Cantina Louie
2225 Matthews Township Pkwy C, Matthews
(980) 339-3007
Customers' Favorites
Grilled Chicken Quesadilla
Beans and Cheese Burrito
Street Corn Shrimp Taco
Chimi Chimi Bang Bang
Mexican Street Corn
Street Taco Basket
Enchiladas Suizas
Quesabirria Tacos
Margaritas Flight
Al Pastor Burrito
Featured items
Queso Dip
Melted cheese dip.
Cantina Quesadilla
A flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and grilled chicken. Served with a side of pastor salsa, poblano salsa, and sour cream. Does not include guacamole or pico de gallo.
QuesaBirria Tacos
Three corn tortillas stuffed with birria and melted cheese, folded and grilled. Topped with pickled red onions and cilantro, and served with a side of birria broth and avocado sauce.
Street Taco Basket
Served in corn tortillas with onions, cilantro, and a side of al pastor salsa. Choose any combination of the (3) following tacos: al pastor, asada, carnitas.
Horchata
Avocado & Cheese Enchilada
Corn tortilla stuffed with avocado and shredded cheese. Topped with green tomatillo sauce, sour cream, and queso fresco.
California Burrito
Grilled chicken, lettuce, rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole, and topped with queso dip.
Taquitos
Fried corn tortillas stuffed with chicken. Topped with sour cream, fresh lime pico de gallo, guacamole, and queso fresco.
Churros
A cream-filled fried pastry sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. Topped with a drizzle of chocolate. Does not come with whipped cream due to melting.
Burrito Bowl
All burrito bowls come with your choice of rice, beans and protein. Topped with lettuce, pico de gallo, shredded cheese, sour cream & guacamole.
Avocado Enchilada Entree
Corn tortillas stuffed with avocado and shredded cheese. Topped with green tomatillo salsa, queso fresco and sour cream. Served with a side of black beans, and a side salad (lettuce, tomatoes, queso fresco & sour cream).
Fajita Burrito
Steak, shrimp, chicken, peppers, onions, tomatoes, rice, and sour cream. Topped with queso dip and guacamole.
Skirt Steak Fajitas
All fajitas come with grilled onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with a side of rice, refried beans, side salad (lettuce, tomatoes, queso fresco, sour cream) and flour tortillas.
Flan
An authentic dessert made from caramel baked custard. Does not come with whipped cream due to melting.
Kid's Quesadilla
Cheese quesadilla, rice, and refried beans.
Appetizers
Queso Dip
Melted cheese dip.
Mexican Esquite
Corn tossed with mayonnaise, a blend of Mexican spices,
cilantro, and queso fresco.
Taquitos
Fried corn tortillas stuffed with chicken. Topped with sour cream, fresh lime pico de gallo, guacamole, and queso fresco.
Chicken Empanadas
Homemade corn pastries stuffed with cheese, shredded chicken, and poblano peppers. Topped with sour cream, fresh lime pico de gallo, cilantro, and queso fresco. Served with a side of guajillo salsa.
Guacamole
Avocado, tomatoes, fresh lime juice, onions, cilantro, and jalapeño.
Made to Oder Guacamole
Avocado, tomatoes, fresh lime juice, onions, cilantro, and jalapeño.
Shrimp Ceviche
Shrimp marinated with fresh lime juice, sliced purple onions, tomatoes, and cilantro. Made fresh daily.
Appetizer Trio (Queso Dip, Guacamole, Chips & Salsa)
Three appetizer favorites in one! Includes : 1 queso dip, 1 guacamole dip and 1 salsa. Served with our house-made chips. Note: no substitutions or replacements.
Shareables
Grave Digger Nachos
Your choice of one protein, bread and butter jalapeños and onions, sour cream, guacamole, and black bean salsa. Topped with queso dip. Proteins available: grilled chicken, shredded chicken, ground beef, carnitas, chorizo, al pastor, and shredded beef.
Carne Asade Fries
Fries topped with steak, queso dip, fresh lime pico de gallo, sour cream, queso fresco, and guacamole.
Fajita Nachos
Chicken breast, shrimp, and steak grilled with onions, peppers, and tomatoes. Topped with queso dip.
Street Corn Shrimp Basket
A basket of our street corn crusted shrimp served with a side of peruvian sauce and sriracha ranch.
Salads
Fajita Taco Salad
Marinated grilled chicken with bell peppers and onions. Served in a crispy tortilla bowl with spring mix, black bean salsa, and topped with queso fresco. ** Comes with salad inside tortilla bowl wrapped in foil. Veggies are cooked and hot on top of bed of spring mix!)
