HOT OFF THE GRIDDLE

Mexico Street Flavour, Made Right Now.

Vancouver's only truck serving raw Mexico City´s street flavour. No pretense, just sizzling tacos, juicy burgers, and crisp quesadillas, cooked fresh for you.

burger patty being cooked
burger patty being cooked
person holding white ceramic mug with brown liquid
person holding white ceramic mug with brown liquid
THE LINEUP

From Tacos to Quesadillas

Double-Layered Tacos

Sizzling al pastor, carne asada, topped with street-cut cilantro, diced onions, and our signature salsas, forward at 45 degrees.

THE HEAVY HITTERS

Griddled Burgers

Packed with fresh ingredients, hot off the griddle. Juicy patties, melted cheese, and all the fixings, wrapped tight or stacked high. Zero BS, just flavour.

THE CHEESE SKIRT

Quesabirrias

Seared to order right off the truck, with a golden, crispy cheese skirt. Chilango style.

HOT OFF THE STEEL

Street-Fired Menu

Yeah, El Jefe means “The Boss.” And yes, it's earned.

BUILD YOUR OWN, Ármalo a tu gusto

Two decisions. That's all we ask of you. 80 g of meat on every one — the Sonora Taco gets 150 g. Corn tortillas 6″, flour tortillas 7″.

S T E P 1 —

P I C K Y O U R

M E A T · Escoge tu carne

Carne Asada

Grilled beef, no marinade. We saw no reason to complicate a good thing. Add a beef jus. Asada and jus are the marriage nobody objects to.

Pork al Pastor

Pork, your call: plain off the plancha, or al pastor, our adobo and grilled pineapple. Sweet, smoky, slightly dangerous.

Pollo Sinaloa

Chicken thighs marinated in citrus, dried chiles and spices, The responsible choice, and awkwardly for other, the best one.

Champiñones al Ajillo VEGGIE

Mushrooms sautéed with garlic and strips of guajillo chile. Veggie, and nobody´s consolation prize.

S T E P 2 —

P I C K Y O U R S T Y L E · Escoge tu estilo

TJ Taco GR

Tijuana style: corn tortilla, onion, cilantro, guacamole. Nothing fancy. TJ doesn´t do fancy, TJ does right.

ASADA-POLLO $8.50 PORK $8.00 VEGGIE $7.50

Costra GR

A corn tortilla with a crown of our cheese blend griddled onto it until golden and crispy, then the taco built on top. Same taco, better armor.

ASADA-POLLO $10.50 PORK $10.00 VEGGIE $9.50

Quesadilla

Folded flour tortilla, our cheese blend melted over your meat. That's the whole list. Some things don´t need help.

ASADA-POLLO $11.00 PORK $10.50 VEGGIE $10.00

Sonora Taco

Flour tortilla loaded with beans, cabbage salsa and guacamole. No cheese, no apologies — in Sonora everything comes bigger. So should you.

ASADA-POLLO $17.00 PORK $16.00 VEGGIE $15.00

ESPECIALES Para compartir… o no ?????

Cooked together on the plancha, alambre style. We bring the tortillas on the side — you build, you decide, you take the credit. Going with Going with asada? Add a beef jus, they were made for each other and they know it. Especiales come with enough tortillas. Trust us.

Alambre GR w/corn

Your meat with onion, bell pepper and bacon, all married on the grill. Add our cheese blend melted into the mix if your doctor's isn't reading this. El pork al pastor goes with no pineapple.

ASADA-POLLO $18.00 PORK $17.00 VEGGIE $16.00

With cheese add $3.00

Your choice: corn or flour tortillas

MAKE IT VEGGIE

Quesabirrias $18.00

Beef birria and our cheese blend, griddled crispy and served with birria consomé for dipping. Take a picture. We´ll wait. Everybody takes a picture.

Order of 2

Qué Me Ves GF w/corn $20.00

Pork al pastor and asada in the same pan, with onion and our cheese blend. Two meats that were never supposed to meet. What are you looking at?

Your choice: corn or flour tortillas

El Chicano GF w/corn

Your meat with onion and bacon, wrapped in a crispy sheet of our cheese blend, grilled until it shatters. Yes, wrapped in cheese.

The tortillas underneath are just there for support. The pastor keeps its grilled pineapple on this one.

