Judy’s Cantina Menu (Update 2025)
Welcome to Judy’s Cantina, a vibrant Mexican restaurant located in Milwaukee that invites you to dive into a symphony of flavors. Their menu is a celebration of authentic Mexican cuisine, featuring a range of mouthwatering entrees crafted with passion. From the crispy Tostada Dinner to the rich Chimichangas, every dish beckons with enticing combinations of fresh ingredients.
- Tamales: Enjoy these soft, flavorful bundles that showcase traditional recipes.
- Fajitas: Experience sizzling skirt steak or chicken grilled to perfection with vegetables.
- Chiles Rellenos: Delight in smoky peppers stuffed with melted cheese and fried to golden goodness.
Vegetarian options abound, ensuring everyone finds something to savor. With a full bar and delightful happy hour specials, Judy’s Cantina is not just a meal—it's a memorable experience.
Entrees
Tostada Dinner
3 pieces. Crispy tostadas topped with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream. Your choice of steak, ground beef, chicken, shredded beef, pastor, or avocado.
Torta Dinner
Bolillo bread dressed with beans, sour cream, avocado, lettuce, and tomato. Your choice of steak, ground beef, pastor, chicken, shredded beef, milanesa de res, or milanesa de pollo (breaded steak or chicken).
Tamales Dinner
3 pieces. Tamales made with pork or chicken.
Gorditas Dinner
2 pieces. House-made corn shells stuffed with beans, cheese, and your choice of meat. Served with lettuce and pico de gallo.
Flautas Dinner
3 pieces. Corn tortillas rolled up, fried, and filled with your choice of chicken or shredded beef. Topped with sour cream, lettuce, and tomato.
Judys Burger
Our house burger topped with lettuce, tomato, mustard, mayo, ketchup, avocado, and jalapenos. Served with fries.
Classic Cheeseburger
Lettuce, tomato, mustard, mayo, and ketchup. Served with fries.
Chimichangas Dinner
3 pieces. Flour tortillas fried and filled with cheese. Your choice of steak, pastor, shredded beef, chicken, or ground beef.
Judys Combination
1 tamale, 1 chimichanga, and 1 flauta.
Sopes Dinner
2 pieces. Handmade Mexican maza dough shells topped with beans, lettuce, cheese, tomato, sour cream, and your choice of meat.
Enchiladas Suizas
3 pieces. Rolled up tortillas, covered in our green enchilada sauce and filled with cheese. Add meat inside for an additional charge. Served with rice and beans on the side.
Enchiladas Ranchera
3 pieces. Rolled up tortillas, covered in our Ranchera sauce and filled with cheese.
Enchilades de Mole Poblano
3 pieces. Rolled up tortillas, covered in our mole poblano sauce and filled with cheese.
Enchiladas Rojas de Queso
3 pieces. Rolled up tortillas, covered in our traditional red enchilada sauce and topped with cheese.
Enchiladas a la Plancha
3 pieces. Rolled up tortillas, covered in our red sauce, grilled, and filled with cheese.
Enchilada Dinner Plate
Specialties
Costillas de Res a la Plancha
Grilled beef ribs served with grilled potatoes, grilled onions, grilled tomatoes, and fresh cilantro.
Fajitas
Skirt steak or chicken breast, deliciously seasoned and grilled with onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers.
Chiles Rellenos de Queso
Smokey poblano peppers, grilled, battered, and then fried. Stuffed with melted cheese.
Quesadilla de Queso Dinner
3 Perfectly grilled tortillas filled with Monterey cheese.
Tampiquena de Pollo
Seasoned grilled chicken breast served with cheese enchilada and guacamole.
Lomo de Res en Chile de Arbol
Chopped tender ribeye steak in a flavorful and spicy chile de arbol based sauce.
Bistec Ranchero
Steak ribeye with our ranchera sauce, sauteed peppers, tomato, and onions.
Lomo de Puerco en Salsa Verde
Grilled pork loin topped with our delicious salsa verde.
Bistec a la Mexicana
Steak ribeye perfectly seasoned and sauteed with fresh jalapenos, tomatoes, and onions.
Carne Asada Tampiquena
Butterfly cut tender skirt steak cooked to taste. Served with cheese enchilada and guacamole.
Milanesa con Papas Fritas
Breaded and seasoned steak or chicken served with french fries.
Bistec con Rajas y Queso
Chopped ribeye steak, slices of smokey poblano peppers, tomato, and onions, all sauteed and topped with melted cheese.
Pollo en Mole Poblano
Chicken topped with our special house-made mole sauce. Layers and layers of flavor inner mole!
A la Diablo
Shrimp grilled to perfection and sauteed in our spicy diabla sauce.
A la Plancha
Shrimp lightly grilled and seasoned with onions and bell peppers.
Rancheros
Grilled shrimp cooked to perfection and sauteed in our ranchera sauce.
Fajitas de Camaron
Sizzling shrimp seasoned and grilled with onion, tomato, and bell peppers. Always a hit!
