El Cerro Grande Menu – Independence, KY

Type : Mexican restaurant

Location : Independence, KY

Based on 252 reviews, the restaurant has received a rating of 4.2 stars. Price $$

✔️ Dine-in ✔️ Takeout ✔️ Delivery

El Cerro Grande 41051

Address:
6477 Taylor Mill Rd, Independence, KY 41051

Phone: (859) 356-1381

Website:

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Hours

Sunday 12–9 PM
Monday

(Labor Day)
11 AM–10 PM

Holiday hours
Tuesday 11 AM–10 PM
Wednesday 11 AM–10 PM
Thursday 11 AM–10 PM
Friday 11 AM–11 PM
Saturday 11 AM–11 PM

Menu

Lunch Menu
1.- Two Ground Beef Tacos, With Rice And Beans $10.80
2.- Two Enchiladas Ground Beef With Rice And Beans $10.80
3.- Burrito, Rice & Beans $10.80
4.- Burrito & Two Tacos $10.80
5.- Burrito, Taco & Rice $10.80
5.- Burrito, Taco & Beans $10.80
6.- Two Chicken Burritos & Rice $10.80
7.- Enchilada, Tamal & Rice $10.80
8.- Enchilada, Taco & Quesadilla $10.80
9.- Lunch Fajitas
Chicken or steak. Cooked with onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream, and tortillas.
$14.40
10.- Fajita Burrito
Flour tortilla. Chicken or steak grilled with tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers. Topped with cheese sauce, served with rice.
$14.40
11.- Speedy Gonzalez
Enchilada, taco, rice, and beans.
$10.80
12.- Cheesesteak Burrito
Steak with grilled onions. Topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, and pico de gallo, served with rice and beans.
$14.40
13.- Taco Salad
Crispy flour tortilla with shredded cheese. Topped with beans and your choice of chicken, ground beef, or beef tips. Covered with lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and cheese.
$11.95
14.- Chimichanga
Choice of chicken, ground beef, or beef tips, topped with cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream, rice and beans.
$11.95
15.- Shrimp Chimichanga $13.50
16.- Burrito Especial
Chicken or ground beef burrito topped with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, and sour cream. Served with rice.
$11.98
17.- Huevos Rancheros
Two eggs over easy with ranchero sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
$11.98
18.- Huevos Con Chorizo
Scrambled eggs with Mexican sausage. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
$11.98
19.- Shrimp With Rice
Sautéed shrimp with pico de gallo mixed rice. Topped with cheese sauce.
$15.58
20.- Taquitos Mexicanos
Two deep-fried corn tortillas filled with ground beef or chicken. Served with rice, beans, and guacamole salad.
$9.90
21.- Arroz Con Pollo
Grilled chicken served over rice, topped with cheese sauce.
$13.18
23.- Quesadilla Rellena
A flour tortilla folded and stuffed with your choice of chicken, ground beef, or beef tips and cheese. Served with rice and beans.
$11.98
24.- Grilled Tilapia
Served with rice and guacamole salad.
$13.18
25.- Alex Special
Grilled chicken cooked with mushrooms and onions, covered with cheese sauce.
$11.98
Nachos (Appetizers)
Nachos Al Carbón
Tender grilled chicken, steak, and shrimp, served over a bed of chips. Covered with cheese, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
$22.78
Fajita Nachos
Your choice of steak or chicken cooked with tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers. Served over crispy tortilla chips and cheese sauce. Add shrimp for an additional charge.
$20.38
Nachos Supreme
Beef, chicken, and beans with cheese sauce. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$16.78
Nachos
Choice of ground beef, shredded chicken, beef tips, or beans. Add lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream for an additional charge.
$11.98
Half Nachos $8.38
Dips (Appetizers)
Bean Dip $8.38
Guacamole Dip $5.98
Guacamole Ranchero $11.94
Cheese Dip $5.98
Grande Cheese Dip $12.58
Queso Charro
Chorizo (Mexican style sausage) with cheese sauce. Served with pico de gallo and tortillas.
$12.18
Cheese Dip With Pico De Gallo $10.74
Soups
Chicken Soup
Chicken soup with shredded chicken breast, carrots, cauliflower, zucchini, and broccoli. Served with tortillas, sliced avocados with rice and pico de gallo.
$15.58
Sopa Del Mar
Mexican style seafood soup with carrots, zucchini, tilapia, and shrimp. Served with a side of rice.
$19.18
Appetizers
Super Sampler
Jalapeño poppers, chicken taquito, chicken chimichanga, cheese sticks, and cheese quesadilla. Served with sour cream, lettuce, and tomatoes.
$16.18
Tamales Appetizer
Three homemade tamales covered with cheese sauce and salsa ranchera. Served with sour cream, lettuce, and tomatoes.
$17.38
