Zapata's Cantina And Mexican Restaurant menù, Charlotte
Zapata's Cantina And Mexican Restaurant Charlotte - Menu
Popular Items
Jalapeño Cheese Dip
6 $
Chicken Or Steak Sizzling Fajitas
Tender strips of marinated chicken or steak grilled with green pepper and yellow onion in a sizzling skillet. Served with guacamole, sour cream and choice of warm tortillas.
9.75 $
Street Tacos
Two large corn tortillas filled with grilled chicken or steak, melted Monterey Jack cheese, honey grilled onions and pico de gallo. Served with guacamole, rice, and black beans.
11.75 $
La Union Chimichanga
Filled with fajita style chicken and melted Cheddar cheese, then topped with cheese dip. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
11.99 $
Fiesta Plate
Four wings, four slices of cheese quesadilla, four chicken taquitos, nachos, guacamole, and sour cream.
13 $
Quesadillas
Two crispy, flour tortillas stuffed with Cheddar cheese and your choice of ground beef, chicken or picadillo. Topped with tomatoes, onions, sour cream and guacamole.
9.75 $
Arroz Con Pollo
One of our signature dishes! Sliced chicken breast strips of chicken sautéed with mushrooms, onions, prepared with mushrooms, onions and green peppers. Served on a bed of rice with Monterey Jack cheese, smothered with our special red sauce and garnished with avocado and tomatoes. Not served with beans.
8.75 $
Chicken Fajitas
13.99 $
Guacamole
4.5 $
Deluxe Burrito
A tortilla filled with your choice of chicken, beef, or picadillo and loaded with baked cheese and topped with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, tomatoes, and onions.
8.5 $
Lunch Salads
Flat Iron Steak Salad
Romaine lettuce, baby spinach tossed with green goddess dressing, cotija, corn, and avocado.
Romgarlic roasted cauliflower, green goddess dressing, avocado, tomato cotija.
7.95 $
Deluxe Taco Salad
Choice of chicken, beef or picadillo in a flour tortilla shell with lettuce, tomato, and Cheddar cheese. Served with sour cream and guacamole.
7.75 $
Lunch Burritos
Garden Fresh Burrito
Lightly grilled fresh vegetables, white rice, mushrooms and whole black beans wrapped in a tortilla, topped with a zesty burrito sauce and salad greens.
7.75 $
Espresso Vegetarian Burrito
Refried beans, Spanish rice, cheese, and lettuce, wrapped in a tortilla and smothered with guacamole, tomato, onions, ranchero sauce and tossed with Parmesan cheese.
7.5 $
Burrito de Cerdo al Horno
Large flour tortilla stuffed with juicy pulled pork and smothered with crema blanca "Texana" sauce. Garnished with salsa verde tomatoes green onion, and cotija.
8.5 $
Deluxe Burrito
A tortilla filled with your choice of chicken, beef, or picadillo and loaded with baked cheese and topped with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, tomatoes, and onions.
8.5 $
Carne Asada Burrito
Grilled steak, wrapped in whole beans, Mexican rice, fried green onions with guacamole and ranchero sauce.
15.25 $
Cauliflower Burrito
Garlic roasted cauliflower, Spanish rice, black beans inside a flour tortilla, smothered with crema Blanca sauce, garnished with green onions and cotija cheese.
8.5 $
Pronto Lunch
Enchilada & Taco
Served with guacamole and two tortillas.
7.25 $
Chile Relleno
7.25 $
Enchilada & Tamal
7.25 $
Burrito
7.25 $
Bombay Chimichanga
8.5 $
Tacos (2)
7.25 $
Chimichanga
Served with guacamole and sour cream.
8.5 $
Avocado Tostada
Served with sour cream.
7.75 $
Deluxe Tostada
Served with guacamole and sour cream.
7.75 $
Spinach Quesadilla
Topped with tomatoes, onions, sour cream and served with white rice and black beans.
8 $
Huevos Rancheros
Two ranch style eggs and three tortillas.
8 $
Quesadilla Ranchera
Topped with tomatoes, onions, sour cream and guacamole.
8.25 $
Huevos con Chorizo
Two scrambled eggs with Mexican sausage and three tortillas.
