La Carreta - Novato Menu
Introducing the Menu at La Carreta - Novato
La Carreta - Novato offers a vibrant escape into the world of Mexican and seafood cuisine, situated conveniently in Novato, CA. This inviting establishment captures the heart of Latinx culture while providing a welcoming atmosphere for families and friends alike. With a diverse menu that features highlight dishes like flavorful fajitas, hearty molcajetes, and delightful quesadillas, every bite tells a story.
The restaurant stands out with its commitment to quality and service, making it a favorite for locals. Patrons rave about the tender meats and fresh ingredients, complemented by refreshing drinks like their famous Agua Fresca. Furthermore, La Carreta caters to various dietary needs, offering vegan options and accommodating groups with excellent catering services.
Whether you're indulging in a casual lunch or a delightful dinner, La Carreta - Novato awaits you with open arms and delicious flavors.
Appetizer
5 Chimichanguitas
5 fried flour (shredded chicken or shredded beef) taquitos with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and cheese.
Regular Burrito
Rice, whole beans, choice of meat.
Super Burrito
Rice, whole beans, choice of meat, guacamole, sour cream, cheese.
Macho Burrito
Rice, refried beans, choice of meat, cheese. It's topped with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, and burrito sauce.
California Burrito
French fries, choice of meat, guacamole, sour cream, cheese.
Regular Shrimp Burrito
Rice, whole beans, and shrimp. Choice of sauce.
Super Shrimp Burrito
Rice, whole beans, shrimp, sour cream, guacamole, cheese. Choice of sauce.
BTO Burrito
Rice, refried beans, cheese.
BTO Vegetariano Burrito
Rice, whole beans, sour cream, lettuce, guacamole, cheese.
BTO Chile Relleno Burrito
Rice, whole beans, and chile relleno.
Vegetariano Mas Burrito
Rice, whole beans, veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots).
Fajita Burrito
Served with your choice of meat and sauce.
Regular Chimichanga
Fried burrito with beans, cheese, choice of meat, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream (no rice).
Burritos and Chimichangas
Tacos
Taco
Soft taco. Served with your choice of meat.
Taco Dorado (crispy)
Hard shell taco. Served with your choice of meat, lettuce, tomato, Monterrey jack cheese
Taco Carnitas
Tender fried pork.
Taco Chicharron
Crispy fried pork.
Taco Lengua
Beef tongue.
Taco Cabeza
Beef head.
Taco Camaron
Shrimp.
Fish Tijuana Taco
Cat fish.
Taco al Carbon
Tortilla sauteed in fajita sauce. Topped with queso fresco and avocado
Taco de Tripa
Tripe taco.
Fajitas
1 choice of steak, chicken or shrimps with onions, tomato, bell peppers, mushrooms, guacamole, and sour cream.
Mix Fajitas
Like fajitas but comes with 2 more proteins in the dish (steak, chicken, and shrimp).
Molcajete
Large plates can be shared with 2 people. Steak, chicken, shrimp, chorizo, onions, tomato, mushrooms, and grilled cactus, cheese served in a stone bowl.
Enchiladas Michoacanas
3 enchiladas served with fresh Mexican cheese, potatoes with diabla sauce, and chicken breast.
Platillo la Carreta
Sauteed shrimp and mushrooms with our house sauce, fillet fish, rice, and beans.
Steak Picado Special
Steak, shrimp, onions, bell peppers, tomato, mushrooms, and jalapenos.
Pechuga Asada
Grilled chicken breast.
Pollo a la Plancha
Grilled chicken breast, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, and tomato.
Platillo Carne Asada
Grilled steak with onions, salad, rice &beans
Carne Asada La Carreta
Steak with grilled peppers, onions, jalapeno, and mushrooms.
Carne Asada, Grilled Shrimps, and Mushrooms
Milanesa Plate
Carnitas Plate
Fried pork served with rice and beans.
Steak Ranchero
Steak, onions, tomato, mushrooms, and jalapenos.
Alambre Plate
Mixed steak, chorizo, bacon onions, tomato, bell peppers, mushrooms, and cheese.
