La Carreta Mexican Cuisine Menu
Welcome to La Carreta Mexican Cuisine, a vibrant destination in Denham Springs where Tex-Mex flavors come to life. Known for its bustling but casual atmosphere, this eatery offers a variety of options suitable for everyone—from families to groups celebrating special occasions.
- Breakfast & Brunch: Start your day with hearty dishes that capture authentic Mexican flavors.
- Vegetarian Options: A plethora of vegetarian selections ensures that everyone finds something delightful.
- Sizzling Plates: Indulge in the Carne Asada Plate, featuring juicy skirt steak grilled to perfection, or try the flavorful shrimp fajitas.
- Happy Hour Specials: Enjoy fantastic deals on drinks while savoring mouthwatering appetizers like the Carnitas Nachos and Fish Ceviche.
With ample outdoor seating, a full bar, and welcoming amenities like Wi-Fi and a drive-thru, La Carreta is perfect for brunch, lunch, or dinner. Don’t just take our word for it; experience the essence of Mexican cuisine today!
Brunch
Steak and Eggs Brunch
Steak fillet, sauteed onions and 2 sunny side up eggs topped with pico de gallo over rice. Served with avocado slices, chipotle sauce and flour tortillas.
Chorizo and Eggs Brunch
Scrambled eggs mixed with chorizo, served with rice, beans and warm flour tortillas.
Huevos Rancheros
2 fried eggs over a fried tortilla topped with pico de gallo and ranchero sauce, served with beans and avocado.
Nachos Tradicionales
Corn chips served with refried beans, Monterey Jack cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, jalapenos and cheese sauce.
Carnitas Nachos
Pulled pork, grilled onions, refried beans, Monterey Jack cheese, sour cream, jalapenos, cilantro and cheese sauce.
Fish Ceviche
Citrus marinated with pico de gallo and pineapple. Served with fresh avocado slices.
Shrimp Ceviche
Citrus marinated with pico de gallo and pineapple. Served with fresh avocado slices.
Fish and Shrimp Ceviche
Citrus marinated fish and shrimp mix with pico de gallo and pineapple. Served with fresh avocado slices.
Chipotle Shrimp
Grilled shrimp sauteed in chipotle sauce, served with pico de gallo, avocados and cheese dipping sauce.
Quesadillas Santa Fe
Cooked tortilla that is filled with cheese and folded in half. Comes with your choice of protein. Lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Duck Wraps
Seasoned smoked duck and cheese wrapped in a fried flour tortilla. Served with ranchero sauce, cheese sauce, lettuce and pico de gallo.
Shrimp Cocktail
Boiled shrimp served in a Mexican cocktail sauce, topped with died cilantro, diced onions and avocado slices. Served with saltine crackers.
Flautas Santa Fe
Crispy rolled corn tortillas stuffed with shredded chicken, served with lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Appetizers
Soups
Cup of Tortilla Soup
Slightly spicy chicken broth with avocados, tortilla strips and Monterey Jack cheese. Served with pico de gallo.
Bowl of Tortilla Soup
Slightly spicy chicken broth with avocados, tortilla strips and Monterey Jack cheese. Served with pico de gallo.
Bean Soup
Traditional Mexican soup with pinto beans, cilantro, tomatoes, sauteed onions, bacon, sausage, chipotle peppers and shredded cheese.
Shrimp and Corn Bisque Soup
Creamy shrimp and corn soup with a Cajun flair.
Spinach Salad Dinner
Baby spinach, romaine lettuce, red onion, tomatoes, strawberries, and raspberry vinaigrette dressing.
Caesar Salad Dinner
Romaine, Parmesan cheese, croutons and Caesar dressing.
Avocado Salad Dinner
Baby spinach, romaine, avocados, cucumbers, tomatoes and homemade cilantro vinaigrette.
Taco Salad Dinner
Shredded lettuce, pico de gallo sour cream, shredded cheese and guacamole in a fried flour tortilla bowl.
Salads
Dips
Small la Carreta Queso Dip
A creamy blend of melted white cheese and jalapenos.
Large la Carreta Queso Dip
A creamy blend of melted white cheese and jalapenos.
Guacamole Dip
Freshly made mix of avocados pico de gallo and lime juice.
Choriqueso Dip
Our homemade pork sausage blended with red chili pepper sauce and mixed with cheese sauce. Served with pico de gallo and warm flour tortillas.
Spinach and Artichoke Dip
Blended with our signature homemade cheese sauce. Served with warm wheat chips.
