Juicy grilled chicken breast served over a bed of rice and our house vegetables.
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Pepper’s Mexican Grill and Cantina Menu
Explore the menu for Pepper’s Mexican Grill and Cantina in Destin, featuring Mexican dishes, seafood, vegetarian options, and a full bar. Prices and availability may vary.
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The full Pepper’s Mexican Grill and Cantina menu
Browse every dish by category — from in-table BBQ cuts to stews, sides and drinks. Prices are shown where available.
Las Parilladas Del Pepper's
A tender grilled chicken breast topped with cheese sauce.
10 oz hand-cut ribeye grilled. *Denotes items cooked to order. Consuming raw or undercooked foods such as meat, poultry, fish, shellfish and eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Fresh fillet of steak, grilled and served over a bed of sautéed onions on a sizzling iron plate, fresh lettuce, pico de gallo and tortillas on the side. *Denotes Items Cooked to Order. Consuming raw or undercooked foods such as meat, poultry, fish, shellfish and eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
10 oz hand-cut ribeye, topped with fries and chorizo (Mexican sausage). *Denotes items cooked to order. Consuming raw or undercooked foods such as meat, poultry, fish, shellfish and eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Grilled to perfection chicken breast tossed in house seasoning garnished with sautéed onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, bell peppers and melted mozzarella.
Chicken, shrimp and steak sautéed with onions, bell peppers and tomatoes over a bed of rice covered with shredded cheese.
Grilled chicken breast sautéed with our homemade spicy sauce, served with flour tortillas.
10 oz t-bone steak seasoned and brushed with garlic butter topped with sautéed peppers, tomatoes and onions. *Denotes Items Cooked to Order. Consuming raw or undercooked foods such as meat, poultry, fish, shellfish and eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
10 oz hand-cut ribeye topped with fresh shrimp. *Denotes Items Cooked to Order. Consuming raw or undercooked foods such as meat, poultry, fish, shellfish and eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Fresh Ensaladas
Your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken, topped with homemade queso sauce, fresh lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
A giant crispy flour tortilla taco with your choice of grilled chicken or steak sautéed with onions, bell peppers and tomatoes topped with homemade queso, fresh lettuce, pico de gallo, and sour cream. Add shrimp for an additional charge.
The classic salad with your choice of grilled chicken or steak garnished with cheese. Shrimp for an additional charge.
Beverages
Jamaica, tamarindo, horchata.
Coke, Diet Coke, Sprite, Dr Pepper, Fanta, lemonade.
Make Your Own Combo!
Tacos & Taquitos
4 birria tacos with home-made tortillas with cilantro and onions.
Your choice of shredded chicken or beef in hand-rolled tortillas, deep-fried and topped with fresh lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream. Served with rice and refried beans.
3 home made tortillas dipped in stew and grilled then filled with slow-cooked birria, cheese and served with consume.
Three tacos made with our handmade corn tortillas, your choice of protein, cilantro and onions. Served with refried beans and rice.
Chimichangas
A one of a kind dish that is only for chimichanga lovers! You get to enjoy three different chimichangas, one each of juicy shrimp, shredded beef and shredded chicken, topped with our homemade queso sauce and served with rice and refried beans.
Your choice of ground beef, shredded chicken, or shredded beef in a flour tortilla, deep-fried golden brown and topped with our homemade queso sauce, lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Served with Mexican rice and refried beans. Grilled steak, or shrimp for an additional charge.
Philly-style steak sautéed with peppers, onions, mushrooms and cheese stuffed into a flour tortilla, deep- fried golden brown and topped with our homemade queso sauce. Served with lettuce, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Two chimichangas, one beef, one chicken, cut in half. Served with lettuce, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Quesadillas
Grilled chicken, steak, shrimp, and chorizo, sautéed with onion, bell peppers and tomatoes.
Slow-cooked seasoned shredded pork sautéed with onions and bell peppers.
3 tortillas on top of each other smothered in homemade barbacoa sauce and filled with birria, cheese, onions, cilantro. Cut into triangular slices.
Grilled fresh shrimp sautéed with fresh bell peppers, onions, mushrooms and cheese.
Your choice of grilled chicken or steak sautéed with onions, bell peppers and tomatoes.
Delicious melted cheese in a crunchy flour tortilla.
Tortas
Tender marinated and slow-cooked pork with pineapple, our homemade dressing, provolone cheese and refried beans garnished with lettuce, tomato, avocado, onions and jalapeños.
Grilled steak with our homemade dressing, provolone cheese and refried beans garnished with lettuce, tomato, avocado, onions and jalapeños.
A tender grilled chicken breast with our homemade, and provolone cheese garnished with lettuce, tomato, avocado, onions and jalapeños.
Braised pork with our homemade dressing, provolone cheese and refried beans garnished with lettuce, tomato, avocado, onions and jalapeños.