Chicharron En Salsa Verde
Meats
Seafood
Camarones al Mojo de Ajo
Shrimp, mushrooms, and onions cooked with garlic.
Camarones Empanizado
Breaded shrimp with rice and beans.
Camarones a la Diabla
Shrimp sautee with bell peppers, onions, and diabla sauce.
Camarones Rancheros
Shrimp with onions, jalapenos, tomatoes, and cilantro.
Camarones en Crema
Shrimp, mushrooms, green onions, chipotle salsa, bell peppers, sour cream, and cheese.
Camarones con Chipotle
Shrimp, mushrooms, onions, and chipotle sauce.
Plato Cancun
Shrimp, onions, tomato, and mushrooms served over rice with melted cheese (no beans).
Mojarra Frita
Mojarra a la Diabla
Whole fried fish with onions, bell peppers, tomato, mushrooms topped with diablo sauce.
Mojarra Veracruzana
Whole fried fish topped with onions, bell peppers, tomato, and mushrooms.
Filete al Mojo de Ajo
Grilled fillet with onions, mushrooms, and garlic.
Filete Empanizado
Breaded fillet.
Pescado con Vegetales
Fish with vegetables.
1 Enchilada
Red, green, and mole sauce.
Huarache
Resembles a sope but twice the length. Choice of meat, beans, lettuce, cheese, and sour cream.
1 Tostada
1 Chile Relleno
1 Tamal
Chicken or pork.
1 Sope
Choice of meat, beans, lettuce, cheese, and sour cream.
Taquitos
Order of 3. Rolled fried taquitos topped with sour cream, lettuce, queso fresco, and sauce.
A la Carte
Daily Soups
Caldo de Tortilla Soup
Mexican traditional tortilla soup.
Caldo de Res
Beef soup with corn, carrot, potato, chayote. Served with your choice of tortilla.
Caldo de Pollo
Chicken soup with corn, carrot, potato, and chayote. Served with your choice of tortilla.
Caldo de Camaron
Shrimp soup with potato and carrot Served with your choice of tortilla.
Siete Mares
Soup of "7 seas". It comes with crab, octopus, scallop, fish, and shrimp. Served with your choice of tortilla.
Taco Salad
Meat, beans, rice, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, cheese, and sour cream.
Quesadilla with Veggies
Broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots.
Steam Veggies
Served with rice and black beans.
Caesar Salad
Green salad with Caesar dressing and cheese.
La Carreta Salad
Grilled chicken, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, onions, corn, avocado, black beans, deep-fried corn tortilla strips, and cheddar cheese.
Vegetarian Style Dishes and Salads
Saturday and Sunday
Quesabirria Taco
Tortilla cooked in rendered barrio fat with cheese and birria meat inside (includes onions, cilantro, and salsa).
Taco de Chivo
Goat meat stew taco.
Taco de Birria Res
Beef stew taco.
Menudo
Beef stew includes tripe, honeycomb, and "librillo" beef meat along with the beef feet and tendons. Served with onions and cilantro and oregano on the side, corn or flour tortilla.
Birria de Res
Beef stew. Served with onion and cilantro on the side and choice of tortilla.
Birria de Chivo
Goat meat stew. Served with onion and cilantro on the side and choice of tortilla.
Chicharron by the Pound
Carnitas by the Pound
Cocktail de Camaron
Shrimp cocktail.
Cocktail Campechana
Shrimp, scallops, and octopus cocktail.
Tostada de Aguachile
Spicy shrimp cooked in tangy lime sauce with onions and cucumber.
Tostada de Ceviche
Mexican style spicy shrimp ceviche.
Tostada de Camarones
Grilled shrimp tostada, beans, lettuce, tomato.
Plato de Ceviche
Mexican style spicy shrimp ceviche plate.
Plato de Aguachile Estilo Sinaloa
Spicy shrimp plate.
Cocktails and Tostadas
Breakfast
Chilaquiles Breakfast
Rojos o verdes. Chilaquiles on the red or green sauce.
Chilaquiles con Steak Breakfast
Chilaquiles with steak.
Huevos Rancheros Breakfast
Rice, beans, and 2 fried eggs with sauce.
