El Fogon Mexican Restaurant

5465 Mills Civic Pkwy Suite 101, West Des Moines
(515) 221-7981

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Chicken Fajita Quesadilla
Chips and Guacamole Dip
La Martina Enchiladas
Dinner Burrito Verde
Burrito California
Chicken Fajitas
Rice and Beans
Street Corn
Street Tacos
Chimichanga

Menu

Appetizers
Delicious Shrimp Rose
6 jumbo breaded shrimps served with delicious chipotle sauce.
Ceviche shrimp
The dish is typically made from fresh shrimp cured in citrus juices, such as lime, and perfectly spiced with our chef's recipe. Served with our avocado mango salsa.
Nachos
Ground beef or shredded chicken. Would you like to make them supreme (lettuce, sour cream and pico de gallo) for an additional charge.
Nachos Fajita
Grilled bell pepper, onion, tomato topped with lettuce, sour cream pico de gallo and cheese. Steak, chicken or mixed.
Black Bean Nachos
Topped with yummy jalapeño peppers and generous helping of cheese blends.
Plain Nachos
Plain only cheese.
The Hungry Iowan
This is a Mexican-style meal, made up of a selection of various dishes, for a hungry one who wants to try a little of everything: Potato taquito, tamal, chile relleno, cheese quesadilla and sope de chorizo sausage.
8th St. Appetizer
8 bite size deep fried to a golden brown chimichangas covered with house cheese sauce, served with lettuce, sour cream, cheese and tomatoes. Chicken or beef.
Ceviche Fish
The dish is typically made from fresh fish cured in citrus juices, such as lime, and perfectly spiced with our chef's recipe. Served with our avocado mango salsa.

Salads
Lemon Pepper Chicken Salad
Classic bed of greens with onions tomato, bell pepper, pineapple and cheese with deliciously lime pepper seasoned grilled chicken.
Catrina Salad
Bed romain lettuce mixed with spinach, tomato, black beans, corn, cheese and avocado slices with tender juicy charbroiled chicken breast.
Taco Salad
Crispy flour shell served with your choice of ground beef or shredded chicken with lettuce, tomato, cheese and sour cream.
Fajita Taco Salad
Crispy flour shell served with your choice of grilled chicken or steak, bell peppers and onions. Served with lettuce, sour cream, guacamole and pico de gallo.

Soups
Sopa Azteca
It's shredded chicken in a rich and spicy tomato broth with house corn salsa, balanced with avocado, cheese and sour cream with tortilla strips added for crunch.
Caldo Michi
From the náhuatl word michi, meaning fish. This savory soup is cooked in the seafood's own juices blending the flavors of fresh shrimp, tilapia fish, octopus, clams, crab legs, mixed with potato and carrots.

El Fogon West Glen Menu
Guacamole on Stone
Diced and chunky avocados perfectly seasoned, lemon juice for taste served on a volcanic molcajete stone.
Elote con Mayonesa
Guacamole Dip
Cheese Dip
Large Cheese Dip
Bean Dip
Chori-Queso Fundido 9
Add mushroom for an additional charge.
Cheese Fries
Fogon Dip
Delicious blend of perfectly seasoned grilled chicken, steak, shrimp and mushrooms in our savory house cheese sauce and diced pickled jalapenos.

Served All Day
Pa'la Generala
Tender seasoned ribeye steak served with red chilaquiles and 2 sunny side up eggs, with beans and queso fresco.
Enchiladas Sunny Side Up
2 chicken enchiladas covered with our exquisite mole poblano sauce, topped with 2 sunny side up eggs, served with white rice and house corn salsa, sour cream and coleslaw.
Huevos Divorciados
"Divorced eggs" featuring 2 over easy eggs, separated by rice, beans and queso fresco, one egg is covered in salsa roja, while the other is covered in salsa verde, giving them distinct and complimentary flavors. Accompanied with 3 fresh corn hand made tortillas.
Huevos Rancheros
Ranch over easy eggs smothered in cooked tomato salsa. When you cut into them, the egg yolks mix in with everything. Served with rice, beans, queso fresco, With side of fresh handmade corn tortillas.
Huevos con Chorizo
It's made by mixing chorizo with scrambled eggs, served with rice and beans, queso fresco. With side of fresh handmade corn tortillas.

