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El Molcajete Mexican Cuisine east Menu
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The full El Molcajete Mexican Cuisine east menu
Browse every dish by category — from in-table BBQ cuts to stews, sides and drinks. Prices are shown where available.
Street Tacos
Three taco quesadilla, served with birria meat and homemade consomé, onions and cilantro.
Beverages
The same great taste made with only pure cane sugar and served in a bottle.
Nachos
Cheese nachos topped with ground beef, shredded chicken and beans. All covered with lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes and cheese sauce on top.
Grilled chicken or steak, with grilled onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Over our traditional cheese nachos.
Nacho chips with jumbo shrimp and crab meat, covered with grilled onions, tomatoes, bell peppers and cheese sauce.
Grilled shrimp with grilled onions, tomatoes and bell peppers, over our traditional cheese nachos.
Nacho chips with grilled chicken, steak & shrimp, covered with grilled onions, tomatoes, bell peppers and cheese sauce.
Chimichangas
Grilled chicken, steak and shrimp.
Crab meat with grilled onions and tomatoes.
Grilled chicken or steak.
Grilled jumbo shrimp cooked with onions, bell peppers and tomatoes.
Shredded chicken or ground beef wrapped in a tortilla.
Vegetarian. Grilled onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, mushrooms and zucchini.
Seafood
Grilled shrimp cooked with garlic on top of a bed of rice and guacamole salad.
Shrimp, avocado, pico de gallo, in our special homemade sauce.
Grilled seasoned shrimp covered with our delicious cheese and creamy chipotle sauce. Served with rice and beans. Spicy.
Delicious jumbo shrimp served onto of rice and covered with cheese sauce.
Grilled tilapia with shrimp, pico de gallo, lettuce, sour cream, rice, broccoli, guacamole, rice and beans.
Grilled shrimp with hot sauce. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Three shrimp tacos with lettuce and cheese. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream.
Three fish tacos with lettuce and cheese. Served with rice, black beans, pico de gallo, guacamole & sour cream.
Lunch Menu
Poblano pepper served with rice, beans and cheese sauce.
Chicken or steak served with grilled onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, cheese sauce, rice and beans.
Flour tortilla stuffed with steak, rice and beans and topped with cheese dip.
Grilled chicken or steak with grilled onions, bell peppers and tomatoes, topped with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, shredded cheese and cheese sauce.
Sunny side up eggs mixed with our special "Ranchero sauce." served with rice and tortillas.
Your choice of shredded chicken or beef. Served with rice, beans and cheese sauce.
Taco, enchilada, rice or beans and cheese sauce.
Traditional chips, tortillas strips with shredded chicken on red and green salsa with melting cheese and cheese sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Your choice of shredded chicken or ground beef wrapped in a tortilla. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, lettuce and cheese sauce.
Two cheese enchiladas topped with shredded chicken, cheese sauce, lettuce, guacamole and sour cream. Served with rice.
Scrambled eggs mixed with chorizo. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Chorizo, eggs, bacon, cheese, rice and beans. All wrapped in a tortilla.
Your choice of shredded chicken or beef. Served with rice and beans.
Grilled chicken or steak, served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans. Covered with cheese sauce.
Scrambled eggs cooked with pico de gallo. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Big flour tortilla stuffed with shredded pork cooked with tomatoes, onions and bell peppers. Topped with cheese sauce, black beans, lettuce and tomatoes.
Served over delicious rice and topped with cheese sauce.
Desserts
Quesadillas
Grilled shrimp with onions, tomatoes and bell peppers covered with cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans on the side.
Vegetarian. Grilled mushrooms, zucchini, onions, tomatoes and grilled bell peppers, covered with cheese sauce, served with rice & beans.
Your choice of chicken, steak or mixed, mushrooms, bell peppers, onions, cheese, tomatoes. Served with pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream on the side.
Shredded chicken or ground beef. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, rice and beans.
Flour tortilla folded and stuffed with your choice of shredded chicken or beef. Served with refried beans, lettuce, guacamole and tomatoes.
Big flour tortilla folded and stuffed with chicken, steak & shrimp cooked with onions and cheese. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, rice and beans on the side.
Grilled chicken or steak, served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans. Covered with cheese sauce.
Sides
À La Carte
Shredded chicken or steak.
