La Carreta-Merrillville Menu

La Carreta-Merrillville offers a delightful Mexican dining experience in Merrillville, IN. With a menu that includes fresh salads, flavorful bar snacks, and authentic Mexican dishes, this restaurant caters to a variety of tastes. Customers rave about the friendly and knowledgeable staff, spacious ambiance, and delicious food. The customizable dishes, like the French fries covered with grilled chicken, onions, green peppers, and cheese, allow for a unique dining experience. The top-shelf margaritas and tender chicken in the quesadilla supreme receive high praise from patrons. The restaurant also offers a range of margarita sizes, making it a perfect spot for gatherings with family and friends. If you're looking for tasty Mexican cuisine in a vibrant atmosphere, La Carreta-Merrillville is definitely worth a visit.

Bring On The Nachos!

Nachos Supreme

The ultimate nacho! House made tortilla chips loaded with seasoned ground beef or chiclan smothered with shredded, lettuce chopped tomatoes and lots of cheese. Finished with sour cream and guacamole

$9.99

Nachos Plates

$6.59

La Carreta Sampler

A bountiful latter of a fried beef burrito, fried chiclan burrito and a chiclon quesadilla to complete this masterpiece we add a half order of our nachos supreme and a cup of cheese sauce. Plenty to share with your amigos!

$12.99

Queso Delicioso

Three great ways to enjoy our delicious melted cheese! Each is garnished with chopped tomatoes and served with flour tortillas

$7.59

Mozzarella Sticks

$4.99

Mexican Quesadilla

You pick it - chiclan or beef- and we'll add plenty of cheese and pico de gallo

$9.99

Chorizo, Bean & Cheese Dip

Melted cheese with combled chorizo and beans. Sprinkled with chopped tomatoes and served with tortillas

$8.59

Bean Dip

$6.59

Cheese Sauce

$3.59

Guacamole

$3.59

Great Starters

Super Nachos

Nachos La Carreta

This is a grande nacho! Grilled shrimp, chicken and chorizo atop crisp home made tortilla chips loaded with cheese, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and guacamole

$11.99

Nachos Fajitas

Choose your favorite - steak or chicken sizzled with bell pepper and tomatoes and piled over crisp chips covered with cheese sauce

$11.29

Nachos De Carnitas Supreme

Shredded pork caraitas topped with lettuce, tomato, son cream, guacamole and cheese sauce

$11.99

Texas Nachos

This really bic platter features nacho chips topped with cheese sauce, grilled shrimp, tender beef and chicken. Dressed up with lettuce, tomato, sour cream and guacamole

$11.99

Grilled Chicken Sandwich

$5.99

Hamburger & French Fries

$4.99

Cheeseburger & French Fries

$5.59

Sandwiches

Lunch Combos

Fried Burrito & One Beef Enchilada

Served with refried beans

$7.29

One Chile Relleno & One Enchilada

Served with mexican rice

$7.29

One Beef Burrito & Mexican Rice

With lettuce, tomato sour cream

$6.99

One Enchilada & One Burrito

Served with mexican rice or beans

$6.99

Ground Beef Quesadlla

Served with mexican rice & beans

$7.59

One Beef Enchilada & One Taco

With choice of mexican rice or beans

$6.99

Two Ground Beef Tacos

Served with rice and beans

$6.99

One Chile Relleno & One Tamale

Served with mexican rice

$7.59

One Tostada & One Beef Enchilada

Served with refried beans

$7.29

Ground Chicken Quesadlla

Served with mexican rice & beans

$7.59

Two Ground Chicken Tacos

Served with rice and beans

$6.99

One Bean & Guacamole Tostada, One Beef Burrito & Rice

$7.29

One Beef Burrito & One Tamale

Served with mexican rice or beans

$7.59

Cheese Quesadlla, Rice & Beans

$5.29

Chicken Tenders & French Fries

$5.99

Burrito & Enchilada

$5.79

Taco & Enchilada

$5.29

Enchilada, Rice & Beans

$5.29

Taco, Rice & Beans

$4.99

Burrito & Taco

$5.59

Hot Dog & Fries

$4.99

Grilled Shrimp & Fries

$6.29

Kids' Menu

Beverages

Orange Juice

$2.39

Milk

$2.39

Chocolate Milk

$2.39

Jarritos

$2.39

Horchata

$2.39

Enchiladas De Camaron

Three enchiladas filled with shrimp and smothered with cheese and enchilada sarco. Served with lottuce, sour cream, tomato guacamole, mexican rice and beans