Lunch
Pick Your Own Lunch
Pick any 1, served with rice and beans.
Lunch Burrito Verde
This yummy breakfast of cooked crumb- led chorizo sausage with onions, and scrambled eggs mixed throughout with spicy salsa & black beans, serve on warm flour tortilla with a generous helping of cheese, everything is inside the burrito.
Cantinflas Lunch
4 small chimichangas 2 chicken and 2 beef, topped with cheese dip and enchilada sauce.
Chimichanga Lunch
You know this one, with choice of chicken or beef, served with rice and beans, lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
Lunch Mole Poblano
Grilled marinated chicken breast covered with a mild mole poblano sauce and topped with sesame seeds. Served with white rice, coleslaw, corn salsa, and tortillas.
Lunch Quesadilla de Mar
Flour tortilla stuffed with grilled shrimp, onions and mushrooms, served with white rice, coleslaw and corn salsa.
Lunch Arroz con Pollo
Grilled marinated chicken strips over a bed of rice topped with our delicious cheese sauce.
Lunch Marco's Burrito
Grilled steak cooked with onions and bell peppers, wrapped in a flour tortilla, topped with our creamy house recipe cheese sauce, served with rice.
Lunch Fajita Quesadilla
Our grilled cheese, onions and colored bell peppers inside the quesadilla served with rice, lettuce, sour cream and tomato. Choice of chicken, steak, or mushroom.
Rapido Lunch
Fast. Enchilada, taco and choice of rice or beans.
Lunch Fajitas
Classic mixed of colored peppers, onions, grilled steak, chicken or mixed. Served with rice, beans, lettuce tomato, sour cream and fresh handmade corn tortillas.

The Classics
Chimichanga
Prepared by filling a flour tortilla with choice of shredded chicken or shredded beef, perfectly golden deep fried, topped with house special cheese sauce, served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream and tomato.
Chile Poblano
Consists of a cheese and smashed potato stuffed roasted poblano pepper covered in egg battering deep fried, topped with choice of steak or grilled chicken and cheese sauce, served with rice and beans.
Taquitos Dorados
4 rolled-up tortillas filled with choice of shredded chicken or potato, crispy deep fried served with fresh lettuce, sour cream, green salsa and queso fresco.
NEW torta
Mexican sandwich bread spread with mayo.refried beans lettuce tomato avocado slices pickles jalapenos queso fresco and is served with a side of fries

Design Your Own Combo
Design Your Own Combo
Pick any 2, served with rice and beans.

Quesadillas
Fajita Quesadilla
The most popular quesadilla, filled with quality melted cheese, choice of steak, grilled chicken or both mixed with grilled onions and bell peppers served with rice, lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
Mexican-Italian Quesadilla
Choice of grilled chicken and cheese or steak and cheese quesadilla topped with cheese sauce, served with rice and beans.
Shrimp Quesadilla
Warm folded tortilla filled with grilled onion, bell pepper and shrimp served with white rice, coleslaw and corn salsa.
Seafood Quesadilla
Cheese melted quesadilla filled with ocean goods: shrimp, imitation crab meat, scallops, perfectly grilled peppers and onions. Served with white rice, coleslaw and corn salsa.
NEW chori-Quesadilla
10 inch tortilla filled with grilled chicken and chorizo with melted cheese and cheese sauce on top served with a side of Mexican rice

Healthy Choice
Trainers Approved
Choose favorite protein: Seasoned to perfection salmon, or tilapia or charbroiled chicken cooked with broccoli, mushrooms, zucchini, colored bell peppers and onions served with lettuce, tomatoes and avocado slices.
Fit Fajitas
Perfectly grilled mushrooms, zucchini, broccoli, colored peppers with choice of steak or grilled chicken, served with lettuce, tomatoes and avocado slices.
The Hungry Coach
Tender juicy rib eye and grilled shrimp with colored bell peppers and onions served with lettuce, tomatoes and avocado slices.

Burritos
Burrito California
The beast of a thing for hungry ones! carne asada, grilled chicken or both mixed, rice, beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, spice salsa, sour cream, guacamole. Topped with 3 salsas, white cheese, green and red.
Shrimp Burrito
Large tortilla filled with grilled shrimp, onions, mushrooms and white rice, topped with flavorsome blend of green salsa and cheese sauce. Served with coleslaw and corn salsa.
Super Burrito
Amazing flavor fusion! this grilled ground beef and chorizo mixed with rice, beans, cheese and spicy salsa, lettuce and pico de gallo.
Burrito Deluxe
1 beef and 1 chicken, covered with house burrito sauce, topped with lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
Cheese Steak Burritos
House favorite! 2 steak and lettuce burritos topped with a bunch of cheese sauce, served with rice and beans.
Dinner Burrito Verde
Marinated carnitas (Pork) Burrito topped with blend of green salsa and cheese sauce. Served with rice, lettuce and pico de gallo.
Breakfast Burrito
This yummy breakfast of cooked crumbled chorizo sausage with onions, and scrambled eggs mixed throughout with spicy salsa, cheese and black beans. Topped with our house red burrito sauce.

