco
Shredded pork with BBQ sauce. Topped with two eggs cooked over-easy. Served with rice, beans, and flour tortillas.
Monterey Pollo
Chicken breast topped with Monterey Jack cheese, grilled onions, and peppers. Served with lettuce and a mushroom quesadilla.
Taquitos Dorados
Your choice of chicken or beef rolled in four corn tortillas and deep fried until golden brown. Served with lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole.
Burrito Chilango Grande
An oversized flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and your choice of chicken, beef, or pork. Topped with a red sauce, lettuce, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Tilapia Veracruzana
A tilapia filet covered with shrimp and grilled vegetables. All cooked with our spicy ranchero sauce that will make you feel like you're back at the beach. Served with rice and a small salad.
Carnitas
Chunks of seasoned pork are grilled with tequila for a deep and smoky flavor. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
From the Grill
El Cantinazo
Steak, chicken, pork, chorizo, and nopales (paddle cactus). All grilled together with a fresh queso bianco sizzle in a cauldron of perfection. Rice, beans, avocados, and tortillas are served on the side.
Tacos al Pastor
All the joys of the refreshingly juicy fajitas al pastor, pre-assembled with signature strips of marinated pork, and pineapple piled on three taco shells. Topped with onions and cilantro. Served with rice, beans, and an extra sauce for that kick of heat.
Parrilladas (for 2)
Thin-cut ribeye steak, chicken, carnitas, sausage, veggies, queso fresco, avocado, and corn. Served with tortillas, rice, and beans.
Tacos Campechanos
Steak, pork, and chorizo. Topped with melted Monterey Jack cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Carne Asada
Seasoned, thick-cut, and ribeye steak grilled with onions. Served with pico de gallo.
Tacos Alambre
Steak, chorizo, and bell peppers grilled together. Topped with a melted Monterey Jack cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Steak Tacos
Deliciously grilled steak with onions in three taco shells. Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo.
Fajitas
The best in town! Your choice of chicken, beef, or pork, grilled with onions and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, and your choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Fajitas al Pastor
Signature strips of marinated pork are grilled with pineapple, bell peppers, cilantro, and onions. Served with rice, beans, tortillas, and an extra sauce for that kick of heat.
Fajitas Los Cabos
Created for the seafood lovers. Comes with shrimp, crab meat, bell peppers, tomatoes, and a tilapia fillet on top. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Seafood
Ceviche
Shrimp marinated in citrus, mixed with pico de gallo, and chilled with refreshing avocados. Served with tostadas.
Taco de Pescado
Two fish filets, lightly battered, fried, and placed in two soft shell tacos with pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.
Seafood Enchiladas
Two seafood enchiladas topped off with a queso sauce, lettuce, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Nachos de Camaron
Shrimp, crab meat, bell peppers, onions grilled, set atop fresh nacho chips, melted cheese, and queso dip.
Burrito Camaron
A large flour tortilla filled with grilled shrimp and vegetables. Topped with queso sauce, lettuce, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Shrimp Tacos
Shrimp marinated in a housemade sweet and sour sauce. Topped with lettuce and avocado.
Shrimp Cocktail
Shrimp, avocados, and pico de gallo mixed with our homemade, tangy cocktail sauce, chilled, and placed in a large glass goblet. Served with saltine crackers.
Camarones Del Infierno
Grilled shrimp saturated in our one-of-a-kind salsa picosa. Be warned this kind of spice is not for the timid! Served with rice, a small salad, and tortillas.
Mahi Mahi Tacos
Two tacos served with rice salad and our housemade tartar sauce.
Combo Platter
Combo Platter
Make it your way! Pick from two items. Served with rice, beans, or a sour cream salad.
The Burger Connection
Howies Special Burger
Topped with grilled pineapple and jalapenos. Worth the title. 1/2 pound of premium black Angus beef, grilled to juicy perfection, placed on a warm bun, and served with fries.
The Cheeseburger
Topped with a choice of Cheddar, Swiss, or pepper Jack cheese. 1/2 pound of premium black Angus beef, grilled to juicy perfection, placed on a warm bun, and served with fries.
The Mexicana Burger
Topped with grilled peppers, onions, mushrooms, and pepper Jack cheese. For the bold-seeker in all of us. 1/2 pound of premium black Angus beef, grilled to juicy perfection, placed on a warm bun, and served with fries.