Mango Avocado Shrimp Salad
Blackened or street corn crusted shrimp on a bed of spring mix, avocado, white rice vegetable medley, cherry tomatoes, and mango salsa. Served with a side of sweet chili sauce and chipotle crema.
The Cantina Louie Salad
Marinated grilled chicken on a bed of spring mix, bell peppers, cherry tomatoes, and avocado slices. Topped with queso fresco and served with a side of cilantro ranch dressing.
Baja Salad
Marinated grilled chicken on a bed of spring mix, black bean salsa, corn, fresh lime pico de gallo, rice, cherry tomatoes and avocado slices. Served with a side of cilantro ranch dressing.
Mexican Street Food
QuesaBirria Tacos
Three corn tortillas stuffed with birria and melted cheese, folded and grilled. Topped with pickled red onions and cilantro, and served with a side of birria broth and avocado sauce.
Street Taco Basket
Served in corn tortillas with onions, cilantro, and a side of al pastor salsa. Choose any combination of the (3) following tacos: al pastor, asada, carnitas.
Avocado & Cheese Enchilada
Corn tortilla stuffed with avocado and shredded cheese. Topped with green tomatillo sauce, sour cream, and queso fresco.
Gordita
These "little fatties" feature a thick corn pocket stuffed with shredded chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and queso fresco.
Tostada
Flat crunchy tortilla with ground beef, refried beans, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and queso fresco
Tacos
The Americana
Ground beef, skirt steak, or shredded chicken topped with lettuce, queso fresco, tomatoes, and sour cream. Served in a flour tortilla.
Taco De Asada
Skirt steak served on a corn tortilla & topped with onion and cilantro.
Chimi Chimi Bang Bang
Skirt steak with chimichurri sauce, fresh lime pico de gallo, lettuce, and queso fresco. Served in a flour tortilla.
Taco de Carnitas
Slow cooked pork served on a corn tortilla & topped with onion and cilantro.
Mahi
Lightly breaded and grilled mahi, slaw, chipotle crema, pickled red onions, Peruvian sauce, mango salsa, and black bean salsa
Pineapple Al Pastor Taco
Al pastor (marinated pork or chicken), pineapple salsa, and bread and butter jalapeños and onions.
Surf & Turf
Skirt steak and shrimp topped with avocado and sriracha ranch. Served in a flour tortilla.
Taco Fresco
Skirt steak served in a corn tortilla. Topped with fresh lime pico de gallo and queso fresco.
Grouper Taco
Lightly breaded and grilled grouper, slaw, peruvian sauce, cilantro, and bread and butter jalapeños and onions.
Hot Surfer Chick
Grilled chicken breast, pineapple salsa, and sriracha ranch. Served in a flour tortilla.
Blackened Shrimp
Blackened shrimp served on a bed of slaw. Topped with fresh lime pico de gallo and peruvian sauce. Served in a flour tortilla.
Sriracha Shrimp
Deep fried shrimp served on a bed of slaw. Topped with a drizzle of sriracha buffalo sauce and ranch dressing. Served in a flour tortilla.
Street Al Pastor
Marinated pork served on a corn tortilla & topped with onion and cilantro.
Veggie Taco
Lettuce, white rice vegetable medley, black bean salsa, corn, fresh lime pico de gallo, and a slice of avocado. This taco is served cold.
Street Corn Shrimp Taco
Street corn crusted shrimp on a bed of slaw. Topped with corn, peruvian sauce, and sriracha ranch.
Quesadillas
Cantina Quesadilla
A flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and grilled chicken. Served with a side of pastor salsa, poblano salsa, and sour cream. Does not include guacamole or pico de gallo.
Fajita Quesadilla
A flour tortilla stuffed with grilled chicken, cheese, onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with a side of rice, beans and a side salad (lettuce, tomatoes, queso fresco topped with sour cream).
Birria Quesadilla
A flour tortilla stuffed with birria and cheese. Topped with pickled red onions and cilantro, and served with a side of birria broth, avocado sauce, and sour cream.
Surf & Turf Quesadilla
A flour tortilla stuffed with shrimp, steak, cheese, and sriracha ranch. Served with a side of pastor salsa, poblano salsa, and sour cream. Does not include guacamole or pico de gallo.