Ground beef.
Beef or chicken.
Beef, chicken or cheese.
Steaks
T-bone with grilled onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
T-bone & shrimp served with grilled onions, rice, beans and tortillas.
Ribeye steak with grilled mushrooms served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans.
Three grilled slices steak tacos served with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, guacamole, rice and beans.
Ribeye steak served with fries, fresh broccoli and tossed salad.
Ribeye steak served with sliced avocado, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice, beans & tortillas.
T-bone steak served with Ranchero sauce, rice, beans and tortillas.
Three grilled slices steak tacos served with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, guacamole, rice and beans.
Our Specialties
Stuffed with grilled steak or chicken, grilled onions and mushrooms. Served with fries.
Two deep-fried chicken burritos with sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole and cheese sauce on top. Served with rice & beans.
Traditional dish, tortillas strips with shredded chicken on red and green salsa with melting cheese and cheese sauce, served with rice and beans.
Served with steak and chicken, refried beans inside and topped with shrimp, chorizo, pineapple and cheese sauce.
Grilled chicken breast topped with spinach dip, grilled zucchini and mushrooms. Served with mixed salad (lettuce and tomatoes).
Grilled seasoned chicken, steak and shrimp grilled onions, bell peppers and tomatoes. Served with rice and topped with cheese sauce.
Grilled chicken, onions, tomatoes, and our special sour cream sauce. Served with rice and tortillas.
Served over delicious rice and topped with cheese sauce.
Beef chunks with red chile sauce. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Rice covered with grilled chicken, steak, shrimp, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, mushrooms and cheese sauce.
Fajita style steak or chicken cooked with grilled onions, bell peppers and tomatoes. Served over delicious rice & topped with cheese sauce.
One baked potato topped with grilled chicken smothered with cheese and cheese sauce. Served with rice and beans.
One enchilada, one burrito topped with red salsa, lettuce, sour cream, avocados and pico de gallo.
Burritos
Big flour tortilla stuffed with shredded pork, rice, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, sour cream and cheese peppers. Topped with cheese sauce, black beans, lettuce and tomatoes.
Shredded chicken covered with cheese & chipotle sauce with rice and beans.
Chorizo, eggs, bacon, cheese, rice and beans all wrapped in a tortilla.
Chicken or steak served with grilled onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, cheese sauce, rice and beans.
Pork burrito topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans and hot salsa on the side.
Grilled crab meat, onions, tomatoes, cheese, rice and beans.
Two burritos, one with shredded chicken and one ground beef. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream and guacamole.
Ground beef, shredded chicken, rice & beans wrapped in a flour tortilla with cheese sauce, sour cream and lettuce.
Ground beef or shredded chicken. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, rice, beans and sour cream.
Grilled chicken, steak with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, guacamole and rice & beans all wrapped in a tortilla with cheese sauce on top.
Ground beef or shredded chicken served with rice and beans. Topped with cheese sauce.
Tortas
Vegetarian
Vegetarian. One bean burrito & rice.
Vegetarian. One chile relleno & one cheese enchilada.
Vegetarian. Cheese enchilada & cheese quesadilla.
Vegetarian. With white queso, filled with grilled mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, tomatoes and zucchini.
Vegetarian. Our taco salad bowl filled with grilled onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, zucchini and mushrooms. Served with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, guacamole and cheese.
Vegetarian. Cheese enchilada & rice.
Vegetarian. One cheese enchilada & beans.
Kids Menu
Rice & beans.
With fries.
Rice & beans.
Rice & beans.
Rice & beans.
Small nachos with shredded chicken or ground beef.
Chicken
A grilled chicken breast served with grilled shrimp, cheese sauce, pico de gallo, lettuce, sliced avocado, sour cream, rice & beans.
Grilled seasoned chicken tender chicken covered with our delicious cheese and creamy chipotle sauce. Served with rice and beans.
Three grilled sliced chicken tacos served with lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream, rice & beans.
Chicken breast cooked with chorizo / Mexican sausage and topped with cheese sauce, rice & beans.
Grilled chicken breast served with grilled onions, cheese sauce, mushrooms, lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, rice and beans.
Seasoned grilled chicken, served with rice beans, covered with cheese sauce and guacamole salad. Served in a hot skillet.
