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El Viejon Cocina y Cantina Menu
Explore the menu of El Viejon Cocina y Cantina in Denton, TX. Find Mexican dishes, drinks, dining options, and practical info for visit planning.
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Comida - A La Carte
Comida - All Day Brunch
Chorizo and egg mixed with pico and crispy tortillas, topped with avocado, melted cheese, and complemented with Mexican potatoes and refried beans
Two sunny-side up eggs on tostadas, one topped with green salsa and the other red salsa. Served with Mexican potatoes and refried beans.
Croissant sandwich filled with egg, ham, bacon, avocado slices, and cheese. Served with Mexican potatoes
Chips tossed in your choice of green or red salsa, topped off with queso fresco and sour cream. Served with Mexican potatoes and refried beans. Your choice of: asada, barbacoa, or eggs your way.
2 Fluffy pancakes, scrambled eggs, and bacon.
Comida - Appetizers
In house wings fried to perfection, tossed in your choice of house sauces. Buffalo, BBQ, Mango Habanero, Lemon Pepper (wet)
In house wings fried to perfection, tossed in your choice of house sauces. Buffalo, BBQ, Mango Habanero, Lemon Pepper (wet)
Tilapia diced and cooked in lime juice. Mixed with mango, pineapple, pico de gallo, and topped with avocado slices.
Bite size pork belly fried to perfection, served with guacamole.
Mexican corn on the cob or off the cob.
Made in house daily with fresh Hass avocados
Melted to perfection yellow queso dip.
Melted to perfection pepper jack cheese dip
Freshley fried fries. Topped with shredded cheese, queso, guacamole, jalapenos, sour cream, and your choice of meat: pastor, chicken fajita, beef fajita, or shrimp.
Individual nachos topped off with beans, shredded cheese. With your choice of ground beef, shredded chicken, beef fajita, chicken fajita, pastor, or shrimp. Served with jalapenos, guac and sour cream.
Melted to perfection queso white or yellow, topped with guacamole, sour cream, and ground beef.
Melted cheese with your choice of meat: Chorizo, chicken fajita, beef fajita, shrimp. Served with corn or flour tortillas.
Cooked shrimp mixed with our house blend cocktail sauce with pico and avocado slices. With saltines or tostadas.
Battered and fried stuffed jalapenos filled with shredded chicken and cheese. Served with guacamole and quesito.
A little bit of everything. Sampler filled with flautitas, nachos, quesadillas, stuffed jalapenos, and wings.
Comida - Caldos/Soups
Chicken broth soup with shredded chicken, jack cheese, and avocado slices. Topped with tortillas strips
In house WHITE pozole, with your choice of shredded chicken or pork.
House-made menudo, triple cooked in red broth. With or without hominy.
Ramen cooked to order in our house birria broth meat included, accompanied with onions cilantro and limes.
Comida - Chicken
Choose from a thinly sliced beef top round steak or a chicken breast that we panko cover and deep fry to perfection. Served with steamed veggies, rice and charro beans
Pan-seared chicken breast stuffed with cheese, spinach and mushrooms, covered in our house chipotle sour cream sauce. Served with steamed veggies, rice, charro beans.
Grilled to perfection chicken breast covered in our homemade mole sauce. Served with rice, steamed veggies and charro beans.
Comida - Ensalada's
House salad with sliced tomatoes, onions, avocados, and shredded cheese. Your choice of dressing.
Cesar salad made to order tossed with romaine lettuce, shredded cheese, topped with croutons.
Mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, avocado, onion, and your choice of fajita chicken or grilled shrimp.
Flour taco shell filled with beans, shredded lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, accompanied with sour cream and guacamole. Choice of chicken fajita, beef fajita, ground beef, or shredded chicken.
Comida - Fajitas
Grilled shrimp, chicken and steak fajitas
Smoked jalapeno sausage, bacon wrapped shrimp, grilled chicken and steak fajitas.
Grilled shrimp, chicken and steak fajitas
Smoked jalapeno sausage, bacon wrapped shrimp, grilled chicken and steak fajitas.
