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Lucha Cantina

Mexican Restaurant and Bar$$$$

Northeast, Rockford

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Lucha Cantina

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Catering

Free delivery inside Rockford for orders over $225. Please give at least 24 hour notice on orders

The Two Taco Lunch

$11.50 per person. Perfect for any meeting | Choose two styles

Wahoo Fish Tacos

This is by far our most popular taco. Built with slaw, spinach, guac, jack cheese and cilantro dill salsa. Did we mention this was popular?

Pulled Pork Tacos

The star of this show is our slow roasted pork. Add to that freshly diced onion, olive blend, spinach, sour cream, jack cheese and just a little queso

Classic Tacos

House ground beef with diced pickled jalapeno, shredded lettuce, tomato and jack cheese

Lucha Chicken Tacos

Freebird chicken, spinach, onion, tomato, sour cream and jack cheese

The Giant Burrito Box

$15 per person. Post game feast | Choose any Burritos

The Hippy Burrito

Grilled veggie mix, rice and beans, hummus, jack and cotija cheeses, onion and spinach

The Verde Burrito

This is a classic lucha burrito. Chicken, rice, jack cheese, spinach, onion and sour cream

The Bbq Burrito

BBQ pork, rice, slaw, onion, sour cream, queso, jack and cotija cheese. Wowzers

Our Favorite Burrito

Beef, rice, onion, sour cream, queso, jack and cotija cheeses and our house veggie mix. Wow

Both the Two Taco Lunch and Giant Burrito Box

come with:

Smashed Black Beans and Cilantro Rice

Guacamole

We make this stuff every day, avocado, onion, cilantro, jalapeno, garlic and spices good stuff

House Fried Tortilla Chips

Mix & Match

we're pretty handy in the kitchen, if you need something we don't have listed let us know and we'll see what we can do

Classic Lucha Nachos

15.00

Feeds 2/3. These are not your traditional nachos. We top our fresh house-made chips with a variety of fresh veggies and cheeses

Southwestern Chop Salad

40.00

Feeds 4/6. Lots of fresh chopped goodness with ingredients from the southwest. Add some zesty & spicy goodness to top off this awesome salad

Chicken & Spinach Enchilada

45.00

Feeds 4/6. Blue corn tortillas, chicken, spinach, sour cream, jack and cotija cheese. Then we smother it with verde, and to make it even more awesome (if that's possible) we smother that with queso

Chips, Salsa Guacamole

50.00

Feeds 10. Our fresh house-made chips with your choice of salsa and our fresh guacamole made with avocado, onion, cilantro, jalapeño, garlic and spices. If you ordered a taco or meal burrito meal this is already included

Lucha Drummies

45.00

Feeds 4/6. Over four pounds of our giant drummies - come with ranch and blue cheese. Buffalo, bbq, ballistic or bare

Garden Mac & Cheese

40.00

Feeds 4/6. Broccoli, onion, portabella mushrooms, a little kale and some zucchini. Just enough good stuff to make your mom proud of you for ordering it

Cinnamon Donut Holes

10.00

Feeds 4/6. Fried fresh to order and come with our nutella chocolate dipping sauce

Beverages

Need some beverages, let us know

Private Dining

$10 Add on two beverages per person to include our 16oz Lucharita, 16oz Strawberry Lucharita, house wines, call drinks, and select craft beers. Desserts are available, but are not included in package pricing

The Lunch Meeting

$11 per person. Includes beverage choice of coffee, tea or soda

Wahoo Tacos

The Baby Big Salad

Classic Tacos

Lucha Chicken Tacos

The Hippy Burrito / Bowl

Straight Up Mac

The Titanic Wedge

Lucha Lunch Chop Salad

Pulled Pork Tacos

The Verde Burrito / Bowl

El Rancho Quesadilla

All American Burger

The Dinner Party

$15 per person. All tables come set with chips, salsa, and guac. Beverages are extra

The Big Salad

The Hippy Burrito / Bowl

The Classic Burrito / Bowl

Classic Tacos

Lucha Chicken Tacos

El Rancho Quesadilla

All American Burger

Straight Up Mac

The Favorite Burrito / Bowl

Wahoo Fish Tacos

Pulled Pork Tacos

Chicken Rellenos

Chicken & Spinach Enchiladas

Lunch

Lucha Lunch Menu

$9. Somewhat smaller portions of our favorite menu items. Available from 11am - 3pm

