Rio Grande Central Grill & Cantina Menu (2025 Update)
Welcome to Rio Grande Central Grill & Cantina, a hidden gem nestled in Davenport, IA, where tradition meets flavor. The menu is a delightful fusion of authentic Mexican cuisine and hearty Tex-Mex fare. You’ll find a diverse selection featuring everything from tacos to quesadillas, with standout dishes like the fajitas and birria quesadilla. Each creation is made fresh, capturing the essence of rich flavors and vibrant ingredients.
- Fajita Quesadilla: A giant 10" tortilla filled with steak or chicken, complemented by sour cream and guacamole.
- Birria Quesadilla: Tender birria meat wrapped in a warm tortilla, served with sides of rice and beans.
- Appetizers: Don't miss the guacamole dip and beef quesadilla for a perfect start.
With quick service and reasonable prices, Rio Grande Central Grill & Cantina delivers satisfaction and smiles every visit. Dive into their extensive lunch menu, and you’ll always leave feeling fulfilled and eager for your next meal.
Appetizers
Cheese Dip
White melted cheese.
Guacamole Dip
Fresh avocado blended with spices.
Bacon Dip
Cheese dip with bacon.
Large Rio Grande Dip
Cheese dip with chicken, shrimp & bacon.
Large Queso Fundido
Cheese dip with chorizo Mexican sausage.
Spinach Dip
Cheese dip with spinach.
Large Bean Dip
Cheese dip with beans.
Nacho With Cheese
Chips & cheese dip.
Nacho With Beans
Chips, beans & cheese dip.
Nacho With Beef
Chips, beef & cheese dip.
Nacho With Chicken
Chips, chicken & cheese dip.
Chicken Quesadilla
Cheese quesadilla chicken.
Spinach Quesadilla
Cheese quesadilla & spinach
Shrimp Quesadilla
Cheese quesadilla & shrimp.
Grilled Chicken Quesadilla
Cheese quesadilla & grilled chicken.
Carne Asada Quesadilla
Cheese quesadilla & carne asada.
Beef Quesadilla
Cheese quesadilla & beef.
Carnitas Quesadilla
Cheese quesadilla & carnitas.
Mushroom Quesadilla
Cheese quesadilla & mushrooms.
Grilled Chicken Salad
Grilled chicken on bed of lettuce with tomatoes, cheese & avocado slices.
Taco Salad
A crispy flour tortillas. Served with your choice of beef, chicken or shredded beef, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole & beans.
Steak Salad
Steak on a bed of lettuce, with tomatoes, cheese & avocado slices.
Shrimp Salad
Grilled shrimp on a bed of lettuce with tomateos, cheese with tomatoes, cheese & avocado slices.
Salads
Nachos
Texas Nacho
Our special nachos topped with chicken, steak and shrimp served on a gigantic bed of crispy chips topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and guacamole.
Mexicanos Nacho
Our special nachos topped with shrimp, chicken strips, re-fried beans, jalapenos and cheese. Served with lettuce, sour cream and tomatoes.
Nachos Fiesta
Cheese nachos with assorted toppings ground beef, of chopped chicken and re-fried beans. All covered with shredded lettuce, guacamole, sour cream and tomatoes.
Steak Nachos
Our special nachos topped with steak strips and cheese.
Grilled Chicken Nacho
Our special nachos topped with grilled chicken and nacho cheese.
#1. Two Beef Enchiladas With Rice & 1 Beef Taco Combo Meal
2. Two Beef Tacos With Rice & Beans Combo Meal
#3. One Beef Enchilada, Beef Taco, Rice & Beans Combo Meal
#4. One Beef Enchilada, Tamale, Rice & Beans Combo Meal
#5. One Chile Relleno, Beef Enchilada, Rice & Beans Combo Meal
#6. Beef Burrito, Beef Enchilada With Rice & Beans Combo Meal
#7. One Beef Burrito Beef Taco, Rice & Beans Combo Meal
#8. Two Beef Enchilada, Rice & Beans Combo Meal
#9. Beef Burrito, Beef Enchilada & Beef Taco Combo Meal
#10. Beef Tostada, Beef Taco, Rice & Beans Combo Meal
#11. Beef Tostada, Beef Taco & Chalupa Combo Meal
Combo Meal
House Special
Papa Loca
A bed of rice with french fries topped with grilled steak, chicken bacon covered cheese sauce.
Carnitas
Pork tips, grilled onions, guacamole salad, pico de gallo, rice and beans.
Plato El Trio
Rib-eye, chicken, grilled shrimp, rice and beans, flour or corn tortillas.
