Zapata Mexican Restaurant
7044 Maynardville Pike, Knoxville
(865) 377-4894
Customers' Favorites
Street Tacos Azada Lengua Pastor and More
One Enchilada and One Taco
Tacos Carne Asada Steak
Camaronese A la Diabla
Speedy Enchilada Plate
Zapata Wings 10-20 PC
Lunch Pollo a La Crema
Chilaquiles Mexicanos
Grilled Shrimp Salad
And One Chile Relleno
Steak
Carne Asada Steak
Arrachera cooked on the grill. Served with rice, beans, salad, avocado, and corn tortillas.
T-Bone con Camarones Steak
T-bone steak with shrimp Served with rice and salad.
El Zapata Tres Amigos Steak
Griled shrimps, chicken, and steak. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Chile Colorado Steak
Steak with special sauce, topped with red sauce Served with rice, beans, and tortilla.
Tacos Carne Asada Steak
3 soft grilled steak tacos, served with pico de gallo, a side of beans, and tomatillo sauce.
T-Bone Steak Ranchero
Cooked with our special sauce. Served with guacamole salad. rice, and beans.
Chicken
Zapata Chicken
Grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed onions, jalapeños, and cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Pollo Loco
Grilled chicken strips served over rice, topped with cheese sauce.
Vegetable Chicken
Grilled chicken strips over bed rice. Served with steamed vegetables.
Pollo Fundido
2 chicken breast, mozzarella cheese, fajita vegetable, topped with chorizo. Served with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice, and beans.
Chicken Flautas
2 flour tortillas stuffed with shredded chicken deep fried. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream.
Chicken And Shrimps
Chicken strips and shrimp grilled and seasoned. Served with rice, sour cream, salad, and tortillas.
Seafood
Mojarra Frita
Fried mojarra served with rice and fresh salad (lettuce, tomato, and avocado).
3 Piece Tacos De Pescado Estilo Sinaloa (3)
Cóctel De Camaron
Caldo 7 Mares
Soup with shrimp, clams, mussels, octopus, squid, craps, fish, and vegetables.
Ceviche
Cooked shrimps and octopus with fresh avocado and pico de gallo.
Aguachile
With shrimp.
Camarones A La Diabla
Shrimp cooked with our special red hot sauce. Served with rice, salad, and tortillas.
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
Shrimp sautéed in garlic butter sauce. Served with salad, rice, and California vegetables.
Pork
Chile Verde
Carnitas covered in green sauce Served with rice and beans.
Carnitas
Slow cooked pork served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomato, pico de gallo, guacamole, and tortillas.
Chimichangas
Chimichanga with Ground Beef
Large flour tortilla filled with beef.
Chimichanga with Shredded Chicken
Large flour tortilla filled with shredded chicken.
Fajita Chimichanga with Steak
Filled with steak, bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes.
Fajita Chimichanga with Grilled Chicken
Filled with grilled chicken, bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes.
Fajita Chimichanga with Shrimp
Filled with shrimp, bell peppers, onions, and tomatoes.
Quesadillas
Quesadilla Shredded Chicken
Flour tortilla folded in half filled with cheese and shredded chicken. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Quesadilla Ground Beef
Flour tortilla folded in half filled with cheese and your choice of meat. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Fajita Quesadilla Grilled Chicken
Filled with grilled chicken. Served with bell peppers, onions, grilled tomatoes, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Fajita Quesadilla Grilled Steak
Filled with grilled steak. Served with bell peppers, onions, grilled tomatoes, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Fajita Quesadilla Shrimp
Filled with shrimp. Served with bell peppers, onions, grilled tomatoes, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Combinations
1. Hard Taco and One Enchilada
2. One Chile Poblano and One Hard Taco
3. One Burrito and One Enchilada
4. One Tamale and One Hard Taco
5. Two Hard Tacos
6. One Enchilada and One Taco
7. One Chile Poblano and One Tamal
8. Two Enchiladas
9. One Taco and One Burrito
10 One Tostada and One Burrito.
Tortas
Al Pastor Barbacoa Torta
Steamed lamb.
Pollo Asado Torta
Grilled chicken.
Carne Asada Torta
Steak. Cilantro and onions.
Jamon Torta
Ham.
Cubana Torta
Chorizo, ham, egg. and sausage.
Lunch Menu
Huevos Rancheros
Fried eggs on a corn tortilla covered with a red tomato-based sauce.
Huevos Con Chorizo
3 Scrambled eggs with chorizo.
Huevos A La Mexicana
3 Scrambled eggs with red tomato, onion, and jalapeno.
Lunch Special # 1
1 chile poblano and one ground beef crunchy taco. Served with beans, lettuce, guacamole, and tomato.
Lunch Special # 2
1 bean burrito and one cheese enchilada. Served with rice.
Lunch Special # 3
1 hard taco with ground beef topped with lettuce and cheese. Served with rice and refried beans.
Lunch Special # 4
1 ground beef enchilada. Served with rice and refried beans.
Lunch Special # 5
1 burrito stuffed with ground beef or shredded chicken. Served with rice and refried beans.
Lunch Special # 6
1 shredded beef tamale. Served with rice and refried beans.
Pollo A La Crema
Grilled chicken breast seasoned, topped with chipotle sauce. Served over a bed of rice.
