La Fondita and Cantina Downtown Menu (Update 2025)
La Fondita and Cantina Downtown in Santa Rosa, CA offers a diverse Mexican menu with options like chipotle pasta, taquitos, calamari, and tamales. The restaurant provides a vibrant atmosphere with excellent service and a full bar that includes various drink choices like micheladas and horchata loca. Customers praise the flavorful dishes, particularly highlighting the delicious green salsa on the taquitos. The establishment's attention to detail, from its women-owned status to its reusable tableware, adds to its appeal. With a diverse range of offerings, including happy hour specials, private dining, and catering services, La Fondita and Cantina Downtown caters to a wide range of preferences and occasions. The restaurant's commitment to quality, authenticity, and customer satisfaction make it a standout option in the vibrant downtown dining scene.
Salads & Extras
Side Of Beans
Extra Veggies
Extra Chile Relleno
Side Of Guacamole Oz
Extra Shrimp
Extra Meat
Extra Cheese
Side Of Rice
Elena's Salad
Add grilled prawns for additional charge. A cold wedge of iceberg lettuce, topped with a creamy raspberry dressing, bacon crumbles, cherry tomatoes, cucumber wedges, honey roasted pecans and crumbled feta cheese. It goes perfect with our in house mimosa.
Taco Salad
Chef's random choice of crispy shell tortilla flavor crispy tortilla shell, filled with beans, rice and choice of meat, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream and cheese.
Side Of Diabla Sauce Oz
Side Of Veggies Oz
Extra Sour Cream
Extra Guacamole
Side Of Sour Cream Oz
Quesadilla De Masa
Folded homemade corn tortilla with cheese. Garnished with lettuce, salsa Verde, sour cream and queso fresco.
Pozole Rojo
A traditional stew made with hominy and pork meat. Garnished with thinly shredded cabbage, chopped onions, sliced radish, a side of roasted chile de arbol sauce, tostadas and lime.
Gordita
() homemade thick tortilla. Stuffed with choice of meat, onions, cilantro, red tomatillo salsa and queso fresco.
Sope
() homemade corn tortilla bowl with choice of meat, beans, lettuce, sour cream, roasted tomatillo salsa, and queso fresco.
Taquitos Dorados
() fried, roll taquitos. Filled with choice of shredded beef, shredded chicken, or mushed potatoes.
Pambazo Chilango
Mexican telera bread. Soaked in a homemade red sauce. Filled with chorizo and mushed potatoes. With lettuce, red salsa, sour cream and queso fresco.
Tostada
A hard-shell tortilla. Spread with refried beans and choice of meat: lettuce, salsa, sour cream and queso fresco.
Enchiladas Verdes
() rolled up corn tortillas. Filled with grilled chicken, cooked in green tomatillo sauce. Topped with lettuce, green salsa, sour cream and queso fresco.
Patitas De Puerco En Vinagre
Pickled pigs' feet. Garnished with seasonal fruits, onion, carrots, and chile en polvo.
Enfrijoladas
() drenched corn tortillas in soupy refried beans. Topped with sour cream and queso fresco.
Huarache
() homemade oval shaped tortilla. With a thin layer of refried beans, choice of meat, lettuce, sour cream, red tomatillo sauce, and queso fresco.
Caldo De Pollo
Chicken and vegetable soup. Add on avocado for additional charge. Served with a side of rice, chopped onion, cilantro, diced jalapenos and () homemade corn tortillas.
Tamal
() tamal made of masa. Filled with chicken in green sauce or pork in red sauce, wrapped up in a corn leaf. Topped with salsa, sour cream and queso fresco.
Enchiladas Michoacanas
() corn tortilla sauteed in our special homemade enchilada sauce. Filled with queso fresco and topped with thinly sliced green cabbage, tomato sauce and more queso fresco. Accompanied with sauteed dice potatoes, carrots, and chiles en vinagre. With choice of: pollo / chicken leg add on, cecina / fried dry beef meat add on, codorniz / grilled quail add on for additional charge.
Enmoladas
() rolled corn tortillas. Filled with shredded chicken. Dipped in mole sauce and garnished with roasted sesame seeds.
Caldo De Res
Beef and vegetable soup. Add on avocado for additional charge. Served with a side of rice, chopped onion, cilantro, diced jalapenos and () homemade corn tortillas.
Tamal Oaxaqueno
() made of masa stuffed with chicken in mole sauce, wrapped in a banana leaf.