Rellena Quesadilla
8" flour tortilla grilled and stuffed with cheese, chopped beef. Served with rice, lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream.
Hawaiian Quesadilla
8" flour tortilla stuffed with seasoned grilled chicken ham pineapple onion pepper, cheese served with rice, lettuce guacamole, sour cream and tomatoes.
Hiles Rellenos
2 stuffed peppers with cheese inside and covered with scramble egg. Served with rice and beans.
Mexican Papas
Bed of rice topped with french fries. Choice of grilled chicken or steak and vegetables.
Quesadilla
8" flour tortilla stuffed with steak, beans and cheese. Served with rice and freshly prepared guacamole salad.
Taquitos Jalisco
Order of four corn tortillas 2 stuffed with beef and two stuffed with chicken. Served with lettuce, guacamole, tomatoes and sour cream.
Carnitas Salsa Verde
Seasoned chopped pork meat covered with our special green sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Chimichanga
2 flour tortillas with sheered beef or chicken, soft or fried. Topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and guacamole. Served with rice, beans and salad.
Chimichanga Moster
10" fried flour tortilla filled with your choice of beef or chicken. Served with rice and salad.
El Grande
2 dishes served one with chalupa, taco and chile relleno. The second with burrito, enchilada, Mexican rice and fried beans.
La Casuela
Chicken breast, rib-eye, grilled onion and chorizo served with Mexican rice, fried beans, pico gallo and 3 tortillas.
Shrimp Chimichanga
1 large flour tortillas stuffed with seasoned shrimp and jack cheese. Then lightly fried until crispy, served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Chicken And Rice
Choice of grilled or shredded chicken, topped with melted cheese. Served with tortillas.
Chimi Salad
4 deep fried flour tortillas, 2 stuffed with shredded beef and 2 stuffed with chicken. Served with salad.
Tortas
Choice steak or chicken, filled with beans, lettuce, mayonnaise, avocado, tomatoes, onion, cheese and jalapeno.
Mexican Chilaquiles
Fried tortilla chips blended with our special ranchero sauce or green sauce. Topped with chicken or beef y cheese, lettuce, sour cream and Mexican rice.
Taco Salad Fajita
Choice of steak or chicken grilled, beans, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, tomato and shredder cheese.
Rice And Potatoes
Grilled chicken or steak with potatoes topped with melted cheese.
Served Any Time
Seafood
Cocktail Shrimp
Shrimp, cilantro, onions, tomato and avocado. Served in a goblet in its own juice with lime and crackers.
Shrimp Tostadas
2 tostada with chopped shrimp, pico de gallo and lime. Served with special sauce.
Camarones Diablo
Grilled shrimp cooked with very, very hot sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo and guacamole.
Grande Camaranoes Rio
Shrimp and bacon with chipotle sauce, mild spicy. Served with rice and beans.
Camarones Mojo Ajo
Shrimp sauteed in garlic flakes, olive oil, onions. Served with rice, lettuce, tomato, avocado and tortillas.
Pescado Frito
One fried catfish. Served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, lime and tortillas.
Seafood And Rice
Grilled shrimp and scallops served over a bed of rice, covered in melted cheese and ranchero sauce. Served with guacamole salad and tortillas.
Jarocho
Grilled marinated shrimp, chicken and scallops cooked in a special sauce with onions, tomatoes, pineapple, mushroom, red, yellow and green peppers. Served with rice and tortillas.
Shrimp And Rice
Shrimp with rice and melted cheese.
Pollo Fundido
2 tortillas deep fried, filled with chicken, topped with cheese dip. Served with rice and tossed salad.
Pollo Jaliciense
Chicken breast grilled with our special recipe with rice and beans. Topped with mushroom, onions and cheese dip.
Pollo Loco
Chicken breast grilled with our special recipe with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and guacamole.
Mole Ranchero
Grilled chicken smothered in mole gravy. Served with rice, beans tortillas.
Pollo Chipotle
Grilled chicken smothered in mole gravy. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Chicken
Enchiladas
Grande Rio Enchilada
3 chicken enchiladas topped with green sauce, cheese. Served guacamole salad, cream, rice and beans.
Mexico Enchilada
3 chicken enchiladas topped with enchilada sauce, cheese. Served with guacamole salad, sour cream, rice and beans.
Enchiladas Especiales
4 enchiladas 1 ground beef, 1 shredder chicken, 1 shredder beef and 1 cheese. Served with rice, beans and guacamole salad and tomatoes.
