Eating vegetarian at a Latin restaurant used to mean a sad plate of rice and beans in the corner of the menu. Not here. Latin cooking is full of plant-forward flavor — you just have to know where to look.
Why Latin food is a natural fit
Corn, beans, avocado, plantains, peppers, tomatoes, squash, rice — the backbone of Latin cooking is largely plants, and gloriously so. The trick is that these ingredients are treated with the same care as any meat: beans simmered with sofrito, plantains fried to caramelized sweetness, guacamole mashed fresh. Flavor first, meat optional.
A meat-free tour of our menu
Here’s how we’d build a vegetarian order that feels like a feast, not a compromise:
- Start: Chips & Guacamole, plus a Vegetarian Empanada of seasonal veg and cheese.
- Main: the Veggie Burrito — sautéed seasonal veggies and spinach in a warm flour tortilla with salsa and sour cream — or the Frijoles & Guacamole Arepa.
- Fresh side: the Avocado Salad (avocado, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, onion) or a Taco Salad.
- Sides: fried plantains, tostones, rice and beans.
The best vegetarian meals aren’t “meat dishes minus the meat.” They’re dishes that were always about the vegetables.
Going fully vegan
Plenty of our plant-based options can go vegan with a small tweak — skip the cheese or sour cream, load up the guacamole, beans, plantains and veggies. A vegan-friendly order might be a veggie burrito (hold the sour cream and cheese) with a side of tostones and a scoop of guacamole. Ask us and we’ll happily steer you.
Flavor, not sacrifice
Plant-forward eating at Cuatro Hermanos isn’t a diet menu — it’s just good Latin food that happens to skip the meat. Bright, hearty, and satisfying enough that your carnivore friends will keep reaching across the table.
Bring this straight to the table.
