Budget Dining Guide
Carlos & Pepe's Cantina Cheapest Menu Items & Affordable Meal Options
Looking for affordable food at Carlos & Pepe's Cantina? This budget guide lists every menu item sorted from lowest to highest price so you can find cheap eats and low-cost meal deals quickly. Prices updated August 2026.
Lowest Price
$0.75
Average Item Price
$10.46
Budget for Two
$20.92
Priced Items Tracked
80
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Carlos & Pepe's Cantina Menu Items Ranked by Price — Cheapest to Most Expensive
Every affordable menu item at Carlos & Pepe's Cantina sorted from lowest to highest price
| # | Menu Item | Category | Portion | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homemade Tortillas | appetizers | pronounced "ho-may-tohr-tee-yahs" - if you haven't tried them freshly homemade, you haven't had tortillas. served warm with butter. (at night after work, pepe and his date sit in front of t | $0.75 |
| 2 | Cheese | quesadillas | add with guacamole | $1.50 |
| 3 | Grilled Chicken Breast | gringo specials | add blackened | $1.50 |
| 4 | Sliced Skirt Steak | gringo specials | add blackened | $1.50 |
| 5 | Guacamole Dip | appetizers | carlos used his swimming pool, sin agua of course, to store 5 tons of avocados he got on special. he'd forgotten about the swimming party planned for that week. however, everyone thought it was a gre | $6.00 |
| 6 | Mexican Black Bean Soup | appetizers | with real sour cream and salsa cruda. soup is served after 4pm daily | $6.25 |
| 7 | Chips And Salsa | appetizers | if not ordering a meal. | $6.50 |
| 8 | Deep Fried Ice Cream | desserts | one of the great mysteries of the world of food is "how do you fry ice cream?" carlos' answer: "very carefully!" | $6.50 |
| 9 | Tuna Dip | appetizers | carlos & pepe's world famous dip. made with secret ingredients from an old family recipe. we still don't know who the family is but we do know they were very very old. | $6.75 |
| 10 | Flan | desserts | dave's own recipe made from scratch each day. | $7.50 |
| 11 | Mud Pie | desserts | wow! oreo cookie crust, chocolate chip and coffee ice cream, topped with hot fudge, freshly whipped cream and toasted almonds. (there's nothing mexican about this dessert, except the word for it: fab | $7.50 |
| 12 | Basic Burger | hamburgers | lettuce, tomato and a slice of red onion. | $8.25 |
| 13 | Cheeseburger | hamburgers | cheddar & jack cheese. | $8.95 |
| 14 | World's Greatest Grilled Cheese Sandwich | sandwiches | jack, cheddar, feta and mozzarella cheeses. | $8.95 |
| 15 | Cheese | quesadillas | melted jack and cheddar cheeses | $9.25 |
| 16 | Chili Burger | hamburgers | our basic burger drowned in chili. | $9.25 |
| 17 | Grilled Chicken | sandwiches | — | $9.25 |
| 18 | Ham & Egg | quesadillas | hold the ham | $9.25 |
| 19 | Grilled Ham & Cheese | sandwiches | — | $9.50 |
| 20 | Tuna Melt | sandwiches | guacamole, jack cheese and sliced tomatoes. | $9.50 |
| 21 | Caesar Salad | salads | fresh romaine lettuce, parmesan, reggiano cheese and jalapeno toast. | $9.75 |
| 22 | Caribe Grilled Chicken | sandwiches | melted cheese, grilled pineapple and avocado slices | $9.75 |
| 23 | Nachos | appetizers | toasted corn tortilla chips topped with melted cheese. (not to be confused with "macho." when a guy's macho, he's all man. when he's nacho, he's all topped with melted cheese, which can att | $9.75 |
| 24 | Beef Nacho | appetizers | spicy beef and a blend of melted cheeses | $9.95 |
| 25 | California Burger | hamburgers | guacamole and melted cheese. | $10.25 |
| 26 | Chicken Nachos | appetizers | if you're scared of ordering super nachos - order these. tortilla chips with fresh chicken, daisy sour cream, covered with jack and cheddar cheese. it tastes as good as it looks - and don't you wish | $10.25 |
| 27 | Chile Colorado | specials | (pronounced "chilly colorado", which is certainly true, especially in winter.) a mildly-spicy mexican beef stew. (if you hold your breath and eat two or three portions of this real quick, m | $10.25 |
| 28 | Four Cheese | quesadillas | jack, cheddar, feta and mozzarella cheeses, with guacamole. | $10.25 |
| 29 | Four Cheese Pizza | appetizers | jack, cheddar, feta and mozzarella cheeses with salsa cruda | $10.25 |
| 30 | Margarita's Pizza | appetizers | fresh salsa cruda, mexican herbs, spices, cheddar and jack cheeses. | $10.25 |
Carlos & Pepe's Cantina Budget Breakdown — Average Cost per Menu Category
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desserts
$7.17
3 items
hamburgers
$9.18
4 items
appetizers
$9.44
18 items
gringo specials
$9.70
5 items
quesadillas
$10.19
13 items
sandwiches
$10.21
8 items
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