El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant Menu
Introducing the Menu at El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant
El Vaquero Mexican Restaurant, located in Gahanna, OH, delivers a vibrant culinary experience that encapsulates the heart of Mexican cuisine. Known for its inviting atmosphere, this restaurant serves up dishes that keep diners coming back. Highlights include the tantalizing Steak El Cuatrero, featuring grilled ribeye and shrimp topped with melted cheese, and the hearty Burrito California, packed with slow-roasted beef barbacoa and savory cheese sauce.
Guest favorites like the refreshing chips and salsa and delightful shrimp queso showcase El Vaquero’s commitment to flavor. For those with a sweet tooth, delectable desserts such as flan and churros add a perfect ending to any meal. With vegan options, attentive service, and a lively ambiance, El Vaquero is great for families and casual gatherings alike. It’s a place where tradition meets taste, making every visit a fiesta for the senses!
Appetizers
Mexican Lettuce Wraps
Sweet and spicy marinated chicken served with lettuce wraps, topped with fresh feta cheese andcilantro.
Fajitas Chicken Nachos
Grilled onions, peppers, mushrooms and tomatoes.
Fajitas Sirloin Steak Nachos
Grilled onions, peppers, mushrooms and tomatoes.
Bean Nachos
Fried beans.
Carnitas Nachos
Served with green onions and fresh tomato.
Beef Nachos
Served with green onions and fresh tomato.
Chicken Nachos
Chips with cheese and a variety of toppings.
Chorizo Nachos
Chips with cheese and a variety of toppings.
Avocado Rollito
2 deep fried small rollitos filled with black bean corn salsa, cheese and avocado. Served with lettuce and chipotle dressing.
Cheese Dip
Creamy dip made from melted cheese.
Guacamole
A creamy dip made from avocado.
Trio
Guacamole dip, cheese dip and bean dip.
Spinach Cheese Dip
Served with green onions and fresh tomato.
Queso Fundido With Shrimp
grilled shrimps, onions, mushrooms, poblano peppers and melted cheese.
Bean Dip
Refried beans, cheese dip.
Salsa Tres Amigo
3 different and selicious salsas. Roasted tomatoes with roasted jalapenos, green tomatillo with onions, cilantro and jalapeno, green tomatillo with red chile de arbol.
Large Cheese Dip
Creamy dip made from melted cheese.
Large Guacamole
A creamy dip made from avocado.
Vaquero Salad
Romaine, gourmet greens, black bean corn salsa, roasted green, red peppers and tortilla strips. Served with marinated chicken.
Ensalada Tropical Salad
Romaine, gourmet greens, pineapple, mango, black corn salsa, feta cheese and tomato with grilled shrimp and your choice of dressing.
Guadalajara Salad
Romaine, gourmet greens, roasted green, red peppers, black bean corn salsa Monterrey Jack, cheddar cheeses, tomatoes, avocado and tortilla strips. Served with grilled chicken.
Fiesta Salad
Romaine, gourmet greens, black bean corn salsa, feta cheese, tomatoes and tortilla strips. Served with diced grilled chicken.
Taco Salad
Crispy flour shell, cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream and tomato. Beef or chicken.
Pozole Soup
Chicken broth, shredded chicken, pico de gallo and hominy.
Azteca Soup
Chicken broth, shredded chicken and tortilla strips.
House Salad
Romaine lettuce, gourmet greens, pico de gallo, avocado, cheese and tortilla strips.
Taco Chicken Salad
Crispy flour tortilla shell with chicken, lettuce, tomato, cheese and sour cream.
Small Grilled Chicken House Salad
Romaine, gourmet greens, pico de gallo, avocado, cheese and tortilla strips.
Soup and Salads
Tacos
Tacos al Pastor
Marinated pork in special sauce, onions, cilantro, lime and tomatillo hot sauce. Served with mexican rice, brown rice or guacamole salad with sour cream, black or refried beans.
Tacos de Carne Asada
Grilled sirloin steak.
Tacos de Cochinita Pibil
Pork barbecue.
Tacos de Pollo Marinado
Marinated chicken.
Tacos de Pescado
Fish tacos.
Tacos de Barbacoa de Res
Slow roasted beef barbecue with guajillo sauce.
