La Cantina Marion

3217 7th Ave, Marion
(319) 409-5582

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Nachos Dine in: Yes Outdoor seating: Yes Takeout: Yes Curbside pickup: Yes
Soft Shell Tacos with Rice and Beans
Michelada w Victoria Cerveza
Kazo Con Pollo Choripollo
Burrito Chilango Grande
Extra Chips & Salsa
Fajitas Los Cabos
Vegetarian Fajito
Chips and Salsa
Burrito Paisa

Menu

Quick Lunch
Fajitas Lunch
Fresh bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes grilled together with your choice of chicken, beef, mix, or seafood. Served with rice, beans, a small salad and tortillas.
Lunch Uno
Beef burrito, beef enchilada, and chili con queso.
Lunch Dos
Beef burrito, beef enchilada, and beef taco.
Lunch Tres
Beef enchilada and chicken quesadilla. Served with your choice of rice or beans.
Lunch Cuatro
Beef burrito and beef taco. Served with your choice of rice or beans.
Lunch Cinco
Beef taco, beef enchilada, and chile con queso.
Lunch Seis
An oversized burrito stuffed with grilled steak and mushrooms. Served with your choice of rice or beans inside and topped with your choice of red or green sauce.
Speedy Gonzales Lunch
Beef enchilada and beef taco. Served with rice or beans.
Huevos Rancheros Lunch
2 eggs scrambled with ranchero sauce. Served with tortillas and your choice of rice or beans.
Huevos Con Chorizo Lunch
Scrambled eggs and chorizo. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Huevos Mexicana Lunch
Good morning. Scrambled eggs, jalapenos, onions, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chimichanga Lunch
1 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 Lunch
Stuffed with beef and cheese. Served with rice, beans, and a sour cream salad.
Seafood Enchilada Lunch
Filled with crab, shrimp, and cheese. Served with rice, beans, and a sour cream salad.

Appetizers
Queso Dip
Melted cheese dip.
Guacamole
A creamy dip made from avocado.
Cheese Fries
Served with bacon.
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 Cantas
Nachos with shredded pork and BBQ sauce.
Quesadilla
Full-size cheese quesadilla.
Quesadilla Steak or Chicken
Queso Con Chorizo
Queso dip with grilled chorizo and pico.

Ensaladas
La Ensalada Grande
Freshly mixed greens layered with your choice of grilled steak or chicken topped 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.
Falita Salad
Romaine lettuce with shredded cheese and topped with grilled chicken.
House Salad
Freshly tossed greens with shredded cheese.

Healthy "The Mac" Choices
Southwestern Cobb Salad
Freshly mixed greens layered rows of grilled chicken, red onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, avocado, and shredded cheese.
Falita Salad
Romaine lettuce with shredded cheese and topped with grilled chicken.
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.
Shrimp Tacos
Shrimp marinated in a house-made sweet and sour sauce and topped with lettuce and avocado.
Ceviche
Shrimp marinated in citrus, mixed with pico de gallo chilled with refreshing avocados, and served with tostadas.
Chicken Street Tacos
2 tacos served with rice salad and our house-made tartar sauce.

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 with cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Quesadilla Df
Named after the district federal itself. Your choice of grilled chicken, beef, or pork served in an oversized tortilla with cheese. An instant classic. Served with rice and beans or guacamole salad.
Veggie Quesadilla
Fresh bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, and mushrooms are 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.
Quesadilla Fajita
Your choice of grilled chicken, beef, or pork with grilled veggies and served with rice and beans.

Cantina Especial
Chimichanga
2 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 fried and beans.
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 4 corn tortillas and deep-fried until golden brown. Served with lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole.
Mole
Grilled chicken smothered with our uniquely rich and deep-flavored mole sauce, topped with sesame seeds. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Enchiladas De Mole
Your choice of chicken or beef rolled into 3 enchiladas and topped with our one-of-a-kind mole sauce. This rich, brown sauce holds its own to classic Mexican tradition with deep, bold flavor. Served with rice and beans.
Milanesa
Thinly sliced steak dipped in egg, coated in breadcrumbs, and cooked in oil for a perfect crunch. Served with rice and beans and a small guacamole salad.
Chile Rojo or Verde
Tender chunks of pork simmered in your choice of red or green sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Pollo Enchilada
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 (3 pcs)
Corn tortillas rolled around your choice of chicken, beef, pork, or cheese and topped with a red sauce, lettuce, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Puerco Loco
Shredded pork with BBQ sauce with 2 eggs cooked over easy. Served with rice, beans, and flour tortillas.
Burrito Chilango Grande
An oversized flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and your choice of chicken, beef, or pork, topped with 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 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, smoky flavor. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, and tortillas.