7.75 $
Enchiladas (2)
7.25 $
Pork Carnitas Soft Tacos
8 $
Lunch Favorites
Arroz Con Pollo
One of our signature dishes! Sliced chicken breast strips of chicken sautéed with mushrooms, onions, prepared with mushrooms, onions and green peppers. Served on a bed of rice with Monterey Jack cheese, smothered with our special red sauce and garnished with avocado and tomatoes. Not served with beans.
8.75 $
Arroz Con Camarones
One of our signature dishes! sautéed shrimp in butter with mushrooms, onions and green peppers in a mild red sauce over a bed of rice with melted cheese. Garnished with avocado and tomatoes. Not served with beans.
9.5 $
Beef Or Chicken Carnitas
Grilled chicken or beef slices with green pepper, yellow onions and marinated in mild sauce. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
8.75 $
Chicken Or Steak Sizzling Fajitas
Tender strips of marinated chicken or steak grilled with green pepper and yellow onion in a sizzling skillet. Served with guacamole, sour cream and choice of warm tortillas.
9.75 $
Mexican Stir-Fry
Strips of chicken sautéed with mushrooms, onions, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and green peppers over a bed of rice with melted cheese. Not served.
9.75 $
Chile Colorado
Tender chunks of beef simmered in a red sauce of tomatoes, onions, mild chile peppers and bay leaves.
9.25 $
Chile Verde
Chunks of pork loin braised in our tomatillo sauce with green peppers, green onions, and cilantro.
9.25 $
Pollo a la Crema
Strips of chicken breast sautéed with green peppers onions and mushrooms in a sour cream sauce. Served with rice and beans.
9.25 $
Fish Tacos
Tortillas filled with lightly fried tilapia, pico de gallo and our chipotle cream sauce.
8.75 $
Cerdo al Horno (Baked Pork)
Homestyle baked pork chunks served with cilantro, yellow onion, rice, beans, and choice warm tortillas.
9 $
Antojitos - Appetizers
Jalapeño Cheese Dip
6 $
Super Nachos
Tortilla chips topped with beans, melted Cheddar cheese, tomatoes, onions, sour cream, and guacamole. Choice of cheese, chicken, or beef.
8.25 $
Diablo Wings
Buffalo wings roasted and smothered in our house recipe butter garlic.
10 $
Fiesta Plate
Four wings, four slices of cheese quesadilla, four chicken taquitos, nachos, guacamole, and sour cream.
13 $
Taquitos Dorados
Mouth-sized crispy corn tortilla with chicken and mashed potatoes, lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with mild salsa.
8.95 $
Made to Order Fresh Guacamole
8.99 $
Chicken Taquitos
we rolled flour tortillas stuffed with chicken and Monterey Jack cheese, fried and garnished with tomatoes, cotija cheese, sour cream, pico de gallo and guacamole.
9.5 $
Camarones Apretalados
Seven, bacon-wrapped jumbo shrimp sautéed in butter and garlic. Served with our tasty cilantro-lime dip.
12 $
Jalapeños Asados
Three fire grilled jalapeños, stuffed with goat cheese, leeks, wrapped on smoked bacon.
7.5 $
Tres Quesos Super Nachos
Fresh corn chips with cotija, queso fresco, Jack cheese, black beans, tomatoes, green onions, jalapeños, grilled chicken or steak. Topped with sour cream and guacamole.
11.5 $
Caldos Y Ensaladas - Soups & Salads
Ranchero Salad
Romaine lettuce tossed with ranch dressing and topped with our grilled chicken, black beans, diced tomatoes, and low-fat ranchero cheese.
9.75 $
Flat Iron Steak Salad
Romaine lettuce, baby spinach tossed with green goddess dressing, cotija, corn, and avocado.
13 $
Deluxe Taco Salad
Choice of chicken, beef or picadillo in a flour tortilla shell with lettuce, tomatoes, and Cheddar cheese. Served with sour cream and guacamole.
9 $
Fajita Salad
Tender, marinated strips of chicken breast or skirt steak served in a crispy, flour tortilla shell with sour cream and guacamole.
A traditional caesar salad topped with grilled shrimp, whole black beans, cotija cheese, tomatoes, and avocado.
11.5 $
Chicken Chipotle Caeser
Charbroiled chicken strips, atop romaine lettuce, tossed in a tradition chipotle caeser dressing with tortilla strips, cojita cheese.
9.75 $
Sopa De Tortilla
Tender chunks of grilled chicken served in a zesty chicken broth with green onions, avocado, and cheese. Topped with crispy tortilla strips.