Shrimp Dinners
Parilladas
House Parilladas
Beef ribs, steak, and chorizo. Served with grilled onions, grilled potatoes slices, quesadilla. Also, side of rice, beans, guacamole, and pico de gallo
Combination Parilladas
Beef ribs, steak, chicken legs, pork loin, and chorizo.Served with grilled onions, grilled potatoes slices, quesadilla. Also, side of rice, beans, guacamole, and pico de gallo
Taco Salad
Topped with your choice of steak, pastor, shredded beef, ground beef, or chicken with lettuce, tomatoes, beans, sour cream, and cheese. Served in our crispy tortilla bowl.
Grilled Chicken Salad
Grilled strips of chicken on a bed of fresh lettuce, avocado, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, and cheese.
Salads
Sides
Rice
Beans
Rice and Beans
Mexican Corn
Mexican corn in a cup topped with cheese, mayo, and chile powder
Tortillas
4 corn tortillas or5 flour tortillas per order
2 oz. of Guacamole
Order of Avocado
Side of Pico de Gallo
Side of Jalapeno
Side of Cheese
Side of Sour Cream
French Fries
Horchata
Fountain Soda
Coke products
Jamaica (Hibiscus tea)
Flavored House Lemonade
House Lemonade
Jarritos Mexican Soda
Beverages
Apps & More
Guacamole
Ripe avocados, tomatoes, lime, cilantro, and onion. Served with house-made chips.
Shrimp Cocktail
Shrimp in house Mexican cocktail sauce, served with fresh cilantro, onion, tomatoes, and avocado.
Taquitos
4 mini taquitos, golden fried with choice of shredded beef or chicken, with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
Judys Sampler
2 mini chimichangas, 2 taquitos, and 2 quesadillas with your choice of chicken, ground beef, pastor, steak, or shredded beef. Served with guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Queso Fundido en Salsa
Melted Monterey cheese melted with mild green tomato sauce or ranchera sauce. Served with a side of beans and 1 order of corn or flour tortillas.
Ceviche
Shrimp marinated in fresh lime, avocado, and pico de gallo. Served with chips.
Order of Nachos
Crispy corn tortillas topped with refried beans, melted Monterey cheese, avocado slices, and a side of our pico de gallo.
Gordita
House-made corn shell stuffed with beans, cheese, and your choice of meat. Served with lettuce and pico de gallo.
Enchilada
Rolled tortilla filled with cheese in our red enchilada sauce.
Sope
Handmade Mexican maza dough shell topped with beans, lettuce, cheese, tomato, sour cream, and your choice of meat.
Chimichanga
Golden fried tortilla, fried with cheese and your choice of meat.
Quesadilla
Choice of flour or corn tortillas filled with cheese.
Tostada
Golden crispy taco shell layered with refried beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese, sour cream, and your choice of meat.
Tamale
Your choice of chicken or pork.
A La Carte
Tacos
A La Carte Taco
3 Taco Dinner
Your choice of 3 tacos, served with rice and beans topped with cheese.
Tacos de Huevos con Chorizo
Mexican sausage with eggs taco
Tilapia Taco
Shrimp Taco
Tacos de Lomo
Milanesa de Pollo Taco
Seasoned and breaded chicken
Chorizo Taco
Milanesa de Res Taco
A La Carte Specialty Tacos
Dinner Specialty Tacos
Taco de Huevo con Chorizo Dinner
Mexican sausage with eggs, topped with lettuce and tomato.
Tilapia Taco Dinner
Shrimp Taco Dinner
Topped with lettuce and pico de gallo.
Tacos de Lomo Dinner
Ribeye steak topped with onion, cilantro, and guacamole.
Milanesa de Pollo Taco Dinner
Seasoned and breaded chicken topped with lettuce and pico de gallo.
Chorizo Taco Dinner
Tasty Mexican sausage topped with lettuce and tomato.
Milanesa de Res Taco Dinner
Seasoned and breaded steak topped with lettuce and pico de gallo.
Burrito
Topped with beans, lettuce, and tomato.
Burrito Dinner
Our famous burrito, served with a side of guacamole, sour cream, rice, and beans.
Burrito Suizo
Burrito with beans, lettuce, and tomato. Topped with melted cheese (Suizo)
Burrito Suizo Dinner
Burrito wth melted cheese on top (Suizo). Your choice of meat, with lettuce, tomato, and beans inside.
Camaron (Shrimp) Burrito
Shrimp, rice, lettuce, and tomato inside.
Camaron (Shrimp) Burrito Dinner
Frijoles con Aguacate Burrito
Beans, avocado, lettuce, and tomato. Vegetarian.
El Simple Burrito
Rice, beans, lettuce, and tomato. Vegetarian.
Burrito
Breakfast
Desayuno Especial
2 sunny side up eggs over a tasty ribeye steak in our SPICY and flavorful chile de arbol salsa.
Huevos Rancheros
Sunny side up eggs drenched in our ranchera sauce. A classic favorite! Vegetarian.
Huevos a la Mexicana
2 scrambled eggs cooked with a stir of onion, tomato, and jalapeno pepper. Another classic, great anytime! Vegetarian.
Huevos Divorciados
2 sunny side up eggs, 1 with red sauce and 1 with green sauce. Both equally great, served with a side of chilaquiles topped with sour cream, cilantro, onion, and cheese. Vegetarian.
Machacado de Huevo
Scrambled eggs with shredded beef, onion, and tomato.
Huevos con Chorizo
Scrambled eggs and chorizo.
Flan
Chocoflan
1/2 chocolate cake1/2 flan