From the Grill
Tacos Al Pastor
All the joys of refreshingly juicy fajitas al pastor, pre-assembled with signature strips of marinated pork and pineapple piled on three taco shells and topped with onions and cilantro. Served with rice, beans, and an extra sauce for that kick of heat.
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.
Parilladas
Serves 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.
Tacos Alambre
Steak, chorizo, and bell peppers grilled together and 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 seafood lovers, this fajita comes with shrimp, crab meat, bell peppers, tomatoes, and a tilapia filet on top. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Cantina Skillet Pollo
Seasoned thick-cut ribeye steak, shrimp, chorizo, and grilled veggies with queso fresco on a skillet. Served with rice, beans, and pico de gallo.
Chorizo Con Pollo and Chori-pollo
Delicious chicken mixed with chorizo and queso on top served with rice and beans.

Seafood
Burrito Camaron
A large flour tortilla filled with grilled shrimp and vegetables and topped with queso sauce, lettuce, and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Ceviche
Shrimp marinated in citrus, mixed with pico de gallo chilled with refreshing avocados, and served with tostadas.
Tacos De Pescado
2 fish filets, lightly battered, fried, and placed in two soft shell tacos with pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.
Seafood Enchiladas Dinner
2 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, and onions grilled and set-top fresh nacho chips, melted cheese, and queso dip.
Shrimp Tacos
Shrimp marinated in a housemade sweet and sour sauce and 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
2 tacos served with rice, salad, and our homemade tartar sauce.

Combo Platter
Soft Shell Tacos (3 pcs) with Rice and Beans

The Burger Connection
Howie's Special Burger
Topped with grilled pineapple and jalapenos. Worth the title.
The Cheeseburger
Topped with a choice of cheddar, swiss, or pepper Jack cheese.
The Mexicana Burger
Topped with grilled peppers, onions, mushrooms, and pepper jack cheese. For the bold-seeker in all of us.
Habanero Burger
Topped with our special house-made extra spicy habanero sauce. Spicy.
The Plain Jane Burger
Just as it says: on a bun.
Chicken Avocado Burger
Grilled chicken with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, avocado, chile chipotle, and mayonnaise.

Kids Menu
Kids Taco
Kids Burrito
Kids Cheese Quesadilla
Kids Cheeseburger
Kids Mac and Cheese

A la Carte
Chile Relleno
Enchilada
Seafood Enchilada
Burrito
Hard Taco
Side of Pico De Gallo
Bean Dip
Side of Shredded Cheese
Side of Pork
Side of Steak
Side of Fish
Side of Grilled Chicken
Side of Jalapenos
Side of Ranch
Side of Sour Cream
Tortillas
Soft Taco
Rice and Beans
Tamale

Desserts
Churros
4 strips of pastry deep-fried, dipped in sugar and cinnamon and drizzled with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
Flan
A silky milk-based custard covered in caramel and topped with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.

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Recent Reviews

La Cantina is a fun spot for good Mexican food in Marion. The place is clean, comfortable, and the patio is a great bonus when the weather is nice. The fajitas and tacos were flavorful and came in generous portions. Staff were welcoming and the happy hour deals are worth checking out. Service can sometimes be a little slow, but overall it is a great place to grab a meal with friends or family.
August 2025
Ask for Brandy's Margaerite! Super yum. And Brandy, is a great bartender. I described the drink she made an individualized recipe worth asking for. Of course the food was exceptional as always! Don't miss this place. P.S. Eddie was a great server. Attentive, helpful and fun. Thanks Eddie
May 2025
Today was our first time here. We will definitely be back soon! Our food was delicious and the service was great. What a cute and inviting space! Make sure you check out their little plant area when you first near the bar area. They had a string of turtles, which happens to be my favorite! I love seeing live plants in places, makes it a little extra enjoyable for me!
October 2024

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La Cantina Marion

3217 7th Ave, Marion, IA 52302
(319) 409-5582