Homemade bread stuffed with birria, cilantro, onions, cheese and our chipotle sauce.
Nachos
A combination of ground beef, shredded chicken, and refried beans topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream and homemade queso sauce.
Grilled chicken, steak, fresh shrimp and Mexican chorizo served over crispy tortilla chips topped with vegetables and our homemade queso sauce.
Your choice of sizzling grilled steak or chicken served over a bed of crispy tortilla chips and topped with our homemade queso sauce, sautéed onions and peppers, fresh lettuce, cheese and sour cream. Add shrimp for an additional charge.
Grilled steak and cheese, grilled chicken and cheese, shredded chicken or ground beef and cheese (with jalapeños and sour cream), bean and cheese, or cheese.
Fresh juicy shrimp over a bed of crispy tortilla chips topped with a blend of cheese and our homemade queso sauce, pico de gallo and fresh sliced avocado.
Burritos
Two large rolled flour tortillas filled with grilled steak, fresh lettuce and cheese. Served with our homemade guacamole, rice and refried beans.
12-inch flour tortilla stuffed with birria meat, rice, beans, cheese, cilantro, onions and our homemade chipotle sauce. With a side of consomme.
An extra large burrito stuffed with your choice of steak or chicken fajitas, topped with cheese sauce, red sauce, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
An extra large burrito stuffed with ground beef or shredded chicken, rice, lettuce, sour cream and tomatoes topped with cheese sauce and red sauce.
Two large rolled flour tortillas filled with grilled chicken, Mexican sausage, mushrooms and lettuce, topped with our homemade queso sauce and our fresh guacamole. Served with rice and refried beans.
Vegetarian. An extra large burrito stuffed with our homemade pork carnitas sautéed with bell peppers, onions and tomatoes and rice. Topped with warm queso and our house-made verde tomatillo sauce.
An extra large burrito stuffed with your choice of grilled steak, or chicken, rice, refried beans, fresh lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and our fresh guacamole. Topped with our homemade queso sauce. Add shrimp for an additional charge.
Lettuce, rice, refried beans, tomato, sour cream, guacamole and cheese sauce with your choice of: steak, chicken, carnitas, veggie, shrimp or al pastor.
Choice of grilled chicken or steak cooked with onions bell pepper, tomato and smothered in our 3 sauces: cheese sauce, green sauce and ranchero sauce. Served with salad, homemade guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
A large tortilla filled with your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken. Topped with our homemade ranchero sauce, fresh lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and sour cream. Served with rice and refried beans.
Margaritas
Choose from Strawberry, Guava, Watermelon, Mango
Our House Lime Margarita
Dessert
Banana burrito fried crispy and drizzled with caramel and chocolate sauce. Served with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream.
Traditional Mexico city - style creme caramel; baked fresh daily.
Enchiladas
Four rolled corn tortillas one of each, beef, chicken, bean and cheese topped with our homemade tomato/red sauce, cheese, fresh lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream.
Three soft corn tortillas, rolled and smothered in house-made verde tomatillo sauce and stuffed with shredded chicken. Served with rice, refried beans and salad.
Three cheese enchiladas topped with pork cooked with tomatoes, onions, bell peppers and our home- made ranchero sauce. Served with salad.
Three soft corn tortillas, rolled and stuffed with shredded chicken topped with one each of green sauce, cheese sauce and red sauce. Served with rice, refried beans and salad.
sides
Starters
Made to order: A large serving of fresh avocado, jalapeño, cilantro, onions, tomatoes, lime juice, and spices.
Your choice of grilled chicken, Mexican chorizo, or mushrooms mixed with melted cheese. Served with flour tortillas.
Fresh avocado mixed with lime, tomatoes, cilantro and onions.
Corn on the cob topped with mayo, cheese & spices.
Our queso dip mixed with beans.
Ten chicken wings deep-fried and tossed in a spicy sauce.
A creamy homemade cheese dip.
Pepper's Famous Fajitas
Slow-cooked seasoned shredded pork sautéed with onions and bell peppers.
Sliced chicken breast, Spanish chorizo, grilled onions, and fresh pineapple, topped with melted shredded cheese.
Grilled steak, chicken, fresh shrimp and Mexican sausage.
Grilled chicken and fresh shrimp.
Fresh shrimp, fish, scallops and imitation crab.
Grilled steak or grilled chicken. v- vegetarian option available.
Tender marinated and slow-cooked pork with pineapple and cilantro.
Fresh and juicy sautéed shrimp.
Grilled steak, chicken and fresh shrimp.
Del Mar Seafood
Fresh fish fillet grilled and topped with juicy shrimp, sautéed with onions, tomatoes, cilantro and spicy jalapeños.
Shrimp specially seasoned with vegetables, served over spanish rice (no side included).
Shrimp broiled with onion, tomatoes and peppers, topped with homemade queso sauce.
