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Kazan Enterprises
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Kazan Enterprises
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Cuisine type
- Mexican,
Products and Services
- Free Delivery In The West End,
- Mexican Food,
- Live Entertainment,
- Mexican Restaurant,
Languages Spoken
- English,
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Meet the owner
“I love Poncho’s, it’s my pride and joy! I love coming here every day and opening the doors. I turn upside down to please my customers,” beams Kaeta Vazquez, the charismatic host and proud founder of Poncho’s Mexican Restaurant.
Raised in Mexico City, Kaeta was always happiest in the kitchen cooking with her mother. “People always loved my cooking, so I grew up dreaming of one day opening my own restaurant,” says Kaeta, who ran a successful Mexican restaurant in Montreal prior to moving to Vancouver in the 1980s. “We came across this Italian restaurant for sale, which had changed owners many times that year (1988). Everyone told us 'this place is haunted, you’ll never make it,'” reflects Kaeta.
But they were wrong. It turned out that 835 Denman just needed an owner passionate about food and customer service. “It was such a small place that we often had to turn customers away because we were full,” says Kaeta. After seven years, Poncho’s current Denman location opened up, and ever since Kaeta has been able to delight more guests with authentic Mexican dishes and the warm, inclusive atmosphere of her beloved second home.
“Since we’ve been open I’ve seen so many Mexican restaurants come and go, so we are the eldest. It’s kind of a landmark,” smiles Kaeta. Indeed, countless positive reviews in local newspapers and recommendations in travel guidebooks later, Poncho’s remains a favourite among locals and tourists alike.
In 2012, Kaeta was the proud recipient of the Empresarial Award from the Mexican Consulate for her dedicated efforts to share authentic Mexican cuisine and culture with Vancouver.
Menu & Prices
APPETIZERS MENU - Kazan Enterprises
CAMARONES AL AJILLO
Prawns in sizzling garlic sauce
$8.95
QUESADILLAS
Soft flour tortilla filled with cheese, chorizo
sausage and green peppers
CHORIQUEZO
Chorizo sausage Smothered with cheese.
Served with tortillas
$7.95
ALMEJAS A LA MEXICANA
Clams in a green tomatillo sauce
$7.95
CEVICHE MAZATLAN
Filet of cod, baby shrimps in a fresh lime
Juice, Diced avocado onions and cilantro Served with chips
$8.95
JUMBO NACHOS
topped with pinto beans, melted cheese, onions,sour cream and salsa
$10.95
GUACAMOLE DIP
A blend of the freshest avocadoes, tomatoes
served with Onions cilantro and traditional spices
SOPA AZTECA
Chicken soup, rice, cheese
diced avocados, chipotle pepper
$5.95
SOPA DE MARISCOS
(Mexican bouillabaisse)
Prawns mussels, clams, code fish
in a clear and tasty tomato soup
a meal by itself
$9.95
SALADS
J.C. PONCHOSSALAD
Iceberg lettuce, pear, cranberries,
avocado cranberries, avocado
carrots, maple mustard dressing
$8.95
Add chicken
$3.50
CAESAR SALAD:
Romaine lettuce croutons, parmesan cheese Caesar dressing
$7.95
EL POLLO CHICKEN
POLLO CON MOLE
Chicken breast, served with mole
sauce, with rice and beans
$13.95
POLLO EN SALSA VERDE
Chicken breast, covered with tomatillo
sauce, served with rice and beans
$13.95
POLLO CON CREMA CHIPOTLE
Chicken breast, with our delicious
cream-cheese chipotle sauce, served with rice and salad
$14.95
POLLO AL CHIPOTLE PARMESSANA
Chicken breast cooked in chipotle
sauce, smothered with melted parmesan
cheese, served with potatoes and salad
$14.95
POLLO EMPANIZADO
Breaded Chicken breast, marinated
with traditional spices, served with potatoes
and a light salad
$14.95
F A J I T A S
Marinated chicken, beef, jumbo prawns or pork
sautéed with green peppers, onions tomatoes,
our fajita spices, served on a sizzling platter
with rice guacamole sour cream and tortillas
CHICKEN FAJITA
$14.95
BEEF FAJITA
$14.95
PORK FAJITA
$14.50
PRAWNFAJITA(Kaeta sfavorite)
$15.95
VEGETARIAN FAJITA
$12.95
PUERCO AL CHIPOTLE
Soft pork loin meat cooked to perfection in
chipotle sauce, with potatoes and salad
$13.95
LA CARNE (BEEF)
STEAK AND GARLIC PRAWNS
Beef tenderloin, deliciously marinated in
mustard and fine spices, served with
jumbo garlic prawns, rice and bean
$15.95
CARNE A LA MEXICANA
Beef tenderloin cooked to perfection.
