The Tropical Grill

198 Oak Ave, Spruce Pine
(828) 765-0909

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Cuban Sandwich Dine in: Yes Outdoor seating: Yes Takeout: Yes
Served over Black Beans Rice And
Jamaican Jerk Chicken Plate
Jamaican Jerk Chicken Salad
1 2 a Cuban Sandwich
Pulled Pork Sandwich
Pollo a La Plancha
Bacon Cheeseburger
Handmade Empanadas
Chicken Quesadilla

Menu

Stuart's Tropical Appetizers
Handmade Empanadas (for 2)
2 Colombian appetizer comment pastries your choice of meat, vegetable cheese served with Colombian salsa.
Cheesy Salsa Fries
Curtly fries lopped with three different cheeses. Sour cream and salsa.
Bollo De Mazorca
A bun made of com, indigenous of the Caribbean coast of Colombia. Bolo boiled and wrapped in corn, served with queso fresco and your choice of Colombian chorizo sausage.
Mofogo Appetizer
Seasoned and mashed green plaintains, garnished with grilled onions and side of Colombian chorozo sausage.
Platago Picaro
Sweet caramelized maduro, ripe and sweet glazed in our exclusive picarosauce. Side of queso fresco.
Tropical Nachos
Our tropical corn tortilla chips in a basket with three different kinds of cheese, guacamole sour cream, and your choice of salsa.
Tostones Dipper
Handmade green plantains (patacones). Salted and deep-fried with a side of camote and sour cream.
Yucca and Mojo
Yucca fries, deep-fried with a side of our mojo and grilled onions.
Arepas Colorabianas cop queso
White cheese melted between 2 handmade grilled corn arepa cakes with Colombian chorizo sausage and queso fresco.
Camaroned AL Ajillo (Shrimp)
Grilled shrimp in garlic sauce, served with tostones and guacamole.
Sweet Plantain Treat
Sweet caramelized maduros, ripe and sweet. Served with a side of queso.

Tropical Bbq Pulled
Medianoche
The midnight sandwich is our exclusive Cuban pork loin and ham with swiss cheese, dill pickle, and mustard, on a sweet bun, with a choice of 1 daily deli side and pickle.
Pork Sandwich
Cuban pulled pork in vinegar grilled with onions, choice of salsa on a bun. Served with fries and a piece.
Cuban Sandwich
Our exclusive Cuban pork loin and ham with swiss cheese, dill pickle, and mustard, with a choice of 1 daily deli side and pickle.
Hawaiian BBQ
Sweet pulled pork. Seasoned with our Hawaiian pork bbq sauce with grilled onions and coleslaw on a run fries pickle.
The Riviera
Hard salami, pepperoni, ham capicola, banana peppers, tomato, onion, provolone, mustard, oil, and vinegar all on an 8 bun, grilled on the panini, fries, and a pickle.

Twin Tropical Tacos
Tropical Lobster Taco
Corn tortilla, seasoned and served in a soft com tortilla, with mild pepper jack cheese dressing. Greens, your choice of salsa, side of guacamole, topped with sour cream and tropical chips.
Grilled Mahi Mahi Taco
Corn tortilla, seasoned and served in a soft com tortilla, with mild pepper jack cheese dressing. Greens, your choice of salsa, side of guacamole, topped with sour cream and tropical chips.
Coconut Shrimp Taco
Corn tortilla, seasoned and served in a soft com tortilla, with mild pepper jack cheese dressing. Greens, your choice of salsa, side of guacamole, topped with sour cream and tropical chips.
Grilled Chorizo Taco
Corn tortilla, seasoned and served in a soft com tortilla, with mild pepper jack cheese dressing. Greens, your choice of salsa, side of guacamole, topped with sour cream and tropical chips.
Shredded Steak Taco
Corn tortilla, seasoned and served in a soft com tortilla, with mild pepper jack cheese dressing. Greens, your choice of salsa, side of guacamole, topped with sour cream and tropical chips.
Grilled Tilapia Taco
Corn tortilla, seasoned and served in a soft com tortilla, with mild pepper jack cheese dressing. Greens, your choice of salsa, side of guacamole, topped with sour cream and tropical chips.
Grilled Chicken Taco
Corn tortilla, seasoned and served in a soft com tortilla, with mild pepper jack cheese dressing. Greens, your choice of salsa, side of guacamole, topped with sour cream and tropical chips.

