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Our Menu

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Appetizers

Jalapeno Cheese Dip

$9.00

Guacamole Fresco

$10.00
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Super Nachos

$11.00
Tortilla chips topped w/beans, melted cheddar cheese, tomatoes, onions, sour cream and guacamole. Chicken or seasoned ground beef.

Philly Rolls

$11.00
Carne Asada, onions, peppers, mushrooms and mixed cheeses rolled in egg roll wrap. Served w/cilantro crema dip.

Buffalo Wings

$12.00
Sweet and sour spicy hot wings served with a ranch dressing and your choice of regular or boneless.

Raja Crispy Taquitos

$10.00
Roasted poblano peppers, potatoes, caramelized onions and mixed cheeses. Served with cabbage, roasted corn, pico de gallo, avocados and cilantro crema.

Quesadillas

Tradicional Quesadilla

$11.00
Stuffed with Cheddar cheese and your choice of ground beef or chicken. Topped with tomatoes, onions, sour cream and guacamole.

Maui Quesadilla

$12.50
Mix Cheeses, grilled chicken, caramelized onions and seasoned pineapple. Served with avocado salsa.

Grill Chicken Quesadilla

$12.50
Grilled chicken, mixed cheeses. Garnished with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, sour cream and guacamole.

Fajita Quesadilla

$12.50
Stuffed with mixed cheeses, chicken fajitas, grilled onions, peppers, garnished with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole.

Mango Club Quesadilla

$12.50
Stuffed with mixed cheeses, grilled chicken, avocados, bacon and mango relish. Served with avocado salsa.

Las Combinaciones

Choice of fillings are cheese, beef, chicken, pork carnitas or spinach. All served with rice and beans. Add guacamole and sour cream to any combo for $2.25.

General

$13.50
Choose two items: Enchilada, Burrito, Tamal, Taco, Chile Relleno, Tostada or Chimichanga.
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Zapata

$15.00
Choose three items: Enchilada, Burrito, Tamal, Taco, Chile relleno, Tostada or Chimichanga.

Las Enchiladas

All entrees served with rice and beans.

Pepper Jack Enchilada

$14.00
Grilled fajita chicken, sauteed bell peppers and onions, cheddar and pepper jack cheeses accompanied with a zesty avocado sauce.
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Trio Enchiladas

$15.00
Combination of three enchiladas, one chicken, one cheese and one beef. Topped with three different enchilada sauces. Served with sour cream.
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Enchiladas Sonoma

$14.00
Two enchiladas filled with mixed cheeses and chicken, topped with a creamy chardonnay cilantro pecan sauce.

Enchiladas Suizas

$14.00
Two corn tortillas rolled and stuffed with chicken and cheese. Topped with melted Monterrey Jack cheese, tomatillo sauce and sour cream.

Las Chimichangas

All Chimichangas are served with rice and choice of refried or charro beans. Shredded beef .50 extra.

El Paso Chimichanga

$14.00
Your choice of chicken or ground beef. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and tomatoes

Fajita Chimichanga

$14.50
Rolled, fried flour tortilla filled with fajita style chicken and melted cheddar cheese, then topped with cheese dip. Served with guacamole and sour cream.

Santa Fe Chimichanga

$14.00
Your choice of chicken or ground beef topped with enchilada sauce and queso dip, served with guacamole and sour cream.

Carne Asada Chimichanga

$16.00
Stuffed with skirt steak, roasted corn, caramelized onions, roasted pimiento peppers, mushrooms and queso fresco. Topped a roasted poblano cream sauce, guacamole and sour cream.

Shrimp Chimichanga

$17.00
Lightly fried to golden brown, filled with sautéed shrimp, sun dried tomatoes, chives on garlic butter. Topped with a creamy chardonnay cilantro pecan sauce.

Los Burritos

Frontera Burrito

$13.50
Large burrito stuffed with grilled chicken, fajitas, rice, black beans. Cilantro crema and cheddar cheese. Served with poblano queso dip and side of salad.

Deluxe Burrito

$13.50
Your choice of chicken, beef (picadillo 1 Extra). Filled with rice and beans in a flour tortilla. Topped with melted cheese, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, tomatoes and onions.

Pollo Asado Burrito

$13.50
Large flour tortilla stuffed with grilled Chicken, fresh vegetables, mushrooms, rice and black beans. Topped with our house tomatillo sauce and pico de gallo.