El Cerro Buffalo Chicken Tenders $11.98
Crazy Fries
French fries, chorizo, bacon, and topped with cheese dip.
$11.98
House Quesadilla
One 8 inch quesadilla with cheese, your choice of ground beef, chicken, beef tips, or sautéed spinach. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and guacamole. Substitute for grilled chicken, steak, or grilled shrimp for an additional charge.
$11.98
Salads
House Salad
Grilled chicken or steak, cubed avocado, lettuce, black beans, corn, pico de gallo, and cheese.
$16.78
Taco Salad
Choice of chicken, ground beef, or beef tips. With beans, shredded cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. Served inside a taco shell.
$14.38
Tossed Salad
Lettuce, tomato, onion, bell pepper, and shredded cheese.
$5.98
Fajita Taco Salad
Choice of steak or grilled chicken with lettuce, sautéed tomatoes, green bell peppers, onions, and cheese sauce. Topped with shredded cheese, guacamole, and pico de gallo.
$19.18
Guacamole Salad
Lettuce, tomato, a scoop of guacamole, and sprinkle of white cheese.
$8.38
Dinner Combination
Choose 2 Different Items $15.58
Choose 3 Different Items $17.98
Dinner
Special Dinner
Served with rice and beans. Enchilada, tamal, chile relleno, tostada, burrito, and taco.
$25.18
Vegetarian
1.- One Bean Burrito, One Grilled Veggie Burrito
Served with rice.
$15.58
2.- One Cheese Enchilada, One Bean Quesadilla
Served with rice and beans.
$15.58
3.- Two Bean Burritos
Topped with cheese and red sauce, served with rice.
$15.58
4.- Quesadilla Supreme
One quesadilla stuffed with cheese cooked with bell peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, and onions. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$17.38
5.- Vegetable Fajitas
Sliced mushrooms, tomatoes, bell peppers, zucchini, and onion. Served with rice, beans, tortillas, and guacamole salad.
$17.38
6.- Vegetarian Enchiladas
Three enchiladas. Mixed with spinach and mushrooms. Topped with cheese sauce, served with rice, lettuce, tomato, and sour cream.
$17.38
7.- Vegetarian Chimichanga
One chimichanga loca stuffed with onions, bell peppers, tomato, and mushrooms. Served with rice and beans and cheese sauce on top.
$17.38
Kids’ Zone
Taco, Rice & Beans $10.78
Burrito & Rice $10.78
Quesadilla & Rice $10.78
Mini Taco Salad
Crispy flour tortilla filled with ground beef or chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, grated cheese, sour cream, and fries.
$10.78
Cheeseburger & Fries
With lettuce and tomato.
$10.78
Chicken Tenders & Fries $10.78
Grilled Cheese Sandwich & Fries $10.78
Grilled Chicken & Rice
Topped with cheese sauce.
$10.78
Mozzarella Cheese Sticks & Fries $10.78
Specialties of the House
Molcajete
Chicken, steak, chorizo, and shrimp with onions, nopal (cactus), and cheese. Served in a traditional molcajete (stone grinding bowl), served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$26.38
Taquitos Mexicanos
Four deep-fried corn tortillas. Two rolled and stuffed with chicken and two with beef. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$17.98
Tacos Supreme
Three tacos, your choice of steak, chicken, pork, tongue, chorizo, or al pastor. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. Topped with lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$19.18
Authentic Tacos (Each)
Chicken, steak, pork, chorizo, al pastor, or lengua (beef tongue).
$5.50
Chilaquiles Mexicanos
Rojos o verdes. Delicious tortilla chip casserole cooked with grilled chicken or steak and egg, smothered with cheese and sauce. Served Mexican rice and beans.
$17.98
Huevos Con Chorizo
Scrambled eggs with Mexican sausage. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
$16.78
Mexican Sandwich (Torta)
Authentic Mexican submarine sandwich. Served with lettuce, onions, tomatoes, avocado, mayonnaise, beans, and fries. Your choice of: grilled chicken, steak, chorizo, al pastor, or lengua.
$15.58
American Double Cheeseburger
Served with lettuce, tomato, onions, cheese, mayonnaise, and fries.
$14.38
Lindos Special
Steak, chicken, and shrimp cooked with onions, poblano peppers, mushrooms, and tomatoes. Topped with nopales, red hot arbol peppers, and cheese sauce. Served over a bed of rice.
$23.98
Juanitos Carnitas
Mexican style pulled pork cooked with pico de gallo. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
$19.18
Piña Loca
Half of a fresh carved pineapple filled with grilled steak, chicken, bacon, and shrimp. Topped with melted cheese. Served with guacamole salad.
$20.38
El Potosino