Pozole Verde
A traditional stew made with hominy and chicken. Garnished with thinly shredded lettuce, chopped onions, sliced radish, side of chopped jalapenos, tostadas and lime.
Antojitos Mexicano
Combinaciones, Burritos, & Tortas - Combinaciones / Combinations
Uno Item
Make your combination new experience, full of flavor and authentic Mexican food. Mix and match any of the following items. Rice and beans included.
Dos Item
Make your combination new experience, full of flavor and authentic Mexican food. Mix and match any of the following items. Rice and beans included.
Tres Item
Make your combination new experience, full of flavor and authentic Mexican food. Mix and match any of the following items. Rice and beans included.
Pollo En Mole
Chicken mole, cooked in our authentic, homemade mole sauce. Serve with rice. Garnished with roasted sesame seeds.
Costillas De Puerco
Pork ribs cooked in red or green sauce, served with rice and whole beans.
Pollo En Chipotle
Chicken legs cooked in our own chipotle sauce recipe. Served rice and beans. Garnished with slaw.
Chicharron Con Nopales
Pork rinds mixed with grilled cactus. Cooked in red or green sauce, served with rice and whole beans.
Carnitas Plato
You can't go wrong with our carnitas plate. A little taste of michoacan's best dish, straight to your table. Served with rice and beans. Garnished with verdura en vinagre and chiles jalapenos.
Milanesa De Pollo
Breaded chicken served with creamy green sauce spaghetti, and side salad, topped with cilantro ranch dressing.
Steak Ranchero
Grilled steak, sauteed with garlic, onions, jalapenos & tomatoes. Served with rice and black beans.
Milanesa
Breaded steak, served with creamy red sauce spaghetti and French fries. Garnished with lettuce, tomato slices, chile en vinagre and pickled red onion.
Carne Asada
Grilled steak, served with rice and beans. Garnished with chambray onions, chile toreado, side of queso fresco and homemade slaw.
Pollo A La Crema
Delicious tender chicken breast. Sauteed with onions, mushrooms and a touch of garlic. Cooked in our homemade creamy sauce. Serve with rice and garnished with dry parsley and slaw.
Pollo El Ilegal
Grilled tender chicken breast. Sauteed with Juliette onions, roasted bell peppers, grilled habaneros and melted cheese. Served with rice and black beans.
Higado Encebollado
Grilled liver with sauteed onions. Served with rice and beans. Garnished with slaw.
Platos Especiales
Mariscos / Seafood
Caldo De Mares
Seafood soup. A variety of shrimp, fish, scallops, octopus, mussels, baby clam shells and crab legs.
Caldo De Pescado
Fish soup.
Tacos De Pescado
Beer battered fried cod fish. Perfectly cooked and added on a warm tortilla. Topped with thinly shredded cabbage, diced tomatoes, and our homemade creamy chipotle sauce.
Coctel Mixto
Cooked shrimp and octopus. Mixed with diced onions, tomatoes, cilantro, cucumber and lime juice. All mixed in our own tomato juice. Served with saltine crackers. Topped with diced avocado.
Camarones Tequileros
Sauteed prawns with butter, Juliette onions, chopped garlic and diced tomato in our homemade creamy sauce. Flambeed in our house tequila. Que chilleeee!! Served with our traditional Mexican white rice, side salad with cilantro ranch and slaw.
Camarones Empanizados
Deep fried breaded shrimp. Served over a bed of lettuce, side of our traditional Mexican white rice and side salad with chipotle ranch. Garnished with slaw.
Aguachile En Su Piedra
Shrimp submerged in fresh lime juice, seasoned with serrano peppers, cilantro, garlic, salt, and lime juice. Mixed with cucumber wedges, and Juliette red onions. Garnished with an avocado rose. Served with tostadas. Choice of green, red or black sauce.
Camarones Al Ajo
Sauteed prawns with butter onions and garlic sauce. Served with our traditional Mexican white rice side salad, chipotle ranch and slaw.
Mojarra Con Camarones
Deep fried tilapia with cooked shrimp of your choice. Served with rice and beans.
Camarones Colgados
() large prawns. Filled with jack cheese wrapped in bacon. Served, hung over a wood board. Includes a side salad and our traditional Mexican white rice. Garnished with slaw, side of chipotle creamy ranch and cilantro ranch.
Botana Mar Abierto
(Ideal for people) a mix of cooked shrimp, octopus, ceviche, scallops and dried shrimp. Served with tostadas and saltine crackers. Garnished with sliced red onions, tomatoes, avocado and cucumber.
Caldo De Camaron
Shrimp soup.
