Taco-Quila Mexican Kitchen and Cantina Menu (2025 Update)
Welcome to Taco-Quila Mexican Kitchen and Cantina, a vibrant dining oasis located at 22996 US Hwy 19 N, Clearwater, FL. This restaurant captures the essence of authentic Mexican flavors while embracing a lively ambiance. Dive into an extensive fajita menu, featuring delightful combinations like the Fajita Tabasco or Fajita Acapulco, served in a whimsical pineapple shell. Indulge in savory soups such as the Caldo 7 Mares, perfect for seafood lovers.
The nacho selections are equally compelling, with dishes like TacoQuila Nachos delivering a superb layering of grilled meats, beans, and irresistible toppings. Customers rave about the spirited atmosphere and attentive service. Whether it's a casual meal, a festive party, or a special celebration, Taco-Quila promises a fun dining experience with exquisite food and a well-curated drinks menu. Don't miss out on this culinary gem—your taste buds will thank you!
Appetizers
Cholula Chicken Wings
8 pieces tossed in cholula hot sauce served with a side of carrots and celery.
Buffalo Chicken Wings
8 Pieces tossed in buffalo sauce served with a side of carrots and celery (Spicy).
Mini Chimis
Two beef and two chicken mini chimichangas served with cheese dip.
Mini Flautas
Two beef and two chicken fried tortillas served in a cup and loaded with sour cream, salsa, and queso fresco.
Sharable Quesadilla
Chicken 15.99 Steak 16.99 Cheese 10.99 • 12-inch tortilla filled with protein of choice, cut into 6 small pieces to share accompanied with guaca salad.
Sampler Appetizer
Cheese quesadilla, mozzarella sticks, chicken wings, mini chimis and cheese dip.
Papas Locas
French fries, steak, chicken, and bacon topped with cheese.
Queso Fundido
With Chorizo 12.99 With Pastor 13.99 • Mozzarella cheese with protein of choice served on a hot skillet and accompanied by 3 tortillas.
Nachos
Cheese Nachos 10.99 With Beans 11.99 With Beef or Chicken 13.99 Shrimp Nachos 17.99
Loaded Nachos
Ground beef, shredded chicken, beans, white cheese, topped with tomatoes, lettuce, and sour cream.
Taco-Quila Nachos
Grilled chicken, grilled steak, beans, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Nachos
Dips
Cheese Dip
Small 6.99 Large 10.99
Bean Dip
Queso dip mixed with refried beans.
Guacamole Dip
Beef Dip
Cheese dip mixed with ground beef.
Fresh Guacamole
Taco Salad
A crispy fried tortilla shell filled with the protein of choice (Chicken or Ground Beef) and filled with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream.
Fajita Taco Salad
Chicken 16.00 Steak 17.50 Shrimp 19.00 • Served in a crispy fried tortilla shell filled with a choice of protein (Chicken, Steak, Shrimp) accompanied by cooked onion, bell peppers, beans, lettuce, sour cream, and cheese.
Grilled Shrimp Salad
Grilled shrimp with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber and carrot.
Grilled Fish Salad
Grilled tilapia with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, and carrot.
Grilled Chicken Salad
Grilled chicken salad with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber and carrot.
House Salad
Chopped lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers.
Salads
Soups
Chicken Tortilla Soup
Caldo De Camaron
Caldo 7 Mares
Seafood soup.
Camarones Nayarit
Head on shrimp fried in our Nayarit sauce.
Camarones Nayarit Con Pulpo
Head on shrimp fried and grilled octopus in our Nayarit sauce.
Camarones a La Crema
Grilled shrimp with special cream sauce accompanied by a side of rice and guacamole salad.
Aguachile
Rojo Verde Mix Mango
Pulpo Asado
Grilled octopus served with rice, beans, and guac salad.
Mojarra Frita
Whole fried tilapia served with sliced avocado, house salad, and rice.
Ceviche De Pulpo
Diced cooked octopus with lime juice, chopped cilantro, onion, and tomatoes.
Ceviche De Camaron
Shrimp cooked in lime juice, with chopped cilantro, onion, and tomatoes.
Ceviche De Pescado
Diced cooked fish in lime juice, with chopped cilantro, onion, and tomatoes.
Camarones a La Diabla
Grilled shrimp and grilled onions smothered with our homemade spicy hot sauce. Served with rice and guac salad.
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
Grilled shrimp and grilled onions cooked in our housemade garlic sauce. Served with cilantro white rice and guacamole salad.
Coctel De Camaron
Shrimp cocktail.
Coctel Campechano
Shrimp and octopus cocktail.
Molcajete Del Mar
Shrimp, fried tilapia, octopus, scallops accompanied with guacamole salad, rice, and beans.
Pina Del Mar
Head on shrimp, scallops, peeled shrimp, mussels, surimi, diced onions and bell pepper with our housemade creamy sauce and served in a pineapple. Served with rice and guacamole salad.
