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    Mother's Cantina

    Bar / Pub
    Open now2PM - 9:45PM
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    *Online Food Menu*

    Featured Items

    • 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.
      $9.30
    • 2 OZ GUACAMOLE

      2oz small batch blended guacamole, perfect addition to a couple tacos or added to fajitas!
      $3.75
    • 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.
      $25.35

    Food (3PD)

    Appetizers

    Let's get this fiesta started!
    • 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)
      $12.94
    • QUESO CON CHORIZO

      Top your three pepper queso dip with our special spicy chorizo blend and scoop with warm chips & tangy salsa. (GF)
      $18.13
    • 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)
      $16.84
    • 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.
      $24.70
    • 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.
      $15.54
    • 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.
      $13.00
    • SANTA FE ROLLS

      House pressed tortillas rolled with flame-grilled, chopped chicken breast, Santa-Fe veggies, rich melted cheeses, & fresh herbs and spices.
      $12.68
    • 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)
      $19.50
    • HOT CHEETOS QUESADILLA

      Mother's house pressed flour tortillas stuffed with house blended cheeses, mild chile sauce, cilantro, and diced jalapeno & CRUSHED hot cheetos, 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.
      $14.24
    • JALAPENO POPPERS

      Fresh jalapeno halves stuffed with cream cheese & herbs, coated in crispy Japanese breadcrumb, flash fried, and served with spicy ranch dipping sauce.
      $13.00
    • CHICKEN TENDERS AND FRIES

      chicken tenders, breaded and fried, served with a pint of hand cut fries and ketchup.
      $12.35
    • FUEGO QUESO FRIES

      $8.95
    • BONELESS GARLIC PARM WINGS

      $14.95

    Tacos

    Choose a soft flour, soft corn, or fried corn tortilla. All Mother's Cantina tortillas are prepared in our 28th street bakery. The only 100% house made corn and flour tortilla bakery on the shore!
    • 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.
      $9.30
    • SINGLE TACO

      Topped with cheddar jack cheese, local lettuce, and tangy pico de gallo.
      $7.15
    • QUESO TACO

      Choose your single taco smothered in creamy three pepper 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.
      $27.25
    • 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!
      $19.95

    Fajitas

    Large portions of your fajitas of choice, served over grilled onions and peppers. Each fajita is served with fresh homemade corn or flour tortillas from our in-house tortilla bakery, chopped local lettuce, fresh shredded cheddar-jack, tangy pico de gallo, sour cream, and chips & salsa.
    • Combo Surf & Turf Fajita

      Flame Grilled Steak, Chicken, or Portabellas or Grilled Shrimp over grilled onions and peppers.
      $45.45
    • Combo Steak and Chicken Fajita

      Hand-cut, local chicken breast and thin sliced steak flame grilled with house rub
      $44.06
    • Flame-Grilled Chicken Fajita

      Hand-cut, local chicken breast flame grilled with house rub.
      $33.74
    • Portabella Fajita

      Generous portion of sliced portabellas seasoned with our house, chipotle spice and grilled on the plancha.
      $29.84
    • Steamed Shrimp Fajita

      Chipotle spiced shrimp are steamed with fresh lime on the plancha. Perfect for light tacos.
      $38.94
    • Sizzling Steak Fajita

      8oz tender flame-grilled steak, sliced thin.
      $38.94

    Tex-Mex Entrees

    Tex-Mex Entrees are large plates of your favorite meals including sides of Spanish rice and fresh steamed beans.
    • 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.
      $25.86
    • 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.
      $31.20
    • 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.
      $27.25
    • 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.
      $31.15
    • 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.
      $37.65
    • 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!
      $26.65
    • 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.
      $25.35
    • CHILE 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.
      $22.10
    • RELLANO A LA CARTE

      $8.50

    Soup & Salad

    Perfect additions or enjoy a Taco Salad as a meal!
    • 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
      $21.45
    • 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)
      $19.50
    • Santa Fe Salad

      $13.49
    • Chipotle Caesar Salad

      $13.49

    Desserts

    Creamy Vanilla ice cream in a sugary fried coating.
    • CHURROS

      Fresh fried churros filled with rich chocolate and drizzled in chocolate sauce. The center is SUPER HOT, so please use caution!
      $9.50