Tacos
Tacos del Sol
Delightful mix of fish and fresh shrimp grilled with mango-pico de gallo savory salsa served on just made corn tortillas, with a side of rice, house special coleslaw and chipotle salsa.
Tacos Barbacoa Estilo Guadalajara
A traditional Mexican way of eating barbacoa is having it served on handmade corn tortilla "doraditas" (toasted) served a side of beans, fresh cilantro and onion. Can't get it wrong, this is the way to go!
Tacos Tropicales
Pork and Pineapple are the perfect food fusion cooked with grilled colored peppers and onions. Served with a side of beans, house special coleslaw, corn salsa and avocado slices.
Tacos de Pescado
3 tilapia fillet grilled tacos on our fresh handmade corn tortillas topped with coleslaw, corn salsa and avocado slices, served with a side of white rice and chipotle sauce.
Shrimp Tacos
3 grilled shrimp tacos on our fresh handmade corn tortillas topped with coleslaw, corn salsa and avocado slices, served with a side of white rice and chipotle sauce
New! Tacos Locos
2 tacos filled with grilled poblano and colored peppers mushrooms, onions and chicken topped with delicious cheese sauce and lettuce. Served on soft flour shells and a side of rice
New! Street Quesadillas
2 savory grilled corn tortilla filled with cheese and steak served with beans, spicy salsa and sour cream (On the side).
Street Tacos
Served on a hand made corn tortilla, with fresh chopped cilantro and onion.
NEW Quesataco birria
3 cheese and birria tacos made with our handmade corn tortillas doraditas toasted served with a side of consome broth fresh cilantro and onion delicious trending

Especialidad de la Casa
Carne Al Fogon
Tender juicy broiled rib eye steak served with grilled nopal (Cactus), onions, whole pinto beans, rice coleslaw, queso fresco and a side of handmade tortillas.
Tamale en Hoja
(From the nahuatl: Tamalli) Is a traditional mesoamerican dish made of masa or corn dough steamed in a corn husk. The wrapping is discarded before eating, topped one with green salsa and one with red salsa.
Mole Poblano
(From the nahuatl molli: Sauce) Tender chicken breast topped with house specialty mole sauce and sesame seeds, served with white rice, coleslaw, corn salsa and a side of handmade corn tortillas. *consumption of mole is strongly associated with celebrations.
Molcajete
Combines classic flavors of carne asada rib eye, broiled chicken breast, grilled shrimp, chorizo sausage, nopal (Cactus), cambray (Green) Onion, jalapeño toreado and queso fresco and avocados served on top of house salsa in a molcajete stone with a side of rice, beans, coleslaw, pico de gallo and handmade corn tortillas. "goes well with a michelada!".
Los Tres Chivos
Tender grilled Rib Eye Steak, broiled chicken breast and grilled shrimp, served on a bed of fresh grilled veggies; peppers, onion and mushrooms, with a side of rice, beans and handmade corn tortillas.
Pollo a la Crema
This perfectly cooked sliced grilled chicken breast with mushrooms, broccoli, pickled jalapeno topped with creamy sauce served with rice, romaine lettuce, avocado slices and corn salsa.
New! Camarones Chipotle
Grilled shrimp and mushrooms, topped with creamy chipotle sauce served with white rice, romaine lettuce, pico de Gallo and avocado slices.
Lengua en Salsa Verde
Covered with our house green sauce, served with rice, beans, a side of handmade corn tortillas.
New! Camarones Al Mango
Fresh sautéed shrimp topped with a delicious mango, honey spicy salsa served with white rice, romaine lettuce, pico de gallo and avocado slices.
Sopes
Corn dough small thick tortilla with favorite topping, a little bit of beans, lettuce, queso fresco, pico de gallo and sour cream.

Enchiladas
La Martina Enchiladas
4 house special enchiladas filled with beef, chicken, cheese or beans, topped with fresh lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
Shrimp Enchiladas
2 tasty enchiladas, filled with grilled shrimp, colored peppers, mushrooms and onions topped with our and cheese sauce, served with white rice, corn salsa, sour cream and coleslaw.
Seafood Enchiladas
2 enchiladas with grilled shrimp, imitation crabmeat, colored peppers and onion and spinach topped with house blend cheese sauce. Served with white rice, cole slaw, corn salsa, sour cream and avocado slices.
Enchiladas Verdes
3 melted cheese enchiladas topped with house marinated pork meat and distinctive green sauce. Served with a side of beans, lettuce, tomato and sour cream.
Enchiladas Blancas
2 chicken enchiladas topped with creamy delicious cheese sauce, served with white rice, coleslaw, corn salsa and sour cream.

