Spicy house salsa served with warm corn tortilla chips (GF) (V)
$3.50
QUESO DIP
Three cheeses melted slowly and blended with both mild and spicy peppers, herbs, tomato, and custom-blended spices create this rich and irresistible cheese dip. Served with house fried chips and tangy salsa. (GF)
$9.95
QUESO CON CHORIZO
Top your three pepper queso dip with our special spicy chorizo blend and scoop with warm chips & tangy salsa. (GF)
$13.95
GUACAMOLE APPETIZER
No filler here. For over a decade, the abuelo of the Mother’s Cantina crew, Don Dario, has carefully blended our small batches of fresh herbs, lime, salt, and ripe avocado. Garnished with diced tomato, served with & house fried chips and tangy salsa. (GF)
$12.95
QUESADILLA
Mother's house pressed flour tortillas stuffed with house blended cheeses, mild chile sauce, cilantro, and diced jalapeno and then flame grilled on the plancha.
Customize this large ten inch quesadilla by adding pulled chicken, Tex-Mex ground beef, chipotle ) ia black or pinto bean, spicy chorizo, sauteed spinach, grilled veggies, or chipotle grilled portabella.
$10.95
MARYLAND CRAB QUESADILLA
Mother’s flour tortillas layered with sweet lump Maryland crab, tangy corn salsa, smoked gouda & jack cheeses, and a dash of Old Bay. Served with sides of guacamole and pico de gallo.
$20.79
NACHOS
Hand topped chips with house cheese blend, diced jalapenos and cilantro, topped with local lettuce, tangy pico de gallo, and sour cream. (GF) Add pulled chicken, Tex-Mex ground beef, chipotle black or pinto bean, spicy chorizo,grilled veggies, or chipotle grilled portabella.
$11.95
BASKET OF FRIES
A pint of hand cut boardwalk style fries with ketchup.
$7.00
SANTA FE ROLLS
House pressed tortillas rolled with flame-grilled, chopped chicken breast, Santa-Fe veggies, rich melted cheeses, & fresh herbs and spices.
$11.75
CHICKEN WINGS
One pound of fresh cut wings served with blue cheese or ranch dressing. Tossed with mild, hot, BBQ, or our locally famous Garlic Parmesan sauce. (GF)
$14.95
JALAPENO POPPERS
Fresh jalapeno halves stuffed with cream cheese & herbs, coated in crispy Japanese breadcrumb, flash fried, and served with spicy ranch dipping sauce.
$10.49
CHICKEN TENDERS AND FRIES
Hand-cut chicken tenders, breaded and fried, served with a pint of hand cut fries and ketchup.
$9.50
NACHO FRIES
A pound of hand-cut boardwalk style fries smothered in queso cheese sauce, tangy pico de gallo, and spicy ranch.
*Add spicy chorizo, barbacoa beef, chipotle black or pinto bean, pulled chicken, sauteed spinach, grilled veggies, or chipotle grilled portabella.
$10.49
TACOS
SINGLE TACO
Topped with cheddar jack cheese, local lettuce, and tangy pico de gallo.
$5.49
QUESO TACO
Choose your single taco smothered in creamy three pepper queso dip.
$5.50
DOUBLE DECKER TACO
A Mother's Cantina flour tortilla wrapped around a fried shell, overstuffed, and smothered in creamy queso. This one hits all the tastebuds! Layered with lettuce, your filling, and pico de gallo, and topped with even more queso dip.
$7.15
THREE TACO MEAL
Three single tacos on house pressed flour, soft corn, or fried corn shell. Topped with local chopped lettuce, cheddar jack cheeses. and tangy pico de gallo. Served with chipotle black beans or pinto beans and Spanish rice.
$20.96
BIRRIA 3 TACO SPECIAL
These beef birria tacos are stuffed with slow cooked beef, smoked gouda cheese, and grilled with house-pressed tortillas - served with rich beef broth. Irresistible!
$16.95
FAJITAS
Combo Surf & Turf Fajita
Flame Grilled Steak, Chicken, or Portabellas with Seared Tuna or Grilled Shrimp over grilled onion and pepper.