Tacos de Carnitas
Roasted pork.
Chicken Fajita
Pork Carnitas Fajita
Sirloin Steak Fajita
Vallarta Fajita
Shrimp Fajita
Fajitas
Chicken
El Vaquero Bowl
Grilled chicken strips, sauted with zucchini, roasted red and poblano peppers on creamy red sauce or green tomatillo and cheese sauce over a bed of Mexican rice or black beans. No sides.
Pollo Margarita
Grilled marinated chicken breast, cooked with black bean corn salsa, in tortilla strips, served with melted Monterey Jack cheddar cheese. Evaporated with El Vaquero original margarita, servedwith rice, beans and tortillas
Pollo Adobe
Grilled chicken breast with grilled onions, poblano peppers, mushrooms and melted cheese. Served with tortillas.
Pollo Chipotle
Chicken strips sauteed on medium chipotle sauce. Served with tortillas.
Pollo a la Diabla
Chicken strips sauteed on hot diabla sauce. Served with tortillas. Hot.
Pollo Marinado
Grilled marinated chicken breast cooked with onions and mushrooms. Covered with Monterrey mixed cheese.
El Morro Special
Grilled chicken strips cooked with pineapple and Mexican pork sausage, topped with shredded cheese, served over a flour tortilla.
Marias
3 chicken enchiladas covered with mole poblano sauce and cheese.
Chicken Burrito and Chicken Enchilada
1 burrito and 1 enchilada topped with lettuce, sour cream and tomato.
Mole Poblano
Shredded chicken covered with mole poblano sauce and cheese.
Pollo Nayarit
Grilled chicken strips over a bed of Mexican rice, covered with melted cheese. Served with guacamole salad, sour cream, tomato, broccoli cole slaw and tortillas. This dish does not include a side order.
Pollo Tlaxcala
Grilled chicken strips cooked squash, zucchini, bell peppers, onion and tomatoes, over a bed of Mexican rice, topped with cheese sauce. Served with guacamole salad, sour cream, tomato, broccoli cole slaw and tortillas. This dish does not include a side order.
Pollo Ranchero
Grilled chicken strips sauteed on creamy red sauce.
Tostadas de Tinga
2 Tinga Tostadas with shredded chicken cooked with onions and chipotle peppers, topped with lettuce, tomato and feta cheese.
Steak El Cuatrero
Grilled rib-eye steak and shrimp, covered with melted cheese. Served with Mexican rice, refried beans, and tortillas.
Burrito California
1 burrito filled with slow roasted beef barbacoa, Mexican rice and refried beans with cheese sauce on top, served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Steak Ranchero
Grilled rib eye steak covered with ranchero sauce. Served with Mexican rice, refried beans, pico de gallo, guacamole salad and tortillas.
El Vaquero Especial
Grilled rib eye steak topped with grilled, onions, bell peppers and tomatoes. Served with Mexican rice, refried beans and tortillas.
Carne Asada
Grilled skirt meat. Served with Mexican rice, refried beans, guacamole salad, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Steak
Mariscos
Del Mar Bowl
Grilled shrimp sauteed with zucchini, roasted red and poblano peppers, on creamy red sauce over a bed of brown Mexican rice or black beans.
Camarones Ranchero
Shrimp sauteed in creamy ranchero sauce. Served with brown Mexican rice or refried beans and tortillas.
Shrimp Cocktail
Boiled shrimps with avocado, lime juice, pico de gallo and sauce. Served hot or cold.
Shrimp Enchiladas
3 bean enchiladas, topped with grilled shrimp and covered with cheese sauce, served with brown Mexican rice, lettuce, sour cream and tomato.
Camarones Veracruz
Grilled shrimp, squash, zucchini, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, over a bed of brown Mexican rice, topped with signature medium spicy cheese sauce. Served with guacamole salad, sour cream, tomato and tortillas.
Camarones A La Diabla
Sauteed shrimp on hot sauce. Served with brown Mexican rice, guacamole salad and tomato. Hot and spicy.
Tilapia San Lucas
Grilled fish tilapia. Served with brown Mexican rice, pico de gallo, guacamole, chipotle sauce and tortillas.
El Manjar Vaquero
1 chicken enchilada, grilled marinated chicken breast and sirloin steak. Served with Mexican rice, black beans and tortillas.