Filete De Pescado Al Gusto
Fish fillet, served over a bed of lettuce with a side of our traditional Mexican white rice and black beans.
Tiritas De Pescado
Strips of cod fish submerged in fresh lime juice, seasoned with serrano peppers, cilantro, garlic, salt, and lime juice. Mixed with cucumber stripped layers, and sliced Juliette onions. Garnished with avocado slices. Served with tostadas. Choice of green, red, or black sauce.
Mariscada
Serves - people. A combination of shrimp, octopus, scallops, cod fish and imitation crab, sauteed with a touch of olive oil. Juliette onions, bell peppers, a touch of garlic and melted jack cheese. Served with our traditional Mexican white rice and homemade corn tortilla.
Camarones Rancheros
Sauteed prawns with onions, tomatoes, and jalapenos. Served with black beans and Spanish rice.
Coctel Vuelve A La Vida
(El remedio pa' tu cruda) cooked shrimp, octopus, oysters, scallops and ceviche. All mixed in our own tomato juice. Topped with an avocado rose. Served in a bowl with tostadas and saltine crackers. (Make it spicy upon request).
Tostada La Mixta
() a mix of ceviche, shrimp and octopus. Served over a crispy corn tostada. Topped with avocado.
Tostada De Ceviche
() raw cod fish cooked in lime juice. Mixed with onions, tomato, and cilantro. Served over a crispy corn tostada. Topped with avocado.
Tostada De Camaron
() boiled cooked shrimp. Mixed with onions, tomato, and cilantro. Served over a crispy corn tostada. Topped with avocado.
Tacos De Camaron
Best selling tacos TJ styles. Beer battered fried shrimp. Perfectly cooked and added on to a warm tortilla. Topped with thinly shredded cabbage, diced tomatoes, and our homemade creamy chipotle sauce.
Camarones Diablo
Sauteed prawns with onions and mushrooms cooked in our one and only diablo sauce. Served with our traditional Mexican white rice, side salad with cilantro ranch and slaw.
Coctel De Camarones
Cooked shrimp mixed with diced onions, tomatoes, cilantro, cucumber and lime juice. All mixed in our own tomato juice. Served with saltine crackers. Topped with diced avocado.
Mojarra Frita
Deep fried tilapia. Served with our traditional Mexican white rice and side salad.
Camaronillas
() half folded crispy homemade tortilla. Filled with sauteed shrimp, onions, tomato, a touch of garlic and melted jack cheese. Served with our traditional Mexican white rice, side of chipotle ranch and slaw.
La Torre
A mix of cooked shrimp, octopus, aguachile, ceviche, scallops and imitation crab. An explosion of flavor of mixed greens and black sauce. Served with tostadas and saltine crackers. Topped with diced avocado.
Pescadillas
() half folded crispy homemade tortilla. Filled with sauteed cod fish, onions, tomatoes, a touch of garlic and melted jack cheese. Served with our traditional Mexican white rice, side of cilantro ranch and slaw.
Mojarra Al Qusto
Deep fried tilapia. Served with our traditional Mexican white rice and side salad. Choice of: diablo sauce, chipotle sauce, al ajo / garlic.
La Pina Loca
Half grilled pineapple. Filled with sauteed onions, mushrooms, bells peppers, shrimp, baby octopus, scallops, imitation crab, baby clams and baby mussels. Mixed in diablo sauce and topped with melted cheese. Choice corn or flour tortillas with side of our traditional Mexican white rice.
Platanos Fritos / Plantains
Churro's With Ice Cream
Elote / Corn On A Cob
Arroz Con Leche / Rice Pudding
Paletas De Hielo Michoacanas
Churros Murris
Bunuelos
Cheesecake
Fondita Fried Ice Cream
Flan
Add Grilled Prawns For Additional Charge. A Cold Wedge Of Iceberg Lettuce, Topped With A Creamy Raspberry Dressing, Bacon Crumbles, Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumber Wedges, Honey Roasted Pecans And Crumbled Feta Cheese. It Go's Perfect With Our In House Mimosa
Drinks & Desserts - Desserts
Breakfast / Desayunos
Tacos Ahogados
Fried tacos. Filled with mushed potatoes, drowned in mild tomato sauce. Topped with thinly shredded cabbage, sliced radish and pickled red onions.
Huevos Con Nopales
Freshly cut cactus, sauteed and mixed with scrambled eggs.
Huevos Divorciados
eggs over easy laid over thin steak, topped with red and green salsa. Separated rice and beans.
