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Breakfast
Lunch & Dinner
Ala Carte & Kids
Ice Cream
Catering Information
Catering Menu
Contact Us
Business Hours:
| 8 a.m - 9 p.m., daily |
La Cocina de Luz
Come enjoy authentic Mexican cuisine made from local, organic ingredients.
La Cocina de Luz is regional Mexican and Southwestern cuisine, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, with whole foods and contemporary influences, handmade tortillas, juice bar, daily soups and specials, beer, margaritas and wine. Organic, free-range, additive-free and locally-grown ingredients are prepared with traditional recipes including many vegetarian and gluten-free dishes.
Open seven days a week with counter service, indoor and outdoor patio seating in a rustic, casual and festive kid-friendly atmosphere. Take-out food and catering are available for any event of any size, anywhere. Lucas Price and his outstanding crew are in their thirteenth year of operation.
Also stop by for our brand new, amazingly-delicious ice cream. From goat milk to gelato, our new frozen delicacies are winning fans far and wide. Enjoy a scoop while checking your email on our free wifi.
La Cocina de Luz also can cater your next event. We will work with you to design a menu that matches the ambiance and atmosphere of your special event.
La Cocina de Luz is regional Mexican and Southwestern cuisine, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, with whole foods and contemporary influences, handmade tortillas, juice bar, daily soups and specials, beer, margaritas and wine. Organic, free-range, additive-free and locally-grown ingredients are prepared with traditional recipes including many vegetarian and gluten-free dishes.
Open seven days a week with counter service, indoor and outdoor patio seating in a rustic, casual and festive kid-friendly atmosphere. Take-out food and catering are available for any event of any size, anywhere. Lucas Price and his outstanding crew are in their thirteenth year of operation.
Also stop by for our brand new, amazingly-delicious ice cream. From goat milk to gelato, our new frozen delicacies are winning fans far and wide. Enjoy a scoop while checking your email on our free wifi.
La Cocina de Luz also can cater your next event. We will work with you to design a menu that matches the ambiance and atmosphere of your special event.
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La Cocina de Luz
123 E. Colorado Ave.
Telluride CO 81435
970 728-9355
123 E. Colorado Ave.
Telluride CO 81435
970 728-9355
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On Main Street in the center of historic Telluride
When i think of Telluride i think of the mountains, skiing, trees, family, and Lucas' salad wrap. that is Telluride in a perfect package for me. you cannot go wrong with anything on this amazing menu.
- Rebecca E. Chicago, IL
Average Rating of 1 User Review
fantastic fare with an organic slant
pcnicklaus January 13, 2011
lucas and the gang at la cocina will indulge your every desire for fantastic fare of the mexican persuasion. everything is organic, their juices are fresh squeezed and absolutely incredible! breakfast, lunch or dinner, the meal is delicious. A personal fave is the blueberry, bluecorn pancakes which are so good, you'll forget your name. Wait, that's just me, but they're insanely good!
Yelp Reviews
La Cocina De Luz
http://www.yelp.com/biz/la-cocina-de-luz-telluride
Based on 27 reviews
Allison T.
January 05, 2012
Fresh tasting Mexican food with plenty of options for everyone. There isn't any waiter service - place your order at the counter, grab your number & find...
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Aubrey T.
December 17, 2011
This was a great casual dinner spot in Telluride. There is no waiter service - you order at the counter and they bring the food to you. You can help...
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John L.
October 24, 2011
Had a great pork burrito for lunch. One of the few places open during off-season. The map shows this place as being outside of Telluride, but it's right on...
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Catering Info
We cater dinner parties, wedding receptions, music events, open houses, film shoots, etc. We create menus that include foods of Mexico, the Southwest United States and other parts of the world. Our staff enjoys challenging menus that require in-depth research into cooking methods and finding ingredients. We work to source the most authentic, unrefined, local and/or seasonal products that are available. Any item on our restaurant menu is also available.