Mojarra Nayarit Con Camarones
Fried whole fish tilapia with head on shrimp smothered with our housemade Nayarit sauce, accompanied with avocado salad and cilantro white rice.
Torre De Mariscos
Shrimp cooked in lime, octopus, scallops, onion, tomatoes, avocado, cucumber built into a tower and topped with our special black sauce.
Mariscada Nayarit
2 snow crab legs, head on shrimp, mussels, octopus, corn and potatoes broiled in our Nayarit sauce.
Seafood
Platillos De Pollo
Pollo a La Crema
Grilled chicken strips cooked in our house made cheese sauce served with rice, guacamole salad, and side of tortillas.
Chori Pollo
Grilled chicken breast and chorizo covered in cheese dip accompanied with rice, beans and guacamole salad.
ACP
Sliced grilled chicken with rice and nacho cheese. Served with tortillas.
ACCP
Sliced grilled chicken and grilled shrimp with rice and nacho cheese. Served with tortillas.
Pollo Hidalgo
Grilled chicken breast topped with spinach, mushrooms, onions cheese dip on top, served with rice, guacamole salad, pico de gallo, and a side of tortillas.
Mole Poblano
2 pieces of chicken topped with our housemade mole sauce and sesame seeds and served with rice and beans.
Pollo en Salsa Verde
Grilled chicken breast strips covered in our housemade salsa verde served with rice beans and tortillas.
Pollo Loco
Grilled chicken breast smothered in ranchera sauce accompanied with rice, guacamole salad, and a side of tortillas.
Pollo Puebla
Grilled chicken breast tossed with mushrooms, onion, and pineapple. Topped with ranchera sauce and cheese dip.
Carne Asada
2 pieces of 4oz. rib eye served with rice, beans, guacamole salad and tortillas.
Bistec Picado en Salsa Verde
Diced grilled steak tossed in our homemade green tomatillo sauce accompanied by a side of rice, beans, and tortillas.
Bistec en Salsa De Rayado
Diced grilled steak tossed in our homemade rayado sauce accompanied by a side of rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chorizo Steak
Rib eye topped with chorizo and cheese dip on top accompanied by rice, beans and tortilla.
Bistec Tampiquena
Rib eye cooked with onions and served with rice, beans, guacamole salad and tortillas.
Mar Y Tierra
Rib eye and grilled shrimp with rice, beans, guacamole salad and tortillas.
Guanajuato Especial
Rib eye steak, two flautas, and cheese chile relleno accompanied with rice and guacamole salad.
Platillos De Carne
Especialdades De La Casa
Alambres
Chicken 18.00 Steak 20.00 Texas 21.99 • Your choice of protein cooked fajita style covered in shredded cheese and served with rice, beans, and side of tortillas.
Carnitas
Fried pork served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, and tortillas.
Sopes (3)
Pollo, Bistec, Chorizo, or Pastor • Thick tortilla smothered with beans, protein of choice, and covered with lettuce, and queso fresco.
Christina’s Protein Bowl
Chicken 17.99 Steak 18.99 Shrimp 19.99 Carnitas 18.99 Pastor 18.99 • Your choice of protein, cilantro white rice, black beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, queso fresco and quesadilla covered with garlic sauce.
Chimichangas
Beef 18.00 Shredded Chicken 17.00 Shrimp 19.99 Carne Asada 19.99 Carnitas 19.99 Grilled Chicken 19.99 • Two rolled and fried tortillas filled with protein of choice and fried beans, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, queso dip and guacamole.
Tacos Dorados
2 chicken and 2 beef rolled and fried tortillas topped with lettuce, cheese and sour cream and a side of guacamole salad.
Steak Azteca
2 cheese enchiladas covered in our housemade ranchera sauce and rib eye steak cooked with grilled onions and served with rice, beans, and guacamole salad.
Los 3 Compadres
Chile relleno, steak, carnitas, 1 cheese chile relleno, side of steak in our housemade salsa de rayado, side of fried pork in our housemade green sauce and served with rice, beans, and tortilla.
Taco-Quila Special
Grilled chicken breast and rib eye served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, and tortillas.
Molcajete Tradicional
Rib eye, grilled chicken breast, chorizo (Mexican sausage), shrimp, grilled cactus, 1 chile toreado, and queso fresco. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, and tortillas.
Chilaquiles
Fried tortillas, smothered in your choice of green or red salsa, covered with chopped cilantro and onion accompanied with 2 fried eggs and a 4oz. rib eye.
Burrito Cali
Grilled Chicken 18.99 Grilled Steak 20.00 Al Pastor 18.99 Carnitas 18.99 Camarones 21.00 • Burrito stuffed with protein of choice, rice, beans, pico de gallo, and topped with cheese dip.