Carnitas Tacos

Slow roasted pork, freshly diced onion, olive blend, spinach, sour cream, chihuahua cheese and just a little queso

Southwestern Chop Salad

Sure wish I had something clever to write here

Quinoa Bowl

Quinoa, roasted veggies, tomatoes, and pumpkin seeds, topped with balsamic reduction. Add seasoned chicken for $2

Hippy Burrito / Bowl

It will be a big hippy when it grows up

Wahoo Tacos

Wahoo with slaw, spinach, guac, chihuahua cheese and cilantro dill dressing

Baby Big Salad

More veggies than you can shake a stick at as my mother would say

The Verde Burrito / Bowl

Same great flavor, just a more manageable size

Carne Asada Tacos

Carne asada with diced jalapeno, shredded lettuce, tomato and chihuahua cheese

Main Menu

Starters

Fresh Guacamole

8.00

We make this stuff everyday! avocado, onion, cilantro, jalapeño, garlic and spices. Try it with a salsa or two of your choice

Chorizo Queso

8.00

A good thing just got better. We mix our spicy chorizo with our previously mentioned super addictive queso. Don't worry, we'll get you plenty of chips and salsa too

Queso

7.00

Just like so many things here at lucha, we make this everyday. We use real cheese, milk, garlic, and black pepper. It's extremely addictive. Check out the salsa list and pick a couple to add along side

Chips & Salsa

4.00

Nothing wrong with keeping it simple. Pick a couple salsas off the list below and we'll get this out to you right away

The Classic Lucharita

6.00

This is a great place to start. 100% blue agave el jimador tequila with our real juice margarita mix. Simple and refreshing

Appetizers

Classic Lucha Nacho

13.00

These come loaded with a variety of fresh veggies, cheese, pico, beans, and sour cream. Add a meat (or don't) and pick a salsa (or two)

Lucha Wings

10.00

Choose from bbq, buffalo, or just plain bare. Comes with celery, carrots and a choice of house made ranch or chunky bleu cheese dressing

Loaded Tots

12.00

We take our house made lucha tots & top them with queso, black olives, jalapenos, pico de lucha, green onions & sour cream

Elote Dogs

9.00

Three mini dogs each individually wrapped in bacon and topped with mayo, roasted corn, paprika & cilantro. People love these at events so we decided to add a version to our menu

Bbq Pulled Pork Nachos

12.00

We start with a bed of freshly fried corn chips tossed in our secret dry rub. Add to that melted jack and cheddar cheese, some slow roasted bbq pork, lucha slaw, diced red onions, and then we top it with our house made queso

Legendary Lucha Tots

10.00

House-made tots-so not like something you get at the grocery store

Hummus and Veggies

11.00

Fresh and a little zippy. Not your normal hummus, cuz normal is boring. Now served with a side of our guacamole

Mussels Matador

10.00

One full pound of mussels steamed with white wine & our special chipotle sauce. Served with garlic ciabatta toast

Salsas

Our salsas are the foundation of our restaurant. We make them all fresh in-house, so we're very proud of them and you're sure to enjoy them as well. They're spiced from 1-9. 9 is extremely hot—like, 'call your mom and say you're sorry' hot. You've been warned

1 | Pico De Lucha

A somewhat traditional pico. Very chunky and citrusy

3 | Black Bean Mango

Fresh mango, black beans- it's a fresh citrus salsa

6 | Piña Poblano

Roasted poblano peppers with diced pineapple and other deliciousness

9 | Habanero Garlic

Our oldest recipe. We use only fresh peppers and depending on the season (did you know it affects the pepper's heat?) , this one can get really hot

2 | Lucha Fresca

A cucumber tomatillo salsa. Very unique and refreshing

5 | Matador Red

A smoky chipotle salsa: smooth, with a fair amount of cilantro. One of our most popular salsas

7 | Stop, Drop & Roll

A fairly spicy, chunky salsa. We really like the name a lot

Salads

Dressings: balsamic vinaigrette, ranch, baby bleu, honey mustard

The Big Salad

12.00

Not to state the obvious, but this is a big salad. A freshly grilled chicken breast rests on top of plenty of fresh veggies like broccoli, onions, cucumber, celery, tomatoes, black olives and freshly sliced avocado on top. We also add in chihuahua cheese simply cuz we like cheese. Served with ranch dressing

