Flame Cantina Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Flame Cantina, a vibrant culinary gem nestled in Ankeny, Iowa. This restaurant specializes in mouthwatering Mexican dishes that promise to ignite your taste buds. The menu features a delightful array of tacos, enchiladas, and specialty items, showcasing fresh and flavorful ingredients.
- Street Eats: Indulge in the Chori Tacos, bursting with homemade chorizo, or savor the crispy Fish Tacos, perfectly complemented by chipotle aioli.
- Specialty Items: Don't miss the Asada Fajita, where marinated asada meets colorful sautéed vegetables, served alongside guacamole and fluffy tortillas.
- Salad Choices: For a lighter option, the Avocado Chopped Salad incorporates mixed greens and black beans, drizzled with creamy chipotle dressing.
Each dish resonates with authenticity, as customers rave about the fresh flavors and cozy ambiance. Flame Cantina is a must-visit for anyone seeking an unforgettable dining experience!
Salads
Avocado Chopped Salad
Mixed greens and cabbage, pico de gallo, roasted corn, cucumbers, cilantro, black beans, marinated onions, avocado, tortilla strips and tossed with a creamy chipotle dressing (GF)
Taco Salad
Homemade taco shell stuffed with shredded lettuce, pico de gallo, triple cheese, seasoned ground beef, crema, cilantro and choice of Flame Salsa
Street Tacos
Choice of meat with cilantro. onions, lime and choice of Flame salsa.
Al Pastor Tacos
Marinated pork tenderloin with Yucatan native spices and topped with pineapple pico, cilantro and green tomatillo salsa (GF)
Mango Shrimp Tacos
(3) flour tortillas stuffed with grilled shrimp with lettuce, guajillo crema, cilantro, and mango pico served in a flour tortilla
Quesa Birria Tacos
(3) corn tortillas filled with slowly braised Angus beef in an adobo aus jus melted cheese, onions, cilantro and seared until it is slightly crispy and served with an onion and cilantro aus jus for dipping. (GF)
Fish Tacos
3 flour tortillas with beer battered fish, shredded lettuce and topped escabeche vegetables, and drizzled with chipotle aioli and your choice of salsa
Chori Tacos
3) Flour tortillas filled with our homemade chorizo, asada, and grilled onions. Topped with cilantro, queso fresco and served with your choice of Flame salsa.
Quesadilla
Triple cheese blend, grilled onions, peppers and your choice of meat, and choice of Flame salsa.
1-Taco Only
1-Al Pastor Only
1-Mango Shrimp Only
1-Fish Taco Only
Street Eats
Speciality Items
Not Your Mama's Mac & Cheese
NOT YOUR MAMA’S MAC & CHEESE Macaroni pasta, bell peppers, onions, queso sauce topped with triple cheese and lightly baked.
Enchiladas Blancas
(3) Flour tortillas filled with your choice of chicken or birria, topped with our homemade queso, shredded lettuce, pico de gallo, and cilantro. Served with choice of rice and beans.
Enchiladas Rojas
(3) Triple cheese and corn tortilla filled with your choice of chicken or birria, topped with queso fresco, marinated red onions, and served with black beans and Spanish rice
Asada Fajita
Marinated asada sauteed with bell peppers, mushrooms, onions with a chipotle sofrito sauce. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo and your choice of tortillas, rice, and beans.
Chicken Fajita
Adobo marinated chicken, sauteed with bell peppers, mushrooms, onions with a guajillo sauce. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo and your choice of tortillas, rice, and beans.
Fried Taquitos
(5) corn tortillas rolled up with adobo chicken, poblano potatoes, triple cheese and topped with guajillo crema, avocado sauce, and pico de gallo
Not Your Mama's Mac & Cheese-Dinner
Macaroni pasta, jalapenos, onions, queso sauce, topped with triple cheese, and lightly baked
Asada Fajita
Marinated asada sauteed with bell peppers, mushrooms, onions with a chipotle sofrito sauce. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo and your choice of tortillas, rice, and beans.
Chicken Fajita
Adobo marinated chicken, sauteed with bell peppers, mushrooms, onions with a guajillo sauce. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo and your choice of tortillas, rice, and beans.
Fajitas
Handhelds
Torta
Choice of meat with lettuce, jalapenos, melted cheese, may, tomatoes, crema, onions, avocados, and choice of Flame salsa
Torta Birria French Dip
Slowly braised angus beef, triple blend cheese, marinated red onions, queso fresco, aus jus for dipping, and choice of Flame salsa, and fries.
Cowboy Burger
7oz beef patty with grilled onions, topped with triple cheese, beer battered onion rings, and drizzled with chipotle BBQ sauce, served with Flame fries
Flame Burger
7oz beef patty with lettuce, fresh jalapenos, tomatoes, and drizzled with our signature Flame sauce, melted cheese, and served with fries
Birria Bowl
A slowly roasted chuck roast with spanish rice, triple cheese, Pico de gallo, grilled jalapenos, onions, and peppers. Served with your choice of Flame salsa.
Lola's Bowl
Chorizo and adobo steak, pineapple, black beans, grilled peppers, onions, lettuce, and triple cheese. Served with a side of queso.
Chipotle Honey Lime Shrimp Bowl
Seasoned bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, cilantro rice and topped with Chipotle Honey-Lime Shrimp. Served with choice of Flame salsa (GF)
Tequila Chicken Bowl
Seasoned bell peppers, onions, cilantro rice, mushrooms, and topped with sauteed adobo chicken. Served with choice of Flame salsa (GF)
Chipotle Honey-Lime Shrimp Bowl
Seasoned bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, cilantro rice and topped with Chipotle Honey-Lime Shrimp and choice of Flame salsa (GF)
The Bowls
Burritos
Birria Burrito
A slowly roasted chuck roast with Spanish rice, triple cheese, pico de gallo, grilled jalapenos, onions, and peppers. Served with your choice of Flame salsa.