ASADA-POLLO $22.00 PORK $21.00 VEGGIE $20.00

Your choice: corn or flour tortillas

LEAF = WE SWAP THE MEAT FOR MUSHROOMS

HANDHELDS.........................Con las dos manos

All burgers on our own blend  ground, mixed and pattied in house, 170 g. Never a frozen puck. Ever.

Every beef burger comes with fries or very beef burger comes with fries or a Tijuana Caesar; the birria one comes with its consomé.

Classic American ....................$15.50

Our patty, lettuce, tomato, onion and house sauce. The one that started the argument. Still winning it.

El Jefe´s pick: medium cheddar.

He´s not asking.

The Mexican ..........................$16.50 

Our patty with sautéed onion, guacamole and chipotle mayo. Same burger, better passport.

El Jefe´s pick: jalapeño Monterrey Jack. Obviously.

La Argentina.............................$17.50

Our patty with chimichurri, sautéed onion, sautéed mushrooms and a garlic-mustard mayo. Argentina cried when we put this on the menu. We did it anyway.

El Jefe´s pick: provolone. Argentina agrees on this one, at least.

Birria Sandwich Dip ...............$21.00

Slow-cooked beef birria and our cheese blend, served with birria consomé for dipping. That's the dip part. Dunk it, everybody does and nobody´s sorry.

LOADED.......................................Hasta arriba

Same deal as the tacos. You pick, we pile it on: sour cream, our cheese blend, onion and cilantro.

S T E P 1 — P I C K Y O U R

M E A T · Escoge tu carne

Carne Asada

Beef, fire, salt.

Pork al Pastor

Our adobo with grilled pineapple.

Pollo Sinaloa

Chicken thigh marinated in citrus, dried chiles and spices.

Birria

Slow-cooked beef birria. It escaped the sandwich. Let it.

Champiñones al Ajillo

Sautéed with garlic and guajillo strips. Veggie all the way down.

S T E P  2  —    P I C K Y O U R

B A S E · Escoge tu base

Papa Asada 

A big baked potato split open and buried under butter, sour cream, our cheese blend, onion, cilantro, your meat and 50 g of jalapeño cheddar, pork sausage. Bring a friend, Or  don't we are not your mother.

ASADA-POLLO $20.00 PORK $19.50  VEGGIE $18.00

VEGGIE comes without sausage

Loaded Fries

Golden fries with sour cream, our cheese blend, onion, cilantro and your meat. A fork is optional. Napkins are note.

ASADA-POLLO-Birria  $16.00    PORK $15.50 VEGGIE $15.00

SALADS & SIDES ............Ensaladas y acompañamientos

Tijuana Caesar   $17.50

The Caesar was invented in Tijuana. We're just bringing it home. Crisp romaine, our dressing and Pollo Sinaloa — citrus and chile marinated chicken thigh, hot off the plancha.

Beef Jus $5.00

Rich beef jus for dipping your tacos. Or for drinking alongside them. We´ve seen both. We´ve judged neither. Contains Gluten

French Fries $7.00

Golden, salted, hot. The side that never asked for attention and always gets it.

Guacamole & Totopos GF $14.00

Fresh guacamole and crunchy totopos. The peace offering for the table.

Salsa & Chips $10.00

Our salsa and chips. Dangerous in the way that empties the basket before the food arrives.

Sides

Fries $4.00 or Ceasar Salad $5.50

Pick one to go with your burger

Add-ons

Cheese $3.00 - Bacon $2.50

Cheese is two slices.Take El Jefe´s pick or choose your own: cheedar, jalapeño, Monterrey, Jack or provolone

Pops $4.00

Cold can, straight from the cooler. Whatever is in there today, ask and we´ll tell you.

GF= made without gluten ingredients

GF=with corn, ask for corn tortillas

We cook on a shared grill and fryer, so we can´t promise zero contact. Tell us about any allergies and we´ll walk you through it.

EL JEFE VAN ETIQUETTE

Rule #1: Bend forward at 45 degrees so the salsa hits the wrapper, not your fresh sneakers.

We're not fancy, we're fast. And loud. And delicious. Get ready for real street flavor, no pre-cooked warming trays, just hot griddles.

Need a whole truck for your next event?

From corporate lunches to late-night parties, we bring the D.F. street flavor directly to you. Zero corporate catering fluff, all flavor.