Pork
Chile Verde
Traditional fresh grilled pork tips covered with our house green sauce, served with rice, beans and a side of handmade corn tortillas.
Carnitas
Corn dough small thickTender chunks of crisp roast pork meat topped with grilled onions and pickled jalapeños, served with rice, beans, lettuce, guacamole, corn salsa and a side of handmade corn tortillas. tortilla with favorite topping with a little of bit of beans, lettuce, queso fresco, pico de gallo and sour cream. Steak, chicken, carnitas (pork) or chorizo

Fajitas
Pina Fajita
Fresh pineapple stuffed with shrimp, fish, grilled veggies, imitation crab meat, scallops, topped with melted cheese.
Cowboy Fajita
Steak, chorizo, carnitas and beef ribs.
Texas Fajita
Chicken, steak, shrimp and pineapple slices.
Fajita Fogon
Steak, shrimp, chicken, chorizo sausage, mushrooms, colored peppers, topped with melted cheese.
Fajitas Chicken
Fajitas Steak
Fajitas Mixed
Shrimp Fajita
Pork Fajita
Like "Good old days" Perfect combination of pork tips, grilled pineapple and irresistible juicy veggies.

Seafood
Tequila Lime Shrimp Jalapeno
Perfect combination of fresh grilled shrimp, then combine jalapeno and colored peppers to create unique flavor!
New! Salmon With Mango Salsa
Deliciously grilled salmon topped with a delicious mango, honey spicy salsa. With Avocado Slices *Salmon adds omega 3 fatty acids to your diet.
Camarones a la Diabla
Delicious fresh sautéed shrimp in a hot spicy sauce. Served fresh handmade corn tortillas and a Big glass of water!
Camarones Al Angel
This is the opposite of diabla spicy, (look dish above) fresh sauteed shrimp and pineapple topped with cheese sauce.
Tilapia Poblano
Grilled tilapia fish fillet with sauteed zucchini, broccoli, onion, mushrooms, colored and poblano peppers, and shrimp and topped with cheese sauce.
Shrimp Cocktail
We prepare this refreshing shrimp cocktail with ketchup, tomato clamato juice, topped with additional hot sauce, avocado slices and pico de gallo served with saltine crackers on the side.
Shrimp Chimichanga
Filled with grilled onions, shrimp, bell peppers, topped with cheese sauce, served with rice, beans, lettuce, sour cream and pico de gallo.
New! Huachinango Frito
Deliciously fresh red snapper fried fish served with white rice, lettuce, pico de Gallo and avocado slices.
Mojarra Molcajete
served in a traditional blazing hot stone molcajete bowl, a whole fried tilapia fish, fresh tail on shrimp, topped with Diabla Sauce. Served with a side of white coconut rice, lettuce, pico de Gallo, avocado slices and a side of our delicious hand made tortillas
Mojarra Frita
Whole deep-fried mojarra fish, served with white coconut rice, lettuce, pico de Gallo, avocado slices, mayo and a side of hand made corn tortillas

El Chicken
Pollo Loco
Tender broiled chicken breast topped with grilled onions and house cheese sauce, served with white rice, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and a side of handmade corn tortillas.
Chori-Pollo
Seasoned grilled chicken topped with chorizo sausage, caramelized onions, smothered with melted cheese, served with white rice, lettuce, sour cream, pico de gallo and a side of handmade corn tortillas.
Blanca's Favorite Chicken
Mole marinated chicken breast with perfectly grilled zucchini, onion, mushrooms, colored peppers, broccoli, served with white rice, coleslaw, corn salsa, sour cream and a side of handmade corn tortillas.
Popeye's Chicken
Tender broiled chicken breast topped with grilled mushrooms, our creamy spinach cheese sauce, served with rice, coleslaw, corn salsa and a side of handmade corn tortillas.
Pollo Tropical
Grilled marinated chicken breast topped with golden grilled pineapple slices and shrimp topped with cheese sauce, served with white rice, coleslaw, corn salsa and a side of handmade corn tortillas.
Pollo con Arroz
Grilled chicken on a bed of rice topped with cheese sauce.