$12.99

Enchiladas Suizas

Shredded porkatop three cheese onclikada drizzlod with green to matillo sauce and served with rice and beans

$12.29

Enchiladas Verdes

Two chiclan and one cheese onclikda covered with cheese and greentomatillo sauce. Topped with lettuce, tomato sour cream and guacamolo. Includes rice and beans

$11.29

Enchiladas Juanitas

We load up the plate with one leef one chicken and one cheese enc kikada topped with cheese, enclhilada sauce, lettuce, tomato and sour cream. served with choice of rice of rice or beans

$11.29

Enchiladas Dona Maria

Five great tastes-one beef one clicken one cheese one shredded beef and one bean anchilada topped with lettuce, to mato guacamolo and sour cream

$11.99

Enchiladas

Burritos

Burrito Del Mar

Seafood lovers will enjoy this great unito made with grilled shrimp llavored with onion, tomato and polka no poppors. Rushed to your tale with lettuce, tomato sour cream and a guacamole. Includes mexican rice

$12.99

Fiesta Burrito

Stuffed with ground beef, chicken, rice and bans. Finished with cheese, red sauce, beef tips and sour cream

$11.29

Texas Burrito

Filled with grilled steak chicles and shrimp cooled with onions, to mato and bell peppel includes salad and rice or beans

$11.99

Chile Colorado Burrito

Tender beef sin nered in red savce, rolled in a tortilla and topped with cheese sakad. Served with beans

$11.29

Steak & Cheese Burrito

Steakl writo covered with cheese sauce and pico de gallo, served with rice t salad

$11.29

Burrito Monterrey

Filled with pork beans and cheese. Includes sakd and rice or charro beans

$11.29

Burrito Loco

A big burrito of grillod steak, chicken and chorizo served with beans and salad

$11.99

Burrito La Carreta

Grilled shrimp and chicken cooled with vegetables then covered with cheese. Includes salad and leaks

$12.59

Cheese Enchilada, Beef Enchilada, Rice & Beans

$9.69

Beef Taco, Chicken Burrito, Rice Beans

$9.69

Beef Burrito, Beef Enchilada & Chicken Taco

$9.99

Two Beef Tacos, One Chicken Taco, Rice & Beans

$9.69

One Tamale, One Chile Relleno, Rice & Beans

$9.99

Two Tamales, Rice And Beans

$9.99

One Chicken Enchilada, One Taco, Rice And Beans

$9.69

One Chicken And Cheese Quesadilla, One Beef Enchilada And Rice

$9.99

One Chile Poblano, One Beef Burrito And Beans

$9.69

One Cheese Quesadilla, One Chalupa And One Beef Burrito

$9.99

One Shredded Beef Burrito, One Chicken Enchilada Topped With Salad

$9.99

Fried Burrito, Beef Enchilada And Choice Of Rice Or Deans

$9.99

One Chicken And Cheese Tostada, One Beef Enchilada With Choice Of Rice Or Beans

$9.69

One Burrito, One Tamale And One Enchilada

$9.99

One Tamale, One Burrito, Rice And Beans

$9.69

One Enchilada, One Chile Relleno And One Bean & Guacamole Tostada

$9.99

One Beef Burrito, One Chicken Enchilada, Rice And Beans

$9.99

Dinner Combo

Steak For Dinner

El Ranchito Carne Asada

Skirt steak, ground beef enchilada, beans and salad.

$16.99

T-Bone & Shrimp

A juicy oz t-bone steak grilled and finished with shrimp, sauteed onions and mushrooms. Topped with cheese sauce and served with rice, warm flour tortillas and fries.

$16.99

T-Bone Steak Jardin

-oz. T-bone steak served with california blend vegetables, french fries and rice.

$13.99

Steak Mexicano

A oz. grilled ribeye steak dressed up with grilled onions, tomato and bell peppers. Offered with rice, beans and guacamole salad.

$13.99

Steak & Rajas Con Queso

Pieces of poblano pepper, tomato and onion give this dish of grilled steak slices its vibrant taste. Finished with melted cheese and served with salad and rice and beans.