Comida - La Taqueria
3 corn tacos served with limes, cilantro, onion, Mexican slaw, rice and charros beans. (not allowed to mix and match)
Handmade and pressed corn masa gorditas. Filled with queso Oaxaca and your choice of protein. Served with rice and refried beans.
Fresh Mexican bolillo bread filled with a variety of toppings all our specialty tortas are unique in their own way
4 corn street style tacos or 3 flour tacos served with cilantro, onion, limes and Spanish rice and charro beans. Mix and match your choice of meats.
Fresh Mexican bolillo bread filled with Mexican mayo, lettuce, tomatoes, onion, jalapenos, melted cheese and your choice of protein. Accompanied with French fries.
Comida - Niños
Grilled to order sausage frank on slightly toasted bun accompanied with your choice of fries, rice or refried beans.
Made to order, tossed in our house batter, deep fried till crispy brown. served with rice, fries or refried beans.
Kraft macaroni and cheese cooked to order served with your choice of fries
Choose any 1 item accompanied by your choice of rice, refried beans or fries
Fried to perfection corn dog served with your choice of fries, rice, or refried beans
Comida - Postres
Big slice of homemade 3 leches cake topped with whipped topping and carmel drizzle garnished with a strawberry
Made in house Mexican pastry dessert filled with cream cheese and covered in cinnamon sugar and topped with dulce de leche drizzle and a strawberry garnish.
Deep fried and cinnamon covered churros accompanied with vanilla ice cream.
House made Mexican dessert, creamy custard.
3 traditional sopapillas fried till golden brown and fluffy, cinnamon covered and accompanied with honey
Comida - Seafood
Pan seared shrimp cooked in a chipotle adobo sauce. Served with rice, steamed veggies, and charro beans. (SPICY)
Stuffed jumbo shrimp wrapped in bacon and deep fried to perfection. Served with steamed veggies, rice, and charros
Jumbo shrimp tossed and panko covered and deep fried till golden brown. Served with rice, charros and steamed veggies.
Pan seared to perfection tilapia, covered in a tangy garlic sauce. Served with steamed veggies, rice and charro beans.
Comida - Steak
Bite size carne asada chunks cooked to order in our house green salsa. Served with rice, steamed veggies, and charros
10oz Ribeye steak cooked to your liking, on a bed of grilled onions and peppers topped with sauteed mushrooms. Served with grilled veggies, rice and charros
Grilled to perfection skirt steak, cooked to your choice of temperature. Served with steamed veggies, charros and spanish rice
Comida - Tex-Mex
Single item of your choice served with rice and refried beans.
Mix and match any 2 items. Served with rice and refried beans.
Mix and match any 3 items of your choice. Served with rice and refried beans.
Large flour tortilla filled with rice, refried beans, shredded cheese, and your choice of protein. Accompanied with sour cream and guacamole.
Poblano pepper, battered and fried to perfection, stuffed with shredded cheese and your choice of protein and topped with your favorite sauce. Served with rice and refried beans.
Deep fried burrito filled with shredded cheese and protein of choice, topped with your choice of sauce. Accompanied with sour cream and guacamole. Served with rice and refried beans.
Large flour tortilla filled with mix cheese, your choice of protein. Complimented with sour cream and guacamole.
Bowl filled with rice, refried beans, sauteed veggies, elote, shredded cheese, avocado slices and your choice of protein.
4 flautas filled with tinga or deshebrada meat. Topped with lettuce, cream fresca, queso fresco, tomatoes and your choice of salsa verde or queso. Served with rice and refried beans
A La Carte
All Day Brunch
Chorizo and egg mixed with pico and crispy tortillas, topped with avocado, melted cheese, and complemented with Mexican potatoes and refried beans
Two sunny-side up eggs on tostadas, one topped with green salsa and the other red salsa. Served with Mexican potatoes and refried beans.
Croissant sandwich filled with egg, ham, bacon, avocado slices, and cheese. Served with Mexican potatoes
Chips tossed in your choice of green or red salsa, topped off with queso fresco and sour cream. Served with Mexican potatoes and refried beans. Your choice of: asada, barbacoa, or eggs your way.