Burritas Tapatias
2 burritos filled with shredded pork, cooked with sun dried red pepper sauce, covered with sour cream, lettuce, avocado slices and tomatoes.
Flautas
4 rolled corn fried tortillas, mashed potatoes, refried beans, beef tips or shredded chicken. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, tomato, feta cheese and red sauce. Your choice of Mexican rice or beans.
Quesadilla Mexicana
A grilled flour tortilla, spread with refried beans, cheese, stuffed with beef tips, shredded chicken or pork carnitas, comes with 2 sides
Carnitas
Delicious roasted pork tips. Served with guacamole salad, pico de gallo, rice, beans, tortillas and a special mango and pineapple sauce.
Burritos Deluxe
2 burritos, 1 shredded chicken and 1 ground beef spread with refried beans, topped with lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
Molcajete Ranchero
Grilled shrimp, sirloin steak, grilled chicken and Mexican sausage cooked with onion, mushrooms, bell peppers, tomatoes and zucchini and a special red sauce with melted Monterrey cheese. Served with 2 sides, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, tomato, pico de gallo and 3 flour tortillas.
Enchiladas Supreme
Supreme combination of 4 enchiladas, 1 chicken, 1 beef, 1 bean, 1 cheese. Topped with ranchero sauce, lettuce, sour cream, tomato and fresh green onions.
Nachos Supreme
Cheese nachos with chicken, beef, beans, lettuce, Sour cream, tomato and fresh green onions.
Burro Grande
Large burrito filled with Mexican rice, refried beans, cheese sauce on top, served with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and guacamole on the side.
Grilled Sirlion Steak Burro Grande
Large burrito filled with Mexican rice, refried beans, cheese sauce on top, served with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and guacamole on the side.
Shrimp Burro Grande
Large burrito filled with Mexican rice, refried beans, cheese sauce on top, served with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and guacamole on the side.
Burrito San Diego
Burrito filled with Mexican pork sausage and Mexican mashed potatoes. Covered with cheese sauce. Served with Mexican rice, refried beans, lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
Enchiladas Suizas
3 enchiladas with your choice of chicken, beef tips or cheese. Topped with fresh green tomatillo sauce. Served with Mexican rice, lettuce and sour cream.
Chimichanga Supreme
2 soft or fried chimichangas, beef or chicken. Topped with cheese sauce. Served with Mexican rice and refried beans, guacamole salad, tomato and sour cream.
Fajita Quesadilla
Grilled flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, chicken, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes and mushrooms. Served with Mexican rice, refried beans, guacamole salad, tomato and sour cream.
Sirloin Steak Fajita Quesadilla
Grilled flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, sirloin steak, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes and mushrooms. Served with Mexican rice, refried beans, guacamole salad, tomato and sour cream.
Shrimp Fajita Quesadilla
Grilled flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, bell peppers, onions, tomatoes and mushrooms. Served with Mexican rice, refried beans, guacamole salad, tomato and sour cream.
Specialties
Vegetariano
Burrito Zacatecas
1 burrito filled with Mexican mashed potatoes, grilled spinach, tomatoes, onions and cheese sauce on top. Served with your choice of 2 sides. Vegetarian.
Vegetarian Chimichanga
1 deep fried burrito stuffed with grilled red and green peppers, zucchini, fresh avocado covered with cheese sauce. Served with brown Mexican rice, black beans or refried beans, gourmet greens, broccoli coleslaw and sour cream. Vegetarian.
Spinach Quesadilla
Grilled spinach, onions, tomatoes and cheese quesadilla. Served with your choice of brown Mexican rice, black beans or refried beans, lettuce, pico de gallo and sour cream. Vegetarian.
Vegetables Fajitas
Grilled fresh mushrooms, red, green peppers, onions, tomatoes, zucchini and squash. Served with brown Mexican rice, refried beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, sour cream and tortillas. Vegetarian.
Quesadilla Vegetables
Grilled flour tortilla stuffed with onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms, cheese. Served with tossed salad and your choice of brown Mexican rice and black or refried beans
Burrito Grande Vegetarian
1 large burrito filled with grilled mushrooms, bell pepper, onions, tomatoes, zucchini and squash and covered with cheese sauce. Served with your choice of 2 sides. Vegetarian.