Costa Enchilada
3 shrimp enchiladas topped with red sauce, cheese, lettuce, sour cream and tomatoes.
Crab Enchilada
3 crab enchiladas topped with cheese, lettuce, guacamole salad, tomatoes, rice and beans.
Rancho Enchilada
5 enchiladas 1 ground beef, 1 shredder chicken, 1 shredder beef, 1 beans and 1 cheese. Served with ranchero sauce, guacamole salad and tomatoes.
Choripapa Enchilada
3 chorizo and potatoes enchiladas covered with a special sauce. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad and tomatoes.
Grande Rio Special
T-bone served with onions, tomatoes, bell pepper, shrimp, rice, beans and tortillas.
Steak Ranchero
T-bone with our special sauce with rice, beans and tortillas.
Mar Y Tierra
2 rib-eyes with bell peppers and onions with rice, beans and tortillas.
Steak Jaliciense
2 pieces of rib-eyes with our special recipe with rice, beans. Topped with mush room, onions and cheese dip.
Carne Asada
2 pieces of rib-eyes, onions with beans, rice, guacamole salad and flour o corn tortillas.
Steak
Fajitas
Chicken Fajita
Steak with onions, tomatoes, bell pepper. Served with rice, beans, cheese, guacamole salad, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Steak Fajita
Chicken grilled with onions, tomatoes, bell pepper. Served with rice, beans, cheese, guacamole salad, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Texanas Fajita
Steak, chicken and shrimp grilled with onions, tomatoes, bell pepper. Served with rice, beans, cheese, guacamole salad, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Rancho Fajita
Steak, cactus and shrimp grilled with onions, tomatoes, bell pepper and cilantro. Served with rice, beans, cheese, guacamole salad, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Parrillada Fajita
Steak or chicken, pork and shrimp grilled with onions, tomatoes, bell pepper. Served with rice, beans, cheese, guacamole salad, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Mixtas Fajitas
Steak and chicken grilled with onions, tomatoes, bell pepper. Served with rice, beans, cheese, guacamole salad, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Shrimp Fajita
Shrimp grilled with onions, tomatoes, bell pepper. Served with rice, beans, cheese, guacamole salad, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Hawaiian Fajita
Grilled chicken with pineapple, ham, tomatoes, onions and bell peppers. Served with fresh guacamole, sour cream, lettuce, pico de gallo, rice, beans and two warm tortillas.
Vegetable Fajita Quesadilla
Big flour tortilla 10" steak or chicken. Filled with cheese, bell pepper, tomatoes and onions. Served with sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice and beans.
Shrimp Fajita Quesadilla
Big flour tortilla 10" shrimp. Filled with cheese. Served with sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice and beans.
Quesa-Carnitas Fajitas Quesadilla
Flour tortilla with pork tips and cheese. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Birria Quesadilla
1 bog flour quesadilla filled with birria meat and cheese. It comes with rice and beans on the side also guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream,
Fajita Quesadilla
Big flour tortilla 10" steak or chicken. Filled with cheese. Served with sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice and beans.
Grilled Quesadilla
2 beef or chicken grilled, filled with extra cheese. Served with sour cream, lettuce and tomatoes.
Diablo Fajita Quesadilla
Big fluor tortilla 10" shrimp. Filled with cheese, onions and special spicy sauce. Served with sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice and beans.
Quesadilla Especial
2 flour tortillas filled with chicken or steak, cheese, cilantro, onion, rice and beans.
Fajitas Quesadillas
Tacos
Mixed Taco
4 tacos one steak, 1 chicken, 1 carnitas and 1 chorizo. Topped with cilantro and onions. Side order rice and beans.
Tacos Al Pastor
3 soft tacos filled with al pastor, served with pico de gallo and on the side with lime. Side order rice and beans.
Carne Asada Taco
3 soft tacos filled with steak, served with pico de gallo and on the side with lime. Side order rice and beans.
Guanajuato Taco
3 soft tacos filled with steak, chorizo, grilled onions, served with pico. De gallo and on the side with lime. Side order rice and beans.
Cheese Steak Taco
3 soft tacos with steak, grilled onions, lettuce, tomatoes and cheese. Side order rice and beans.
Pescado Taco
3 soft tacos filled with fish, pico de gallo and special sauce. Side order rice and beans. Replace with shrimp tacos extra charge.
Carnitas Taco
3 soft tacos filled with carnitas, served with pico de gallo and on the side with lime. Side order rice and beans.
Grilled Chicken Taco
3 soft tacos filled with chicken, served with pico de gallo and on the side with lime. Side order rice and beans.