Street Corn Shrimp Quesadilla
A flour tortilla stuffed with street corn crusted shrimp, cheese, chipotle crema, corn and black bean salsa. Served with a side of pastor salsa, poblano salsa, and sour cream.
Burrito Bowl
Burrito Bowl
All burrito bowls come with your choice of rice, beans and protein. Topped with lettuce, pico de gallo, shredded cheese, sour cream & guacamole.
Burritos
California Burrito
Grilled chicken, lettuce, rice, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole, and topped with queso dip.
Burrito Supreme
Ground beef or shredded chicken, rice, refried beans, sour cream, queso dip, tomatoes, and lettuce. Topped with red sauce and queso fresco. *NOTE Queso dip is inside burrito not drizzled on top!
Fajita Burrito
Steak, shrimp, chicken, peppers, onions, tomatoes, rice, and sour cream. Topped with queso dip and guacamole.
Burrito Al Pastor
Al pastor (marinated pork), pineapple salsa, guacamole, and queso dip inside a tortilla. Served with a side of fries mixed with onions and jalapeños and a side of al pastor salsa.
West Coast Burrito
Grilled chicken, fries, queso dip, fresh lime pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream. Served with a side of fries mixed with onions and jalapeños.
Surf & Turf Burrito
Steak, shrimp, black bean salsa, guacamole, queso dip, and sriracha ranch. Served with a side of fries mixed with onions and jalapeños.
Veggie Burrito
Zucchini, peppers, onions, tomatoes, corn, white rice vegetable medley, and black beans. Topped with queso dip and black bean salsa.
Enchiladas
Enchiladas Supreme
One ground beef, one shredded chicken, and one cheese enchilada each stuffed in a corn tortilla. Topped with your choice of red sauce or green tomatillo salsa, and queso fresco, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. Served with a side of rice and refried beans.
Enchiladas Suizas
Corn tortillas stuffed with grilled chicken and topped with green tomatillo sauce and queso fresco. Served with a side of rice and refried beans.
Avocado Enchilada Entree
Corn tortillas stuffed with avocado and shredded cheese. Topped with green tomatillo salsa, queso fresco and sour cream. Served with a side of black beans, and a side salad (lettuce, tomatoes, queso fresco & sour cream).
Fajitas
Chicken Fajitas
All fajitas come with grilled onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with a side of rice, refried beans, side salad (lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, queso fresco), and flour tortillas.
Skirt Steak Fajitas
All fajitas come with grilled onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with a side of rice, refried beans, side salad (lettuce, tomatoes, queso fresco, sour cream) and flour tortillas.
Cantina Fajitas
Chicken breast, shrimp, and skirt steak. All fajitas come with grilled onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with a side of rice, refried beans, side salad (lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, queso fresco), and flour tortillas.
Pineapple al Pastor Chicken Fajitas
Al pastor chicken with pineapple salsa and a pineapple wheel. Served with a side of white rice vegetable medley, black beans topped with fresh lime pico de gallo, and a side salad (lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and queso fresco).
Veggie Fajitas
Red and green bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, zucchini, and corn. Served with a side of white rice vegetable medley, black beans topped with fresh lime pico de gallo, and a side salad (lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and queso fresco) and a side of flour tortillas.
Shrimp Fajitas
All fajitas come with grilled onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with a side of rice, refried beans, side salad (lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, queso fresco), and flour tortillas.
Entrée
Pick 3 Combo
Pick any 3 of: soft taco, burrito, enchilada, tostada, or rice & beans. Complimentary protein options: ground beef & shredded chicken.
Chimichanga
A fried flour tortilla stuffed with shredded chicken and topped with red sauce and queso dip. Served with a side of rice, refried beans, side salad (lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, queso fresco).
Carne Asada
Marinated charbroiled skirt steak. Served with a side of rice, refried beans, side salad (lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, queso fresco), grilled jalapeño, and a spring onion. Served with a side of chimichurri sauce and flour tortillas.
Pollo Relleno
Marinated grilled chicken breast topped with spinach, fresh lime pico de gallo, and queso dip. Served with a side of rice, refried beans, side salad (lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, queso fresco), and flour tortillas.
La Parrilla
Marinated charbroiled skirt steak with chimichurri sauce, grilled chicken breast, carnitas, grilled jalapeño, and a spring onion. Served with a side of authentic esquite (Mexican Street Corn) and flour tortillas.
Carnitas Entree
Marinated pork tips. Served with a side of rice, refried beans, side salad (lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, queso fresco), and three flour tortillas. Ask your server if you would like it served Colorado style with our signature al pastor salsa.