$34.96
Combo Steak And Chicken Fajita
Hand-cut, local chicken breast and thin sliced steak flame grilled with house rub
$33.89
Sizzling Steak Fajita
8oz tender flame-grilled steak, sliced thin.
$30.79
Flame-Grilled Chicken Fajita
Hand-cut, local chicken breast flame grilled with house rub.
$25.96
Portabella Fajita
Generous portion of sliced portabellas seasoned with our house, chipotle spice and grilled on the plancha.
$23.96
Steamed Shrimp Fajita
Chipotle spiced shrimp are steamed with fresh lime on the plancha. Perfect for light tacos.
$29.96
Triple Stack Fajita
Can't decide? The triple stack is your answer!
Tender flame grilled steak, grilled chicken breast, and chipotle shrimp steamed on the plancha. All piled high over seasoned grilled veggies. Perfect when you want to try it all!
$38.69
TEX-MEX ENTREES
HOUSE ENCHILADAS
Choose your two favorite enchiladas - cheese, pulled chicken, Tex-Mex ground beef, chipotle black or pinto bean, spicy chorizo, sauteed spinach, grilled veggies, or chipotle portabella. Stuffed and smothered in chile sauce and house cheeses.
$19.89
CHIMICHANGA
Choose spicy slow roasted chorizo sausage (house favorite!!), Tex-Mex ground beef or roasted pulled chicken smothered in shipotle black beans and creamy cheese sauce, rolled in a house made flour tortilla, and deep fried to perfection.
$23.96
THREE TACO MEAL
Three single tacos on house pressed flour, soft corn, or fried corn shell. Topped with local chopped lettuce, cheddar jack cheeses. and tangy pico de gallo. Served with chipotle black beans or pinto beans and Spanish rice.
$20.96
QUESO BLACK BEAN BURRITO
Choose your filling, combined with black beans, queso dip, and rice, wrapped in a tomato tortilla, grilled, smothered in more queso dip, and topped with tangy pico de gallo.
$23.96
MOTHER'S BURRITO
Choose your filling, combined with chile sauce, beans, rice, and cheeses, fresh herbs and your filling of choice, wrapped in a house made flour tortilla, grilled, and topped with pico de gallo.
$19.50
FAJITA BURRITO
Flame grilled chicken or steak with rice, beans, thick cheese sauce, sand grilled veggies wrapped in a house made chipotle tortilla, grilled, and topped with pico de gallo.
$28.96
INFERNO BURRITO
Serious heat lovers only! Choose your filling with spiced beans, rice, cheeses, and jalapeno wrapped in a house made chipotle tortilla and served with our secret house inferno sauce that lights this burrito up!
$20.79
RELLENOS
Savory, flame roasted poblano peppers stuffed with tangy goat cheese, then battered, deep fried, and garnished with roasted red pepper puree. Choose cheese OR chorizo rellenos, OR one of each.
$20.79
Chorizo Relleno A La Cart
$8.50
Cheese Relleno A La Cart
$8.50
Enchilada A La Carte
$7.00
SOUP & SALAD
Baked Taco Salad
A Baked Salad: House made fried tortilla shell baked with your filling of choice, beans, and cheese, topped with chilled lettuce and pico de gallo
$16.49
KICKIN' CRAB CHOWDER
Sweet Maryland lump crab in a spicy cream chowder of local sweet corn and peppers. The most irresistible cream of crab soup in OC! (GF)
$13.79
MOTHER'S AWARD WINNING CHILI CUP
Traditional Texas style beef chili. Savory, addictively sweet, and on the spicy side. Topped with cheese, baked, & served with chips. (GF)
$13.95
DESSERTS
CHURROS
Fresh fried churros filled with rich chocolate and drizzled in chocolate sauce. The center is SUPER HOT, so please use caution!
$9.50
LAVA CAKE
Rich chocolate cake filled with a steaming hot lava chocolate center. Served with a small scoop of ice cream.
$9.50
KID'S MENU
BASKET OF FRIES
A pint of hand cut boardwalk style fries with ketchup.
$7.00
MAC & CHEESE BITES
Fried bites of delicious mac and cheese served with a pint of fries and ketchup.