2 Fluffy pancakes, scrambled eggs, and bacon.
Appetizers
In house wings fried to perfection, tossed in your choice of house sauces. Buffalo, BBQ, Mango Habanero, Lemon Pepper (wet)
In house wings fried to perfection, tossed in your choice of house sauces. Buffalo, BBQ, Mango Habanero, Lemon Pepper (wet)
Tilapia diced and cooked in lime juice. Mixed with mango, pineapple, pico de gallo, and topped with avocado slices.
Bite size pork belly fried to perfection, served with guacamole.
Mexican corn on the cob or off the cob.
Made in house daily with fresh Hass avocados
Melted to perfection yellow queso dip.
Melted to perfection pepper jack cheese dip
Freshley fried fries. Topped with shredded cheese, queso, guacamole, jalapenos, sour cream, and your choice of meat: pastor, chicken fajita, beef fajita, or shrimp.
Individual nachos topped off with beans, shredded cheese. With your choice of ground beef, shredded chicken, beef fajita, chicken fajita, pastor, or shrimp. Served with jalapenos, guac and sour cream.
Melted to perfection queso white or yellow, topped with guacamole, sour cream, and ground beef.
Melted cheese with your choice of meat: Chorizo, chicken fajita, beef fajita, shrimp. Served with corn or flour tortillas.
Cooked shrimp mixed with our house blend cocktail sauce with pico and avocado slices. With saltines or tostadas.
Battered and fried stuffed jalapenos filled with shredded chicken and cheese. Served with guacamole and quesito.
A little bit of everything. Sampler filled with flautitas, nachos, quesadillas, stuffed jalapenos, and wings.
Caldos/Soups
Chicken broth soup with shredded chicken, jack cheese, and avocado slices. Topped with tortillas strips
In house WHITE pozole, with your choice of shredded chicken or pork.
House-made menudo, triple cooked in red broth. With or without hominy.
Ramen cooked to order in our house birria broth meat included, accompanied with onions cilantro and limes.
Chicken
Choose from a thinly sliced beef top round steak or a chicken breast that we panko cover and deep fry to perfection. Served with steamed veggies, rice and charro beans
Pan-seared chicken breast stuffed with cheese, spinach and mushrooms, covered in our house chipotle sour cream sauce. Served with steamed veggies, rice, charro beans.
Grilled to perfection chicken breast covered in our homemade mole sauce. Served with rice, steamed veggies and charro beans.
Ensalada's
House salad with sliced tomatoes, onions, avocados, and shredded cheese. Your choice of dressing.
Cesar salad made to order tossed with romaine lettuce, shredded cheese, topped with croutons.
Mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, avocado, onion, and your choice of fajita chicken or grilled shrimp.
Flour taco shell filled with beans, shredded lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, accompanied with sour cream and guacamole. Choice of chicken fajita, beef fajita, ground beef, or shredded chicken.
Fajitas
Grilled shrimp, chicken and steak fajitas
Smoked jalapeno sausage, bacon wrapped shrimp, grilled chicken and steak fajitas.
Grilled shrimp, chicken and steak fajitas
Smoked jalapeno sausage, bacon wrapped shrimp, grilled chicken and steak fajitas.
La Taqueria
3 corn tacos served with limes, cilantro, onion, Mexican slaw, rice and charros beans. (not allowed to mix and match)
Handmade and pressed corn masa gorditas. Filled with queso Oaxaca and your choice of protein. Served with rice and refried beans.
Fresh Mexican bolillo bread filled with a variety of toppings all our specialty tortas are unique in their own way
4 corn street style tacos or 3 flour tacos served with cilantro, onion, limes and Spanish rice and charro beans. Mix and match your choice of meats.
Fresh Mexican bolillo bread filled with Mexican mayo, lettuce, tomatoes, onion, jalapenos, melted cheese and your choice of protein. Accompanied with French fries.
Niños
Grilled to order sausage frank on slightly toasted bun accompanied with your choice of fries, rice or refried beans.
