El Patron
Mexican Restaurant
Eat
Mexican food.
Mexican Restaurant
Nuestro Menú
Lunch Menu
11am–3pm dailyAvailable every day 11 AM to 3 PM. $1.25 extra after 3 PM. Ground beef and shredded chicken are cooked with tomatoes and onions — no substitutions.
Lunch #1
One chimichanga, one taco, one cheese quesadilla, and beans.
Lunch #2
One beef burrito, rice, and beans.
Speedy Gonzales
One taco, one enchilada, choice of rice or beans.
Huevos Rancheros
Two eggs cooked in a ranchero sauce. Served with rice, beans, and two tortillas.
Huevos con Chorizo
Two scrambled eggs cooked with Mexican sausage. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Lunch #5
One burrito and one taco.
Lunch #6
Two tacos and one chile con queso.
Lunch #7
One chicken quesadilla, served with rice.
Lunch #8
One chicken tostada and one chicken taco.
Lunch #9
One enchilada, rice, and chile con queso.
Lunch Fajitas
Your choice of protein cooked with tomatoes, onions, and bell peppers. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chilaquiles
Corn chips cooked with tomato sauce, chicken and cheese. Served with rice and salad.
Chicken Soup
Shredded chicken broth served with rice, onions, pico de gallo, avocado, and tortillas.
Lunch #13
One steak burrito with cheese sauce served with rice.
Lunch #14
One chile poblano, rice and beans.
Arroz con Pollo
Sliced chicken breast with mushrooms, onions, and red and green bell peppers over rice with melted Monterrey Jack.
Lunch Chimichanga
One beef or chicken chimichanga topped with cheese sauce, served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Steak & Egg ChilaquilesNew
Corn chips in tomato sauce with steak strips and cheese, topped with two eggs. Served with rice and beans.
Lunch Tacos (2)
Two street style tacos with your choice of protein. Served with beans, cilantro, onions and salsa.
Starters & Dips
Antojitos
Cheese Dip
Hot melted cheese dip with jalapeños
Chori Dip
Cheese dip and chorizo — a classic combination.
Guacamole
Hand-mashed avocado, lime, onion, cilantro.
Esquite
Roasted sweet corn tossed with creamy mayonnaise and topped with cotija cheese. Served with a fresh lime wedge for a classic Mexican street corn flavor.
Chicken Flautas
Four crispy flour tortillas rolled and filled with tender chicken and melted cheese, fried until golden, and served with guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Chicken Wings
Crispy wings tossed in your choice of sauce.
Sauces: plain, buffalo, or BBQ.
Bean Dip
Refried beans topped with creamy cheese dip.
Quesadillas
Cheese Quesadilla
Shredded Chicken Quesadilla
Ground Beef Quesadilla
Nachos
Topped with quesoNachos Supreme
Beef, chicken, beans, lettuce, pico, sour cream.
Add guacamole +$2.25.
Nachos Fajitas
Cheese nachos with strips of steak or chicken fajitas cooked with tomatoes, onions and bell peppers.
Beef & Chicken Nachos
Chicken Nachos
Beef & Beans Nachos
Beef Nachos
Chicken & Beans Nachos
Cheese Nachos
Salads Ensaladas
Taco Salad
A fried flour tortilla shell filled with chicken or beef, lettuce, cheese, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Fajitas Taco Salad
A fried flour tortilla shell filled with lettuce, sour cream, cheese, pico de gallo, and your choice of chicken, steak, or shrimp fajitas cooked with tomato, onion, and bell peppers.
Ensalada Texana
A mix of steak, chicken, and shrimp fajitas with onions, tomatoes, and bell peppers. Served on a bed of lettuce with shredded cheese.
Grilled Chicken Avocado Salad
Marinated grilled chicken with sliced avocado served over a bed of iceberg lettuce, pico de gallo, and cheese.
Fresh Salad
Lettuce, cheese, and pico de gallo.
Crema Salad
Lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and cheese.
Guacamole Salad
Guacamole, pico de gallo, lettuce, and cheese.
Sizzling Fajitas
All fajitas are cooked with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served sizzling with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, cheese, and tortillas.
Grilled Chicken Fajitas
Grilled chicken cooked with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, cheese, and tortillas.
Steak Fajitas
Grilled steak cooked with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, cheese, and tortillas.
Shrimp Fajitas
Jumbo shrimp cooked with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, cheese, and tortillas.
Mixed Fajitas
Grilled steak and chicken cooked with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, cheese, and tortillas.
Fajitas Texanas
Grilled steak, chicken, and shrimp cooked with onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, cheese, and tortillas.