Huevos con Chorizo Breakfast
Scrambled eggs with chorizo.
Huevos con Jamon Breakfast
Scrambled eggs with chorizo.
Breakfast Burrito
Rice, beans, cheese, eggs, potatoes, ham or chorizo.
Super Breakfast Burrito
Rice, beans, cheese, eggs, potatoes, ham or chorizo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Plato de Machaca Breakfast
Rice, beans, cheese, eggs, potatoes, ham or chorizo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Plato de Nopal Breakfast
Cactus dish with eggs, rice, and beans.
Plain Quesadilla
Cheese only.
Torta de Milanesa Lunch
Torta with choice of fried meat, beans, cheese, guacamole, lettuce, and tomato.
Regular Quesadilla Lunch
Served with choice of meat, side of sour cream, and guacamole.
Super Quesadilla Lunch
Served with choice of meat, side of sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
Torta Lunch
Beans, guacamole, tomato, lettuce, cheese, and sour cream. Served with your choice of protein.
Torta la Carreta Lunch
Steak, beans, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, cheese, and sour cream.
Torta Cubana Lunch
Jam, carnitas, cheese, beans, avocado, tomato, lettuce, jalapenos.
Regular Nachos Lunch
Meat. Re-fried beans, cheese, pico de gallo.
French Fry Nachos Lunch
Chips replaced with french fries come with a choice of meat, pico de gallo, guacamole, and melted cheese.
Super Nachos Lunch
No meat. Refried beans, cheese, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream.
Super Nachos with Meat Lunch
Choice of meat, refried beans, cheese, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream.
Mini Nachos Lunch
Refried beans and cheese.
Lunch
Large Combo
Two Enchiladas Combo
Choice of meat and sauce.
Enchilada and Chile Relleno Combo
Choice of meat and sauce.
Enchilada and Taco Combo
Choice of meat.
Two Tacos Combo
Choice of meat.
Super Burrito Combo
Choice of meat.
Taco and Chile Relleno
Choice of meat.
Enchilada and Tostada Combo
Choice of meat and sauce.
Two Tamales Combo
Choice of meat.
Chile Verde Combo
Pork in green sauce.
Two Sopes Combo
Choice of meat.
Two Chiles Rellenos Combo
Choice of meat.
Two Mole Enchiladas Combo
Three Enchiladas Combo
Choice of meat and sauce.
Tamal and Enchilada Combo
Choice of meat and sauce.
Tamal and Sope Combo
Choice of meat.
Three Item Combo
1 enchilada, 1 tamal, 1 chile relleno. Choice of meat and sauce.
One Enchilada Combo
Comes with your choice of sauce.
One Taco Combo
One Chile Relleno Combo
One Tostada Combo
Beans, lettuce, cheese, meat, tomato.
Small Combo
Kids Menu
Kids Pechuga Asada
Grilled chicken breast with rice and beans.
1 Kids Mini Taco
Choice of meat. Served with rice and beans.
Mini Taco and Kid's Quesadilla
Choice of meat. Includes side of rice and beans.
1 Kids Corn Quesadilla
2 Kids Corn Quesadilla
1 Kids Quesadilla with Meat
Choice of meat and quesadilla.
1 Kids Quesadilla with Rice and Beans
Quesadilla.
1 Kids Quesadilla with Meat, Rice, Beans
Choice of meat.
1 Kid's Burrito
Served with cheese, rice, and beans.
1 Kid's Burrito with Meat
Choice of meat, rice, beans, and cheese.
Salsa Bar
Large sizes. You can now order any salsa in bigger sizes.
Guacamole
Cheese
Sour Cream
3 Corn Tortillas
3 Flour Tortillas
Rice and Beans
Avocado
Shrimp
Sides
Beverages
Agua Fresca Medium
Agua Fresca Large
Jarritos
Lime, grapefruit, mandarin, mango, pineapple, strawberry, tamarind, mineral water.
Bottled Soda
Canned Soda
Bottled Water
Sunny D Tangy Original
11.3 oz.
Agua Fresca Kids Size
Flan
Buuelos
Deep fried flour tortillas with sugar and sweet glaze.