Palapas Restaurant and Cantina - Aptos, CA

Avocados blended with onions, chiles, lime juice and tomatoes.

Monterey jack cheese melted between two flour tortillas and topped with guacamole, sour cream, salsa fresca and tomatillo salsa.

Shrimp, cooked and marinated octopus, tender calamari and mexican prawns all individually marinated with fresh lemon and lime juices, cilantro, tomatoes, chopped green onions and green bell peppers.

Tender calamari steak strips, fried with a light garlic and panko-cumin breading, served with red chili tamarindo and pasilla chili sauces.

Red crab and bay shrimp, romaine, iceberg, and mixed greens, avocado, jicama, tomato and cucumber, served with roasted tomato cilantro vinaigrette.

Charbroiled citrus marinated chicken breast atop mixed lettuces with tomato and cabbage garnish. Served with your choice of dressing.

A Delightful Mexican version of Scampi Jardiniére. Sautéed gulf prawns, garden vegetables, roasted pasilla chile-garlic butter, white wine and tomatillo sauce.

Our tacos feature fresh handmade corn tortillas, salsa fresca, whole pinto beans, cabbage, tomatillo sauce, guacamole, sour cream and guajillo sauce. Al Fresco. Served with rice and beans.

Corn tortillas rolled and filled with your choice of skirt steak, pulled “red” chicken or cheese, topped with our fresh enchilada sauce, melted cheese and garnished with thinly sliced cabbage, salsa fresca, sour cream and guacamole. Served with rice and beans.

Boneless chunks of pork, simmered in a spicy green chile sauce of pasilla peppers, green onions, garlic and tomatillos. Served with rice and beans.

A combination of charbroiled skirt steak and sautéed chipotle prawns. Served with rice and beans.

Two roasted fresh pasilla chiles stuffed with jack and fresh Mexican cheeses, egg-battered and deep fried, topped with our traditional sauces and guacamole. Served with rice and beans.

A soft flour tortilla filled with whole pinto beans, sliced cabbage, salsa fresca and cheese, topped with tomatillo sauce, guacamole and ranchero sauce. Served with rice and beans.