    Kid's Menu

    Choose favorite meals for the kids!
    • BASKET OF FRIES

      A pint of hand cut boardwalk style fries with ketchup.
      $9.10
    • MAC & CHEESE BITES

      Fried bites of delicious mac and cheese served with a pint of fries and ketchup.
      OUT OF STOCK
      $11.64
    • KID DILLA

      Mother's Cantina scratch made flour tortillas layered with cheese and lightly grilled. Add $2 to add veggies, beef, or chicken.
      $7.80
    • CHICKEN TENDERS & FRIES

      Lightly battered and fried chicken tenderloins served with fries and honey mustard dipping sauce
      $9.50
    • WALKING TACO

      Skip the shell and eat your taco fillings served in a bag of Doritos!
      $6.50

    Sides

    Add delicious sides to your favorite meals.
    • 2 OZ QUESO DIP

      2oz portion of queso dip. Perfect added flavor for a couple tacos or fries!
      $2.93
    • 2 OZ GUACAMOLE

      2oz small batch blended guacamole, perfect addition to a couple tacos or added to fajitas!
      $4.88
    • SIDE BLACK BEANS

      Chipotle simmered black beans are addictive and a great addition to fajitas.
      $3.50
    • SIDE PINTO BEANS

      Ancho chile and poblano simmered pinto beans are a great addition to fajitas.
      $3.50
    • 8 OZ PICO DE GALLO

      Add a side of fresh chopped, tangy tomato salsa
      $3.90
    • SIDE 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
    • 8 OZ CORN SALSA

      Fresh local corn salad dressed with fresh cilantro, jalapeno, and tangy honey vinaigrette.
      $4.55
    • HOT SAUCE PACKET

      $0.50
    • SIDE 3 GRILLED SHRIMP

      Three chipotle lime spiced shrimp perfectly grilled on the plancha!
      $6.50
    • SIDE WHITE CHEESE

      House-made creamy white cheese sauce is a delicious addition to any meal!
      $3.90
    • SIDE 5 OZ GRILLED STREAK

      Grilled Steak, 5oz portion
      $6.50
    • SIDE GRILLED CHICKEN

      Grilled Sliced Chicken, 3oz portion
      $3.90
    • SIDE SAUTEED SPINACH

      Sautéed Spinach, 3oz portion
      OUT OF STOCK
      $2.60
    • SIDE GRILLED PORTABELLOS

      3oz Grilled Portabella Mushrooms
      $3.90
    • RELLANO A LA CARTE

      $8.50
    • Chorizo relleno a la cart

      OUT OF STOCK
      $8.50
    • Enchilada A La Carte

      $7.00

    *Online Food Menu*

    APPETIZERS

    Let's get this fiesta started!
    • 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
    • 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
    • BASKET OF FRIES

      A pint of hand cut boardwalk style fries with ketchup.
      $7.00
    • CHICKEN TENDERS AND FRIES

      chicken tenders, breaded and fried, served with a pint of hand cut fries and ketchup.
      $9.50
    • 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
    • CHIPS AND SALSA

      Spicy house salsa served with warm corn tortilla chips (GF) (V)
      $3.00
    • HOT CHEETOS QUESADILLA

      Mother's house pressed flour tortillas stuffed with house blended cheeses, mild chile sauce, cilantro, and diced jalapeno & CRUSHED hot cheetos, 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.
      $13.79
    • 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
    • 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.
      $22.79
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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.
      $12.95
    • 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
    • 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
    • FUEGO QUESO FRIES

      $8.95
    • BONELESS GARLIC PARM WINGS

      $14.95

    TACOS

    Choose a soft flour, soft corn, or fried corn tortilla. All Mother's Cantina tortillas are prepared in our 28th street bakery. The only 100% house made corn and flour tortilla bakery on the shore!
    • 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!
      $17.95
    • 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
    • QUESO TACO

      Choose your single taco smothered in creamy three pepper queso dip.
      $5.50
    • SINGLE TACO

      Topped with cheddar jack cheese, local lettuce, and tangy pico de gallo.
      $5.49
    • 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.
      $23.96
    • WALKING TACO

      Skip the shell and eat your taco fillings served in a bag of Doritos!
      $6.50