Habanero Burger
Topped with our special housemade extra spicy habanero sauce. 1/2 pound of premium black Angus beef, grilled to juicy perfection, placed on a warm bun, and served with fries.
The Plain Jane Burger
Just as it says: on a bun. 1/2 pound of premium black Angus beef, grilled to juicy perfection, placed on a warm bun, and served with fries.
Tenderloin Burger
Our breaded pork tenderloin comes from the leanest part of the loin is tenderized twice, then blanketed with a light egg batter and cracker crumb coating. Yum! 1/2 pound of premium black Angus beef, grilled to juicy perfection, placed on a warm bun, and served with fries.
Wraps
Vegetarian Wrap
Grilled or fresh peppers, tomatoes, onions, avocados, and cheese wrapped up. Served with a cilantro lime mayonnaise.
Kids' Menu
Taco
Served with rice, beans, or fries.
Burrito
Served with rice, beans, or fries.
Cheese Quesadilla
Served with rice, beans, or fries.
Chicken Nuggets
Served with rice, beans, or fries.
Cheeseburger
Served with rice, beans, or fries.
Macaroni and Cheese
Served with rice, beans, or fries.
Desserts
Churros
Four strips of pastry deep fried, dipped in sugar, cinnamon, and drizzled with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
Flan
A silky and milk-based custard covered in caramel. Topped with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
Fried Ice Cream
One scoop of vanilla ice cream deep fried and placed in an edible sugar and cinnamon-covered shell. Topped with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
Chimi Cake
Delicious. Need we say more.
Quick Lunch
Cuatro
Beef burrito and beef taco. Served with your choice of rice or beans.
Huevos con Chorizo
Scrambled eggs and chorizo. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Fajitas
Fresh bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Grilled together with your choice of chicken, beef, or a mix of both. Served with rice, beans, a small salad, and tortillas.
UNO
Beef burrito, beef enchilada, and chili con queso.
Dos
Beef burrito, beef enchilada, and beef taco.
Tres
Beef enchilada and chicken quesadilla. Served with your choice of rice or beans.
Cinco
Beef taco, beef enchilada, and chili con queso.
Seis
An oversized burrito stuffed with grilled steak and mushrooms. Served with your choice of rice or beans inside and topped with our choice of red or green sauce.
Speedy Gonazales
Beef enchilada and beef taco. Served with your choice of rice or beans.
Huevos Rancheros
Two eggs scrambled with ranchero sauce. Served with tortillas and your choice of rice or beans.
Huevos Mexicana
Good morning! Scrambled eggs, jalapenos, onions, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chimichanga
One flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of chicken, beef, or seafood and deep fried to a golden-brown delight. The flaky pocket is then topped with queso dip, lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with rice and beans.
Beef Burrito
Stuffed with beef and cheese. Served with rice, beans, and a sour cream salad.
Seafood Enchilada
Filled with crab, shrimp, and cheese. Served with rice, beans, and a sour cream salad.
Appetizers
Queso Dip
Wings
Onion Rings
Cheese Fries
Served with bacon.
Guacamole
Queso con Chorizo
Nachos
Your choice of chicken or beef with melted cheese.
Nachos Supreme
Your choice of chicken or beef. Served with guacamole, sour cream, lettuce, beans, and melted cheese.
Nachos con Cuantas
Nachos with shredded pork and BBQ sauce.
Quesadilla
Full size cheese quesadilla.
Ensaladas
La Ensalada Grande
Freshly mixed greens layered with your choice of grilled steak or chicken. Topped off with green peppers, tomatoes, onions, shredded cheese, and crunchy tortilla strips.
Southwestern Cobb Salad
Freshly mixed greens layered with rows of grilled chicken, red onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, avocado, and shredded cheese.
Taco Salad
Taco bowl layered with lettuce, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole. Your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken. Served with chips on the side.
Fajita Salad
Romaine lettuce with shredded cheese and topped with grilled chicken.
House Salad
Freshly tossed greens with shredded cheese.
Quesadillas
Quesadilla Coyoacan
A Mexican favorite! Your choice of steak or chicken grilled with spicy chorizo, bell peppers, and onions. Placed in an oversized tortilla cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Quesadilla Df
Named after the districto federal itself. Your choice of grilled chicken, beef, or pork. Served in an oversized tortilla cheese. An instant classic! Served with rice and beans or a guacamole salad.