6.25 $
Sopa De Pollo
6.25 $
Burritos
Burrito de Cerdo al Horno
Large flour tortilla stuffed with juicy pulled pork and smothered with crema Blanca "Texana" sauce. Garnished with salsa verde tomatoes green onion, and cotija.
11.99 $
Zapata’s Deluxe Burrito
Your choice of chicken, beef or picadillo with rice and beans in a flour tortilla. Topped with cheese, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, tomatoes, and onions.
10.99 $
Burrito de Chorizo
Flour tortilla stuffed with flavorful chorizo (Mexican sausage) and egg, smothered with crema Blanca "Texana" sauce. Garnished with salsa verde tomatoes, green onion, and cotija
10.95 $
Salmon Burrito
Salmon with white rice and cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla. Smothered with green tomatillo sauce, topped with white cheese and sour cream.
12.5 $
Pollo Asado Burrito
Large flour tortilla stuffed with grilled chicken, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, rice, and black beans. Topped with our house tomatillo sauce and pico de gallo.
11.99 $
Carne Asada Burrito
Grilled skirt steak, wrapped in a flour tortilla with whole beans, rice, and roasted green onions. Topped with guacamole and covered in our savory ranchero sauce.
15.25 $
Fajitas Burrito
Large 12-inch soft, flour tortilla stuffed with rice, beans, grilled onions, green peppers and choice of steak or chicken fajita meat. Topped with arroz con pollo sauce and garnished with pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and melted Cheddar cheese
12.75 $
Fajitas
Chicken Fajitas
13.99 $
Beef Fajitas
13.99 $
Chicken & Beef Fajitas
13.99 $
Fajitas for Two
Chicken, beef or combination.
26.95 $
Fajitas Texanas
Chicken, beef, shrimp.
15.25 $
Shrimp Fajitas
15.25 $
Veggie Fajitas
12.25 $
Enchiladas
Enchilladas Texanas
Two corn tortillas, your choice of chicken, ground beef or shredded beef smothered with crema Blanca sauce garnished with green onions, fajitas.
11.25 $
Enchiladas De Camarón
Two flour tortillas with shrimp sautéed with tomatoes, green onions and a cream sauce. Topped with tomatillo sauce, melted cheese and sour cream. Served with white rice and black beans.
13.75 $
Enchiladas Suizas
Two corn tortillas rolled and stuffed with chicken and cheese. Topped with melted Monterey Jack cheese, tomatillo sauce, and sour cream.
11.25 $
Enchiladas De Crema
Two enchiladas filled with grilled chicken breast and smothered with a sour cream sauce, mild spices, and cotija cheese.
11.95 $
Chimichangas
Santa Fe Chimichanga
Your choice of chicken or ground beef topped with a poblano queso dip served with guacamole and sour cream.
12 $
El Paso Chimichanga
Your choice of chicken or ground beef. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and tomatoes.
11.5 $
La Union Chimichanga
Filled with fajita style chicken and melted Cheddar cheese, then topped with cheese dip. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
11.99 $
Fajita Chimichanga
A large, crispy flour tortilla stuffed with Cheddar cheese and fajita-style chicken prepared with grilled onions and red and green peppers. Garnished with lettuce, tomato, onions, sour cream, and guacamole.
12.25 $
Chimichanga Texana
Golden fried flour tortilla, filled with choice of chicken or beef, smothered with salsa Texana and garnished with sour cream and guacamole.
11.99 $
Quesadillas
Quesadillas
Two crispy, flour tortillas stuffed with Cheddar cheese and your choice of ground beef, chicken or picadillo. Topped with tomatoes, onions, sour cream and guacamole.
9.75 $
Shrimp Quesadilla
Garlic prawns, Jack cheese, and topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, sour cream, and guacamole.
12.25 $
Tres Quesos Quesadilla
Tres quesos inside the flour tortilla. Your choice of chicken or beef, with pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole.
10.5 $
Southwestern Quesadilla
Crisp, flour tortilla filled with Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese, grilled barbecue chicken, green peppers, onions, and black beans. Served with sour cream and guacamole.
10.95 $
Quesadilla Steak Brava
Flour tortilla stuffed with Jack and Cheddar cheeses, butterflied skirt steak, and topped with onions, tomatoes, sliced jalapeños, guacamole, and sour cream.
12.5 $
Favoritos Mexicanos
Street Tacos
Two large corn tortillas filled with grilled chicken or steak, melted Monterey Jack cheese, honey grilled onions and pico de gallo. Served with guacamole, rice, and black beans.