Made to order, tossed in our house batter, deep fried till crispy brown. served with rice, fries or refried beans.
Kraft macaroni and cheese cooked to order served with your choice of fries
Choose any 1 item accompanied by your choice of rice, refried beans or fries
Fried to perfection corn dog served with your choice of fries, rice, or refried beans
Postres
Big slice of homemade 3 leches cake topped with whipped topping and carmel drizzle garnished with a strawberry
Made in house Mexican pastry dessert filled with cream cheese and covered in cinnamon sugar and topped with dulce de leche drizzle and a strawberry garnish.
Deep fried and cinnamon covered churros accompanied with vanilla ice cream.
House made Mexican dessert, creamy custard.
3 traditional sopapillas fried till golden brown and fluffy, cinnamon covered and accompanied with honey
Seafood
Pan seared shrimp cooked in a chipotle adobo sauce. Served with rice, steamed veggies, and charro beans. (SPICY)
Stuffed jumbo shrimp wrapped in bacon and deep fried to perfection. Served with steamed veggies, rice, and charros
Jumbo shrimp tossed and panko covered and deep fried till golden brown. Served with rice, charros and steamed veggies.
Pan seared to perfection tilapia, covered in a tangy garlic sauce. Served with steamed veggies, rice and charro beans.
Steak
Bite size carne asada chunks cooked to order in our house green salsa. Served with rice, steamed veggies, and charros
10oz Ribeye steak cooked to your liking, on a bed of grilled onions and peppers topped with sauteed mushrooms. Served with grilled veggies, rice and charros
Grilled to perfection skirt steak, cooked to your choice of temperature. Served with steamed veggies, charros and spanish rice
Tex-Mex
Single item of your choice served with rice and refried beans.
Mix and match any 2 items. Served with rice and refried beans.
Mix and match any 3 items of your choice. Served with rice and refried beans.
Large flour tortilla filled with rice, refried beans, shredded cheese, and your choice of protein. Accompanied with sour cream and guacamole.
Poblano pepper, battered and fried to perfection, stuffed with shredded cheese and your choice of protein and topped with your favorite sauce. Served with rice and refried beans.
Deep fried burrito filled with shredded cheese and protein of choice, topped with your choice of sauce. Accompanied with sour cream and guacamole. Served with rice and refried beans.
Large flour tortilla filled with mix cheese, your choice of protein. Complimented with sour cream and guacamole.
Bowl filled with rice, refried beans, sauteed veggies, elote, shredded cheese, avocado slices and your choice of protein.
4 flautas filled with tinga or deshebrada meat. Topped with lettuce, cream fresca, queso fresco, tomatoes and your choice of salsa verde or queso. Served with rice and refried beans
La Barra - Happy Hour
La Barra - Draft Beer
La Barra - El Viejon Cantina
La Barra - Can Beer
La Barra - Seltzers
Experience the refreshing blend of tropical mango flavors
La Barra - Brandy/Conac
La Barra - Mezcal
La Barra - Wine
Happy Hour
Draft Beer
El Viejon Cantina
Can Beer
Seltzers
Experience the refreshing blend of tropical mango flavors
Brandy/Conac
Mezcal
Wine
Bebidas (soda) - Mexican Soda
Liberate your every day with fizzy and refreshing fruit-flavored Fanta soda pop
Liberate your every day with fizzy and refreshing fruit-flavored Fanta soda pop
Coca-Cola Original Taste — the crisp, refreshing taste you know and love
Classic, cool, crisp lemon-lime flavored taste that's caffeine free
Topo Chico has always been known for the legend surrounding its origins. Whether you believe in the legend or not, you'll still be able to enjoy the crisp, no-calorie taste of Topo Chico.