A combination of grilled chicken and shrimp with pico de gallo, steamed veggies, and shredded cheese.
$25.18
Taco Loco
Grilled chicken, steak, shrimp, mushrooms, zucchini, tomatoes, and rice, topped with cheese sauce.
$22.78
Fajitas
Fajitas
Choice of steak or chicken.
$21.58
Fajitas Camaron
Shrimp.
$23.98
Fajitas Texanas
Shrimp, steak, and chicken.
$23.98
Hawaiian Fajitas
Shrimp, chicken, pineapple, and mushrooms. Topped with cheese.
$23.98
Parrillada
Shrimp, steak, chicken, pork, and chorizo.
$25.18
Chimichangas
Chimichanga
Choice of two deep-fried chimichangas filled with chicken, ground beef, or shredded beef. Topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$17.98
Jalisco Chimichanga
One chimichanga loca filled with grilled steak, chicken, or shrimp and onions. Topped with red salsa, and cheese sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and tomatoes.
$20.38
Seafood
Shrimp Enchilada
Three cheese enchiladas with shrimp on top. Topped with cheese sauce and salsa. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$20.38
Fish Tacos
Three flour tortillas filled with grilled or fried tilapia, lettuce, pico de gallo, and cheese. Served with rice and beans.
$18.30
Camarones Chipotle
Shrimp served with rice, lettuce, tomato, sour cream, chipotle sauce, and tortillas.
$22.78
Camarones A La Diabla
Shrimp cooked with hot red sauce. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and tortillas.
$22.78
Camarones Al Mojo De Ajo
Shrimp laced with garlic and served with rice, sour cream salad, and tortillas.
$22.78
Camarones Con Arroz
Sautéed shrimp, with pico de gallo, mixed with rice. Topped with cheese sauce.
$22.78
Camarones Al Chile De Arbol
Sautéed shrimp with crushed red pepper and onions. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, and a slice of lime.
$22.78
Tilapia A La Diabla
Two grilled tilapia fillets covered with our delicious diablo sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, sour cream, and tomatoes.
$19.78
Tilapia A La Plancha
Two grilled tilapia fillets with grilled onions and bell peppers. Served with rice, lettuce, and pico de gallo.
$19.78
Grilled Chicken
Arroz Con Pollo
Grilled chicken served over a bed of rice and topped with cheese sauce, with broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and tortillas.
$19.18
Pollo San Antonio
Grilled chicken cooked with mushrooms, and onions. All covered with cheese sauce and served with rice, sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, and tortillas.
$19.18
Pollo Toluca
Grilled chicken and chorizo topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$19.32
Pollo Monterrey
Grilled chicken and shrimp topped with mushrooms, onions, and chipotle sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$22.78
Pollo En Salsa Verde
Grilled chicken covered with salsa verde and melted cheese. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$19.18
Pollo En Mole Sauce
Grilled chicken covered with our mole sauce. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$20.38
Pollo Loco
Grilled chicken covered with cheese sauce. Topped with onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, and zucchini and served with rice.
$19.18
Margarita Lime Chicken
Chicken marinated in our house margarita mix, covered with cheese, pico de gallo, and sliced limes. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
$19.18
Pollo Al Chipotle
Grilled chicken topped with chipotle sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$19.32
Steak & Pork
Steak Ranchero
Rib-eye steak topped with ranchero sauce. Served with rice, beans, and flour tortillas.
$22.78
Steak A La Mexicana
Sliced rib-eye steak cooked with onions, jalapeños, and tomato. Served with rice, beans, guacamole salad, and tortillas.
$22.78
Carnitas
Fried pork tips served with lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, rice, beans, and tortillas.
$19.18
Carne Asada
Tender rib-eye steak with grilled onions. Served with rice, beans, and warm tortillas.
$22.78
Steak And Shrimp
Steak and shrimp grilled to perfection, topped with our special sauce. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, guacamole, rice, and beans.
$25.18
Quesadillas
Hawaiian Quesadilla
Shrimp, chicken, bacon, pineapple and mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and cheese. Served with rice.
$21.58
Quesadilla Grande
A large quesadilla filled with cheese, grilled chicken, or steak. Served with lettuce, sour cream, and pico de gallo.
$20.38
Shrimp Quesadilla
One quesadilla stuffed with cheese and shrimp cooked with onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$21.58