Expresso Burrito

$13.00
Pork carnitas, rice, beans and cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla smothered enchilada style. Topped with guacamole, tomatoes, onions and parmesan cheese.

Fajita Burrito

$15.50
Stuffed with rice, beans, grilled onions, peppers and a choice of fajita-style steak or chicken. Topped with sauce and melted cheeses. Garnished with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole.

Carne Asada Burrito

$19.00
Grilled skirt steak, charro beans, rice and roasted green onions topped with ranchero sauce, guacamole and cotija cheese.

Soups and Salads

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Tortilla Soup

$7.00/Small Bowl
$9.00/Bowl
Grilled chicken, avocados, Jack cheese and tortilla strips. A meal in itself !!

Shrimp Caesar Salad

$13.50
A traditional Caesar salad topped with grilled shrimp, black beans, cotija cheese, roasted corn, tomatoes, avocados and croutons.

Fajita Taco Salad

$11.00
Crispy flour tortilla filled w/seasoned ground beef or chicken, romaine, roasted corn, tomatoes, black olives, mixed cheeses, garnished with pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream.

Ranchero Salad

$11.50
Romaine lettuce tossed with ranch dressing and topped with grilled chicken, black beans, tomatoes and cotija cheese.

Meat Free

Bombay Chimichanga

$13.50
Stuffed w/spinach, roasted corn, green peppers. Caramelized onions, roasted jalapenos, carrots and queso fresco. Served with rice, black beans, guacamole, sour cream and topped with a creamy chardonnay cilantro pecan sauce.

California Quesadilla

$12.00
Stuffed w/mixed cheeses, spinach, onions, carrots, broccoli and green peppers. Garnished with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole.

Champiñon Burrito

$13.00
Stuffed with sautéed mushrooms, spinach, black beans, and with rice. Topped with Monterrey Jack Cheese, green sauce and sour cream.

Spinach Enchailadas

$13.50
Stuffed with sauteed spinach, topped with green salsa melted cheese and sour cream. Served with white rice, black beans and citrus chipotle slaw.

Power Fresco Tacos

$13.50
Corn tortillas, melted cheese, spinach, roasted corn, mix peppers, carrots, mixed cabbage and pico de gallo, black beans and white rice.

All Americans

Cheese Burger

$8.00
Garnished with Lettuce, tomatoes pickles, and onions. Served with French fries | Make it Double. $6.95

Bacon Cheese Burger

$9.00
Garnished with jalapeños, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and onions. Served with French fries | Make it Double. $7.95

Tacos

All entrees served with rice, and your choice of refried or charro beans and citrus chipotle slaw

Street Tacos

$14.50
Two large corn tortillas filled with grilled chicken, melted Monterrey Jack cheese, honey-grilled onions, pico de gallo and guacamole.
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World Best Tacos

$15.00
Two large tacos made with corn tortillas, melted Monterrey Jack cheese, caramelized onions, fine skirt steak, topped with mango salsa and Cotija cheese.
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Aloha Tacos

$14.50
Two large tacos made with corn tortillas, melted cheese, caramelized onions, chorizo sausage, grilled chicken, spicy pineapple salsa and cotija cheese.

Pork Carnitas Tacos

$14.00
Two large corn tortillas filled with pork carnitas, melted Monterrey Jack cheese and pico de gallo. Served with guacamole.

Tempura Fish Tacos

$14.50
Two large corn tortillas tilapia tempura tacos hand-battered with dos Equis Amber Beer stuffed with crispy cabbage, very tasty dill cream sauce and pico de gallo.

Baja Fish Tacos

$14.50
Two flour tortillas filled with lightly fried tilapia, pico de gallo and our chipotle cream sauce.

Marco Polo Tacos

$16.50
Bacon wrapped shrimp, corn tortillas, melted cheese, caramelized onions, cabbage, pico de gallo and chipotle crema.

Emilio's Calamari Tacos

$14.50
Two corn tortilla tacos, melted cheese, caramelized onions, crispy calamari, shredded cabbage, pico de gallo, avocado and Cholula garlic lime aioli.

Tacos Al Pastor

$14.00
Corn tortilla, melted Jack cheese, caramelized onions, mixed cabbage, braised pork, pineapple relish, pico de gallo and Mexican crema.
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Birria Quesatacos

$15.00
Made with tender shredded beef braised in an adobo and cheese, stuffed in flour tortilla then fried to a slight crispy perfection. Served with cilantro and onions and a side of rich consommé for dipping.

Las Fajitas

Our sizzling fajitas are prepared with red peppers, green peppers and onions. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole and tortillas.

