La Pura Vida NC Menu

Empanada

Comes with potato and cheese, garnished with pickled onions and sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.

Ceviche Trio

4 oz Trio Dish with 3 refreshing tropical ceviche flavors, served with green plantain chips. Agua Chile: marinated shrimp with chopped avocado, onion, and cucumber in lime juice. Leche de Tigre: chopped octopus, tilapia, shrimp, jalapeño, cilantro, and avocado in lime sauce. Tropical Costera: fresh shrimp, pickled onions, and tomatoes in homemade ceviche sauce.

Fried Calamari

Delicious deep-fried yet light calamari, garnished with 2 jumbo shrimp and pickled onions, enhanced with mild seasoning and comes with grilled lemons.

Churrasco Bites

Skirt steak bites in our delicious homemade chimichurri sauce, accompanied with pieces of yuca frita.

Chicken Wings

8 wings - crispy, juicy, and tossed to order. Pick your flavor: Mango Habanero, BBQ, Buffalo, Lemon Pepper, plain.

Croquetas

Chicken, yuca, and crab with Manchego cheese and Serrano ham. 4 deep-fried with a thick binder, crisp breaded croquette rolls stuffed with your choice of filling. Served with pickled onions, sweet chili, guacamole, and our homemade croquette sauce.

Tuna Tataki

A classic Japanese meal with fried onions, lemon, ponzu sauce, sesame seeds, and delicate scallions.

Gyoza

5 pieces of fried gyoza.

Ceviche Tropical Costera

Fresh shrimp, pickled onion and tomatoes in our fresh homemade ceviche sauce.

Pura Vida Roll

Rice, chicken tempura, cream cheese, guacamole, chicharron, sweet plantains, sweet chili sauce, pico de gallo dressed with eel sauce.

Mar y Tierra Roll

Rice, shrimp tempura, churrasco steak, cream cheese, avocado, sweet plantain, sweet sauce, and eel sauce.

Crispy Roll

Rice, shredded meat, shredded chicken, bacon, cream cheese, sesame seeds, sweet sauce, and eel sauce.

The Chicken Edition Roll

Rice, seaweed, fried chicken, bacon, cream cheese, sweet plantain, avocado, sweet sauce, eel sauce, and sesame seeds.

El Teke Teke Roll

Rice, seaweed, fried chicken, bacon, cream cheese, sweet plantain, avocado, pico de gallo, tartar sauce, eel sauce, and sesame seeds.

Rainbow Roll

Fresh tuna, fresh salmon, crab, hamachi, avocado, cucumber, and eel sauce.

Salmoncito Roll

Fresh salmon, shrimp tempura, cream cheese, avocado, tobiko, sesame seeds, and eel sauce.

California Roll

Rice, kani crab, avocado, cucumber, sesame seeds, and soy sauce.

Spicy Salmon Roll

Rice, fresh salmon, scallions, sesame seeds, spicy mayo, and soy sauce.

Nigiri Sushi Mix

2 tuna over a bed of rice, 3 salmon over a bed of rice, 3 king crab wrapped in seaweed, and ponzu sauce.

Grilled Salmon

6 oz grilled salmon fillet accompanied with our mouthwatering creamy house white Alfredo-based sauce, with kernel corn on the side, paired perfectly with smooth mashed potatoes. Sautéed mixed vegetables in garlic butter: broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots.

Costillas (Pork Ribs)

Falling-off-the-bone char-grilled ribs bathed in a smoky BBQ sauce with the perfect meat-to-rice ratio, paired with French fries.

Bandeja Paisa

Take a trip to Colombia with this rich-in-nutrition, and loaded with flavor dish. It includes pork sausage, skirt steak, pork chicharron (fried pork skin), a fried egg over white rice, red beans, sweet plantains, arepa, avocado, and salad.

Pechuga de Pollo a la Plancha al Limón

Delicious grilled chicken in lime, accompanied by white rice, red beans, and house salad.

Lamb Chops

Tender, cooked-to-perfection lamb chops in creamy mushroom gravy, with buttery mashed potatoes on top, and garnished.

Penne Pasta

Comes with your choice of protein: chicken or shrimp over our special recipe red or white sauce.

Lobster Tail Fettuccine Pasta

Lobster tail on a bed of fettuccine in our special recipe white sauce.

Pulpo a la Parrilla

Flame-grilled Spanish octopus with a hint of char, accompanied by fried yuca, house salad, and tartar sauce.

Picadera Mix

Perfect to share! This platter is full of grilled and fried goodness from sea and earth: grilled chicken, churrasco, chorizo, shrimp, pork belly, yuca frita, tostones, and guacamole.

Churrasco Platter

Skirt steak cooked to your liking, with white rice, red beans, and 2 tostones (fried plantains).

Beef Ribs

4 bones. Mouthwatering beef ribs, accompanied by French fries.

Fresh Guacamole

Made-to-order guacamole with fresh avocado, tomatoes, onions, cilantro, salt, pepper, and lime. Enjoy with homemade tortilla chips.

Pura Vida Salad

Green salad with romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, and home-recipe cilantro dressing.

Caesar Salad

Green salad with romaine lettuce, Parmesan cheese, croutons, and Caesar dressing.

Tacos Mar y Tierra

3 tacos made with homemade corn tortillas, with juicy skirt steak and shrimp, topped with guacamole, finely chopped cabbage, shredded carrot, cilantro, and pico de gallo, dressed with tartar sauce.

Baja California Tacos

3 sautéed shrimp topped with purple cabbage and pickled onions, dressed with tartar sauce and sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.

Tacos de Gallo de Salchichon

3 tacos made with homemade corn tortillas with flavorful Costa Rican sausage, topped with chopped thin cabbage, chopped cilantro, topped with small carrot pieces, dressed with mayonnaise and ketchup.

Grilled Octopus Tacos

3 tacos made with homemade corn tortillas, guacamole, thinly sliced cabbage, cilantro, carrot pieces, pico de gallo, and kernel corn, enhanced with eel sauce.

Sweet Plantains

Sprinkled with Parmesan cheese.

House Salad

With house cilantro dressing.

Agua de Piña

Pineapple

Agua de Jamaica

Hibiscus

Kids I Don’t Know

Chicken tenders and French fries.

Kids I'm Not Hungry

French fries with Colombian sausage.

Kids That's Fine

Cheeseburger with fries.