Fresh local shrimp sautéed in our homemade cayenne pepper sauce. Perfect for our spicy lovers.
Fresh fish cured in citrus juices and garnished with onions, tomatoes, serrano peppers, fresh cilantro and sliced avocado. Served with crackers (no side included). *Denotes Items Cooked to Order. Consuming raw or undercooked foods such as meat, poultry, fish, shellfish and eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Juicy fresh shrimp sautéed in olive oil, garlic and garnished with fresh cilantro.
A large tortilla filled with shrimp, scallops, imitation crab, lettuce and pico de gallo. Topped with cheese sauce and red sauce (no side included).
Fresh grilled fish fillet served on three soft tortillas, topped with fresh sliced avocado, lettuce, pico de gallo and our special chipotle mayo. Your choice of corn or flour tortilla. Make it shrimp for an additional charge.
House Especialidades
Fries covered with carne asada steak, pico de gallo and guacamole smothered in cheese sauce.
Shredded chicken in a savory broth with pico de gallo topped with shredded cheese, sliced avocado and fried tortilla strips.
Beef strips with red chile sauce. Served with rice, beans and flour or corn tortillas.
Pork with green sauce. Served with rice, beans and flour or corn tortillas.
Mozzarella cheese chile relleno covered with our ranchero sauce, ground beef enchilada verde, chicken chimichanga topped with our homemade queso sauce. Served with Mexican rice.
Fries covered with fresh stew birria topped with our homemade chipotle sauce, cilantro and onions. With side on consommé.
A very traditional Mexican dish. Braise pork tips to a golden finish, served with rice, beans, fresh salad and tortillas.
Lunch
Grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed mushrooms and our homemade queso sauce, served with rice and refried beans.
Stuffed flour tortilla with your choice of ground beef, shredded chicken or shredded beef deep-fried golden brown and topped with our homemade queso sauce, fresh lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo. Served with rice and refried beans. Grilled steak, chicken or shrimp for an additional charge.
Your choice of grilled chicken or steak served on a crispy tortilla with sautéed onions, bell peppers, tomatoes and covered with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and our homemade queso sauce. Make it shrimp for an additional charge.
One taco, one enchilada and your choice of Mexican rice or refried beans.
Scrambled eggs mixed with grilled Mexican chorizo. Served with flour tortillas, refried beans and rice.
Served with rice and beans.
Two large rolled flour tortillas filled with grilled steak, fresh lettuce and homemade queso sauce. Served with our homemade guacamole, rice and refried beans.
3 over easy eggs sautéed and covered with our homemade ranchero sauce. Served with flour tortillas, refried beans and rice.
Two large rolled flour tortillas filled with grilled chicken, Mexican sausage, mushrooms and lettuce, topped with our homemade queso sauce and our fresh guacamole. Served with rice and refried beans.
3 scrambled eggs sautéed with onions, tomatoes and fresh jalapeños. Served with flour tortillas, refried beans and rice.
Your choice of grilled chicken or steak served with sautéed onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream and pico de gallo. Served with Mexican rice and refried beans and your choice of corn or flour tortillas.
A giant crispy flour tortilla taco. Served with your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken. Topped with homemade queso sauce, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream.
Your choice of shredded chicken or beef in hand- rolled tortillas, deep-fried and topped with lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream. Served with rice and refried beans.
Fresh grilled fish fillet served on two soft tortillas, topped with guacamole, lettuce, pico de gallo and our special chipotle mayo. Your choice of corn or flour tortillas. Make it shrimp for an additional charge.
Tender grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed spinach and our homemade queso sauce. Served with rice and refried beans.
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Prices & availability
Menu prices and item availability at Pepper’s Mexican Grill and Cantina may vary by season and location. While the menu categories and popular dishes are generally consistent, some items or prices may change without notice. Item-level prices are not always specified and may need confirmation upon ordering.
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Casual Atmosphere
About this menu
What to know before you order
Pepper’s Mexican Grill and Cantina offers a casual Mexican dining menu featuring well-known dishes organized into clear categories such as fajitas, burritos, tacos, tortas, and house specialties. Popular dishes include Birria Fries, Street Tacos, and Queso Fundido, which guests frequently mention in positive reviews. The menu also features vegetarian and seafood options, along with a full bar serving cocktails, beer, and wine.
Guests typically visit for lunch or dinner, enjoying a mix of quick bites and small plates within a cozy yet trendy environment. The menu is suitable for dining solo, with friends, or family, and offers onsite dining, curbside pickup, takeout, and delivery options. People usually spend 45 minutes to 1.5 hours dining here.
Pepper’s Mexican Grill and Cantina
Mexican Restaurant
- 14073 Emerald Coast Pkwy, Destin, FL 32541, United States
- +1 850-353-2481
- · 11:00 AM - 10:30 PM
- $10 to $20
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