Lunch Flautas
Flour tortilla filled with shredded chicken, deep-fried and sliced into two flautas. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
Burrito Special
10" Flour tortilla filled with shredded chicken or ground beef. Topped with red sauce. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Lunch Fajita with Grilled Chicken
Your choice of grilled chicken or steak with sautéed onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, tortillas, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Lunch Fajita with Steak
Your choice of grilled chicken or steak with sautéed onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, tortillas, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Lunch Fajita with Grilled Chicken and Steak Mix
Your choice of grilled chicken or steak with sautéed onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, tortillas, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Lunch Fajita Tex-Mex
Shrimp, chicken, and steak with sautéed onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, tortillas, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Lunch Chimichanga with Ground Beef
10" flour tortilla stuffed with meat, topped with cheese dip. Served with rice, salad, and beans.
Lunch Chimichanga with Shredded Chicken
10" flour tortilla stuffed with meat, topped with cheese dip. Served with rice, salad, and beans.
Speedy Gonzalez Lunch
1 hard taco and one enchilada stuffed with your choice of shredded chicken or ground beef. Served with rice or refried beans.
Chilaquiles Mexicanos Lunch
Crispy corn tortilla with shredded chicken and ranchero sauce on top. Served with rice, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Desserts
Fried Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream covered with corn flakes fried. Served in a tortilla bowl, topped with whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and sprinkles.
Flan
A traditional Mexican style cream caramel custard.
Churros With Ice Cream
Fried twisted dough rolled in sugar and cinnamon, topped with ice cream.
Sopapilla
Sopapilla With Ice Cream
Flour tortilla fried to golden brown, served with honey, cinnamon, and ice cream. Topped with whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and sprinkle.
Cheesecake Chimichanga
A flour tortilla deep fried to golden brown and topped with sprinkled cinnamon. Topping with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Beverages
Pepsi
Diet Pepsi
Sierra Mist
Lemonade
Dr. Pepper
Unsweet Tea
Sweet Tea
Pineapple Jarrritos
Mandarine Jarrritos
Lime Jarrritos
Sangria
Coffee
Arandano Jugos
No refill.
Cranberry Naranja Jugos
No refill.
Orange Jugos
No refill.
Fresa Milkshake
Strawberry Chocolate Milkshake
Chocolate Vanilla Milkshake
Vanila Milkshake
Milk
Milk Chocolate
Horchata Aguas Frscas
Jamaica Aguas Frscas
Burritos
Burrito Zapata
Big flour tortilla stuffed with grilled chicken, steak, onion, and grilled peppers. Topped with jalapeños, pico de gallo, and cheese dip. Served with rice and beans.
Burrito Deluxe
A big flour tortilla filled with your chioce of ground beef or chicken and beans. Topped with red sauce, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Burrito Pepe
Flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken. Topped with red suace and pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.
Burrito For You
Big flour tortilla stuffed with steak or grilled chicken. Topped with cheese dip.
Pork Burrito
Large flour tortilla stuffed with pork carnitas and beans. Served with lettuce, onions, and pico de gallo, and avocado on top.
Enchiladas
Enchiladas Supreme
4 enchiladas, 1 with cheese, 1 with ground beef, 1 with refried beans, and 1 with shredded chicken covered in red sauce. Topped with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
El Tri Color
1 grilled chicken enchilada topped with green sauce and one shrimp enchilada topped with cheese sauce, and steak enchilada topped with red sauce. Served with your choice of rice or beans.
Enchiladas Mexicanas
3 chicken enchiladas, topped with red and green sauce. Served with lettuce, sour cream, and cheese with a side of beans.
Enchiladas Suizas
4 corn tortillas filled with grilled chicken. Topped with green. sauce, cheese dip, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Enchiladas Rancheras
3 cheese enchiladas topped with pork carnitas, onion, and bell peppers, topped with red sauce. Served with guacamole, lettuce, and tomatoes.
Enchiladas De Mole
3 enchiladas filled with shredded chicken, covered with mole. Topped with sauce, shredded cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and sour cream.
Nachos
Cheese Nachos with Ground Beef
Cheese Nachos with Shredded Chicken
Cheese Nachos with Shredded Beef
Nachos Zapata Supreme
Tortilla chips with cheese, topped with steak, grilled chicken, corn, black beans, jalapeños, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
Nacho Zapata with Chicken
Bean nachos, topped with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Nacho Zapata with Steak
Bean nachos, topped with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Nachos With Fajitas with Steak
Served with peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Nachos Supremos
Nachos With Fajitas with Shrimp
Served with peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Nachos Supremos
Nachos With Fajitas with Chicken
Served with peppers, onions, and tomatoes. Nachos Supremos
Nachos Supremos
Bean nachos, topped with lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
Tacos
Al Pastor
Asada
Steak.
Carnitas
Pork.
Barbacoa
Steamed beef cooked in its own juices.
Lengua
Beef tongue.
Pollo
Grilled chicken.
Chorizo
Mexican suasage.
Charro Beans
Whole beans, chorizo, sausage, bacon, onion, cilantro, and jalapeños.
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Recent Reviews
I’ve been to a lot of Mexican restaurants, and this one stands out with cleanliness, service, and generous portions of food. We got steak fajitas and it was cooked just right. Very welcoming. Recommend 👍
August 2025
We ate dinner here tonight and it was wonderful! the birra tacos were delicious and the burrito zapata was filled with steak, chicken and lots of vegtables then covered with cheese! everything was cooked perfectly and the staff was great! We will definitely be returning!
July 2025
This was our first visit. The service was good. We both ordered the same thing. It came out hot and delicious! The drinks were good. We asked for to go boxes and the meat and veggies were still hot. We'll be back!
May 2025
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