Avocadilla
Grilled flour tortilla quesadilla stuffed with grilled red and green peppers, zucchini, cheese and avocado. Served with brown Mexican rice and refried or black beans, lettuce and tomato. Vegetarian.
Spinach Enchiladas
3 cheese enchiladas, topped with grilled spinach and cheese sauce. Served with brown Mexican rice, black or refried beans, guacamole salad and tomato.
Enchiladas Vegetables
3 cheese enchiladas topped with grilled onions, bell peppers, zucchinis, covered with ranchero sauce. Served with black beans or refried beans, lettuce, tomato and cheese. Vegetarian.
1 Item Combo
2 Item Combo
3 Item Combo
Create Your Own Combo
Kids Mains
Kids Mini Corn Dogs
6 pieces with french fries.
Kids Mac N Cheese
Served with french fries.
Kids Pizza with French Fries
Fried potatoes.
Kids Taco, Mexican Rice and Refried Beans
Folded tortilla with a variety of fillings such as meat or beans.
Kids Enchilada, Mexican Rice and Beans
Stuffed tortilla topped with chili sauce.
Kids Burrito, Mexican Rice and Beans
Flour tortilla with a savory filling.
Kids Cheese Quesadilla and French Fries
Cooked tortilla that is filled with cheese and folded in half.
Kids Beef Quesadilla and French Fries
Ground beef and cheese quesadilla.
Kids Chicken Quesadilla and French Fries
Chicken and Cheese Quesadilla
Kids Chicken Fingers with French Fries
3 pieces.
Kids Hamburger
Served with french fries.
Chimichanga
Deep fried burrito beef or chicken with cheese sauce on top and lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and tomato on the side.
Flour Tortillas
Corn Tortillas
Cheese Quesadilla
Cheese Quesadilla with Beef
Cheese Quesadilla with Shredded Chicken
Cheese Quesadilla with Mushroom
Cheese Quesadilla with Shrimp
Chicken Tamale
Taco Hard Beef
1 Hard beef taco with lettuce and cheese.
Taco Hard Chicken
Hard shredded chicken taco with lettuce and cheese.
Taco Soft Beef
Soft beef taco with lettuce and cheese.
Taco Soft Chicken
Soft shredded chicken taco with lettuce and cheese.
Enchilada Beef
Enchilada Chicken
Enchilada Bean
Enchilada Cheese
Tostada Beef
Tostada Chicken
Beef Burrito
Chicken Burrito
Cheese Chile Relleno
Mashed Potatoes Chile Relleno
Ground Beef Chile Relleno
French Fries
Refried Beans
Black Beans
Mexican Yellow Rice
Brown Rice
Sour Cream, Jalapenos, Lettuce, Tomato and Pico de Gallo
Yellow Rice
Vegetarian.
A La Carte
Desserts
Churros
Sweet strip of fried dough dusted with sugar and cinnamon, covered in chocolate syrup and whipped cream.
Flan
Creamy caramel sauce over the silky custard. Served with a taste of Mexican tradition.
Sopapilla
Fried flour tortilla, with honey, butter and cinnamon.
Xangos Cheesecake
Creamy cheesecake wrapped in a pastry tortilla fried golden dusted with cinnamon sugar and a drizzle of chocolate syrup.
Soda
Tea
Fresh Iced Tea
Mexican Bottles
Flavored Lemonades
Fountain Drinks
New Flavored Lemonades
Lemonade
Pollo Marinado Almuerzos
Grilled marinated chicken breast cooked with onions and mushrooms, covered with Monterey mixed cheese.
Avocadilla Almuerzos
1 grilled flour tortilla quesadilla with grilled red and green peppers, zucchini and squash, cheese, avocado.
Burrito Jalisco Almuerzos
1 burrito filled with grilled bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms with cheese sauce on trop.
Huevos con Chorizo Almuerzos
Scramble eggs with Mexican pork sausage. Served with tortillas.
El Morro Special Almuerzos
Grilled chicken strips cooked with pineapple and Mexican pork sausage topped with shredded cheese and served over a flour tortilla.