Fajita Quesadilla
Flour tortilla stuffed with cheese and choice of steak or chicken, cooked with tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers, Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. Make it Texana for an additional charge.
$19.18
Quesadilla Rellena
A flour tortilla folded and stuffed with your choice of chicken, ground beef, or beef tips and cheese. Served with rice and beans.
$15.58
Quesadilla Loca
Flour Tortilla filled with grilled chicken, chorizo, and grilled onions. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and guacamole. Topped with cheese dip.
$20.38
Burritos
Mucho Grande Burrito
Large flour tortilla stuffed with your choice of steak, chicken, or pork, pico de gallo, tomatillo sauce, sour cream, rice, beans, and topped with cheese sauce. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$20.38
Burrito Loco
Burrito filled with chicken, ground beef, and rice and beans. Topped with cheese, salsa, sour cream, and shredded beef tips.
$17.98
Burritos Deluxe
Two burritos: one chicken and one beef tips, topped with red sauce, lettuce, sour cream, tomatoes, and cheese.
$16.78
Fajitas Burrito
Choice of chicken or steak with grilled tomatoes, onions, and peppers. Topped with cheese sauce, served with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and rice.
$20.38
Cheesesteak Burrito
Steak with grilled onions, topped with cheese sauce, lettuce, and pico de gallo. Served with rice and beans.
$20.38
Burrito Supremo
Ground beef, chicken, or beef tips burrito topped with red sauce lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream. Served with rice.
$16.78
Burritos Verdes
Two burritos stuffed with carnitas and covered with salsa verde and melted cheese. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$17.98
Burrito California
Flour tortilla stuffed with steak, rice, and guacamole, topped with our cheese sauce.
$20.38
Burrito Ranchero
Burrito filled with grilled chicken, steak, chorizo, onions, and beans. Served with lettuce, sour cream, and tomatoes. Topped with salsa verde and cheese dip.
$20.38
Burrito Norteno
Flour tortilla filled with pork, chorizo, grilled onions, beans, and pickled jalapeños. Topped with red, green and cheese sauce, and fresh cilantro.
$20.38
Camaron Burrito
Stuffed with shrimp and rice. Served with lettuce and pico de gallo. Topped with cilantro and cheese sauce.
$21.58
Daniel’s Burrito
Grilled chicken, steak, chorizo, and rice burrito. Topped with cheese sauce, shrimp, and pineapple.
$21.58
Enchiladas
Enchiladas Tres Marias
Three enchiladas stuffed with steak or grilled chicken. One topped with green sauce, one with red sauce, and one with cheese sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$20.38
Enchiladas Supreme
Five different enchiladas: one beef, one chicken, one cheese, one bean, and one shredded beef. Topped with enchilada sauce, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$17.98
Create Your Own
3 corn tortillas filled with your choice of: chicken, ground beef, or beef tips. Topped with your choice of: red, green, mole, or cheese sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.
$17.98
À La Carte
Beef Tacos $3.22
Chicken Tacos $3.00
Beef Soft Tacos $4.18
Chicken Soft Tacos $3.90
Cheese Quesadilla $3.90
Chicken Quesadilla $5.98
Beef Quesadilla $5.98
Beef Tostada With Beans $5.98
Chicken Tostada With Beans $5.98
Chile Relleno $6.30
Beans Enchilada $3.66
Beef Enchilada $4.78
Chicken Enchilada $4.78
Cheese Enchilada $3.66
Tamales $5.94
Beans Burritos $5.10
Beef Burritos $7.18
Chicken Burritos $7.18
Beef Chimichanga $8.38
Chicken Chimichanga $8.38
Chalupas
Ground beef, chicken, or beef tips. Make it grilled chicken or steak for an additional charge.
$8.38
Side Items
Beans $3.90
Rice $3.90
French Fries $4.78
Grated Cheese $3.54
Sour Cream $2.38
Cilantro $2.38
Onions $2.38
Lettuce $2.38
Jalapeños $2.38
Pico De Gallo $2.74
Tomatillo Sauce $2.29
Sautéed Mushrooms $2.74
Tortillas (3) $2.38
Grilled Shrimp (8) $13.18
Chiles Toreados (3) $3.25
Tomatoes $2.38
Desserts
Flan
Homemade Mexican custard dessert topped with caramel sauce.
$5.25
Churros
Mexican fried dough pastry topped with cinnamon, sugar, whipped cream, and chocolate sauce.
$7.99
Fried Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream rolled in a crispy crust, covered with honey, whipped cream, cinnamon, and chocolate.
$7.99
Beverages
Soft Drinks $3.90
Jarritos $3.10
Juices
Orange or apple.
$3.25
Coffee $2.99
Iced Tea $3.25
Water $2.89