11.75 $
Aloha Tacos
Two large tacos made with corn tortillas, melted Monterrey Jack cheese, caramelized onions, a layer of chorizo sausage, grilled chicken and a delicious spicy pineapple sauce sprinkled with cotija cheese.
12.95 $
Tacos al Carbón
Three corn tortillas dipped in our special salsa, grilled and then stuffed with grilled skirt steak, pico de gallo and cotija cheese.
15.5 $
Tacos De Cerdo al Horno (Baked Pork)
Two soft corn tortillas filled with home-style pork carnitas garnished with cilantro, yellow onion, and salsa verde.
12.5 $
Taquitos Rancheros
Three crispy flour or corn tortillas filled with choice of chicken or shredded beef garnished with sour cream, guacamole, and mild salsa.
11.25 $
Zapata’s Trio
A combination of carne asada, pollo asado and three shrimp prepared in a garlic butter sauce or bacon wrapped. Served with sour cream and guacamole.
18.99 $
Steak Arrachera
Marinated skirt steak with white rice, beans, avocado, lettuce.
15.95 $
Marco Polo Taco
Bacon wrapped shrimp, corn tortillas, melted cheese, carmelized onions, cabbage, pico de gallo, and chipotle crema.
Servied with rice and beans.
12.5 $
Carnes - Meats
Carne Asada
Thin slices of skirt steak, charbroiled and garnished with green onions and guacamole.
15.95 $
Borrego a la Parrilla
Boneless lamb marinated over time in a guajillo chile sauce with fresh citrus juices, then charbroiled.
16.5 $
Zapata’s Favorite Steak
A flame-broiled New York strip steak and three jumbo shrimp prepared in a garlic-butter sauce or bacon- wrapped.
18.5 $
Cerdo al Horno (Baked Pork)
Homestyle baked pork chunks served with cilantro, yellow onion, rice, beans, and choice warm tortillas.
12.95 $
Chile Colorado
Tender chunks of beef, simmered in a red sauce of tomatoes, onions, mild peppers and bay leaves.
13.5 $
Steak Tampiqueño
A combination of carne asada and a chicken enchilada topped with zapata’s special mole sauce. Served with rice and beans.
15.95 $
Pork Carnitas
A traditional Mexican dish with pork. Cooked until very tender and served with rice, beans, sour cream, and guacamole.
13.5 $
Chile Verde
Chunks of pork loin braised in our tomatillo sauce consisting of green peppers, green onions, and cilantro.
12.5 $
Pollo - Chicken
Pollo Borracho
Boneless chicken breast seared with tequila and triple sec. Sautéed in our especial cilantro recipe with cream, achieving a velvety smooth cream sauce. Served with Mexican rice and beans.
13.5 $
Pollo Yucatan
Grilled boneless, skinless, butterflied chicken breast marinated in citrus juices, Yucatan achiote paste, and spices. Served with sour cream and guacamole.
12.95 $
Pollo con Crema
Strips of chicken breast sautéed with green peppers, onions, and mushrooms in a sour cream sauce. Served with rice and beans.
13.25 $
Pollo con Mole
Chicken breast braised in a sweet, spicy, peanut butter- based sauce with a hint of cinnamon.
12.45 $
Arroz con Pollo
One of our signature dishes! Sliced chicken breast prepared with mushrooms, onions and green peppers. Served on a bed of rice with Monterey Jack cheese, smothered with our special red sauce and garnished with avocados and tomatoes. Not served with beans.
13.25 $
Mexican Stir Fry
Strips of chicken breast sautéed with mushrooms, onions, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower and green peppers covered with Monterey Jack cheese. Served on a bed of rice. Not served with beans.
13.5 $
Pollo Fundido
Rolled flour tortilla, soft or crispy, filled with seasoned chicken and Monterey Jack cheese, smothered with our famous jalapeño cheese and melted Cheddar. Served with avocado and sour cream.
11.5 $
Vegetariano - Vegetarian
California Quesadilla
Quesadilla stuffed with Cheddar and Monterrey Jack cheese, spinach, mushrooms, onions, carrots, broccoli, and green peppers. Garnished with Lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole.
10.25 $
Champiñon Burrito
Stuffed with sautéed mushrooms, spinach, black beans, and with rice. Topped with Monterrey Jack cheese, green sauce, and sour cream.