El Mananero
Breakfast burrito served with scrambled eggs, pico de gallo, jack cheese, rice, black beans and sour cream.
Huevos A La Mexicana
Sauteed diced onions, tomatoes and roasted jalapeno peppers mixed with scrambled eggs.
Torta La Madrugadora
Mexican sandwich. Your choice of: chilaquiles (with refried beans, cheese, and sour cream) huevos con jamon (with refried beans and jalapenos) huevos con chorizo (with refried beans and jack cheese.
Huevos Rancheros
over medium eggs laid over a fried tortilla. Topped with ranchero sauce and cheese.
Huevos Con Chorizo
Scrambled eggs mix with sauteed Mexican chorizo.
Chilaquiles
Served with one egg sunny side up or scrambled. Rice, beans, and sour cream. Add any meat for additional charge.
Tortas Ahogadas
Drowned sandwich. The torta consist of a birote roll. Lightly spread with refried beans, stuffed with pork carnitas. Drowned into a mild tomato sauce and topped with thinly shredded cabbage sliced radish and pickled red onions. Enjoy all the flavor of la fondita tortas ahogadas.
Aporreadillo
This dish consists of "Cesina", salted dry beef. Shredded, stirred with scrambled eggs, and cooked in guajillo or chile serrano sauce with garlic and cilantro.
Huevos Con Jamon
Sauteed ham mixed with onions, tomatoes, and scrambled eggs.
Fondita Sizzling Skillet
Sauteed onions, roasted bell peppers, mushrooms, diced tomatoes and crispy waffle fries. Served on a hot skillet, topped with scrambled eggs, mixed cheddar and jack cheese, melted to a perfection.
Quesadilla Suiza
Flour tortilla, choice of meat, melted cheese. Garnished with lettuce, and sour cream.
Super Quesadilla
Choice of meat and melted cheese. Garnished with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Shrimp Quesadilla
Sauteed shrimp with bell peppers, onions, and chipotle sauce. Garnished with a side of chipotle sauce, and a drizzle of sour cream.
Quesadilla De Masa
Folded homemade corn tortilla with choice of meat. Garnished with, lettuce, salsa Verde and queso fresco.
Combinaciones, Burritos, & Tortas - Quesadillas
Tacos
Lengua / Beef Tongue
Tinga / Shredded Chicken
Chicharron / Pork Rind
Vegetales / Veggies
Deshebrada / Shredded Beef
Homemade Tortilla Tacos
Carnitas / Pork
Pollo / Chicken
Cabeza / Beef Head
Asada / Steak
Tripa / Beef Tripe
Doraditas
Taco size crispy homemade tortilla. Mixed with choice of meat and melted cheese. Garnished with cilantro, onion and homemade salsa.
Chorizo / Mexican Sausage
Cochinita Pibil / Marinated Pork
Pastor/ BBQ Pork
Guacamole "Michoacano"
% hass avocados. Mixed with onion, cilantro, salt and lime juice. Make it spicy at your own risk.
Nacho Waffle Fries
Crispy waffle fries, topped with melted cheddar, jack cheese and your choice of meat. Sour cream and pico de gallo.
Wings
Diabla, mole or garlic parmesan.
La Fondita Sampler
Get a little taste of la fondita favorite appetizers. Taquitos, nachos, quesadilla, wings and jalapeno poppers. Topped with with guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Super Nachos
Crispy tortilla chips. Topped with beans, melted cheese. Your choice of meat, guacamole, sour cream, jalapenos and pico de gallo.
Avocado Rolls
() Mexican classic egg rolls, filled with fresh hass avocados, mixed with diced tomatoes, chopped onions, and cilantro. All rolled up in a crispy egg roll shell.
Jalapeno Poppers
() cream cheese stuffed jalapenos. Served with homemade cilantro ranch.
Choriqueso
Sauteed Mexican chorizo, mixed with jack cheese and melted to a perfection. Served with flour tortillas.
Appetizers / Aperitivos
Molcajetes, Fajitas, Mas
Molcajete Mares
Traditional sizzling volcanic rock molcajete. Mix of shrimp, octopus, scallops, mussels, baby clams and crab legs. Cooked in our spicy seafood sauce. Garnished with grilled cactus, chambray onions, chile toreado and melted cheese. Served with our traditional white rice.
