Mother's Cantina

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.

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)

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.

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.

Santa Fe Rolls

House pressed tortillas rolled with flame-grilled, chopped chicken breast, Santa-Fe veggies, rich melted cheeses, & fresh herbs and spices.

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)

Chips And Salsa

Spicy house salsa served with warm corn tortilla chips (GF) (V)

Chicken Tenders And Fries

Hand-cut chicken tenders, breaded and fried, served with a pint of hand cut fries and ketchup.

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.

Jalapeno Poppers

Fresh jalapeno halves stuffed with cream cheese & herbs, coated in crispy Japanese breadcrumb, flash fried, and served with spicy ranch dipping sauce.

Queso Con Chorizo

Top your three pepper queso dip with our special spicy chorizo blend and scoop with warm chips & tangy salsa. (GF)

Single Taco

Topped with cheddar jack cheese, local lettuce, and tangy pico de gallo.

Queso Taco

Choose your single taco smothered in creamy three pepper queso dip.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

Flame-grilled Chicken Fajita

Hand-cut, local chicken breast flame grilled with house rub.

Sizzling Steak Fajita

8oz tender flame-grilled steak, sliced thin.

Combo Surf & Turf Fajita

Flame Grilled Steak, Chicken, or Portabellas with Seared Tuna or Grilled Shrimp over grilled onion and pepper.

Portabella Fajita

Generous portion of sliced portabellas seasoned with our house, chipotle spice and grilled on the plancha.

Combo Steak And Chicken Fajita

Hand-cut, local chicken breast and thin sliced steak flame grilled with house rub

Steamed Shrimp Fajita

Chipotle spiced shrimp are steamed with fresh lime on the plancha. Perfect for light tacos.

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

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)

Churros

Fresh fried churros filled with rich chocolate and drizzled in chocolate sauce. The center is SUPER HOT, so please use caution!

Enchilada A La Carte

Choose: cheese, chicken, beef, black or pinto bean, chorizo, spinach, veggies, or portabella. topped in chile sauce and house cheeses, and garnished with jalapeño and cilantro

Side Black Beans

Chipotle simmered black beans are addictive and a great addition to fajitas.

Side Rice

Stewed rice with tomatoes and Mexican spices makes a great addition to fajitas.

Side Pinto Beans

Ancho chile and poblano simmered pinto beans are a great addition to fajitas.

Chips And Salsa

Spicy house salsa served with warm corn tortilla chips (GF) (V)

8 Oz Pico De Gallo

Add a side of fresh chopped, tangy tomato salsa

Side White Cheese

House-made creamy white cheese sauce is a delicious addition to any meal!

Side Grilled Chicken

Grilled Sliced Chicken, 3oz portion

2 Oz Queso Dip

2oz portion of queso dip. Perfect added flavor for a couple tacos or fries!

2 Oz Guacamole

2oz small batch blended guacamole, perfect addition to a couple tacos or added to fajitas!

Side Sauteed Spinach

Sautéed Spinach, 3oz portion

Side 3 Grilled Shrimp

Three chipotle lime spiced shrimp perfectly grilled on the plancha!

Side 5 Oz Grilled Streak

Grilled Steak, 5oz portion

8 Oz Corn Salsa

Fresh local corn salad dressed with fresh cilantro, jalapeno, and tangy honey vinaigrette.

Side Grilled Portabellos

3oz Grilled Portabella Mushrooms

Chicken Tenders & Fries

Lightly battered and fried hand cut tenderloins served with fries and honey mustard dipping sauce

Mac & Cheese Bites

Fried bites of delicious mac and cheese served with a pint of fries and ketchup.

Kid Dilla

Mother's Cantina scratch made flour tortillas layered with cheese and lightly grilled. Add $2 to add veggies, beef, or chicken.

Basket Of Fries

A pint of hand cut boardwalk style fries with ketchup.

Inferno Sauce

Sour Cream

Small Side Chopped Onion

Small Side Cheese

Lizano Sauce

Ranch Dressing

Honey Mustard

Single Tortilla

Selection of house-made tortillas: flour, corn, or hard shell. Option to exclude tortilla available.

Small Side Jalapenos

Magic Sauce

Small Side Enchilada Sauce

Small Side Cilantro

Lime Wedges

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!!

Toasted Seaseme Dressing

Blue Cheese Dressing

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!!