Authentic Mexican flavor in Locust, NC
Savor sizzling fajitas, hand-crafted margaritas, fresh guacamole, and traditional Mexican recipes cooked fresh daily for your family.
Welcome to el vaquero
Crafting Memories Through Traditional Mexican Hospitality
Located in the heart of Locust, North Carolina, El Vaquero Mexican Grill brings the vibrant, rich flavors of Mexico directly to your table. From sizzling molcajetes to house-made salsas, every meal is prepared using authentic recipes, fresh produce, and premium meats.
Chopped, spiced, and prepared daily in-house.
Warm service that makes you feel right at home.
Handcrafted delicacies
Chef signature
specials
Try our most popular house favorites, made fresh with authentic Mexican spices.
Fajitas texanas
$17.99
Tender steak, grilled chicken, and juicy shrimp cooked with bell peppers, onions, served with rice, beans & warm tortillas.
Molcajete Vaquero
$21.99
Volcanic stone bowl packed with grilled steak, chicken, chorizo, nopales, queso fresco, and signature ranchero sauce.
Pollo Vaquero
$15.99
Grilled chicken breast topped with sautéed mushrooms, melted cheese dip, served over a bed of Mexican rice.
Tacos de Camaron
$14.99
Three soft corn tortillas with seasoned grilled shrimp, fresh red cabbage slaw, pico de gallo, and spicy chipotle mayo.
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Lunch special | Every day until 3 pm | $8.75
- Speedy Gonzalez .One Enchilada & one Taco served with rice or beans.
- One beef or chicken Burrito. Served with rice and beans.
- One Enchilada served with rice and beans.
- One Chile Relleno. Served with rice and beans.
- One Burrito & one Taco. Served with rice.
- One Tamale served with rice and beans. Served with rice and beans.
- One Chalupa, one Enchilada, and one cheese Quesadilla. Served with rice.
- One Chimichanga served with rice and beans.
- One Burrito, one Enchilada, and one Taco.
- One Chile Relleno, one Taco and beans. Served with beans.
Lunch | Every day until 3 pm
Pollo al Queso
$10.49
Grilled chicken strips topped with melted cheese, served with rice and bean.
Pollo Hawaiano
$11.25
Grilled marinated chicken strips covered with sliced Poblano peppers, mushrooms, onions, chunks of pineapples, and melted cheese. Served with rice and steamed vegetables.
Special Burrito
$10.25
A four tortilla stuffed with your choice of chicken or beef. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
Lunch carnitas
$11.25
Very tasty sautéed pork tips. Served with rice and beans, lettuce, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
Nachos deluxe
$10.49
OUR SPECIAL NACHO PLATE! Chicken, ground beef and beans topped with lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, sour cream and pico de gallo.
Super quesadilla
$10.25
A flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and your choice of chicken or beef, served with rice, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Pollo special
$11.49
Grilled boneless chicken topped with a spinach and cheese sauce. Served with rice, black beans, and warm tortillas.
Lunch fajitas
$11.25
Grilled chicken or steak seared with tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, chopped lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and warm flour tortillas.
Steak a la mexicana
$12.25
Rib eye steak grilled with sautéed onions and mushrooms. Topped with Monterrey Jack cheese. Served with rice and black beans.
Las flautas
$9.99
Three crispy corn tortillas filled with shredded chicken or beef, rolled, fried. Served with rice, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Huevos rancheros
$9.49
Two eggs topped with our special Ranchero sauce served with rice, beans, and warm tortillas.
Huevos con chorizo
$10.75
Two scrambled eggs with chorizo. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.
Taco salad
$9.99
A crispy flour tortilla shell filled with chicken or ground beef, lettuce, sour cream, shredded cheese and a tomato slice.
Chimichanga
$10.25
Flour tortilla stuffed with shredded beef or chicken, rolled, then fried to a golden crisp. It is then covered with cheese and served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
Burrito vaquero
$10.25
NEW One burrito with your choice of grilled chicken, steak, shredded chicken or ground beef. Topped with cheese sauce, enchilada sauce and pico de gallo. Served with your choice of rice or beans.
Extra charge for any additions or substitutions
Guacamole dip
S. $5.99 l.$10.99
Made fresh daily.
Guacamole mexicano
S. $6.49 l.$11.49
NEW Homemade with tomatoes, onions, cilantro, lime juice and serrano peppers. Made fresh daily.
Queso dip
S. $5.99 l.$10.99
Cheese & Bean dip
S. $8.25
Beef & Cheese dip
S. $8.99
Mexi fries
S. $8.99
French fries topped with cheddar cheese, bacon, lajapeños & cheese dip.
Quesadilla al Gusto
$12.25
Large flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, and your choice of steak, chicken or ground beef. Served with tomatoes, Mexican sour cream and rice.
El vaquero fries
$13.99
French fries topped with steak, bacon, guacamole, pico de gallo, jalapeños, cheese and sour cream.
Chicken wings
6. $9.99 – 12. $16.99
NEW Twelve wings with your choice of mango habanero, mild or BBQ. Served with celery sticks.
Locust dip
$10.99
Beans and ground beef topped with melted queso and pico de gallo.