Vegetarian FajitasVeg
Vegetarian fajitas cooked with onions, bell peppers, and mushrooms. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, cheese, and tortillas.
Steak
Our steak plates feature Choice Ribeye with classic Mexican sides. Add 6 shrimp to any steak entrée for +$5.25.
Carne AsadaSignature
Two thin slices of Choice Ribeye, grilled and served with rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, and tortillas.
Carne Enchilada
Sliced Choice Ribeye grilled with onions and topped with spicy sauce. Served on a hot skillet with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
Steak Ranchero
Grilled Choice Ribeye topped with our special ranchero sauce. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Steak Tampiqueño
Choice Ribeye grilled and topped with sautéed onions, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Served with rice, beans, and tortillas.
Chicken
Arroz con PolloSignature
Grilled chicken cooked with onions, bell peppers, and mushrooms, served over a bed of rice and topped with melted cheese.
Pollo Fundido
Tender grilled chicken breast topped with green sauce and baked with our melted cheese blend. Served with rice, lettuce, guacamole, cheese, and pico de gallo.
Chori Pollo
Grilled chicken strips cooked with Mexican chorizo sausage and topped with melted cheese dip. Served with rice, beans, and flour tortillas.
Pollo LocoSignature
Our signature dish. Grilled chicken cooked with onions, topped with a spicy sauce blend and cheese dip. Served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, cheese, and pico de gallo.
Pollo Endiablado
Grilled chicken cooked with onions and topped with spicy sauce. Served on a hot skillet with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
Seafood
Shrimp a la DiablaSpicy
Shrimp sautéed in a spicy sauce with onions. Rice, lettuce, sour cream, pico.
Shrimp a la Mexicana
Shrimp sautéed with onions, lime juice, and a touch of wine.
Shrimp al Mojo de Ajo
Garlic, butter, mushrooms. Served with rice and beans.
Arroz con Camarón
Shrimp, mushrooms, onions, bell peppers over rice with Monterrey Jack.
Mojarra Dorada
Whole fried tilapia with rice, lettuce, avocado, pico.
Shrimp & Fish Filet
Shrimp Cocktail
Shrimp Chimichanga
A fried flour tortilla filled with cheese and shrimp, cooked with onions and bell peppers. Served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and cheese.
Shrimp Quesadillas (2)
Two flour tortillas grilled and stuffed with shrimp and cheese. Served with pico de gallo and sour cream.
Street Tacos
Choose your proteinCorn tortilla with your choice of meat — chicken, steak, shrimp, chorizo, carnitas, or al pastor. Served with onions, cilantro, and salsa.
Street Tacos
Classic single taco — six proteins to choose from.
Tacos de Asada (4)
Four steak tacos on corn tortillas, beans, onions, cilantro, salsa.
Fish or Shrimp Tacos (3)
Tilapia or grilled shrimp, lightly breaded, topped with crispy onions and cozumel sauce.
Burritos
Super Burrito
Flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, beans, fajita meat, covered with cheese sauce. Rice, lettuce, guac, sour cream, pico.
Burrito Jalisco
Flour tortilla stuffed with beans and grilled steak or chicken.
Burrito Tipicos
Two chopped beef burritos with cheese sauce and burrito sauce.
Burrito Supreme
Beef or chicken burrito with cheese and burrito sauce, topped with lettuce, sour cream, pico.
Burrito Wrap
Grilled Quesadilla
Especialidades
House specialsOur ground beef and shredded chicken are cooked with tomatoes and onions. No substitutions.
Special El Patron
Two burritos, one cheese quesadilla, one taco, rice, and beans.
Special Dinner
One tostada, one chimichanga, one taco, one burrito, one enchilada, rice and beans.
Guadalajara Special
One tamale with pico de gallo, two chicken or beef taquitos, nachos with cheese, beans, rice, beef, and chicken. Topped with lettuce, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Enchiladas Rancheras
Two cheese enchiladas covered with pork strips, cooked with onions, bell peppers, and enchilada sauce. Served with lettuce, guacamole and pico de gallo.
Enchiladas Supreme
One cheese enchilada, one chicken enchilada, one beef enchilada, and one bean enchilada. Topped with enchilada sauce, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and shredded cheese.
Chimichanga
Chopped beef or shredded chicken and beans wrapped in a fried flour tortilla. Topped with cheese sauce. Served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Carnitas
Fried pork tips served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, pico de gallo, and tortillas.
Taquitos Mexicanos
Rolled corn tortillas stuffed with chicken or beef. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole and sour cream.
Combinaciones
All combos $10.9530 combinations, all at one price. Pick your three.
Combo #1
One burrito, one chimichanga, and one taco.
Combo #2
One taco, one burrito, and one bean tostada.