Sandwiches From Under the Sea
Grilled Lobster Sandwich
Tropical seasoned and served with fries a pickle, lettuce, tomato, and onion.
Grilled Mahi Mahi Sandwich
Tropical seasoned and served with fries a pickle, lettuce, tomato, and onion.
Grilled Grouper Sandwich
Tropical seasoned and served with fries a pickle, lettuce, tomato, and onion.
Grilled Tilapia Sandwich
Tropical seasoned and served with fries a pickle, lettuce, tomato, and onion.

Taco Salad in a Bowl
Grilled Garlic Shrimp
Deep-fried tortilla basket filled with shredded lettuce, black beans, rice. Salsa, shredded cheese, and topped with sour cream.
Shredded Steak
Deep-fried tortilla basket filled with shredded lettuce, black beans, rice. Salsa, shredded cheese, and topped with sour cream.
Chorizo Sausage
Deep-fried tortilla basket filled with shredded lettuce, black beans, rice. Salsa, shredded cheese, and topped with sour cream.
Grilled Chicken Strips
Deep-fried tortilla basket filled with shredded lettuce, black beans, rice. Salsa, shredded cheese, and topped with sour cream.
Desgranados
A Barranquilla platter served with potato sticks, mozzarella and melting cheese, mango dressing, chopped cilantro, and kernelled corn all on a bed of lettuce.

The Tropical Garden Vegetarian Delight
Grilled Vegetarian Platter
Seasoned grilled poppers, cilantro, onions, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Served with rice, plantains, and yucca.
Panini Garden
Goat cheese, mushrooms, roasted red peppers, sweet plantains, and grilled onions and all grilled on the panini press. Choice of 1 daily del side and pickle.
Vegetarian Garden of Eden Burger
All vegetable patty topped with corn, salsa, plantains, green pepper, cucumber, lettuce, tomato, onion, and curly fries. Served on a bun.
Vegetarian Taco Salad Bowl
Deep-fried tortilla basket filled with shredded lettuce, black beans, rice, salsa, shredded cheese and topped with sour cream.
Vegetarian Mofongo Platter
Garlic seasoned & mashed green plantains topped with grilled onions. Served with a green nice and side salad.
Coconut Rice Platter
Traditional coconut rice served with side salad and tostones.
Vegetarian Desgranade
A Barranquilla platter served with sliced bollo. Potato sticks, mozzarella cheese, mango dressing. Chopped cilantro and kernelled corn all on a bed of chopped lettuce.

Press'N the Parini
Panini Chicken
Grilled seasoned chicken breast on panini bread with tomato, mozzarella cheese, and roasted red peppers
Panini Pork
Seasoned sliced pork on panini bread with grilled onions, provolone cheese, and roasted red peppers.
Panini Steak (8 oz)
Grilled seasoned ribeye steak on panini bread with grilled onions. Swiss cheese and roasted red peppers.

All American Favorites
Philly Cheese Steak Sandwich
Patty Melt
Beef, American cheese and Grilled onions.
Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich
Served lettuce, tomato and onion, and our exclusive creamy mango dressing.
Charbroiled Steak Sandwich (8 oz)
Ribeye steak on a bun, lettuce, tomato, onion, choice of mayo or bbq sauce.
Super Double Burger
2 beef patties, 4 slices bacon, 6 slices American cheese, mayo, lettuce tomato, onion pickle, mustard, or ketchup.
Bacon Cheeseburger
2 slices bacon 4 slices American cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion mustard, and ketchup.
Cheeseburger
4 slices American cheese, mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion mustard, and ketchup.
Montego Bay Sandwich
Grilled chicken breast seasoned with Jamaican jerk and sweet chile sauce. Topped with coleslaw and diced mango. Served with curly fries.
Jamaican Jerk BBQ
Jamaican bbq pork with grilled onions topped with coleslaw and diced mango served with plantains.
Grilled Choripan Sandwich
Grilled Colombian chorizo sausage served on a grilled bun, topped with melted cheese, Colombian salsa grilled onions, and peppers. Served wth platano picaro.

Charbroiled Tropical Burgers
Paradise Burger
Served with fries and pickles, with your choice of lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle chips, mayo, ketchup, and mustard. Bacon, pepper jack cheese, choice of salsa, plantains, guacamole.
Salsa Burger
Served with fries and pickles, with your choice of lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle chips, mayo, ketchup, and mustard. Bacon, pepper jack cheese, your choice of salsa.