Chicken Fajitas

$17.00

Steak Fajitas

$18.00

Shrimp Fajitas

$18.50

Fajitas Texanas

$19.00
Chicken, Steak and Shrimp

Fajitas Hawaiianas

$17.50
Tender sliced chicken, peppers, onions, and pineapple relish sauce.

Fajitas For Two

$31.00
Chicken, Steak or combination

Fajitas Vegetarianas

$16.00

Pollo Y Carne

All entrees served with rice and beans

Arroz Con Pollo

$16.50
Sliced chicken breast prepared with mushrooms, onions and green peppers. Served on a bed of rice with Monterrey Jack cheese and ranchero red sauce. Garnished with avocados and tomatoes. Not served with beans | Add cheese dip $1.50

Pollo Poblano

$16.50
Grilled chicken breast served in a poblano pepper sauce made with chocolate, and spices. Creating a traditional dark bittersweet sauce.

Mexican Stir Fry

$17.00
Strips of chicken breast sautéed with mushrooms, onions, carrots, broccoli, and green peppers covered w/Monterrey Jack cheese. Served on a bed of rice. No beans.

Pollo Borracho

Sliced Chicken breast sautéed with mushrooms, pecans and olive oil. Served on a wine, cilantro cream sauce.

Pollo Borracho

$16.50
Sliced Chicken breast sautéed with mushrooms, pecans and olive oil. Served on a wine, cilantro cream sauce.

Pollo Fundido

$13.50
Rolled flour tortilla, soft or crispy, filled with seasoned chicken and smothered with jalapeno cream cheese and melted American cheese

*Carne Asada

$20.00
Thin slices of skirt steak charbroiled and garnished with green onions and guacamole.

Pork Carnitas

$16.50
Braised pork served with guacamole, queso fresco, lettuce, cheese mix, pico de gallo and flour tortillas.

Seafood

All served with rice and beans.

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Camarones Con Tocino

$17.50
Large bacon-wrapped shrimp served over grilled onions, mushrooms and green peppers with our tasty cilantro lime dip.
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Camarones Mexicanos

$17.50
Shrimp sautéed in garlic butter with mushrooms, onions and green peppers. Served on a bed of rice with melted Monterrey Jack cheese. Garnished with slices of avocados and tomatoes. Not served with beans | Add Cheese dip: $1.50

Camarones 1800 Reposado

$17.50
Jumbo shrimp sautéed with mushrooms, pecans and olive oil. Served on a bed of Tequila 1800 Reposado cilantro cream sauce.

Camarones Zapata

$17.50
Large shrimp sautéed with garlic butter and mushrooms in our rich ranchero sauce.

Steak Tampiqueña

Steak Tampiqueña

$22.00
Skirt steak (carne asada), one chicken mole, enchilada and three bacon-wrapped shrimp sautéed in garlic butter. Served with rice, charro beans and citrus chipotle slaw.

Fajita Bowls

White rice, black beans, bell peppers, grilled onions, corn, mixed cheeses, shredded lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream and sliced avocado topped with your choice of protein.

Grilled Chicken

$13.00

Grilled Steak

$14.00

Birria

$14.00

Grilled Shrimp

$15.00

Sautéed Mushrooms

$13.00

Buffet Selections

All Buffets include: Tortilla Chips, Spanish Rice, Salsa, Pico De Gallo, and Refried Beans | *You may add one gallon of fresh guacamole for an additional charge

Cantina Fajita Buffet

The Zapata's signature Fajitas presented in an appealing build your own style. Grilled Chicken and Steak Fajitas, Romaine Caesar Salad, Cheese Enchiladas, Spanish Rice, Refried Beans, Salsa, Pico de Gallo, Guacamole, Sour Cream, Cheddar Cheese and Warm Tortilla

Zapata's Supremo Taco Buffet

The Zapata's signature soft tacos presented in an appealing build your own style. Our finest grilled Carne Asaad Steak and Chicken, Romaine Caesar Salad, Shredded lettuce, Cheddar Cheese, Refried Beans, Spanish Rice, Salsa, Pico de Gallo and Sour Cream

Fiesta Buffet

Choice of 3 Entrees: Caesar Salad, Spinach Enchiladas, Chicken Taquitos, Beef Burritos, Cheese and Chicken Enchiladas, Tacos, Chile Relleno, Chimichanga, Chicken Quesadillas, or Buffalo Wings. Includes Sour Cream
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