Southwest Burrito
Lettuce blend, Spanish rice, black beans, triple cheese, choice of meat, sliced avocado, topped with lime crema, roasted corn and pico de gallo.
California Burrito
A flour tortilla with Spanish rice, black beans, carne asada, pico de gallo, guacamole, crema, french fries, triple cheese and topped with enchilada sauce and homemade queso.
Lola's Burrito
Chorizo and adobo steak, pineapple, black beans, grilled peppers, onions, lettuce, and triple cheese, served with a side of queso.
Kid-Hamburger
Hamburger with Flame fries
Kid-Cheese Quesadilla
Cheese quesadilla with Flame fries or Spanish rice
Kid-Flour Taco
Flour taco with choice of asada or chicken, shredded cheese, lettuce and your choice of Flame fires or Spanish rice
Not Your Mama's Mac & Cheese-KIDS
Kid-Not Your Mama's Mac & Cheese
Macaroni pasta, jalapenos, onions, queso sauce, topped with triple cheese, and lightly baked.
Kids
Sides-regular
Avocado
Black Beans
Cilantro Rice 8 Oz
Flame Fries
(GF)
Gaucamole-4 Oz (Chips Not Included)
Gaucamole-8 Oz
Mac & Cheese-SIDE
Mexican Corn
Pinto Beans
Queso-4 Oz (Chips Not Included)
Queso 8 Oz (Chips Not Included!)
Salsa 8 Oz
Sour Cream
Spanish Rice 8 Oz
(GF)
Extra Meat
Flour Tortillas
Corn Tortillas
Spanish Rice 16 Oz
Cilantro Rice 16 Oz
Black Beans 16 Oz
Pinto Beans 16 Oz
Gaucamole 16 Oz
Queso 16 Oz
Salsa 16 Oz
Mexican Corn 16 Oz
Sides-large
Desserts
Churros
Traditional churro served with caramel sauce
Family-Birria Tacos
(16) corn tortillas with slowly braised angus beef in adobo aus jus, melted cheese, onions, cilantro and seared until it is slightly crispy, with a choice of a 16 oz. spanish or cilantro rice and 16 oz. black beans.
Family-Chips, Gauc, & Salsa
1/2 deep pan chips, 8 oz fire salsa, and 16 oz guacamole.
Family-Chips, Queso, & Salsa
1/2 deep pan chips, 8 oz fire roasted salsa, and 16 oz queso.
Family-Street Quesadilla
(4) quesadillas in a flour tortilla with triple cheese blend, grilled onions, peppers and your choice of meat. Served with 1 16oz black beans and 1 16 oz spanish or cilantro rice and 8 oz fire or verdes salsa.
Family-Street Tacos
16 street tacos, with choice of meat served with cilantro, onions, lime. Served with 1 16oz black beans and 1 16 oz spanish or cilantro rice and 8 oz fire or verdes salsa.
Family-Trio
1/2 deep pan, 8m oz fire roasted salsa, 16 oz guacamole, and 16 oz queso.
Family-Fajitas
sauteed bell peppers, mushrooms, onions with a chipotle sofrito sauce whit choice of meat Served with guacamole, pico de gallo and your choice of tortillas, rice, and beans.
Family-grab & go
Starters
Homemade Tortilla Chips And Salsa
Homemade tortilla chips & choice of salsa.
Trio Homemade Tortilla Chips
Homemade tortilla chips, guacamole, queso, and, choice of Flame salsa
Loaded Asada Fries
Flame fries loaded with homemade queso, triple cheese and topped with crema and pico de gallo
Nachos
Homemade tortilla chips topped with triple cheese and queso, crema, pico de gallo, guacamole, and black beans
Black Beans 8 Oz
(GF)
Chips Only
Cilantro Rice 8 Oz
Flame Fries
(GF)
Gaucamole-4 Oz (Chips Not Included)
Guacamole 8 Oz (Chips Not Included)
Mexican Corn
Queso 8 Oz (Chips Not Included!)
Queso-4 Oz (Chips Not Included)
Spanish Rice 8 Oz
(GF)
Sides
Family-grab & go's
Family-Street Tacos
16 street tacos, with choice of meat served with cilantro, onions, lime. Served with 1 16oz black beans and 1 16 oz spanish or cilantro rice and 8 oz fire or verdes salsa.
Family-Street Quesadilla
(4) quesadillas in a flour tortilla with triple cheese blend, grilled onions, peppers and your choice of meat. Served with 1 16oz black beans and 1 16 oz spanish or cilantro rice and 8 oz fire or verdes salsa.
Family-Birria Tacos
(16) corn tortillas with slowly braised angus beef in adobo aus jus, melted cheese, onions, cilantro and seared until it is slightly crispy, with a choice of a 16 oz. spanish or cilantro rice and 16 oz. black beans.
Family-Chips, Queso, & Salsa
1/2 deep pan chips, 8 oz fire roasted salsa, and 16 oz queso.
Family-Chips, Gauc, & Salsa
1/2 deep pan chips, 8 oz fire salsa, and 16 oz guacamole.
Family-Trio
1/2 deep pan, 8m oz fire roasted salsa, 16 oz guacamole, and 16 oz queso.