Bandidas Taqueria
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A socially and environmentally conscious Mexican-inspired restaurant on the Drive serving healthy and delicious fare.

Cuisine type

  • Mexican,

Atmosphere

  • Casual,

Products and Services

  • Mexican Foods,

Languages Spoken

  • English,
Location
2781 Commercial Dr, Vancouver, BC V5N 4C5
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  • $11 To $25,

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Meet the owner

Throughout Vancouver there’s a yearning for more food options: healthier, more innovative, more sustainable. Since 2009, Bandidas Taqueria has been meeting this demand, providing a vegetarian menu with Mexican zest. If you’re looking for gluten-free alternatives, a vegetarian menu or just delicious, spicy fare, this is the place to go. Inclusiveness is part of the restaurant’s mission.

Owner Aiyana Kane hails from California, where there’s a rich tradition of Mexican cuisine; and with Bandidas, she and business partner Jackie Avery are bringing it north to a city not known for its Latin food options. Add a vegetarian focus, with vegan options for every dish, and you’ve got a winning combination. Situated on Commercial Drive at the corner of 12th Avenue, the restaurant has been a quick success, and it gains customers with each passing month.

Aiyana says that her core customer base is vegetarian and vegans, but as time has gone by Bandidas has been embraced by local residents of all stripes. The varied menu and down-home atmosphere are quite welcoming — and having heaping portions of nachos on the menu doesn’t hurt, either.

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Menu & Prices

All Day Breakfast MENU - Bandidas Taqueria

Mexican Breakfast

Two free-range eggs, 2 corn tortillas, pinto beans, fresh salsa, purple cabbage salad, and guacamole.

$9.50

Breakfast Burrito

Scrambled free-range eggs, fresh salsa, pinto beans, sour cream and cheese in awhole wheat tortilla. Or, bake it in enchilada sauce and cheese for $2.50 extra Add guacamole for $1.5

$9.50

Morgan Taylor

Another breakfast burrito with roasted potatoes, scrambled free-range eggs, roasted salsa, cheese, sour & sour cream.
Add guacamole for $1.5
Baked with sauce and cheese for $2.50

$9.50

Brunch MENU - Bandidas Taqueria

THE BREAKFAST

Free range eggs, pinto beans, roasted yams and potatoes, purple cabbage, and fresh salsa, served with cornbread with honey butter.
Add guacamole $1.50
Add Veggie bacon or sausage $2.50

$9.50

Lemmy

A poblano baked with pinto beans, cheese & ranchera sauce, topped with two free-range eggs, served with tortillas &hash browns.

$12.00

ALAN’S BREAKFAST

Romaine, purple cabbage, cilantro, cheese, pinto beans, balsamic vinaigrette, guacamole, and fresh salsa, topped with two fried free-range eggs. Served with two fresh, hand-made corn tortillas.
Add a side of roasted yams and potatoes $2.50

$12.00

HUEVAS RANCHEROS

Free range eggs on hand-made corn tortillas with our ranchera sauce, sour cream, pinto beans, roasted yams and potatoes, & purple cabbage.

$11.50

Doe’s

Two poached free range eggs, fresh spinach, roasted red pepper drizzle, goat cheese & hash.

$11.00

EGG MUFFINS

Two corn bread muffin tops, topped with guacamole, cheese, and a fried egg. Finished with your choice of warm tomato or tangy tomatillo sauce. Served with a side of purple cabbage.
Add roasted yams and potatoes $2.50
Add veggie bacon or sausage $2.50

$8.50

Becky’s OMELETTE

Roasted red pepper sauce, spinach, caramelized onions &cheese, served with hash, beans & purple cabbage.

$12.00

MRS. COHEN

Bandidas’ spicy tortilla soup, finished with avocado, toasted tortillas chips, feta cheese, cilantro & two poached eggs.

SOUR DOUGH FRENCH TOAST

Three slices of multigrain baguette done up French toast style served over apple compote with yoghurt and real maple syrup.
Add veggie bacon or sausage… $2.50

$12.00

HICK’S BENNY

Housemade guacamole & fresh salsa.

$12.00

LESTER’S BENNY

Oven roasted yams & onions with feta cheese.

$12.00

Sherman’s Benny

Creamy goat cheese & caramelized onions

$12.00

Breakfast Tacos

Our hand made soft corn tortillas with black beans, caramelized onions, scrambled eggs, ranchera sauce, cheese and sour cream. Served with purple cabbage.

$9.50 Add hash $2.50 Add guacamole $2.50

Appetizers MENU - Bandidas Taqueria

Baked Goat Cheese

with roasted red pepper sauce & walnut crumble with tortilla chips

$9.00

Edna Dip

beans, ranchero sauce, & mozzarella baked in the oven. Served with sour and chips.

$8.00

Stuffed Mushroom

butternut squash, cheese, and garlic

$6.00

Chips & Salsa

Small $3.50 Large $6.50

Chips & Guacamole

Sm $4.50 Lg $8.50

Chips, Salsa & Guacamole

Sm $6.50 Lg $10.50

Amos Dips

beans and cheese, salsa, guacamole, sour cream & tortilla chips.