$13.99

Arroz Texano

Steak, chicken and shrimp with grilled peppers, onions and tomatoes. Topped with cheese and served with flour tortillas.

$11.99

Carnitas La Carreta

Sauteed chunks of tender pork and grilled onions male this dish special. Served with rice, refried beans or charro beans, lettuce, tomato, sliced avocado and tortillas.

$12.99

Chile Colorado

This authentic recipe is made with tender beef grilled and simmered in a spicy red sauce. Served with rice, beans and guacamole salad.

$12.69

Chile Verde

Chunks of pork simmered in green housemade tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, beans, tortillas and guacamole salad.

$12.99

Mexican Flautas

Three flautas-one ground beef, one chicken and one shredded beef. Served with refried beans, queso dip, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and guacamole.

$9.99

Acapulco Platter

Succulent grilled steak or tender chicken cooked with onions served on flour tortilla, topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice and salad

$12.69

Tostada Meal

One beef and one chicken tostada loaded up with tomatoes, lettuce, cheese and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.

$9.99

La Carreta Favorites

Combination Platters

El Combo Grande

Enjoy a sizzling -oz. ribeye steak teamed with shrimp and an -oz. grilled chicken breast. Served with vegetables, salad, warm tortillas and rice or charro beans.

$19.99

Fiesta Combo

A chicken chimichanga fried and a steak burrito with lettuce, sour cream, tomato, rice & beans.

$11.99

El Gallito

A cheese enchilada, chicken enchilada and a beef and bean burrito with cheese and green sauce served with salad and rice.

$10.99

Beef Burrito

Chicken Burrito

Bean Burrito

Beef

Chicken Tostada

Tostaguac

Tamale

Beef Taquitos

Chicken Taquitos

Chile Poblano

De Carnitas

De Camarones

Beef Soft Taco

Beef Taco

Chicken Taco

Chicken Soft Taco

Grilled Chicken & Cheese

Chicken & Cheese

Beef & Cheese

Cheese

A La Carte

Sizzlin ́ Fajitas

Texas Fajitas

A combination of grilled steak, chicken and shrimp. Served with salad and your choice of rice or beans

$14.99

New El Rancho Fajitas

Steak, chicken, shrimp, chorizo and carnitas for two. Served with two small salads, rice and beans

$24.99

Shrimp Fajitas

Shrimp grilled fajita-style and served with rice or beans

$15.99

Fajitas La Carreta

Chorizo sausage, chicken breast and shrimp. Served with salad & rice

$14.99

Steak Or Chicken Fajitas

With your choice of rice or beans

$12.99

Fajitas De Carnitas

Boneless pork chops sizzled on the grill and covered with cheese. Served with choice of rice or beans

$12.99

Hawaiian Fajitas

Grilled shrimp with chunks of pineapple, california blend vegetable, onions and tomato

$14.99

New Tilapia & Shrimp

Grilled tilapia and shrimp with cream sauce with onions, tomatoes and mushrooms. Served with rice, salad and three flour tortillas

$13.99

Camarones Empanzados

Golden deep-fried shrimp served with mexican rice and salad

$13.59

Shrimp Cocktail

A large margarita glass with shrimp in our housemade cocktail sauce with lime, avocado and pico de gallo

$12.99

Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo

Grilled shrimp flavored with cooled garlic and onions. Served with rice, beans, tortillas, salad and sliced avocado

$13.59

Camarones A La Diabla

A bold red sauce and grilled onion give these shrimp a spicy taste. Served with rice, beans, tortillas & salad

$13.59

Salmon De Sol

A salmon fillet grilled and surrounded by a california blend of vegetables with queso dip. Served with rice

$14.99

Camarones El Caribe

Grilled shrimp, mushrooms and onions simmered in a rich cheese sauce. Served with salad, tortillas & rice

$13.99

Salmon Caribe

Grilled salmon and deep-fried shrimp served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole and queso dip

$15.99

Plato Del Mar

Pollo Perfecto

Pollo Mazatlan

Grilled chicken breast, grilled shrimp, and grilled veggies with your choice of flour or corn tortillas

$14.99

Pollo Toluca

Grilled chicken breast and chorizo sausage topped with cheese. Served with tortillas, rice, beans and guacamole salad

$12.99

Arroz Con Pollo

Grilled chicken strips served over rice and covered with nacho cheese. Served with three flour tortillas