Fajita Burrito
Chicken 20.00 Steak 21.00 Texas 21.99 • Your choice of protein cooked with bell peppers and onions and smothered with cheese dip. Served with rice and beans.
Burrito Costa
Burrito filled with fajita style grilled shrimp, smothered with cheese dip and served with rice.
Burrito Deluxe
Two burritos, one with chicken and beans, one with beef and beans topped with our housemade red salsa, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Burrito Chori Pollo
Burrito filled with rice, beans, grilled chicken and chorizo, pico de gallo smothered with cheese dip.
Burrito Verde
Burrito filled with your choice of grilled chicken or steak, cooked fajita style, topped with our housemade salsa verde and shredded cheese, served with beans and guacamole salad.
Burrito Bandera
Chicken or steak with grilled onions and bell peppers, smothered in red and green sauce and queso dip accompanied with a side of rice and beans.
Burritos
Quesadillas
Fajita Quesadilla
Chicken 18.99 Steak 19.99 Pastor 19.99 Carnitas 18.99 Chorizo 18.50 Shrimp 20.99 Texas 21.99 • Large tortilla filled with cheese and protein of choice cooked fajita style. Served with a side of rice, pico de gallo, lettuce, and sour cream.
Shredded Chicken Quesadilla (2)
Cheese Quesadilla (2)
Quesa Birria (3)
Fried tortilla in beef soup stuffed with shredded beef, mozzarella cheese and topped with onion and cilantro. Served with a side of rice and beans.
Steak Fajitas
Chicken Fajitas
Mixed Fajitas
Steak and chicken.
Fajita Texana
Steak, chicken, and shrimp.
Fajita Acapulco
Chicken, steak, chorizo, and shrimp topped with cheese.
Shrimp Fajita
Fajita Tabasco
Chicken, steak, chorizo, and shrimp. Cooked with grilled onions, bell peppers, and diced pineapple, served in a pineapple shell and topped with cheese.
Fajitas
Enchiladas
Enchiladas Supremas
One chicken, one cheese, one bean, and one beef topped with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Enchiladas Suizas
Three filled enchiladas with shredded chicken, smothered in our housemade salsa verde, and shredded cheese. Served with beans and guacamole salad.
Enchiladas Bandera
One cheese, one shredded chicken, one shredded beef, and one ground beef topped with red salsa, green salsa, and cheese dip. Served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Guanajuato
Two cheese enchiladas topped with fried pork cooked fajita style and served with rice and beans.
Enchiladas Poblanas
Four tortillas filled with shredded chicken, topped with our housemade mole sauce, sour cream, queso fresco, and onion.
Enchiladas Popeye
Three cheese enchiladas with green sauce topped with grilled shrimp and spinach served with a side of rice and guacamole salad.
Chicken Spinach Enchiladas
Grilled chicken, tomatoes, onions, and spinach smothered with spinach sauce and cheese dip and served with cilantro white rice.
Street Tacos
An order of three tacos in corn tortillas topped with cilantro and onions served with rice and refried beans. One protein selection per order Carne Asada (Grilled steak), Pollo (Grilled chicken), Chorizo (Mexican sausage), Carnitas (Fried pork), Pastor (Marinade pork)
Flour Tortilla Tacos
An order of three flour tortilla tacos topped with cabbage, pico de gallo, shredded cheese and chipotle ranch. Served with rice. One protein selection per order • Shrimp Tacos (Grilled Shrimp with red and green cabbage) 20.99 Fish Faja Tacos (Breaded Tilapia) 18.99
Tacos
A La Carte
Hard Tacos
(1) 3.75 (3) 9.99
Soft Tacos
(1) 3.85 (3) 10.25
Chile Rellenos
(1) 6.50 (3) 15.50
Tamal
(1) 4.99 (3) 12.50
Salsa Picante
Pico De Gallo
Charro Beans
Sour Cream
Beans
Rice
Flour Tortillas
Corn Tortillas
Beef or Chicken Burritos
(1) 5.99 (2) 9.99
Beef or Chicken Enchiladas
(1) 4.50 (3) 11.99
Veggie Quesadilla
Stuffed quesadilla filled with grilled mushrooms, bell peppers, spinach, onions, and tomatoes. Served with black beans and guacamole salad.
Veggie Fajita
Tomatoes, bell peppers, spinach, onions, mushrooms served with rice, black beans and guacamole salad.
Veggie Burrito
Burrito filled with grilled mushrooms, bell peppers, spinach, onions, and tomatoes. Smothered with cheese dip and served with black beans and guacamole salad.
Vegetarian
Dinner Combos
Make Your Own Combo
Medium (pick two) 16.99 Large (pick three) 17.99 • Served with rice and beans.
Combo Item Options:
Enchilada, Hard Taco, Soft Taco, Tamal, Chile Relleno, Quesadilla, Burrito
Choose One Filling for Your Item:
Shredded Chicken, Ground Beef, Cheese, Spinach, Mushrooms