Blackened Salmon Salad

15.00

So much goodness here it's hard to describe. Tomatoes, golden raisins, crumbled blue cheese and our balsamic reduction all tossed with greens and topped with a blackened salmon filet

Southwestern Chop Salad

12.00

This salad isn't sure if its a chop salad or a taco salad. Either way, its good. We take romaine lettuce and mix in roasted corn, tomatoes, freshly sliced avocado, chihuahua cheese, black beans, roasted poblano peppers and our fajita chicken, tossed with ranch dressing and topped with tortilla strips

Other Neat Schtuff

Chicken Rellenos

13.00

These are huge and crispy. Poblano peppers stuffed with our fajita chicken and chihuahua cheese, then wrapped in a wonton wrapper. You'll want to post this on instagram

Quinoa Bowl

12.00

Quinoa, roasted veggies, tomatoes, and pumpkin seeds, topped with our balsamic reduction. Healthy and delicious!

Sauces & Smothers

Pork Green Chili

We really like this stuff. It's our take on a new mexican specialty. Loaded with pork and peppers and a little bit of spice

Queso

It's good for more than just dipping your chips in; we dump this on our burritos, too

Verde Sauce

We cook up a bunch of peppers and tomatillos, mix them with some spices and blend them all up into this crazy, good sauce

Sandwiches & Burgers

Served with yukon gold fries, slaw, or fresh cut veggies; substitute sweet potato fries for $1 or our lucha tots for $2. All beef burgers are 8oz of certified angus beef packed by hand, and cooked to your liking

All American Burger

10.00

American cheese, lettuce and pickle. simple and fabulous

Death By Bacon Burger

13.00

2 bacon blankets essentially, six slices of bacon and cheddar cheese. Who doesn't love bacon?

Ultimate Grilled Cheese

12.00

Marbled rye, guacamole, spinach, two bacon blankets with american and cheddar cheese

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12.00

Peanut butter, strawberry jam, bacon blanket and american cheese. Unreal!

The (Not Vegan) Veggie Burger

10.00

We make our own delicious veggie burgers and serve them with spinach, cucumber, onion, Swiss and crimini mushrooms

Mac & Cheese

We use a ton of cheese in addition to our house-made Queso. Then we bake it for extra-gooey goodness. If you lick the plate, we won't think less of you

Straight Up Mac

11.00

Cheese, cheese and more cheese. Romano, cheddar, american and jack

Mac Daddy

13.00

We use a ton of cheese in our house made queso and bake shredded cheese on top. Toss it in our 4 meat chili. Oh goodness

Garden Mac

12.00

Broccoli, onion, mushrooms, and cotija. Good and good for you- sort of

Tacos

Our tacos are available on soft flour or on our home made fresh corn tortillas. There is a small upcharge for the fresh corn tortillas, but we think they are worth every penny. All of our tacos come with a side of cilantro rice & our house beans they are vegetarian & vegan friendly. Pick a salsa or your choice & maybe add a side of sour cream $0.35, queso $1 or guacamole $1

Wahoo Fish

10.00

This is by far our most popular taco. Built with slaw, spinach, guac, chihuahua cheese and cilantro dill dressing. Did we mention this was popular?

Chicken Fajita Tacos

10.00

Sliced free range chicken breasts mixed with roasted white onions & yellow, red, and green bell peppers. Add shredded lettuce, tomato and chihuahua cheese. Available on corn or flour tortillas

Matador Shrimp

10.00

We sautée shrimp with our special chipotle sauce to start these off. Then we add jack cheese, onion, tomato and shredded lettuce

Mahi Mahi Tacos

11.00

Lightly blackened mahi mahi on a bed of red cabbage & shredded carrot, topped with sliced avocado and served with a black bean mango salsa. You've never tasted anything so fresh unless of course you live on a farm, then maybe

Carnitas Tacos

10.00

The star of this show is our slow roasted carnitas. Add to that freshly diced onion, olive blend, spinach, sour cream, chihuahua cheese and just a little queso