Our Services Include:
• Complete Menu Planning
• Mobility & On-site Preparation
• Ability to Cook for Large Numbers
• Sensitivity to Dietary Needs
When designing a menu we are careful to create balance, diversity and a sense of wholeness in regards to cooking methods, ingredients, textures and colors. We are adept at designing menus that adhere to specific dietary needs. Although they are not listed, we provide full beverage service; please ask for details. Desserts are not included in this menu; we can direct you to one of our pastry-chef/baker specialists. If you have a set budget or somewhat fixed ideas about what you want, let us know so that we can create the exact menu you want. Prices are based upon menu selection, number of people in party and type of service requested. We are a full service catering company that can help you with all aspects of food and beverage as well as other event planning that you might need. We can assist you with understanding what is needed for your party and facilitate rental of any equipment including tents, tables, chairs, linens, plates, silver, glassware, etc. Our on-site staffing includes servers, bartenders and any other job position needed. We look forward to working with you.
10 months ago
| Now serving delicious organic Ice Cream! |
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+ Mexican Dark Chocolate + Passion fruit Blood Orange & Guava Gelato + Mancos Rasberry + Goat Milk Cajeta Swirl w/ Toasted Pinon + Organic Cookies & Cream
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Appetizers
Tamales
Traditional, rustic and unique, the tamale is corn based, steamed self-contained meal wrapped in a cornhusk or banana leaf. Served as an appetizer, a side dish or a main dish with or without a sauce, tamales are always memorable.
• Fresh Corn Tamales with Green Chile and Cheese
• Traditional Pork, Beef or Chicken
• Oaxacan Chicken Mole in Banana Leaf
Empanadas
Sometimes baked sometimes fried, these corn or wheat flour turnover pastries are found all over Mexico, Central and South America and are a great hand-held appetizer item.
• Picadillo, a festive preparation with either, pork or beef combined with Ancho chile, almonds and raisins.
• Veracruz-style Chicken, Combined with Spanish olives, green chile, roasted tomatoes and saffron.
• Spinach and Black Bean with Feta Cheese
• Potato, Green Chile and Cheese
Quesadillas
Utilizing our own handmade wheat or corn tortillas, Quesadillas are the “grilled cheese sandwiches” of Mexico and just about anything goes. Here are a few filling ideas.
• Green Chile and Goat Cheese
• Brie and Mango
• Huitlacoche, Poblano Chile and Manchego Cheese
Miscellaneous Appetizers
• Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
• Breaded and Fried Fontina Cheese Stuffed Squash Blossoms
• Beer-Battered Shrimp with Chipotle Honey Dipping Sauce
• Fresh Tortilla Chips and Queso Fundido (hot cheese dip) with or without Crab Meat
• Crudite (raw vegetable) Platter with Jalapeno Ranch or Caesar Dip
• Bacon Wrapped Dates with Blue Cheese
• Cheese Stuffed, Breaded and Fried Jalapeno Chiles
• Assorted Fruit and Cheese Platter with Crackers or Bread
• Corn Cakes with Grilled Shrimp and Chipotle Butter
• Beef or Chicken Flautas with Guacamole
Salads
• Field Green Salad with Jicama, Carrots, Red Bells, Lime Cilantro Dressing and Feta Cheese
• Traditional Caesar Salad with Ancho Chile and Parmesan Croutons
• Black Bean and Corn Salad with red, gold and green bells, red onions, garlic, cumin and lime
• Quinoa Salad, High protein Andean grain with confetti of vegetables with light vinaigrette over organic greens
Entrees
Seafood
Seafood Ceviches
Traditional fish preparation “cooked” in limejuice, onion and salt then seasoned with chile, garlic and cilantro. Variations include cucumbers, tomatoes, olives, orange and saffron
Chile Cured Salmon
We cure a whole side of salmon in brown sugar, onion, garlic, cilantro, jalapeno and lime zest for twenty-four hours, remove cure, slice on the diagonal, then sauté rare and serve with compound butter made with above ingredients.
Pescado or Camerones Mexicana
Lime and garlic seasoned fish grilled or pan-fried, to order and served with an Avocado or Mango Pico de Gallo.
Pescado Ajillo
Citrus marinated and sautéed Colorado Trout or Alaskan Halibut Served with a Garlic and Guajillo Chile Butter Sauce.
Chicken
We use Rocky Junior Free-Range Chicken, local Indian Ridge Farms also available.
Chicken Mole
The classic recipe blending old and new world ingredients resulting in the complex and rich Mole sauce served over pan-fried chicken. We use an Oaxacan Black variety that is sublime. Flavors/ingredients include chilies, chocolate, almonds and raisins, cinnamon and cloves and more
Pollo a las Brasas
Orange Juice, fresh thyme, garlic and chipotle marinated chicken pieces, cooked on the grill. Simple but elegant.