Chorizo Taco
3 soft tacos filled with chorizo, served with pico de gallo and on the side with lime. Side order rice and beans.
Supremos Taco
3 soft tacos of ground beef or chicken filled with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and sour cream.
Changa Marina
Shrimp cooked with onions, bell pepper and mushrooms wrapped in a flour tortilla, deep fried and topped with cheese sauce. Served with guacamole salad.
Changa
Steak or grilled chicken cooked with onions, bell pepper and mushroom, wrapped in flour, deep fried and topped with cheese sauce. Served with guacamole salad.
Changas
Burritos
Fajita Burrito
Big burrito with strip of steak or chicken, stuffed with beans, onions and bell pepper. Topped with melted cheese.
Texas Burrito
Burrito filled with pepper, onions, tomatoes, steak, chicken, shrimp and beans.
Philly Cheese Steak Burrito
Steak burrito filled with bell pepper, onions and mushroom. Topped with cheese sauce. Made with 12" tortilla.
Asada Burrito
Burrito filled with carne asada, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, rice and beans.
Steak Burrito
2 burritos filled with thin-slice steak, grilled onions and covered with sauce and cheese dip. Served with rice and beans.
Burrito Deluxe
2 burritos combined one chicken and beans and one beef and bean, topped with lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.
Vallarta Burrito
One burrito filled with delicious, marinated grilled shrimp and chicken with onions and tomatoes and smothered with melted cheese. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, grated cheese and sour cream. Made with 12" tortilla.
Grande Rio Burrito
Ground beef mixed with chorizo, sour cream, lettuce and rice, topped with melted cheese and burrito sauce.
Diabla Burrito
Steak or chicken marinated with our special chipotle sauce cooked with onions. Topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes and a side of rice and beans. Made with 12" tortilla.
Super Burrito
Extra-large burrito with rice, beans and your choice of chicken or beef. Topped with cheese. Served with lettuce, tomato, guacamole, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Grande Molcajete Rio
2 sliced of rib-eye and chicken grilled with mushroom, squash, onions and nopal cactus. Marinated in a green sauce and covered with chihuahua cheese. Served in a traditional molcajete stone grinding bowl. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, sour cream and tortillas.
Molcajete Seafood
Shrimp, scallops, tilapia grilled with mushroom, squash, onion and nopal cactus. Marinated in green sauce and covered with chihuahua cheese. Served in a traditional molcajete stone grinding bowl. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, sour cream and tortillas.
Molcajetes
Alambre
Alambre
Steak or chicken and bacon with bell peppers and onions, topped with Oaxaca cheese and served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans.
Seafood Alambre
Scallops, shrimp, tilapia and bacon with bell peppers and onions, topped with Oaxaca cheese and served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans.
A. Cheese Enchilada, Vegetable Quesadilla
Rice & beans.
B. Bean Burrito, Cheese Enchilada & Rice
C. Spinach Quesadilla, Rice & Beans
D. Bean Burrito, Cheese Enchilada & Cheese Enchilada
E. Quesadilla With Mushroom Cheese, Rice & Beans
Vegetarian Quesadilla
Flour tortilla grilled & stuffed with cheese & mushroom. Served with lettuce, guacamole sour cream & rice.
Veggie Chimichanga
2 flour tortillas filled with spinach, onion and tomato. Served with rice and beans. Topped with cheese dip.
Vegetarian Fajita
A light combination of fresh mushroom, bell pepper, onions, tomatoes and squash. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, tomatoes and tortillas.
Spinach Quesadilla
Quesadilla stuffed with cheese, spinach, onions and tomatoes. Served with rice, lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
Enchiladas Vegetarian
3 cheese enchiladas with onion, bell pepper, and tomato. Served with rice and guacamole salad.
Taco Salad Vegetarian
Crispy large tortilla shell stuffed with grilled onion, bell pepper, mushroom and squash. Served with lettuce, tomato, cheese and sour cream.
Grande Vegetarian Burrito
1 burrito filled with mushroom, squash, onions, tomatoes and topped with melted cheese. Served with rice, guacamole salad and sour cream.
Spinach Burrito
1 burrito filled with spinach, rice, beans and topped with cheese dip. Served with lettuce, tomato, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Vegetarian
Side
Rice & Beans
Rice
Beans
Flour Soft Taco
Grilled Soft Taco
Hard Shell Taco
Chicken or beef.