Table Side Guacamole Dip
Made with fresh cut avocados.
Side of Caesar Salad
Romaine, Parmesan cheese, croutons and Caesar dressing.
Side of Avocado Salad
Baby spinach, romaine, avocados, cucumbers, tomatoes and homemade cilantro vinaigrette.
Side of Spinach Salad
Spinach, romaine lettuce, red onion, tomatoes, strawberries, and raspberry vinaigrette dressing.
Side Salads
Favorites
Pollo Loco
Grilled chicken breast topped with sauteed mushrooms, baby spinach, pico de gallo and melted Monterey Jack cheese. Served with steamed vegetables and sup of bean soup.
Alambres Dinner
Your choice of protein cooked with grilled onions, covered with Monterey Jack cheese, served with pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, flour tortillas and bean soup.
Flauta Dinner
4 rolled and fried corn tortillas suteed with shredded chicken and covered with Monterey Jack cheese, verde sauce and sour cream. Served with a cup of bean soup.
Chimichanga Dinner
Folded and fried flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of meat, covered with cheese sauce. Served with beans, rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream and guacamole.
Mexican Burger
Juicy Angus beef patty, bacon, yellow cheese, avocado, lettuce red onions, tomatoes, jalapenos, mayo and mustard. Served with seasoned curly fries.
Chile Relleno Dinner
Roasted poblano pepper stuffed with choice of protein, covered with fried egg batter and topped with ranchero sauce. Served with rice and avocado side salad.
Ribeye
12 oz. Served with 2 cheese enchiladas covered with verde sauce and a cup of tasty bean soup.
Happy Plate
Your choice of protein over a bed of rice with our cheese sauce on top
Mexican Torta
Mexican style sandwich stuffed with jalapenos, red onions, letteuce, tomato, avocado, mayo and beans. Served with seasoned curly fries. Your choice of carnitas, birria, or steak.
Carnitas Plate
Pulled pork cooked with grilled onions.
Carne Asada Plate
Juicy skirt meat filet with grilled onions, bell peppers and tomatoes.
Steak Fajita Plate
Grilled onions, bell peppers and tomatoes.
Chicken Fajita Plate
Grilled onions, bell peppers and tomatoes.
Shrimp Fajita Plate
Grilled onions, bell peppers and tomatoes.
Trio Fajita Plate
Grilled onions, bell peppers and tomatoes.
Vegetable Fajitas Plate
For 1. Cooked with broccoli, cauliflower, squash, zucchini, carrots, mushrooms, grilled onions, bell peppers and tomatoes.
Parrillada Plate
For 2. Filet of skirt meat, grilled chicken breast, 4 shrimp brochetas, grilled onions, bell peppers and tomatoes.
Sizzling Plates
Monterrey Dinners
Grilled Mahi-Mahi Dinner
8 oz. Mild, slightly sweet fish cooked on a rack over a grill.
Grilled Shrimp Dinner
10 pieces. Shellfish cooked on a rack over a grill.
Grilled Mahi-Mahi and Shrimp Dinner
Mild, slightly sweet fish and shellfish cooked on a rack over a grill.
Grilled Chicken Breast Dinner
Poultry cooked on a rack over a grill.
Milaneza Dinner
Thin breaded chicken breast.
Brochetas Dinner
Roasted jalapeno peppers stuffed with shrimp and cheese and wrapped in bacon.
Diabla Shrimp Dinner
10 pieces. Grilled shrimp sauteed in chipotle sauce.
Chipotle Red Fish Dinner
8 oz. Grilled red fish sauteed in chipotle sauce.
Breaded Red Fish Dinner
Served with rice, steamed fresh hand cut vegetables and cheese dipping sauce.
Carne Asada Tacos Dinner
Chopped grilled steak.
Al Pastor Tacos Dinner
Pulled pork mixed with pineapple and sauteed in chipotle.
Carnitas Tacos Dinner
Pulled pork cooked with grilled onions.
3 Tacos de la Calle Dinner
Folded tortillas with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans. Your choice of 3 tacos.
Tacos de Birria
3 soft broth-dipped corn tortilla tacos with birria meat, topped with with cilantro and onion. Served with spicy rasted salsa, lime wedge, and consomme broth for dipping.
QuesaBirrias
3 soft broth-dipped corn tortilla tacos with birria meat with cheese inside, topped with with cilantro and onion. Served with spicy rasted salsa, lime wedge, and consomme broth for dipping.