Pollo Ranchero
Grilled or pan-fried chicken pieces with a tomato, tomatillo or green chile based sauce.
Meats
Our main source of pork and beef are Homestead Beef (Paonia) and Maverick Ranch (eastern Colorado).
Rib Eye or Beef Filet
Ancho Chile Rubbed and grilled beef served with wild mushroom and red wine reduction
Carne Asada con Rajas
Lime marinated and grilled skirt steak with caramelized onions and roasted green chile strips.
Carne Adovada
Lamb or Pork slow cooked in a New Mexican red chile sauce till tender
Pit Barbecued Whole Lamb, Goat or Pig
Dry-rubbed with Achiote and garlic, wrapped in banana leaves, layered between hot coals and stones, then buried for 8 to 12 hours. This “blind” cooking method is not only very dramatic it produces very complex and beautiful flavors. Advance notice and unhindered piece of terrain required.
Side Dishes
• Festive Spanish rice, White Basmati rice with confetti of red, green and yellow bells
• Decadent Refried Beans with Cheese, Chiles and Cream
• Sweet Corn and Summer Squash Gratin
• Green Chile Corn Casserole
• Sautéed Locally Grown Swiss chard with Grilled Onions
• Quinoa Casserole, Flavorful, high protein Andean grain baked with onions, chiles, garlic, chiles • and cheese
• Chipotle Chile, Garlic and Rosemary Roasted Potatoes
• Rajas Con Crema, Caramelized Onions and Roasted Green Chile Strips baked in cream
• Traditional Scalloped Potatoes
Catering Packages
Prices are per person and do not include service, sales tax or gratuity.
Simple Appetizer Party 100 /$16 per person, 50 /$18 per person, 20 /$20 per person
Chips Guacamole and Salsa
Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
Chicken Flautas
Green Chile Cheese Quesadillas
Vegetable Crudite Platter
Heavy Appetizer Party 100 /$25per person, 50 /$27 per person, 20 /$29 per person
Chips Guacamole and Salsa
Fresh Corn Tamales
Picadillo Empanadas
Brie and Green Chile Quesadillas
Beer Battered Shrimp with Chipotle Honey Dipping Sauce
Assorted Fruit and Cheese Platter with Crackers or Bread
Beef Flautas
Vegetable Crudite Platter
Economy Enchilada Dinner 100 /$16 per person, 50 /$18 per person, 20 /$20 per person
Chips, Guacamole and Salsa
Cheese Quesadillas
Field Green Salad with Lime Cilantro Dressing
Mixed Enchiladas, Beef, Chicken, Cheese or Vegan, Red or Green Sauce
Refried Beans
Green Spanish rice
Appetizer/Dinner Combination #1 100 /$28 per person, 50 /$30 per person, 20 /$32 per person
Chips, Guacamole and Salsas
Beer Battered Shrimp with Chipotle Honey Dipping Sauce
Brie and Green Chile Quesadillas
Carne Asada with Rajas
Fresh Corn Tamales
Refried Beans
Field Green Salad with Lime Cilantro Dressing
Fresh Flour Tortillas
Appetizer/Dinner Combination #2 100 /$28 per person, 50 /$30 per person, 20 /$32 per person
Chips, Guacamole and Salsas
Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
Brie Mango Quesadillas
Pollo a las Brasas
Corn Casserole
Decadent Refried Beans
Caesar Salad
Fresh Flour Tortillas
Appetizer/Dinner Combination #3 100 /$40per person, 50 /$45 per person, 20 /$50 per person
Chips, Guacamole and Salsas
Fontina Cheese Stuffed Squash Blossoms
Bacon Wrapped Dates with Blue Cheese
Huitlacoche Quesadillas with Poblano Chile and Manchego Cheese
Beef Filet with Wild Mushroom and Red Wine Reduction
Pescado Ajillo with Alaskan Halibut or Colorado Trout
Scalloped Potatoes
Braised Swiss chard with grilled onions
Field Green Salad with Lime Cilantro Dressing
Fresh Flour Tortillas
Tamales
Traditional, rustic and unique, the tamale is corn based, steamed self-contained meal wrapped in a cornhusk or banana leaf. Served as an appetizer, a side dish or a main dish with or without a sauce, tamales are always memorable.