Combo #3
One burrito, one taco, rice, and beans.
Combo #4
One bean tostada, one enchilada, and one burrito.
Combo #5
One chimichanga, one tostada, and one enchilada.
Combo #6
One burrito, one enchilada, rice, and beans.
Combo #7
One bean tostada, one chimichanga, and one burrito.
Combo #8
One taco, one tostada, and one chimichanga.
Combo #9
One burrito, one chimichanga, and one enchilada.
Combo #10
One bean tostada, one chimichanga, and beans.
Combo #11
One burrito, one enchilada, and one taco.
Combo #12
Two tacos, rice, and beans.
Combo #13
One enchilada, one tamale, rice, and beans.
Combo #14
One chimichanga, one enchilada, rice, and beans.
Combo #15
One burrito, one chimichanga, and rice.
Combo #16
One enchilada, one taco, rice, and beans.
Combo #17
Two enchiladas, rice, and beans.
Combo #18
One chile con queso, one enchilada, and two tacos.
Combo #19
One enchilada, one taco, and one chimichanga.
Combo #20
One taco, one tamale, and one chimichanga.
Combo #21
Two enchiladas, one taco, and rice.
Combo #22
One burrito, one enchilada, and one tamale.
Chicken Combo Dinners
Chicken Combo #23
One chicken burrito, one chicken tostada, and rice.
Chicken Combo #24
One chicken enchilada, one chicken tostada, and beans.
Chicken Combo #25
One chicken chimichanga and one chicken tostada.
Chicken Combo #26
One chicken burrito and one chicken enchilada.
Vegetarian Combo Dinners
Vegetarian Combo #27Veg
One cheese enchilada, one cheese burrito, and beans.
Vegetarian Combo #28Veg
One bean taco, one bean tostada, and chile con queso.
Vegetarian Combo #29Veg
One bean tostada, one cheese enchilada, and rice.
Vegetarian Combo #30Veg
One bean tostada, one bean taco, rice, and one cheese quesadilla.
Kids
All $6.50#1 Kids Enchilada
Enchilada served with rice and beans.
#2 Kids Taco
Taco served with rice and beans.
#3 Kids Cheese Quesadilla
Cheese quesadilla served with Mexican rice.
#4 Kids Chicken Fingers
Chicken fingers served with your choice of rice or beans.
#5 Kids Chicken Fingers & Fries
Chicken fingers served with fries.
#6 Kids Burrito
Burrito served with rice and beans.
#7 Kids Cheeseburger
Cheeseburger served with fries.
#8 Kids Corn Dog
Corn dog served with crispy fries.
Side Orders
Ground beef and shredded chicken are cooked with tomatoes and onions — no substitutions.
Chile Poblano
Beef or chicken.
Burrito
Beef, chicken, beans, or cheese.
Tostada
Beef, chicken, or beans.
Chimichanga
Beef or chicken.
Tamale
Chicken or pork.
Enchilada
Beef, chicken, beans, or cheese.
Taco
Beef, chicken, or beans.
Refried Beans
Spanish Rice
Shredded Cheese
Pico de Gallo
Sour Cream
A La Carta
Ground beef and shredded chicken are cooked with tomatoes and onions — no substitutions.
Tacos (3)
Beef, chicken, or beans.
Burritos (2)
Beef, chicken, beans, or cheese.
Tamales (3)
Chicken or pork.
Tostadas (2)
Beef, chicken, or beans.
Enchiladas (3)
Beef, chicken, beans, or cheese.
Chimichangas (3)
Beef or chicken.
Desserts
Churros (4)
Four warm caramel-filled churros coated in cinnamon sugar, served around whipped cream and drizzled with chocolate.
Fried Ice Cream
Vanilla ice cream with a crispy cinnamon coating, served in a fried tortilla shell and topped with honey, chocolate, whipped cream, and a cherry.
Flan
Creamy Mexican caramel custard topped with caramel sauce, whipped cream, and a drizzle of chocolate.
Sopapillas (2)
Warm fried flour tortilla topped with honey, butter, cinnamon, and sugar.
Our Family
El Patron is a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Gastonia, NC, serving classic favorites made with care.
Pull up a chair. Order the fajitas. Stay for the churros. Mi casa es su casa.
We cook like we're cooking for family — because to us, every guest is.
Visit Us
Mi casa
es su casa.
Gastonia, NC 28056
- Monday11 AM — 9:30 PM
- Tuesday11 AM — 9:30 PM
- Wednesday11 AM — 9:30 PM
- Thursday11 AM — 9:30 PM
- Friday11 AM — 10 PM
- Saturday11 AM — 10 PM
- Sunday11 AM — 9:30 PM