Steaks
Tampiqueno Steak
Tender rib eye steak with juicy broiled chicken breast and chorizo sausage topped with cheese sauce, served with rice, beans and a side of handmade corn tortillas.
Charbroiled Rib Eye Steak
Served with house salad and french fries.
Steak Jalisco
Tender grilled steak strips with caramelized onion, pineapple and chorizo topped with cheese sauce, served with rice, beans and a side of handmade corn tortillas.
Chile Colorado
Juicy steak strips with our special blend of red sauces served with rice, beans and a side of handmade corn tortillas.

T-Bones
Steak Acapulco
T-bone steak topped with grilled jumbo shrimp, onion and mushroom, served with rice, beans, and a side of handmade corn tortillas.
Steak a la Mexicana
T-bone Steak topped with fresh grilled jalapeño, onion, tomato, served with rice, beans and a side of handmade corn tortillas.
Steak Ranchero
T-bone topped with house salsa ranchera, served with rice, beans and a side of handmade corn tortillas.

Vegetarianos
Potato Burrito
Filled with potatoes, topped with house salsa and melted cheese served with rice and beans.
Mushroom Quesadilla
Golden brown cheese melted quesadilla is filled with grilled mushrooms, onions, colored peppers, served with lettuce, guacamole, sour cream and tomato.
Veggie Zucchini Boats
Roasted zucchini, stuffed with grilled colored peppers, mushrooms, onions, broccoli and black beans topped with melted cheese and avocado, served with lettuce and sour cream and tomatoes.
Enfrijoladas
4 enchiladas filled with cheese. Topped with queso fresco, lettuce, sour cream and corn salsa.
Veggie Sizzling Fajitas
Perfectly grilled onions, colored peppers, zucchini, broccoli, mushrooms and spinach served with rice, beans coleslaw, guacamole, pico de gallo and fresh handmade corn tortillas.
Spinach Enchiladas
3 cheese enchiladas filled with grilled mushrooms, spinach and onions, topped with cheese sauce, served with white rice, coleslaw and corn salsa.

Kids
Kids Quesadilla
Kids Enchilada
Kids Taco
Kids Burrito
Kids Hamburger
Kids Chicken Tender
Kids Corn Dog
Kids Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Kids Kraft Mac and Cheese
No other sides.
Kids Grilled Chicken with Rice
No other sides.

Sides
Pico de Gallo
Lettuce
Sour Cream
Shredded Cheese
Jalapenos
Flour Tortilla
Cilantro and Onion
Tomato
Corn Salsa
Mango Salsa
Chiles Toreados
3 Handmade Corn Tortillas
Coleslaw
Rice
Beans
Fries
Enchiladas
Hard Shell Tacos
Soft Shell Tacos
Super Taco
Burritos
Burritos Deluxe
Grilled Chicken Burrito
Topped with cheese sauce.
Grilled Steak Burrito
Topped with cheese sauce.
Tamales
Cheese Quesadillas
Chicken Quesadillas
Beef Quesadillas
Steak Quesadilla
Grilled Chicken Quesadillas
Tostada
Chile Relleno

Drinks
Rusa Limonada
Pepsi Products
Horchara
Milk
Apple Juice
Orange Juice
Jarritos
Mexican Pepsi
Flavored Lemonade

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Recent Reviews

We had a fantastic experience dining here! The food was absolutely delicious — every dish was rich in flavor and tasted truly authentic. You can tell they use quality ingredients and traditional recipes. The service was outstanding as well — warm, attentive, and genuinely welcoming from the moment we walked in. On top of that, the prices were very reasonable for the quality and portion sizes. Overall, it’s a great place to enjoy a flavorful, mouth-watering food without breaking...
July 2025
Clean atmosphere, great service and yummy food! I am completely vegan so needed a lot of accommodations sometimes which they handled with excellence. Great place for vegetarian or vegans and great with accommodations or special requests. Service was very quick despite their note on the menu that everything is cooked from scratch and to allow extra time. It did taste fresh and cooked from scratch. Yummy! Will be back!
May 2025
Love the other location but glad that this one is even closer. The service here is on point, you will not be in want of water, chips or salsa at any point in time. I’ve been to this location twice and on my second visit I had to order the same thing (chile relleno with steak) because it was so good the first time. The steak was buttery and the relleno stuffed with firm and salty cheese. The beans have a great umami/meaty flavor and the rice is solid as well. I also got the mangonada...
May 2025

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El Fogon Mexican Restaurant

5465 Mills Civic Pkwy Suite 101, West Des Moines, IA 50266
(515) 221-7981