$9.00

Soup & Salads MENU - Bandidas Taqueria

TORTILLA SOUP

A new take on this traditional Mexican soup. Made of roasted tomatoes in a rich vegetable stock, blended smooth and topped with avocado, tortilla chips, cilantro, feta cheese, and lime. It is delicious and hearty.
Add handmade corn tortillas for 50 cents.

$9.00 Half Soup $5.50

HOUSE SALAD

A big bowl of romaine lettuce, purple cabbage, cilantro, avocado, feta cheese, pumpkin seeds, and fresh salsa dressed with house balsamic vinaigrette.
Add roasted yams, organic chipotle tofu, or spicy walnuts for $1.50

$9.00 Half Salad $5.50

MARJORIE’S SALAD

Romaine lettuce, cilantro, avocado, cheese, warm pinto beans, and fresh tomato salsa over a bed of tortilla chips, dressed with Bandidas lime vinaigrette.

$10.00

Spinach Salad

Goat cheese, apple salsa, ground walnuts, red pepper sauce, and house dressing.

$10.00

Nachos MENU - Bandidas Taqueria


Served with roasted salsa & sour cream.
Add a small guacamole for $3.25, or a large for $6.50

Veganize $2 add extra cheese $2

Pascale Mark

Cheese, onions, sweet peppers, corn, and jalapenos, on yellow corn tortilla chips.

Small $11.75 Big $13.00 Add pinto or black beans $1.50

Pete and Bits

Feta, goat & mozzarella cheese with cilantro and pinto beans on yellow corn tortilla chips

Small $13.00 Big $16.00

Hampton

Cheese, smoky-sweet chipotle tofu (organic), pinto beans, onions, sweet peppers, corn, and jalapenos on yellow corn tortilla chips.

Big $16.00

Tacos & Burritos MENU - Bandidas Taqueria



All the burritos including Breakfast Burrito are $9.50

Tacos are
2 = $6.00
3 = $7.00
4 = $10.00
5 = $12.00
6 = $14.00

Bobcat

Roasted potatoes, caramelized onions, pinto beans, cheese, sour cream, & roasted salsa

Connie’s

Walnuts ground, apple salsa , cheese & roasted red pepper sauce. The burrito also has purple cabbage & pinto beans.

Wolf & Goat

Fresh guacamole, purple cabbage, pinto beans, fresh red salsa, cheese & sour cream

Leona Gayle

Smoky-sweet chipotle tofu (organic), pinto beans, cheese, roasted red salsa, romaine lettuce & sour cream.

Stella

butternut squash, spinach, rice, pinto, roasted salsa, sour & cheese.

Ronny Russell

Roasted yams and onions, fresh guacamole, black beans, green salsa, purple cabbage & toasted pumpkin seeds.
Add cheese for $1 and sour cream for .50

Enchiladas MENU - Bandidas Taqueria

All the enchiladas are $12.00

Three filled corn tortillas with the following fillings, topped with cheese & baked in the oven with your choice of sauce.

You get to choose two things with this meal:
1. Pick a sauce: enchilada, salsa verde, or mole (+$1.25)
2. Choose a side: beans & rice, or a beautiful side salad

Rocky's

Three handmade corn tortillas stuffed with melted cheese and black beans.

Dani's

Three handmade corn tortillas stuffed with melted cheese and roasted butternut squash.

Dave's

Three handmade corn tortillas stuffed with melted cheese & sweet chipotle tofu (organic).

Entrees MENU - Bandidas Taqueria

Misty’s Poblano

Baked with our chipotle tofu, pinto beans, enchilada sauce and mozzarella. Served with two hand-made tortillas and your choice of a beautiful side salad or, beans and rice.

Fajitas

Smoked tempeh, sautéed strips of poblano chiles, onions, & red peppers. Served with rice, beans , & cheese, roasted salsa, sour cream, red cabbage, and handmade corn tortillas.

$12.00

Quesadilla Meal

Two corn tortillas quesadillas filled with mozzarella and pinto beans. Served with roasted salsa and sour cream and your choice of rice and beans or a beautiful side salad.
Add guacamole for $1.50

$11.00

Los Ninos MENU - Bandidas Taqueria

Lesley’s Lil’ Quesadilla

a corn tortilla quesadilla, served with beans and rice

$5.00

Baby Bean & Cheese Burrito

just bean and cheese in a whole wheat flour tortilla

$5.00

Ryder’s Bowl

quarter of an avocado, roasted yams, rice & beans

$7.00

Nachitos

a small plate of plain cheese nachos, served with salsa and sour cream

$8.50

Desserts MENU - Bandidas Taqueria

Chocolate quinoa cake

gluten-free

Cinnamon Flan

gluten-free

Crisp

vegan and gluten-free; ask us what kind we have today

Chocolate truffles

Vegan and gluten free

Lemon Blueberry Tarts

gluten-free

Beverages MENU - Bandidas Taqueria

Drinks



We're fully licensed and well stocked! Margaritas, Tequilas, Sangria, Whiskey, Gin, and our Beers are all pretty local.

We also have Hibiscus tea and lemonde, sparkling lemonade, organic tea and coffee, juices, sodas.

If you want coffee or tea to go, bring your cup, we don't have take out cups.

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