Combo Fajitas
Choose of the above meats including shrimp as an option. Mixed with sauteed onions, bell peppers, tomatoes and a touch of fajita opelete powder. Served on a sizzling plate, with a side of rice, and beans. Garnished with lettuce guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
La Espada
A perfect dish for you and your other half. Skewered filled with a variety of grilled meats and vegetables, beef, chicken, shrimp, mushrooms, zucchini, onions, bell peppers, and pineapple. Served with red or green creamy spaghetti and a side salad for .
Molcajete Mix
Traditional sizzling volcanic rock molcajete. Sauteed grilled chicken, steak, chorizo and large prawns. Cooked in our molcajete sauce, garnished with grill cactus, chambray onions, grilled chorizo queso fresco and chile toreado. Served with rice and beans.
Mixed Fajitas
Chicken, steak and prawns mixed with sauteed onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, and a touch of fajita mix powder. Served on a sizzling plate, with a side of rice, and beans. Garnished with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Molcajete
Traditional sizzling volcanic rock molcajete. Choose from any of our meats. Cooked in our special molcajete sauce. Garnished with grilled cactus, chambray onions, grilled chorizo, queso fresco and chile toreado. Served with rice and beans.
Discada
Serves - people. A dish with a variety of grilled meats popular in the northern Mexican cuisine. The dish consists of grilled steak, pastor, chicken, bacon and salchichas. With sauteed onions, tomatoes, jalapenos, bell peppers, pineapple and chipotle sauce. Served with flour and homemade corn tortillas.
Fajitas Shrimp
Prawns mixed with sauteed onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, and a touch of fajita powder. Served on a sizzling plate, with a side of rice, and beans. Garnished with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Fajitas
Choose from one of our meats. Mixed with sauteed onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, and a touch of fajita mixed powder. Served on a sizzling plate, with a side of rice, beans. Garnished with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Champurrado
Cafe De Olla
Tea
Fountain Drinks
Aguas Frescas
Drinks & Desserts - Drinks
Combinaciones, Burritos, & Tortas - Burritos
Fajita Wrap
Chicken or steak sauteed with onions, bell peppers, and a touch of garlic. Wrapped up in a spinach tortilla cut in half. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Regular
Choice of meat, rice, bean and pico de gallo.
Super Burrito
Sub shrimp for additional charge. Choice of meat, rice, beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Chipotle Shrimp Burrito
Top seller. Shrimp seasoned and sauteed with onions, bell peppers, and mushrooms, rice and beans. Topped with chipotle sauce, shrimp and cheese.
Chicken Caesar Wrap
Your healthy wrap. Caesar salad with garlic croutons, strips of chicken breast, wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla.
Burrito Bowl
Sub shrimp for additional charge. Your choice of meat, rice, beans, cheese, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo. All served in a bowl.
Burrito Sangron
Chicken, rice, beans, cheese. Topped with mole sauce and sour cream.
La Bamba Wrap
Burrito of the year. Strips of chicken breast. Sauteed with onions, chipotle creamy sauce. Black beans, lettuce, and crispy tortilla strips. Wrapped in a chipotle tortilla.
Veggie Burrito
Grill veggies, rice, black beans, pico de gallo and lettuce.
Chimichanga
Deep fried burrito with rice, beans, jack cheese and your choice meat. Topped with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo and queso fresco.
Relleno Burrito
A chile relleno, rice, beans, and cheese. Topped with ranchero sauce and sour cream.
Chicken Chipotle Burrito
Strips of chicken breast, saauteed with onions, bell peppers. Rice, beans, cheese, and guacamole. Topped with chipotle sauce and a drizzle of sour cream.
La Niurka
Drizzled with mayonnaise, breaded steak, roasted pork, ham and queso panela, lettuce, avocado, tomato, onions, and jalapenos.
La Guajolota
Mexico city, best street food seller. Soft telera roll filled with chicken or pork tamale. Salsa, sour cream and queso fresco. Add lettuce upon request.
Salchicha
Drizzled with mayonnaise, grilled salchichas, queso amarillo, lettuce, tomato, onions and jalapenos.
Asada
Lightly spreader refried beans. Grilled steak, lettuce, melted jack cheese, tomato, onions and jalapenos.
Milanesa
Drizzled with mayonnaise, breaded steak, jack cheese, lettuce, avocado, tomato, onions and jalapenos.
Campechana
Drizzled with mayonnaise, choice of two meats, queso amarillo, lettuce, avocado, tomato, onions, and jalapenos.
Chavo Del B
Drizzled with mayonnaise, ham, queso amarillo, lettuce, tomato, onions and jalapenos.
Pierna
Drizzled with mayonnaise, roasted pork, queso amarillo, lettuce, avocado, tomato, onions and jalapenos.