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Reviews

Danny Mckinley
Worst Mexican cuisine. Very bland, tough meat and expensive. Don’t waste your time. Fajitas ($20) are junk, tacos are bland, enchiladas just ok. I love Mexican food but never will return to eat here again. I don’t recommend to dine here. And the service was below par.

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Hannah Blankenship
Food is decent, but expensive. AND THE PORTIONS ARE SMALL…. I ordered two meals each $17.99 and a kids meal that was $8.99. Portions were small and they gave me one small cup of salsa for 3 meals. When I asked for more they told me no. I said when you dine in you get more than that small cup and he said well that’s the perks of dining in. Ridiculous. They’re charging me $18 a meal the least they can do is give more salsa

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Mike B
The chips and salsa are really good, especially if you love cilantro like I do. The entrees were just okay. The prices are a little high for the portion sizes. The burrito norteno was good, but would’ve been better 30% bigger or with a side of rice, especially for the price. Our server wasn’t very good especially when it came to refilling drinks.

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michael ochs
I had the cheese enchilada and taco combo. Enchilada was really good as was the rice, the beans were alright and the taco not so much. The employees were nice and the price was the same you’d see at other Mexican restaurants.

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Rachel Rose
The Staff here is very nice and friendly, I went there for my son’s Birthday and they we’re so nice to us I have nothing negative to say about the workers however as far as the food goes their Salsa that they give you in the beginning as your waiting on your food really had No flavor, like at all ! It wasn’t hot or spicy, it just tasted like well nothing lol not saying this to be mean or anything I’m just giving my honest review aside from that the rest of their food was alright, my son didn’t seem to care for their chicken fingers but he liked their fries, they kinda remind you of the fries McDonalds has but all in all the staff is really what made our visit worth it. Will Consider coming back in the near future 3 out of 5 stars ⭐️ just for the simple fact that some of their food could use a little more flavor but they’re food wasn’t horrible it could just use some improvement and they didn’t give us any napkins nor was there any on the table aside from the thin napkins that you’re silverware was wrapped in, I think they should definitely give people some napkins especially if you know they have children with them, but again I’m not bashing the staff these are just some things they could improve on.

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Beth Stacy
We usually eat here around once a week. Today we got a carry out order that was missing almost half the items. We have had questionable accuracy on our orders before but this was unacceptable. I had to eat my food cold and soggy (by the time I had to make another round trip to get what they left out). I don’t feel that my experience was made right in any way. We will never eat here again.

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ed tapia
This place is the best in the area! Food is very tasty and full of flavor. Margaritas are delish! This place is very clean, look them up in the health department inspections. I’ve read a few reviews saying this place is pricey, if you compare prices with other Mexican Restaurants they are very COMPARABLE! I definitely recommend to all my family and friends

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Takisha Lay
This is the BEST Mexican restaurant in Independence. Food is delicious, beyond delicious. The price is decent. Servings are MASSIVE. And wait staff are phenomenal. If you’ve not eaten here and love Mexican cuisine you’re truly missing out! Rio grande could NEVER.

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Kirby Doyen
The food was cold and half the normal portions at double the price. I had to chase down the server just to get service. I definitely won’t be going back again.

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Alicia Alejandro
Just meh. The staff was very friendly but the food was bland which is very weird to say about a Mexican restaurant. It looked like they’d have a really fun atmosphere on weekends with what looked like a dance floor on the other side. Might try again sometime hopefully it was just a fluke.

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