11 $
Spinach Enchiladas
Stuffed with spinach and cheese, topped with green salsa melted in Monterrey Jack Cheese and sour cream. Served with white rice and black beans.
11 $
Garden Fresh Burrito
Stuffed with sautéed vegetables, mushrooms, white rice, and black beans. Topped with red sauce and salad green.
10.5 $
Cauliflower Burrito
Garlic roasted cauliflower, Spanish rice, black beans inside a flour tortilla, smothered with crema blanca sauce, garnished with green onions and cotija cheese.
10.5 $
Spinach Quesadilla
Topped with tomatoes, onions and sour cream and served with white rice and black beans.
11.5 $
Mariscos - Seafood
Camarones a la Zapata
Large shrimp sautéed with garlic butter and mushrooms in our own mildly spicy tomato sauce.
14.5 $
Camarones Mexicanos
Large shrimp sautéed in butter with mushrooms, onions, green peppers and blended with tomatoes, herbs, and spices. Served on a bed of rice with melted Monterey Jack cheese. Garnished with slices of avocados and tomatoes. Not served with beans.
14.5 $
Camarones con Tocino
Large, bacon-wrapped shrimp served over grilled onions, mushrooms and green peppers with our tasty cilantro lime dip.
14.5 $
Camarones a la Mojo de Ajo
Large shrimp butterflied and laced with garlic. Grilled and served on a bed of rice and shredded lettuce with our seafood sauce. No beans.
14.5 $
Baja Fish Tacos
Three flour tortillas filled with lightly fried codfish, pico de gallo and our chipotle cream sauce.
12.99 $
Shrimp Tacos
Three flour tortillas filled with lightly fried shrimp, pico de gallo, and our chipotle cream sauce.
13.5 $
Coctel de Camarón
Shrimp, simmered in consome with cilantro, avocado, tomatoes, and onions. No beans or rice.
14 $
All Americans
Grilled Flat Iron Steak
Garlic rubbed flat iron steak, topped with mushroom and onion sautéed in white wine, served with Spanish rice and black beans.
16.5 $
Cheeseburger
1/3 pound of all-Angus beef on a sesame bun garnished with lettuce, tomatoes, yellow onions, and served with fries.
9 $
Zapata’s Chicken Delight
Barbeque rubbed chicken breast topped with Monterey Jack cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, yellow onions, and smoked bacon. Served with fries.
8.95 $
Chef Specials
Zapatas Trio
18.99 $
Ceviche Mixto
29.95 $
Ceviche de Pescado
17.95 $
Ceviche de Camaron
18.95 $
Coctel Camarones
13.95 $
Coctel Campechana
15.95 $
Coctel Vuelve a la Vida
17.95 $
Queso Fundido
9.75 $
Siete Mares o Caldo de Mariscos
19.95 $
Combinaciones
1 Enchilada, 1 Taco
10.25 $
1 Chile Relleno, Guacamole, 2 Tortillas
10.95 $
1 Enchilada, 1 Tostada
10.25 $
1 Beef Burrito
10.25 $
1 Chicken Burrito
10.25 $
2 Sopitos Pork
out of stock
10.55 $
1 Pork Chile Verde Burrito
10.95 $
1 Burrito Texano (Crema Blanca Sauce)
10.25 $
1 Avocado Tostada
10.25 $
1 Deluxe Tostada
10.25 $
1 Quesadilla Ranchera
10.95 $
1 Huevos Rancheros
10.25 $
1 Enchilada,1 Chile Relleno
11.25 $
Chorizo con Huevos & 3 tortillas
11.25 $
2 Enchiladas
10.25 $
2 Tacos
10.25 $
1 Enchilada, 1 Tamal
10.95 $
2 Burritos
11.25 $
1 Enchilada, 1 Chalupa
11.25 $
2 Enchiladas, 1 Taco
11.25 $
1 Enchilada, 1 Chile Relleno, 1 Taco
11.25 $
1 Enchilada, 1 Tamal, 1 Taco
11.25 $
Avocado Tostada, 1 Enchilada
11.25 $
1 Enchilada, 1 Chile Relleno, 1 Tamal
11.25 $
2 Tacos 1 Enchilada
11.25 $
1 Enchilada, 1 Tamal, 1 Tostada
11.25 $
1 Trio Enchilada
One of each salsa verde, salsa roja, crema blanca.