Tacos de la Calle
Tacos del Mar
Grilled Red Fish Tacos Dinner
Folded tortilla with red fish cooked on a rack over a grill.
Grilled Mahi-Mahi Tacos Dinner
Folded tortillas with mild, slightly sweet fish cooked on a rack over a grill.
Grilled Shrimp Tacos Dinner
Folded tortillas with shellfish cooked on a rack over a grill.
3 Tacos del Mar Dinner
Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans. Your choice of 3 tacos.
3 Tacos Combo Dinner
Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans. Your choice of 3 tacos de la calle or del mar.
Tacos Combo
Burritos
Supreme Burrito
Flour tortilla rolled and stuffed with choice of protein, covered with burrito sauce, Monterey Jack cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream and a side of rice.
Burrito Wrap Dinner
Wheat tortilla rolled and stuffed with choice of protein, rice, lettuce, avocados and cilantro, topped with cheese sauce and garnished with pico de gallo.
Bean Burrito
Flour tortilla with beans.
Grilled Shrimp Burrito
Flour tortilla with shellfish cooked on a rack over a grill. Served with cup of bean soup.
Ground Beef Burrito
Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
Grilled Chicken Burrito
Flour tortilla with poultry cooked on a rack over a grill.
Shredded Chicken Burrito
Flour tortilla with poultry cooked on a rack over a grill.
Steak Burrito
Flour tortilla with beef steak.
Pork Burrito
Flour tortilla with pork.
Al Pastor Pork Burrito
Flour tortilla with grilled pork.
Mission Burrito
Enchiladas
Patron Enchilada
4 soft corn tortillas rolled and stuffed with choice of protein, covered with melted cheese, verde sauce and sour cream.
Supreme Enchilada
3 rolled corn tortillas stuffed with choice of protein, covered with melted cheese, enchilada sauce, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Potosinas Enchilada
Grilled chicken over grilled onions. Served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, 3 cheese enchiladas covered with verde sauce, Monterey Jack and cheese and topped with avocado slices.
Supreme Enchilada with Steak
Carreta Dinner Combo
Your choice of burrito, tostada, enchilada and taco.
La Mexicana Dinner Combo
Your choice of quesadilla and enchilada, rice and beans.
La Bamba Dinner Combo
Your choice of burrito, enchilada and taco.
Favorites Combinations
Sides
Pork Rinds (chihcarrones)
Crispy and crunchy Pork Rinds
Hard Taco Side
Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans. Comes with your choice of protein.
Soft Taco Side
Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans. Comes with your choice of protein.
Burrito con Queso Side
Burrito with both red burrito sauce and queso sauce. Comes with your choice of protein.
Quesadilla Side
Cooked tortilla that is filled with cheese and folded in half. Comes with your choice of protein.
Chimichanga Side
Deep-fried burrito. Comes with your choice of protein.
Tostada Side
Deep fried tortilla with a variety or toppings. Comes with your choice of protein.
Chile Relleno Side
Stuffed chili pepper. Comes with your choice of protein.
Enchilada Side
Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce. Comes with your choice of protein.
Tamal Side
Dough wrapped around a filling and steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf.
Flauta Side
A rolled tortilla that has been filled. Comes with your choice of protein.
Beans Side
Rice Side
Fries Side
Fried potatoes.
Extra Steak Side
Beef steak.
Bowl Steak Side
Beef steak.
Extra Chicken Side
Poultry.
Bowl Chicken Side
Poultry.
Sm Salsa (5oz)
2oz Cheese Sauce
Sour Cream Side
Tangy fermented cream.
Shredded Cheese Side
Shrimp Side
Shellfish.
Chiles Toreados
Pico de Gallo Side
Fresh salsa.
Tortillas Side
Unleavened flatbread.
1 Egg Side
Spinach Salad Lunch
Baby spinach, romaine lettuce, red onion, tomatoes, strawberries, and raspberry vinaigrette dressing.
Caesar Salad Lunch
Romaine, Parmesan cheese, croutons and Caesar dressing.
Avocado Salad Lunch
Baby spinach, romaine, avocados, cucumbers, tomatoes and homemade cilantro vinaigrette.
Taco Salad Lunch
Shredded lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, shredded cheese and guacamole in a fried flour tortilla.
Lunch Salads
Lunch Monterrey
Grilled Mahi-Mahi Lunch
Mild, slightly sweet fish cooked on a rack over a grill.
Grilled Shrimp Lunch
Shellfish cooked on a rack over a grill.