    FAJITAS

    Large portions of your fajitas of choice, served over grilled onions and peppers. Each fajita is served with fresh homemade corn or flour tortillas from our in-house tortilla bakery, chopped local lettuce, fresh shredded cheddar-jack, tangy pico de gallo, sour cream, and chips & salsa.
    • Combo Steak and Chicken Fajita

      Hand-cut, local chicken breast and thin sliced steak flame grilled with house rub
      $32.49
    • Combo Surf & Turf Fajita

      Flame Grilled Steak, Chicken, or Portabellas or Grilled Shrimp over grilled onions and peppers.
      $34.96
    • 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!
      $35.69
    • Sizzling Steak Fajita

      8oz tender flame-grilled steak, sliced thin.
      $28.49

    TEX-MEX ENTREES

    Tex-Mex Entrees are large plates of your favorite meals including sides of Spanish rice and fresh steamed beans.
    • 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
    • Enchilada A La Carte

      $7.00
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • CHILE 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
    • RELLANO A LA CARTE

      $8.50

    TORTAS

    • Chicken Torta

      $11.49
    • Birria Torta

      $12.79

    SOUP & SALAD

    Perfect additions or enjoy a Taco Salad as a meal!
    • 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
    • Santa Fe Salad

      $13.49
    • Chipotle Caesar Salad

      $13.49

    DESSERTS

    House made 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

    KID'S MENU

    Choose favorite meals for the kids!
    • 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
    • MAC & CHEESE BITES

      Fried bites of delicious mac and cheese served with a pint of fries and ketchup.
      OUT OF STOCK
      $8.95

    SIDES

    Add delicious sides to your favorite meals.
    • 2 OZ CORN SALSA

      $0.75
    • 2 OZ PICO DE GALLO

      $0.75
    • 2 OZ GUACAMOLE

      2oz small batch blended guacamole, perfect addition to a couple tacos or added to fajitas!
      $3.75
    • 2 OZ QUESO DIP

      2oz portion of queso dip. Perfect added flavor for a couple tacos or fries!
      $2.25
    • 8 OZ CORN SALSA

      Fresh local corn salad dressed with fresh cilantro, jalapeno, and tangy honey vinaigrette.
      $3.50
    • 8 OZ PICO DE GALLO

      Add a side of fresh chopped, tangy tomato salsa
      $3.00
    • HOT SAUCE PACKET

      $0.50
    • SIDE 5 OZ GRILLED STREAK

      Grilled Steak, 5oz portion
      $10.00
    • SIDE CHORIZO

      $3.00
    • SIDE GRILLED CHICKEN

      Grilled Sliced Chicken, 3oz portion
      $5.00
    • SIDE GRILLED PORTABELLOS

      3oz Grilled Portabella Mushrooms
      $3.00
    • SIDE BLACK BEANS

      Chipotle simmered black beans are addictive and a great addition to fajitas.
      $3.50
    • SIDE PINTO BEANS

      Ancho chile and poblano simmered pinto beans are a great addition to fajitas.
      $3.50
    • SIDE RICE

      Stewed rice with tomatoes and Mexican spices makes a great addition to fajitas.
      $3.50
    • SIDE SAUTEED SPINACH

      Sautéed Spinach, 3oz portion
      OUT OF STOCK
      $2.00
    • SIDE SLICED AVOCADO

      $2.00
    • SIDE VEGGIES

      $3.00
    • SIDE 3 GRILLED SHRIMP

      Three chipotle lime spiced shrimp perfectly grilled on the plancha!
      $5.00
    • SIDE WHITE CHEESE

      House-made creamy white cheese sauce is a delicious addition to any meal!
      $3.00

    All hours
    Sunday12:00 pm - 9:45 pm
    Monday2:00 pm - 9:45 pm
    Tuesday2:00 pm - 9:45 pm
    Wednesday2:00 pm - 9:45 pm
    Thursday2:00 pm - 9:45 pm
    Friday2:00 pm - 9:45 pm
    Saturday12:00 pm - 9:45 pm
    Restaurant info

    Mother's Cantina offers a classic Tex-Mex menu with chef inspired specials, fresh tortillas made in house, the best margaritas in Ocean City Maryland, and a festive atmosphere till 2am. Join the fiesta with the best vibes and Mexican menu in Ocean City, Maryland!

    Location

    2810 Philadelphia Avenue, Ocean City, MD 21842

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