$10.50

Pollo A La Diabla

Chicken breast cooled with onions and finished with a spicy red sauce. Served with rice, beans and guacamole salad

$12.29

Pollo Supreme

Grilled chicken breast with mushrooms and onions simmered in a creamy cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, tortillas and guacamole salad

$12.99

Pollo Loco

Grilled chicken breast topped with colourful california blend vegetables, mushrooms and cheese sauce. Sided with salad, mexican rice and tortillas

$12.29

Pollo Asado

An -oz, chicken breast simply grilled and served with rice, beans, salad, sliced avocado and jalapenos

$12.29

Pollo Monterrey

Grilled chicken breast cooked with grilled onions and green tomatillo sauce. Served with rice, beans, tortillas and salad

$12.59

El Trio Ensalada

Grilled shrimp, chicken and steak with lettuce, tomato, onion, bell pepper and sour cream

$11.99

Shrimp Taco Salad

Grilled shrimp with cheese sauce, tomato, onion, and bell peppers atop crisp lettuce

$11.99

Steak & Mushroom Taco Salad

Grilled steak and mushrooms with cheese, lettuce, onion, tomato and sour cream

$10.99

Grilled Chicken Taco Salad

Grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato, grilled onion and cheese sauce

$10.99

Taco Salad

Choice of ground beef or chicken, filled with beans, lettuce, tomato, sour cream and guacamole

$9.99

Guacamole Salad

Lettuce, tomato, and guacamole

$3.99

Tossed Salad

Lettuce, tomato, fresh onion and bell pepper

$3.99

Grilled Shrimp & Chicken Salad

Grilled shrimp, grilled chicken and grilled veggies served over romaine lettuce with tomato and cheese

$12.59

Fresh Salads

Vegetarian Choices

Garden Veggie Fajitas

A colorful blend of grilled california vegetables with tomato, onion, green peppers and mushrooms. Accompanied

$9.99

Farmer ́S Quesadilla

A large flour tortilla filled with cheese, grilled mushrooms, onions, tomatoes and green pepper. Served with salad and rice

$9.79

Vegetarian Combo

A cheese enchilada teamed with a bean burrito topped with lettuce, tomato and sour cream. Served with choice of rice or beans

$9.29

Fiesta Veggie

We fill up the platter with a bean burrito, a cheese enchilada and a crispy bean tostada

$9.29

Vegetarian El Rancho

A trio of mexican delights - a chalupa, a bean burrito and a cheese quesadilla

$8.99

Refried Beans

$2.29

Pico De Gallo

$1.59

French Fries

$1.99

Rice

$2.29

Tortillas

$0.99

Sour Cream

$0.99

The Extras

Chimichangas

Fiesta Chimichanga

Steak, chicken and beans fill a giant chimi smothered with cheese sauce and red sauce. Served with salad and a side of rice or beans

$10.99

Shrimp Chimichanga

A seafood delight of grilled shrimp cooled with vegetables then rolled in a giant flour tortilla and topped with cheese sauce and salad. Served with mexican rice

$12.99

Steak Chimichanga

Stuffed with tender steak and covered with cheese sauce and red sauce. Finished with lettuce, tomato, sour cream and guacamole served with a side of refried beans

$10.99

Double Chimichangas

We fill up the plate with two chimic kangas filled with your choice of ground beef, chicken or shredded beef. Served with salad and beans

$10.99

Shrimp Tacos

Three shrimp and cheese tacos served with lettuce, tomato and shredded cheese

$11.69

Tacos De Carne Asada

Three steak tacos with lettuce, tomato and shredded cheese

$9.99

Tacos De Carnitas

Three shredded carnitas tacos with lettuce, to mato and shredded cheese

$9.99

Spicy Steak Tacos

Three steak tacos cooked in our spicy sauce and stuffed into your choice of four or corn tortillas

$9.99

Fish Tacos

Three fish tacos with lettuce, tomato and shredded cheese

$10.99

Taco Loco

Pick three of your favorite tacos. Choose one of each or mix and match - carne asada, caraitas or chorizo. Served with lettuce, tomato and shredded cheese

$9.99

Tacos De Chorizo

Three chorizo tacos with lettuce, tomato and shredded cheese

$9.99

New Steak & Chorzo Tacos

Three steakand chorizo tacos with lettuce, tomato and shredded cheese

$10.69

Taco Meals