Topped with our poncho ssauce, served
with a mole sauce, chicken enchilada,
rice and beans
$14.95
CARNE A LA TAMPIQUENA
Lovingly marinated beef tenderloin,
served with a green tomatillo sauce,
chicken enchilada, potatoes and salad
$14.95
MILANESA CON PAPAS
Breaded and pan fried beef tenderloin
Deliciously marinated in fine herbs.
Served with salad and potatoes
$14.95
BEEF or CHICKEN ALAMBRE
Slice sirloin or chicken breast
Sautéed with red peppers
Onions, spices smothered in cheese.
Served with Rice and tortillas
$14.95
ESPECIAL ENCHILADAS
ENCHILADAS VERDES
Corn tortillas filled with chicken topped with
tomatillo sauce and melted cheese
$13.95
ENCHILADAS DE MOLE
corn tortillas filled with chicken covered
with mole sauce, melted cheese
rice and beans.
$13.95
ENCHILADAS VALLARTA
Prawns and bass fillet freshly
chopped wrapped in a corn tortillas
topped with ranchero sauce and melted cheese, rice & beans
$14.95
PONCHOS DINNER FOR TWO
Appetizer: Quesadilla
Entrée; Two lovingly marinated and grilled
beef tenderloins topped with Poncho ssauce
10 Jumbo garlic prawns, two chiles rellenos
rice, beans, for dessert buñuelito Wow!!!!
Jumbo prawns, chicken, bass filet,
Chorizo, mussels and clams, with rice
PAELLA FOR TWO
$28.95
FOR ONE
$15.95
RED SNAPPER FILET LA VERACRUZANA
Snapper filet, Veracruzana style, tomatoes
Green olives, capers, rice and salad
$13.95
CAMARONES DIABLA
Jumbo prawns cooked in our Diabla sauce.
Great for spicy taste, served with salad and
home cooked potatoes
$14.95
CAMARONES AL MOJO DE AJO
Jumbo prawns deliciously marinated in
garlic spices and white wine, served with
rice and salad
$14.95
PARRILLADA DE MARISCOS
Jumbo prawns, bass filet, mussels, clams
Cooked with green tomatillo sauce, served with rice and salad.
$14.95
CAMARONES EMPANIZADOS
Fine herbs, garlic marinated, breaded jumbo
prawns, served with rice and salad
$14.95
TRADICIONES MEXICANAS
(All below served with rice and beans)
CHIMICHANGA
Flour tortilla filled with chicken or beef
smothered with melted cheese, pan fried
with tomatillo sauce & sour cream
$13.95
BURRITO
A flour tortilla filled with beef sirloin,
lettuce, rice and beans, Pico de Gallo.
Topped with red-green sauce & Salad
$10.95
TACOS CARNITAS
Pork carnita style topped with cilantro, onions , salsa
$10.95
ENCHILADA
Corn tortilla filled with chicken, topped
with ranchero sauce and melted cheese
QUESADILLA
Flour tortilla smothered with cheese, Chorizo, green peppers
Add 2.50 for chicken
$10.95
CHILE RELLENO
A green chili pepper stuffed with cheese
dipped in egg, pan-fried topped with
ranchero sauce and melted cheese.
$10.95
TOSTADA
Crispy open face corn tortilla stacked with
beans, lettuce, shredded chicken breast
salsa, tomatoes, sour cream and cheese
$10.95
TAQUITOS (3) Flautas)
Chicken breast stuffed tortillas, pan-fried,
topped with sour cream, salsa and Cheese
$13.95
POSTRES (DESSERTS)
FLAN NAPOLITANO
Our famous homemade flan,
a delightful cream cheese cream caramel. Directly fromKaeta smomrecipe
$4.95
BUNUELITO
Flour crispy crepe, topped with ice cream,
honey and cinnamon
$4.95
FRESAS CON CREMA
Strawberries folded in to a delicious
sweet cream (Mexican sfavorite)
$4.95
CHURROS MEXICANOS
Cinnamon and sugar rolls, served with
Ice cream, topped with honey
$4.95
PASTEL TRES LECHES
Delicious Mexican cake marinated in
threemilksand rum(Kaeta sfavorite)
$4.95
Beverage
Drinks
JUICES, Tea, COFFEE
POSTRES (DESSERTS)
FLAN NAPOLITANO
BUNUELITO
CHURROS MEXICANOS
FRESAS CON CREMA
PASTEL TRES LECHES
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Editor’s Pick
Escape on a Mexican holiday at these Vancouver restaurants
Dust off your rusty Spanish — you may need it at this Denman Street cantina, where servers speak to you and each other in their native tongue. Cozy and decorated with all the traditional trappings — blankets, colourful tiles, margarita glasses with cactus plant stems — Poncho’s is out to make you feel at home in their restaurant. You’ll find all the usual dishes — chile relleno, chimichanga and enchiladas — as well as a large selection of chicken dishes. Settle into a comfortable evening out.
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