Veggie Quesadilla
Fresh bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and mushrooms. All grilled together and placed in an oversized tortilla with cheese. Served with a guacamole salad.
Quesadilla Acapulco
Shrimp, tilapia, and grilled veggies. Served with rice and a guacamole salad.
A la Carte
Hard Taco
Chile Relleno
Tamale
Chicken Enchilada
Beef Enchilada
Seafood Enchilada
Burrito
Soft Taco
Pico de Gallo
Bean Dip
Shredded Cheese
Pork
Steak
Fish
Grilled Chicken
Shrimp
Jalapenos
Ranch
Sour Cream
Cantina's Especial
Mole
Grilled chicken smothered with our uniquely rich and deep-flavored mole sauce. Topped with sesame seeds. Served with rice, beans and tortilla.
Chimichanga
Two flour tortillas stuffed with your choice of chicken or beef and deep fried to a golden-brown delight. These flaky pockets are then topped with queso dip, lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas de Mole
Your choice of chicken or beef rolled into three enchiladas. Topped with our one-of-a-kind mole sauce. This rich brown sauce holds its own to classic Mexican tradition with deep and bold flavor. Served with rice and beans.
Milanesa
Thinly slicked steak is dipped in egg, coated in bread crumbs, and cooked in oil for a perfect crunch. Served with rice, beans, and a small guacamole salad.
Chile Rojo o Verde
Tender chunks of pork simmered in your choice of red or green sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Pollo Enchilado
Smoked chicken breast is simmered with onions in our spicy chipotle sauce. Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo.
Arroz con Pollo
Juicy grilled fajita chicken on a bed of Spanish rice and smothered in our famous queso sauce.
Enchiladas
Three corn tortillas rolled around your choice of chicken, beef, pork, or cheese. Topped off with a red sauce, lettuce, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Puerco Loco
Shredded pork with BBQ sauce. Topped with two eggs cooked over-easy. Served with rice, beans, and flour tortillas.
Monterey Pollo
Chicken breast topped with Monterey Jack cheese, grilled onions, and peppers. Served with lettuce and a mushroom quesadilla.
Taquitos Dorados
Your choice of chicken or beef rolled in four corn tortillas and deep fried until golden brown. Served with lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole.
Burrito Chilango Grande
An oversized flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and your choice of chicken, beef, or pork. Topped with a red sauce, lettuce, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Tilapia Veracruzana
A tilapia filet covered with shrimp and grilled vegetables. All cooked with our spicy ranchero sauce that will make you feel like you're back at the beach. Served with rice and a small salad.
Carnitas
Chunks of seasoned pork are grilled with tequila for a deep and smoky flavor. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
From the Grill
El Cantinazo
Steak, chicken, pork, chorizo, and nopales (paddle cactus). All grilled together with a fresh queso bianco sizzle in a cauldron of perfection. Rice, beans, avocados, and tortillas are served on the side.
Tacos al Pastor
All the joys of the refreshingly juicy fajitas al pastor, pre-assembled with signature strips of marinated pork and pineapple piled on three taco shells. Topped with onions and cilantro. Served with rice, beans, and an extra sauce for that kick of heat.
Parrilladas (for 2)
Thin-cut ribeye steak, chicken, carnitas, sausage, veggies, queso fresco, avocado, and corn. Served with tortillas, rice, and beans.
Tacos Campechanos
Steak, pork, and chorizo. Topped with melted Monterey Jack cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Carne Asada
Seasoned, thick-cut, and ribeye steak grilled with onions. Served with pico de gallo.
Tacos Alambre
Steak, chorizo, and bell peppers grilled together. Topped with a melted Monterey Jack cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Steak Tacos
Deliciously grilled steak with onions in three taco shells. Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo.
Fajitas
The best in town! Your choice of chicken, beef, or pork, grilled with onions, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, and your choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Fajitas al Pastor
Signature strips of marinated pork are grilled with pineapple, bell peppers, cilantro, and onions. Served with rice, beans, tortillas, and an extra sauce for that kick of heat.
Fajitas Los Cabos
Created for the seafood lovers. Comes with shrimp, crab meat, bell peppers, tomatoes, and a tilapia fillet on top. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Seafood
Ceviche
Shrimp marinated in citrus, mixed with pico de gallo, and chilled with refreshing avocados. Served with tostadas.