Grilled Chicken Breast Lunch
Poultry cooked on a rack over a grill.
Breaded Red Fish Lunch
Shrimp Brochetas Lunch
Roasted jalapeno pepper stuffed with shrimp and cheese and wrapped in bacon.
Carreta Lunch
Your choice of burrito, enchilada, tostada and taco.
La Bamba Lunch
Your choice of burrito, enchilada and taco.
La Mexicana Lunch
Your choice of quesadilla, enchilada, rice and beans.
Flautas Lunch
4 rolled and fried corn tortillas stuffed with shredded chicken, covered with Monterey Jack cheese, verde sauce and sour cream. Served with rice.
Chimichanga Lunch
Folded and fried flour tortilla stuffed with choice of meat, covered with cheese sauce. Served with beans, rice, lettuce, pico de gallo sour cream and guacamole.
Burrito Wrap Lunch
Wheat tortilla rolled and stuffed with choice of meat, rice, lettuce, avocados and cilantro. Topped with cheese sauce and pico de gallo.
Chile Relleno Lunch
Roasted poblano pepper stuffed with choice of protein, covered with fried egg batter and topped with ranchero sauce. Served with rice and side avocado salad.
El Mariachi Lunch
Shredded chicken flauta, beef burrito and beef taco.
Lunch Favorites
Lunch Fajitas
Steak Fajita Lunch
Cooked strips of meat wrapped in a tortilla. Beef steak.
Chicken Fajita Lunch
Cooked strips of meat wrapped in a tortilla. Poultry.
Shrimp Fajita Lunch
Cooked strips of meat wrapped in a tortilla. Shellfish.
Trio Fajita Lunch
Cooked strips of meat wrapped in a tortilla.
Carne Asada Tacos Lunch
2 chopped grilled steak tacos.
Al Pastor Tacos Lunch
2 pulled pork tacos mixed with pineapple and sauteed in chipotle.
Carnitas Tacos Lunch
2 pulled pork tacos cooked with grilled onions.
2 Tacos de la Calle Lunch
Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans. Your choice of 2 tacos.
Lunch Tacos de la Calle
Lunch Tacos del Mar
Grilled Red Fish Tacos Lunch
Folded tortilla with red fish cooked on a rack over a grill.
Grilled Mahi-Mahi Tacos Lunch
Folded tortillas with mild, slightly sweet fish cooked on a rack over a grill.
Grilled Shrimp Tacos Lunch
Folded tortillas with shellfish cooked on a rack over a grill.
2 Tacos del Mar Lunch
Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans. Your choice of 2 tacos.
2 Tacos Combo Lunch
Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans. Your choice of 2 tacos de la calle or del mar.
Lunch Tacos Combo
Desserts
Chocolate Brownie
Fudge brownie served with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with chocolate syrup.
Fried Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream covered with fried cornflakes, tossed in sugar and cinnamon, drizzled with honey and chocolate.
Flan
Creamy, rich custard dessert with caramel glaze topping.
Raspberry Burritos
Fried pastries filled with raspberry cheesecake, served with vanilla ice cream and drizzled with raspberry sauce.
Churros
Fried dough pastries filled with Bavarian cream, tossed in sugar and cinnamon and drizzled with caramel.
Sopapillas
Puffy fried dough pastries covered with powdered sugar and cinnamon and drizzled with honey.
1 Item Dinner Combo
Served with beans, rice, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream.
2 Items Dinner Combo
Served with beans, rice, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Dinner Combo (Archived)
Lunch Combo (Archived)
1 Item Lunch Combo
Served with beans, rice, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream.
2 Items Lunch Combo
Served with beans, rice, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Nacho Family Pack
Feeds about 4 people, includes everything for your nachos!
Taco Box
12 Tacos with your choice of meat, lettuce, shredded cheese, sour cream, and tomatoes. (Everything separated)
Quesadilla Family Pack
Feeds about 4 people, comes with lettuce, pico and sour cream on the side
Fajita Family Pack
Feeds 4-6 people, includes everything for your Fajitas!
La Carreta Sampler Family
Everyone's Favorites! Grilled chicken quesadillas, Shredded chicken flautas, groud beef chimi bites, cheese dip, guacamole dip, chips and salsa. Feeds about 4 ppl
Family Meals (Archived)
**Big Game Package** (Archived)
Game Day Package
1 large bag of chips, 16oz salsa, 16oz Queso dip and 16oz guacamole