Tinga Tostadas Almuerzos
2 Tinga tostadas with shredded chicken cooked with onions and chipotle, topped with lettuce, tomato and sour cream. No sides with this dish.
Quesadilla Mexicana Almuerzos
Grilled flour tortilla, spread with refried beans, cheese, stuffed with beef tips, shredded chicken or pork carnitas. Vegetarian.
Burritos Zacatecas Almuerzos
1 burritos filled with Mexican mashed potatoes, grilled , spinach, tomatoes and onions and topped with cheese sauce.
Taco Salad Almuerzos
Crispy flour shell cheese sauxce with lettuce, sour cream, tomato and beef.
Chimichanga Almuerzos
Soft or deep fried burrito with cheese sauce on top. Served with sour cream, oato and guacamole salad.
Speedy Gonzales Almuerzos
1 taco and 1 enchilada.
Enchiladas Verdes Almuerzos
2 chicken enchiladas topped with green tomatoes sauce.
Chile Relleno and Taco Almuerzos
Green poblano pepper stuffed with mozzarella cheese or mashed potatoes or ground beef, coated with eggs and topped with tomato red sauce and spread sour cream.
Burrito Almuerzos
Chicken or beef.
Enchiladas Almuerzos
Chicken or beef.
Burrito and Taco Almuerzos
Chicken or beef.
Burrito and Enchiladas Almuerzos
1 chicken burritos, 1 chicken enchiladas with your choice of mole sauce or red sauce.
Huevos Rancheros Almuerzos
2 over easy eggs over corn tortillas, topped with mild red sauce and served with tortillas.
Flautas Almuerzoa
2 rolled corn fried tortillas, 1 beef tips 1 shredded chicken, Served with guacamole salad sour cream and tomato.
Fajitas Express Almuerzos
Grilled fresh mushrooms bells pepper tomatoes and onions. Served with guacamole saad, sour cream, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Quesadillas Vegetable Almuerzos
Grilled flour tor tilla stuffed with onions, bell pepppers, tomatoes, mushrooms and cheese. Vegetarian.
Burrito Grande Vegetariano
1 large burrito filled with grilled mushrooms, bell peppers, onions tomatoes, zucchini and squash and served with cheese sauce.
Carnitas Express Almuerzos
Delicious roasted pork tips, guacamole salad, pico de gallo, tortillas with mango and pineapple.
Flautas Almuerzos
2 rolled corn fried tortillas, 1 beef tips 1 shredded chicken, served with guacamole salad sour cream and tomato.
Almuerzos Lunch
Mains Lunch
Chicken Taco Salad
Crispy flour tortilla shell, cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream and tomato. Served with 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
Beef Taco Salad
Crispy flour tortilla shell, cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream and tomato. Served with 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
#126 Chimichanga
Soft or deep fried burrito. Served with cheese sauce on top. Served with sour cream, tomato, and guacamole salad. Beef tips or chicken. Served with 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
Speedy Gonzales
1 taco and 1 enchilada. Served with 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
Chile Relleno and Taco
Served with 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
Enchilada
Chicken or beef. Served with 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
Burrito
Chicken or beef. Served with 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
Burrito and Taco
Chicken or beef. Served with 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
Enchiladas Verdes
2 chicken enchiladas topped with fresh green tomatillo sauce. Served with 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
Burrito and Enchilada
1 chicken burrito, 1 chicken enchilada with your choice of mole sauce or red sauce. Served with 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad, with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
Huevos Rancheros
2 eggs over-easy, over corn tortillas, topped with mild red sauce. Served with tortilla, 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad, with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
Quesadilla Vegetales
A grilled flour tortilla stuffed with onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms and cheese. Served with 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
Huevos Con Chorizo
Scrambled eggs with Mexican pork sausage. Served with tortillas 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
Sirlon Steak Burrito Jalisco
1 burrito filled with grilled bell peppers, tomatoes, onions and mushrooms with cheese sauce on top. Served with 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
Chicken Burrito Jalisco
1 burrito filled with grilled bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms with cheese sauce on top. Served with 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.
Carnitas Express
Delicious roasted pork tips, guacamole salad, pico de gallo and tortillas. Served with 2 sides black or fried beans, guacamole salad with sour cream, yellow Mexican rice or brown Mexican rice.