Taco de Pescado
Two fish filets, lightly battered, fried, and placed in two soft shell tacos with pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.
Seafood Enchiladas
Two seafood enchiladas. Topped off with a queso sauce, lettuce, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Nachos de Camaron
Shrimp, crab meat, bell peppers, onions grilled, set atop fresh nacho chips, melted cheese, and queso dip.
Burrito Camaron
A large flour tortilla filled with grilled shrimp and vegetables. Topped with queso sauce, lettuce, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Shrimp Tacos
Shrimp marinated in a housemade sweet and sour sauce. Topped with lettuce and avocado.
Shrimp Cocktail
Shrimp, avocados, and pico de gallo mixed with our homemade, tangy cocktail sauce, chilled, and placed in a large glass goblet. Served with saltine crackers.
Camarones Del Infierno
Grilled shrimp saturated in our one-of-a-kind salsa picosa. Be warned this kind of spice is not for the timid! Served with rice, a small salad, and tortillas.
Mahi Mahi Tacos
Two tacos served with rice salad and our housemade tartar sauce.
Combo Platter
Combo Platter
Make it your way! Pick from two items. Served with rice, beans, or a sour cream salad.
The Burger Connection
Howies Special Burger
Topped with grilled pineapple and jalapenos. Worth the title. 1/2 pound of premium black Angus beef, grilled to juicy perfection, placed on a warm bun, and served with fries.
The Cheeseburger
Topped with a choice of Cheddar, Swiss, or pepper Jack cheese. 1/2 pound of premium black Angus beef, grilled to juicy perfection, placed on a warm bun, and served with fries.
The Mexicana Burger
Topped with grilled peppers, onions, mushrooms, and pepper Jack cheese. For the bold-seeker in all of us. 1/2 pound of premium black Angus beef, grilled to juicy perfection, placed on a warm bun, and served with fries.
Habanero Burger
Topped with our special housemade extra spicy habanero sauce. 1/2 pound of premium black Angus beef, grilled to juicy perfection, placed on a warm bun, and served with fries.
The Plain Jane Burger
Just as it says: on a bun. 1/2 pound of premium black Angus beef, grilled to juicy perfection, placed on a warm bun, and served with fries.
Tenderloin Burger
Our breaded pork tenderloin comes from the leanest part of the loin is tenderized twice, then blanketed with a light egg batter and cracker crumb coating. Yum! 1/2 pound of premium black Angus beef, grilled to juicy perfection, placed on a warm bun, and served with fries.
Wraps
Grilled Fajita Wrap
Your choice of steak or chicken. Grilled with bell peppers and onions. Wwrapped with lettuce. Served with a tangy chipotle mayonnaise.
Vegetarian Wrap
Grilled or fresh peppers, tomatoes, onions, avocados, and cheese wrapped up. Served with a cilantro lime mayonnaise.
Kids' Menu
Taco
Served with rice, beans, or fries.
Burrito
Served with rice, beans, or fries.
Cheese Quesadilla
Served with rice, beans, or fries.
Chicken Nuggets
Served with rice, beans, or fries.
Cheeseburger
Served with rice, beans, or fries.
Macaroni and Cheese
Served with rice, beans, or fries.
Desserts
Churros
Four strips of pastry deep fried, dipped in sugar, cinnamon, drizzled with whipped cream, and chocolate sauce.
Flan
A silky and milk-based custard covered in caramel. Topped with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
Fried Ice Cream
One scoop of vanilla ice cream deep fried, placed in an edible sugar, and cinnamon-covered shell. Topped with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
Chimi Cake
Delicious. Need we say more.
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Recent Reviews
My fiance and I get Mexican food relatively often, and THIS is the place to be!!! I had a chimichanga, and both of us agreed that it was BEYOND delicious. The service was amazing, the manager checked on us twice, the food was absolutely incredible, and the drinks were balanced and phenomenal. Check em out if you haven't been, and if you've been, go again!
October 2024
Have always eaten at the Marion location but recently moved to the NW side. I've been here twice, and bot time was good. I always get Arroz Con Pollo, and everything is cooked right. The portion is generous, and I usually take half home. Staff was friendly both times, and the atmosphere was nice and clean.
September 2024
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