Socal Avocado Chicken
Marinated chicken breast topped with grilled queso fresco, avocado, pineapple salsa, fresh lime pico de gallo, lettuce, and sriracha ranch. Served with white rice vegetable medley and black beans.
Enchiladas Suizas
Corn tortillas stuffed with grilled chicken and topped with green tomatillo sauce and queso fresco. Served with a side of rice and refried beans.
Enchiladas Supreme
One ground beef, one shredded chicken, and one cheese enchilada each stuffed in a corn tortilla. Topped with your choice of red sauce or green tomatillo salsa, and queso fresco, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. Served with a side of rice and refried beans.
Avocado Enchilada Entree
Corn tortillas stuffed with avocado and shredded cheese. Topped with green tomatillo salsa, queso fresco and sour cream. Served with a side of black beans, and a side salad (lettuce, tomatoes, queso fresco & sour cream).
Kids
Kid's Quesadilla
Cheese quesadilla, rice, and refried beans.
Chicken Fingers
Chicken fingers and french fries.
Kid's Soft Taco
One soft taco, rice, and refried beans.
Kid's Burrito
Burrito, rice, and refried beans.
Kid's Enchilada
One enchilada, rice, and refried beans.
Kid's Grilled Chicken
Grilled chicken with rice and refried beans. For ages 12 and under.
Desserts
Churros
A cream-filled fried pastry sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. Topped with a drizzle of chocolate. Does not come with whipped cream due to melting.
Flan
An authentic dessert made from caramel baked custard. Does not come with whipped cream due to melting.
Sopapilla
Deep fried pastry sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar. Topped with a drizzle of chocolate. Does not come with whipped cream due to melting.
Sides
Queso Dip (4 oz)
Chips/Salsa (4 oz)
Rice & Beans (8 oz each)
Chips/Salsa (8 oz)
Guacamole (4 oz)
Rice (8 oz)
Sour Cream (4 oz)
Pico De Gallo (4 oz)
Chips/Salsa (12 oz)
Beans (8 oz)
Tortilla - Flour (3)
French Fries
Jalapeños - Fresh (4 oz)
Pineapple Salsa (4 oz)
Chimichurri Sauce (4 oz)
Cheese - Shredded (4 oz)
Peruvian Sauce (4 oz)
Onions - Grilled (8 oz)
Queso Fresco (4 oz.)
Salad - Side
Spring mix topped with queso fresco, tomato, & sour cream.
Enchilada - Single
Topped with red sauce and queso fresco
Chipotle Crema (4 oz)
Quesadilla - Single
Single cheese quesadilla.
Egg
Avocado - Side
Burrito - Single
Filled only with your protein choice. Topped with red sauce & queso fresco.
Chile Toreados (8 oz)
Cilantro (4 oz)
Cilantro Ranch (4 oz)
Jalapeños - Pickled (4 oz)
Lettuce - Shredded (8 oz)
Mango Salsa (4 oz)
Onions - Raw (8 oz)
Ranch Dressing (4 oz)
Slaw (4 oz)
Sriracha Ranch (4 oz)
Tomatoes - Diced (4 oz)
Tortilla - Corn (4)
Veggies - Grilled (8 oz)
Tomato, onion & bell pepper
Veggies - Raw (8 oz)
Tomato, onion, bell pepper
Sodas & Street Beverages
Horchata
Tamarindo
Tamarind-based agua fresca sweetened with sugar.
Agua de Jamaica
Hibiscus based agua fresca sweetened with sugar.
Dr. Pepper
Beverage may come in cup or can depending on availability.
Pepsi
Beverage may come in cup or can depending on availability.
Diet Pepsi
Beverage may come in cup or can depending on availability.
Starry
Beverage may come in cup or can depending on availability.
Mountain Dew
Beverage may come in cup or can depending on availability.
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Recent Reviews
Addy was a great server. The food portions were generous. The food was surprisingly good. We got the SoCal chicken and chimichanga. I'm a bit of a Mexican food snob so for a five 🌟 review, it says a lot. We will definitely come back.
January 2025
Not your run of the mill mexican place. For starters, great service and drinks. Margaritas are a staple, but great stocked bar and cute barkeep. The food is to die for. Fresh, favorfull and a twist of different. And at a fair price. Will keep coming. And make sure you ask to speak for the manager Fran. Let him know your experience and give him and his staff a pat on the back for a job well done!!
January 2025
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