$8.95
KID DILLA
Mother's Cantina scratch made flour tortillas layered with cheese and lightly grilled. Add $2 to add veggies, beef, or chicken.
$6.00
KIDS TENDERS AND FRIES
Hand-cut chicken tenders, breaded and fried, served with a pint of hand cut fries and ketchup.
$9.50
SIDES
2oz QUESO DIP
2oz portion of queso dip. Perfect added flavor for a couple tacos or fries!
$2.25
2oz GUACAMOLE
2oz small batch blended guacamole, perfect addition to a couple tacos or added to fajitas!
$3.75
2 Oz Pico De Gallo
$0.75
2 OZ CORN SALSA
$0.75
Side Of Black Beans
Chipotle simmered black beans are addictive and a great addition to fajitas.
$3.50
Side Of Pinto Beans
Ancho chile and poblano simmered pinto beans are a great addition to fajitas.
$3.50
Side Of Spanish Rice
Stewed rice with tomatoes and Mexican spices makes a great addition to fajitas.
$3.50
8 OZ PICO DE GALLO
Add a side of fresh chopped, tangy tomato salsa
$3.00
8 OZ CORN SALSA
Fresh local corn salad dressed with fresh cilantro, jalapeno, and tangy honey vinaigrette.
$3.50
Three Grilled Shrimp
Three chipotle lime spiced shrimp perfectly grilled on the plancha!
$5.00
White Cheese Sauce
House-made creamy white cheese sauce is a delicious addition to any meal!
$3.00
Side 5oz Grilled Steak
Grilled Steak, 5oz portion
$10.00
Side Grilled Chicken
Grilled Sliced Chicken, 3oz portion
$5.00
Side Sautéed Spinach
Sautéed Spinach, 3oz portion
$2.00
Side Grilled Portabella
3oz Grilled Portabella Mushrooms
$3.00
Side Veggies
$3.00
Side Sliced Avocado
$2.00
Side Chorizo
$3.00
SAUCES & EXTRAS
Sour Cream
$0.50
Lizano Sauce
$0.75
Magic Sauce
$0.75
Inferno Sauce
$1.00
Single Tortilla
$0.50
Small Side Enchilada Sauce
$0.75
Small Side Jalapenos
$0.50
Small Side Cilantro
$0.50
Small Side Chopped Onion
$0.75
Lime Wedges
$0.75
Small Side Cheese
$0.75
Toasted Seaseme Dressing
$0.75
Ranch Dressing
$0.75
Blue Cheese Dressing
$0.75
Honey Mustard
$0.75
Flour Tortilla Pack
All Mother's Cantina tortillas are house-made right here at Mother's Cantina in our Tortilla Bakery, our Tortilleria. Each pack is lovingly created and sealed by our tortilla bakers. Reheat by preheating a griddle or sauté pan on medium heat and heating each side for approximately 30 seconds. Enjoy!!
$5.99
Corn Tortilla Pack
All Mother's Cantina tortillas are house-made right here at Mother's Cantina in our Tortilla Bakery, our Tortilleria. Each pack is lovingly created and sealed by our tortilla bakers. Reheat by preheating a griddle or sauté pan on medium heat and heating each side for approximately 30 seconds. Enjoy!!
$5.99
Late Night Appetizers
CHIPS AND SALSA
Spicy house salsa served with warm corn tortilla chips (GF) (V)
$3.50
QUESO DIP
Three cheeses melted slowly and blended with both mild and spicy peppers, herbs, tomato, and custom-blended spices create this rich and irresistible cheese dip. Served with house fried chips and tangy salsa. (GF)
$9.95
QUESO CON CHORIZO
Top your three pepper queso dip with our special spicy chorizo blend and scoop with warm chips & tangy salsa. (GF)
$13.95
GUACAMOLE APPETIZER
No filler here. For over a decade, the abuelo of the Mother’s Cantina crew, Don Dario, has carefully blended our small batches of fresh herbs, lime, salt, and ripe avocado. Garnished with diced tomato, served with & house fried chips and tangy salsa. (GF)
$12.95
SANTA FE ROLLS
House pressed tortillas rolled with flame-grilled, chopped chicken breast, Santa-Fe veggies, rich melted cheeses, & fresh herbs and spices.