Bebidas (soda) - Energy Drinks
Bebidas (soda) - Penafiel
Bebidas (soda) - Powerade
Bebidas (soda) - Soda
Coca-Cola Original Taste — the crisp, refreshing taste you know and love
Take a Diet Coke break with this refreshing, no-calorie soft drink
Enjoy the great taste of Coca-Cola with zero sugar, zero calories
Classic, cool, crisp lemon-lime flavored taste that's caffeine free
A delicious, caffeinated, full bodied flavored soda
Liberate your every day with fizzy and refreshing fruit-flavored Fanta soda pop
Liberate your every day with fizzy and refreshing fruit-flavored Fanta soda pop
Liberate your every day with fizzy and refreshing fruit-flavored Fanta soda pop
Liberate your every day with fizzy and refreshing fruit-flavored Fanta soda pop
Bebidas (soda) - Virgen
Bebidas (soda) - Water/MinuteMaid
Pure, vapor-distilled water
There’s always goodness to be found at the end of a Minute Maid rainbow.
There’s always goodness to be found at the end of a Minute Maid rainbow.
There’s always goodness to be found at the end of a Minute Maid rainbow.
Bebidas (soda) - Jumex
Mexican Soda
Liberate your every day with fizzy and refreshing fruit-flavored Fanta soda pop
Liberate your every day with fizzy and refreshing fruit-flavored Fanta soda pop
Coca-Cola Original Taste — the crisp, refreshing taste you know and love
Classic, cool, crisp lemon-lime flavored taste that's caffeine free
Topo Chico has always been known for the legend surrounding its origins. Whether you believe in the legend or not, you'll still be able to enjoy the crisp, no-calorie taste of Topo Chico.
Energy Drinks
Penafiel
Powerade
Soda
Coca-Cola Original Taste — the crisp, refreshing taste you know and love
Take a Diet Coke break with this refreshing, no-calorie soft drink
Enjoy the great taste of Coca-Cola with zero sugar, zero calories
Classic, cool, crisp lemon-lime flavored taste that's caffeine free
A delicious, caffeinated, full bodied flavored soda
Liberate your every day with fizzy and refreshing fruit-flavored Fanta soda pop
Liberate your every day with fizzy and refreshing fruit-flavored Fanta soda pop
Liberate your every day with fizzy and refreshing fruit-flavored Fanta soda pop
Liberate your every day with fizzy and refreshing fruit-flavored Fanta soda pop
Virgen
Water/MinuteMaid
Pure, vapor-distilled water
There’s always goodness to be found at the end of a Minute Maid rainbow.
There’s always goodness to be found at the end of a Minute Maid rainbow.
There’s always goodness to be found at the end of a Minute Maid rainbow.
Jumex
Antojitos - Dulces
Antojitos - Miche Mix
Antojitos - Perros Calientes
Antojitos - Botana
Antojitos - Tamales
Dulces
Miche Mix
Perros Calientes
Botana
Tamales
LUNCH MENU - LUNCH SPECIALS
LUNCH SPECIALS
Menu highlights
Guests often mention
Prices & availability
Menu prices, seasonal items, and category offerings at El Viejon Cocina y Cantina may vary over time. Some dish prices are not listed and may require confirmation upon ordering. Availability of menu sections and drinks can change based on season and supply.
Dining fit
This menu is good for
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Lunch
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Dinner
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Cocktails & Beer
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Groups
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Live Music
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45 min–2.5 hr Visit
About this menu
What to know before you order
El Viejon Cocina y Cantina offers a Mexican dining experience with a diverse menu organized into categories such as A La Carte, Appetizers, Fajitas, and a La Barra bar selection including cocktails, mezcal, and draft beer. Popular dishes frequently mentioned by guests include Beef Fajitas, Chicharrón, and various small plates like Stuffed Jalapeños. The menu also features desserts, lunch specials, and kid-friendly options.
Guests often highlight the authentic flavors and the offerings of local specialties and live music enhancing the casual, cozy atmosphere. The menu is suited for ordering a la carte and sharing small plates with options for takeout and dine-in before enjoying live events or casual dining.
El Viejon Cocina y Cantina
Mexican Restaurant
- 1431 E McKinney St #100, Denton, TX 76209, United States
- +1 940-514-1038
- · 11:00 AM - 11:00 PM
- $10 to $20
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