Salads
Lettuce, cucumber, onions, tomatoes and cheese.
Lettuce, guacamole & tomatoes.
Delicious grilled shrimp cooked with grilled onions, bell peppers and tomatoes. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese & cheese sauce.
Grilled chicken or steak with grilled onions, bell peppers and tomatoes. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese & cheese sauce.
Chicken, shrimp & steak with bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, shredded cheese and cheese sauce.
Served with a tossed salad.
Served with lettuce, sour cream, cheese & tomatoes.
Appetizers
Shredded seasoned chicken cooked with onions, tomatoes and bell peppers.
Hot, mild, BBQ, mango habanero.
With cheese sauce.
Taco Salads
Your choice of shredded chicken or ground beef served with lettuce, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, tomatoes.
Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, lettuce and guacamole.
Two grilled sliced chicken tacos on flour tortillas. Served with lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream, rice and beans.
Shrimp fajitas. Served with rice, beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, lettuce and guacamole.
Two shredded chicken enchiladas with rice and beans. Covered with cheese sauce, lettuce, sour cream and tomatoes.
Two grilled slices steak tacos on flour tortillas. Served with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, guacamole, rice and beans.
Burgers
Creamy patty served with lettuce, onions, avocado & pico de gallo.
Grilled chicken breast fully dressed with lettuce and tomatoes. Served with fries.
Fajitas
Half a pineapple hollowed out and cooked with grilled chicken and shrimp, bell peppers, pineapple, onions, tomatoes and cheese. Served with rice, lettuce, sliced tomato.
Vegetarian. With sliced zucchini and mushrooms.
Steak, chicken, shrimp and chorizo / Mexican sausage.
Chicken, steak and shrimp are grilled with onions, poblano peppers, bacon and mozzarella cheese. Topped with pineapple and salsa. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Sliced chicken breast, steak, shrimp, chorizo with green onion served with rice, melted mozzarella cheese, beans, guacamole, green sauce, lettuce, pico de gallo and tortillas.
Steak, chicken and shrimp.
Enchiladas
Three cheese enchiladas topped with shredded chicken, cheese, lettuce, guacamole and sour cream. Served with cheese dip and rice.
Three shredded chicken enchiladas topped with our special cream cheese tomatillo sauce. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, rice and beans.
Three shrimp enchiladas topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, tomato and sour cream. Served with rice and beans.
Four rolled corn tortillas, one beef, one chicken, one cheese and one bean, topped with cheese dip, lettuce, sour cream and tomatoes.
Three shredded chicken enchiladas with rice and beans. Covered with cheese dip, lettuce, sour cream and tomatoes.
Mexican Soups
Served with shredded chicken pico de gallo, cheese, avocado and tortilla.
Shrimp & fish soup.
Pork
Three juicy pork tacos served with lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo, rice and beans.
Juicy pork chunks, served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, rice and beans.
Two grilled pork chop cooked with grilled onions, tomatoes and bell peppers. Served with rice and beans.
Pork strips covered with green tomatillo sauce, served with rice and beans.
Prices & availability
Prices, menu categories, and availability at El Molcajete Mexican Cuisine east may vary over time. Item-level prices are not always listed, so confirming prices and current menu options directly with the restaurant is advised before ordering or visiting.
Dining fit
This menu is good for
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Lunch
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Dinner
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Solo dining
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Great beer selection
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Cocktails
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30 min to 1 hr visit
About this menu
What to know before you order
El Molcajete Mexican Cuisine east offers a broad Mexican menu featuring categories like Seafood, Our Specialties, Fajitas, Quesadillas, and Desserts. Popular dishes include Shrimp Tacos, Guadalajara Chicken, and various fajitas that reflect traditional Mexican flavors. The menu also includes a Kids Menu and vegetarian options, catering to diverse tastes and dietary needs.
Guests often mention flavorful dishes such as beef and chicken nachos and compliment the cocktails and quick service. The menu is organized by meal types and specialties, making it suitable for casual dining occasions like lunch or dinner, as well as quick bites. Accessibility and multiple service options including dine-in and takeout enhance the overall experience.
El Molcajete Mexican Cuisine east
Mexican Restaurant
- 3034 KY-144, Owensboro, KY 42303, United States
- +1 270-240-1801
- · 11:00 AM - 08:00 PM
- $10 to $20
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