Beef Tostada With Lettuce & Cheese
Tamale
Chile Relleno
Beef Enchilada
Cheese Enchilada
Chicken Enchilada
Beef Burrito
Bean Burrito
Chicken Burrito
Beef Burrito With Cheese Dip
Mixed Tostaguac With Beef & Beans
Special Burrito With Lettuce & Guacamole
Beef Tostaguac
Burrito Deluxe
Beef or chicken.
Tortilla
Corn or flour.
French Fries
Chimichanga
Pickled Jalapenos
Shredded Cheese
Sour Cream
Pico De Gallo
Lettuce
Cheese Quesadilla
Sope
Gordita
Guaca Salad
Crema Salad
Tossed Salad
Limes
Chiles Toreados
#1. Kids Burrito & Taco Plate
#2. Kids Enchilada & Taco Plate
#3. Kids Enchilada With Rice & Beans Plate
#4. Kids Taco With Rice & Beans Plate
#5. Kids Hamburger & Fries Plate
#6. Kids Chicken Tenders & Rice Plate
#6. Kids Chicken Tenders & Fries Plate
#7. Kids Cheese Quesadilla, Rice & Beans Plate
#8. Kids Corn Dog & Fries Plate
#9. Kids Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Plate
The mac & cheese doesn't come with rice & beans or fries.
Child's Plates
Lunch Special
1/2 Fajitas Texanas Lunch Special
Cooked with sauteed tomatoes, onions & bell peppers. Served with fresh guacamole, sour cream, lettuce, pico de gallo, rice, beans & 2 warm tortillas.
1/2 Fajtias Hawaiian Lunch Special
Grilled chicken with pineapple, ham, tomatoes, onions & bell peppers. Served with fresh guacamole, sour cream, lettuce, pico de gallo, rice beans & 2 warm tortillas.
Texas Taco Salad Lunch Special
A crispy flour tortilla filled with lettuce, grilled shrimp, chicken & beef topped with beans, jack cheese, onions, bell pepper, tomatoes, guacamole & sour cream.
Burrito Deluxe Lunch Special
Flour tortilla with seasoned beef & lettuce wth sour cream, tomatoes & cheese with rice & beans.
Quesadilla Deluxe Lunch Special
Flour tortilla with chicken & cheese. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream & rice.
Grande Rio Enchilada Lunch Special
Combination of 3 one cheese, 1 beef and 1 chicken enchilada, topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and sour cream.
Grilled Chicken Lunch Special
Grilled chicken breast topped with onions, bell peppers and jack cheese. Served with rice, beans and warm flour tortillas.
Huevos Con Chorizo Lunch Special
2 scrambled eggs with Mexican sausage, rice, beans and tortillas.
Huevos Rancheros Lunch Special
2 eggs over easy, topped with ranchero sauce, rice, beans and tortillas.
Enchiladas Verdes Lunch Special
2 chicken enchiladas, topped with green sauce, served with Mexican rice, lettuce, cheese and guacamole.
Gorditas Lunch Special
Gordita with choice of chicken, chorizo or steak, with rice and beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese, cream.
Fajitas Lunch Special
Tender sliced beef or chicken with bell pepper, onions, tomato, beans, Mexican rice, two flour o corn tortillas.
Chimichanga Lunch Special
1 flour tortilla filled with choice of shredded beef, ground beef or chicken, soft or fried, topped with cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and guacamole salad. Served with Mexican rice and fried beans.
Tacos Carne Asada Lunch Special
2 soft tacos filled whit steak served with fried beans, pico de gallo, spicy tomatillo sauce on the side with lime.
Asada Burrito Lunch Special
1 asada burrito with rice, beans, lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
Taco Salad Lunch Special
Crispy flour shell with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream and guacamole choose ground beef, chicken or beef tips.
Shrimpo Fajita Lunch Special
Shrimp with bell peppers, onions, tomato, beans, rice, guacamole salad on the side, 2 flour or corn tortillas.
Chori Pollo Lunch Special
Grilled chicken with Mexican chorizo rice, and beans.
Chicken And Rice Lunch Special
Choice of grilled or shredded, topped with melted cheese, served with 2 tortillas.
Sopes Lunch Special
2 sopes of chicken or steak with beans, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Served with rice.
#1. Chile Relleno, Taco, Beans And Rice Lunch Special
#2. One Burrito, Rice And Beans Lunch Special
#3. Enchilada, Taco, Rice And Beans Lunch Special
4. One Burrito, 1 Taco And Rice Lunch Special
Flan
Sopapilla
Ice Cream
Dessert
Soft Drink
Soda
Diet Coke, Coke, Sprite, Root Beer, Mello Yellow, Fanta, Lemonade.