$9.75
NACHO MOTHER'S FRIES
A pound of hand-cut boardwalk style fries smothered in queso cheese sauce, tangy pico de gallo, and spicy ranch.
*Add spicy chorizo, barbacoa beef, chipotle black or pinto bean, pulled chicken, sauteed spinach, grilled veggies, or chipotle grilled portabella.
$10.00
MARYLAND CRAB QUESADILLA
Mother’s flour tortillas layered with sweet lump Maryland crab, tangy corn salsa, smoked gouda & jack cheeses, and a dash of Old Bay. Served with sides of guacamole and pico de gallo.
$19.00
GRILLED QUESADILLA
Mother's house pressed flour tortillas stuffed with house blended cheeses, mild chile sauce, cilantro, and diced jalapeno and then flame grilled on the plancha.
Customize this large ten inch quesadilla by adding pulled chicken, Tex-Mex ground beef, chipotle ) ia black or pinto bean, spicy chorizo, sauteed spinach, grilled veggies, or chipotle grilled portabella.
$10.95
CHICKEN WINGS
One pound of fresh cut wings served with blue cheese or ranch dressing. Tossed with mild, hot, BBQ, or our locally famous Garlic Parmesan sauce. (GF)
$15.00
JALAPENO POPPERS
Fresh jalapeno halves stuffed with cream cheese & herbs, coated in crispy Japanese breadcrumb, flash fried, and served with spicy ranch dipping sauce.
$10.00
CHICKEN TENDERS & FRIES
Lightly battered and fried hand cut tenderloins served with fries and honey mustard dipping sauce
$9.50
MAC AND CHEESE BITES
Cheesy pasta fried into crispy bites and served with hand-cut fries
$10.00
BASKET OF FRIES
Boardwalk style twice-fried, hand-cut fries served with ketchup. (GF) (V)
$7.95
Late Night Sides
SMALL SIDE QUESO DIP
2oz portion of queso dip. Perfect added flavor for a couple tacos or fries!
$2.25
SMALL SIDE GUACAMOLE
2oz small batch blended guacamole, perfect addition to a couple tacos or on top of chili!
$3.75
BLACK BEANS
Chipotle simmered black beans are addictive and a great addition to fajitas.
$3.50
PINTO BEANS
Ancho chile and poblano simmered pinto beans are a great addition to fajitas.
$3.50
SIDE PICO DE GALLO
Add a side of fresh chopped, tangy tomato salsa
$3.00
SPANISH RICE
Stewed rice with tomatoes and Mexican spices makes a great addition to fajitas.
$3.50
CHIPS AND SALSA
Spicy house salsa served with warm corn tortilla chips (GF) (V)
$3.50
Late Night Sauces & Extras
Sour Cream
$0.50
Lizano Sauce
$0.75
Magic Sauce
$0.75
Inferno Sauce
$1.00
Single Tortilla
$0.50
Small Side Enchilada Sauce
$0.75
Small Side Jalapenos
$0.50
Small Side Cilantro
$0.50
Small Side Chopped Onion
$0.75
Lime Wedges
$0.75
Small Side Cheese
$0.75
Mango Vinaigrette Dressing
$0.75
Ranch Dressing
$0.75
Blue Cheese Dressing
$0.75
Honey Mustard
$0.75
Flour Tortilla Pack
All Mother's Cantina tortillas are house-made right here at Mother's Cantina in our Tortilla Bakery, our Tortilleria. Each pack is lovingly created and sealed by our tortilla bakers. Reheat by preheating a griddle or sauté pan on medium heat and heating each side for approximately 30 seconds. Enjoy!!
$5.99
Corn Tortilla Pack
All Mother's Cantina tortillas are house-made right here at Mother's Cantina in our Tortilla Bakery, our Tortilleria. Each pack is lovingly created and sealed by our tortilla bakers. Reheat by preheating a griddle or sauté pan on medium heat and heating each side for approximately 30 seconds. Enjoy!!