Tropical Steak Platters
Montanera Bandeja (Bandeja Paisa)
Charbroiled and seasoned 8oz. Ribeye steak chorizo stage, prived onions. Sweet plantains. Arepa cake, chicharron, black bears, rice and fried egg, and your choice of salsa.
Steak Argentina
Charbroiled 8 oz ribeye steak with homemade house chimichurri salsa, black beans over rice, sweet plantains served with choice of salsa and side house salad.
Asada Colombiana
Sliced black Angus beef, seasoned, and marinated with our exclusive Colombian season. Served on an arepa with sweet plantains, black beans, and rice with your choice of salsa.
Tierra y Mar
Surf and turf, charbroiled seasoned oz ribeye steak with charbroiled garlic shrimp. Grilled tropical lobster and grilled onions. With seasoned yellow rice sweet plantains and a side salad.

Tropical Platters
The Atlantico
Charbroiled and marinated pork loin and grilled onion served with totes coconut rice and a side salad.
Jamaican Jerk Chicken
Jerked and pressed grilled chicken breast of tilapia, grilled jerk onions, sweet plantains, yucca, black beans, and rice with your choice of salsa.
Jamaican Jerk Tilapia
Jerked and pressed grilled chicken breast of tilapia, grilled jerk onions, sweet plantains, yucca, black beans, and rice with your choice of salsa.
Tropi Chopi Platters
Tropical seasoned shredded pork or tropical seasoned beef tips of tropical seasoned chicken cuts. Served over black beans, rice, and grilled onions with sweet plantains and your choice of salsa.
Pollo A La Plancha
Pressed seasoned grilled chicken breast, grilled onions, sweet plantains, black beans, and rice with your choice of salsa.
La Gordita Puerco (The Porky)
Cuban pork loin, chunked and grilled onions, and mojo served with seasoned green rice and grilled onions with sweet plantains and a side salad, choice of sweet chill or garlic jalapeno sauce.

Ala Carte Orders
Melting Cheese
Coconut Rice
Seasoned Green Rice or Yellow Rice
Seasoned Curly Fries
4 oz Dell Cup
Grilled Onions or Mushrooms
4 oz of Sour Cream
4 oz of Guacamole
Black Beans, Rice and Your Choice of Salsa
Small House Salad

Tropical Salads
Caribbean Salad
A mound of tossed greens. Your choice of swiss fresh cilantro, tomatoes cucumbers, carrots red cabbage, and corn chips.
Mahi Mahi Salad
Our Caribbean salad, with grilled and seasoned with mango salsa.
Grouper Salad
Our Caribbean salad, with grilled and seasoned with mango salsa.
Griller Lobster salad
Our Caribbean salad, with grilled and seasoned tropical lobster.
Grilled chicken salad
Grilled seasoned chicken chunks over greens with tomatoes. Cucumbers, red cabbage, and crispy croutons.
Asian Salad
Seasoned grilled chicken chunks over greens with diced mango, carrots, almonds, red onions, red cabbage, tomatoes, and crispy croutons.
Festival Salad
Black beans. Rice. Com. Grated cheese, salsa. Tomatoes. Cucumbers carrots. Red cabbage com chips & lettuce. Topped with sour cream
Jamaican Jerk Chicken Salad
Grilled jerk chicken with diced mango and sliced almonds on top of mixed greens. Tomatoes, red onions. Cucumbers, carrots, red cabbage. Fresh cilantro, mango salsa, and tropical chips.
Coconut Salad
Our coconut shrimp or garlic grilled shrimp on top of mixed greens, tomatoes red onions, cucumbers, carrots, red cabbage. Fresh cilantro, mango salsa, and tropical chips.
Grilled Shrimp Salad
Our coconut shrimp or garlic grilled shrimp on top of mixed greens, tomatoes red onions, cucumbers, carrots, red cabbage. Fresh cilantro, mango salsa, and tropical chips.
Caesar Salad
Crisp greens with parmeason cheese. Crispy croutons and our caesar dressing.
Chicken Caesar Salad
Grilled seasoned chicken on crisp greens with parmesan cheese. Crispy croutons and our caesar dressing.