Carne Asada Tacos

10.00

Carne asada with diced pickled jalapeno, shredded lettuce, tomato and chihuahua cheese

Sweet Potato & Chorizo Taco

10.00

Sweet meets spicy in our sweet potato and chorizo taco. Add to that some chihuahua cheese, cabbage, and our house made queso

Burritos

These are pretty much our favorite menu items. We love them! we grill them up with real ingredients and smother them with our house-made sauces. Make it a burrito bowl which makes it gluten-free at no charge or a chimi for a buck. Comes with a side of our cilantro rice and our house beans vegetarian and surprisingly good for you. Add a side of sour cream $0.35, queso $1, or guacamole $1

The Hippy

11.00

Grilled veggie mix, rice and beans, hummus, jack and cotija cheeses, onion and spinach. Smothered in verde sauce

Giant Flauta

12.00

Shredded chicken, carne asada or carnitas- your call. Comes with onion, jack cheese, and sour cream

Our Favorite Burrito

13.00

Carne asada, rice, slaw, onion, sour cream, queso, chihuahua and cotija cheeses and our house veggie mix. Smothered in pork green chili. Ummm, wow

The Verde

13.00

This is a classic lucha burrito. Chicken, rice, chihuahua cheese, spinach, onion and sour cream with a verde sauce smother

Cheesesteak Chimi

13.00

Carne asada, rice, onion, jalapeño, cabbage, sour cream and jack cheese. Then we fry it and cover it in queso. It's just really, really good

Quesadillas

Stuffed and full of delicious-ness. Pick a salsa if you'd like

Hippycrit 'Dilla

12.00

Veggie blend, rice, cotija and chihuahua cheese, spinach, onion, lettuce, sour cream, and queso. Then add either beef, chicken or pork. It wouldn't be a hippycrit without it

The Vegan 'Dilla

12.00

We call it that because, well—it's vegan. Veggie blend, beans, cabbage, spinach, onion, hummus, sour cream and daiya cheeze

Steak & Bake

13.00

Just because it's simple doesn't mean it isn't awesome. Carne asada, cheddar cheese, sour cream and sweet white onions

The "Can I Just Get a Cheese Quesadilla" Quesadilla

10.00

We put every kind of cheese we can find into this quesadilla, then top it with sour cream

Enchiladas

baked up all piping hot and smothered in goodness

Chicken and Spinach

12.00

Blue corn tortillas, seasoned chicken, spinach, sour cream, chihuahua and cotija cheese. Then we smother it with verde, and to make it even more awesome (if that's possible) we smother that with queso

Enchilada Rajas

12.00

Corn, roasted potato, poblano pepper, chihuahua cheese, queso and sour cream, all wrapped up in flour tortillas and smothered with our verde sauce and our special chipotle sauce

Moo, Peep, Oink Enchiladas

13.00

Not sure which protein you want? these come with them all. We top these with our pork green chili and some chihuahua cheese. We also enjoy listening to you order them

Shrimp Enchiladas

13.00

Made with shrimp, chihuahua cheese, loaded with rice and served in a red and green bell pepper sauce

Chilis

Pork Green Chili

4.00

We really like this stuff. It's our take on a new mexican specialty. Loaded with pork and peppers and a little bit of spice

4 Meat Chili

4.00

Certified Angus Beef, Iowa Proud Pork Butt, Applewood smoked bacon, and chorizo. Its got a little kick, so if you need to be warmed up inside- this is the ticket

Sweets

Fried Ice Cream

5.00

You would make this for yourself at home but it's significantly easier to just order it here

Cheesecake

6.00

Ask your server what cheesecake flavors we have in house

Cinnamon Donut Holes

3.00

Fried fresh to order and comes with our nutella chocolate dipping sauce

Kid's Grub

$5. This is real food for kids. All made in-house. Comes with a kid-sized beverage, for only $5

Jr. Burrito

Keep it simple with chicken, beans, rice and cheese

Lucha Mac & Cheese

This is not kraft. We toss our cavatappi noodles in with our very popular queso

Kids Sliders

Two sliders, american cheese, and your choice of side

Chicken Tenders with Fries

Quite possibly the most kid friendly dinner of all time

Chicken & Rice

Yup, its just chicken and rice or rice and chicken if you want to mix it up

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