Quesadillas
Black Angus Steak
Flour tortilla with mild pepper jack cheese, grilled onions, peppers mushrooms, our tropical seasoning, and dressing with your choice of salsa and sour cream on the side.
Cheese and Veggie
Flour tortilla with mild pepper jack cheese, grilled onions, peppers mushrooms, our tropical seasoning, and dressing with your choice of salsa and sour cream on the side.
Grilled Garlic Shrimp
Flour tortilla with mild pepper jack cheese, grilled onions, peppers mushrooms, our tropical seasoning, and dressing with your choice of salsa and sour cream on the side.
Chicken Caesar Salad
Flour tortilla with mild pepper jack cheese, grilled onions, peppers mushrooms, our tropical seasoning, and dressing with your choice of salsa and sour cream on the side.
Tilapia
Flour tortilla with mild pepper jack cheese, grilled onions, peppers mushrooms, our tropical seasoning, and dressing with your choice of salsa and sour cream on the side.
Colombian Chorizo
Flour tortilla with mild pepper jack cheese, grilled onions, peppers mushrooms, our tropical seasoning, and dressing with your choice of salsa and sour cream on the side.

Tropical Fruit Explosion
Mango Garlic Chicken
Mango glazed and gratified chicken chunks or charbroiled shrimp with grilled onions smothered in margo and garlic sauce served on seasoned yellow rice wine, plantain glazed with mango and mango salsa.
Mango Garlic Shrimp
Mango glazed and gratified chicken chunks or charbroiled shrimp with grilled onions smothered in margo and garlic sauce served on seasoned yellow rice wine, plantain glazed with mango and mango salsa.
Guava and Almond Tilapia
Grilled tilapia filet and grilled onions smothered in guava sauce served on seasoned yellow rice with plantains glazed with guava and guava salsa served on the side.
Cuban Pork Loin Glazed in Guava
2 slices of pork loins and grilled onions, glazed in guava sauce served with seasoned green rice, sweet plantains, and a side salad.

Tropical Seafood Platters
Mahi Mahi Ala Playa
Seasoned and grilled and served with coco rice. Tostones and a side salad.
Grouper Fillet Ala Playa
Seasoned and grilled and served with coco rice. Tostones and a side salad.
Tilapia Cubana
Seasoned and grilled, served with black beans, rice and grilled onions with sweet plantains and your choice of salsa.
Grilled Tropical Lobster and Shrimp Platter
Seasoned and grilled in garlic sauce. Served with yellow rice and grilled onions with sweet plantains, yucca, and your choice of salsa.
Mahi Fillet Platter
Seasoned and grilled, served with black beans, rice, and grilled onions with sweet plantains and your choice of salsa.
Grouper Fillet Platter
Seasoned and grilled, served with black beans, rice, and grilled onions with sweet plantains and your choice of salsa.
Coconut Platter
Crispy coconut shrimp or charbroiled garlic shrimp served with black beans, rice, sweet plantains, and salsa.
Garlic Shrimp Platter
Crispy coconut shrimp or charbroiled garlic shrimp served with black beans, rice, sweet plantains, and salsa.
Chorizo and Shrimp Ahi Platter
Grilled ahi Picante, chorizo, and shrimp served over green seasoned rice with sweet plantains and yucca fries.

Kid's Corner
Fish Sticks with Fries
Jumbo size dog topped with potato sticks, on a grilled hoagie bun.
Grilled Cheese Sandwich
4 slices American cheese, fries.
Chicken Tenders with Fries
Kid's Cheese Nachos
Basket of chips with a side of melted cheese dip and sour cream.
Kid's Cheese Quesadilla
Flour tortilla, yellow cheese, and sour cream and choice of salsa
2 Large Deep Fried Cheese Stick Rolls
Served with creamy mango dip.

Miami's Own
Elena Ruth Sandwich
Turkey. Cream cheese, strawberry jam, on panini bread all pressed in the panini. Served with 1 daily deli side and pickle.

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This little place was amazing! We ordered the Jamaican jerk chicken and the Cuban steak sandwich. Both were delicious but, make sure you let them know how to cook the steak (Cuban steak sandwich) my husbands was a little redder than he’d like. We really didn’t think to mention it, as we have never seen one not fully cooked. Either way, the taste was on point.
October 2025
Hands down the best pork I have ever had. We had the tropical and Jamaican jerk pork sandwiches and the flavor was absolutely outstanding. All of the food was exceptionally fresh and flavorful. Hidden gem that we will make a point of returning back to. DON’T MISS THIS SPOT!
October 2025
My husband and I are always in search of Cuban sandwiches that compare to our experience in Tampa, FL. Claudia, owner and cook, has equaled if not exceeded my experience from Tampa. Mucho gusto!
September 2025

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The Tropical Grill

198 Oak Ave, Spruce Pine, NC 28777
(828) 765-0909