• Fresh Corn Tamales with Green Chile and Cheese
• Traditional Pork, Beef or Chicken
• Oaxacan Chicken Mole in Banana Leaf
Empanadas
Sometimes baked sometimes fried, these corn or wheat flour turnover pastries are found all over Mexico, Central and South America and are a great hand-held appetizer item.
• Picadillo, a festive preparation with either, pork or beef combined with Ancho chile, almonds and raisins.
• Veracruz-style Chicken, Combined with Spanish olives, green chile, roasted tomatoes and saffron.
• Spinach and Black Bean with Feta Cheese
• Potato, Green Chile and Cheese
Quesadillas
Utilizing our own handmade wheat or corn tortillas, Quesadillas are the “grilled cheese sandwiches” of Mexico and just about anything goes. Here are a few filling ideas.
• Green Chile and Goat Cheese
• Brie and Mango
• Huitlacoche, Poblano Chile and Manchego Cheese
Miscellaneous Appetizers
• Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
• Breaded and Fried Fontina Cheese Stuffed Squash Blossoms
• Beer-Battered Shrimp with Chipotle Honey Dipping Sauce
• Fresh Tortilla Chips and Queso Fundido (hot cheese dip) with or without Crab Meat
• Crudite (raw vegetable) Platter with Jalapeno Ranch or Caesar Dip
• Bacon Wrapped Dates with Blue Cheese
• Cheese Stuffed, Breaded and Fried Jalapeno Chiles
• Assorted Fruit and Cheese Platter with Crackers or Bread
• Corn Cakes with Grilled Shrimp and Chipotle Butter
• Beef or Chicken Flautas with Guacamole
Salads
• Field Green Salad with Jicama, Carrots, Red Bells, Lime Cilantro Dressing and Feta Cheese
• Traditional Caesar Salad with Ancho Chile and Parmesan Croutons
• Black Bean and Corn Salad with red, gold and green bells, red onions, garlic, cumin and lime
• Quinoa Salad, High protein Andean grain with confetti of vegetables with light vinaigrette over organic greens
Entrees
Seafood
Seafood Ceviches
Traditional fish preparation “cooked” in limejuice, onion and salt then seasoned with chile, garlic and cilantro. Variations include cucumbers, tomatoes, olives, orange and saffron
Chile Cured Salmon
We cure a whole side of salmon in brown sugar, onion, garlic, cilantro, jalapeno and lime zest for twenty-four hours, remove cure, slice on the diagonal, then sauté rare and serve with compound butter made with above ingredients.
Pescado or Camerones Mexicana
Lime and garlic seasoned fish grilled or pan-fried, to order and served with an Avocado or Mango Pico de Gallo.
Pescado Ajillo
Citrus marinated and sautéed Colorado Trout or Alaskan Halibut Served with a Garlic and Guajillo Chile Butter Sauce.
Chicken
We use Rocky Junior Free-Range Chicken, local Indian Ridge Farms also available.
Chicken Mole
The classic recipe blending old and new world ingredients resulting in the complex and rich Mole sauce served over pan-fried chicken. We use an Oaxacan Black variety that is sublime. Flavors/ingredients include chilies, chocolate, almonds and raisins, cinnamon and cloves and more
Pollo a las Brasas
Orange Juice, fresh thyme, garlic and chipotle marinated chicken pieces, cooked on the grill. Simple but elegant.
Pollo Ranchero
Grilled or pan-fried chicken pieces with a tomato, tomatillo or green chile based sauce.
Meats
Our main source of pork and beef are Homestead Beef (Paonia) and Maverick Ranch (eastern Colorado).
Rib Eye or Beef Filet
Ancho Chile Rubbed and grilled beef served with wild mushroom and red wine reduction
Carne Asada con Rajas
Lime marinated and grilled skirt steak with caramelized onions and roasted green chile strips.
Carne Adovada
Lamb or Pork slow cooked in a New Mexican red chile sauce till tender
Pit Barbecued Whole Lamb, Goat or Pig
Dry-rubbed with Achiote and garlic, wrapped in banana leaves, layered between hot coals and stones, then buried for 8 to 12 hours. This “blind” cooking method is not only very dramatic it produces very complex and beautiful flavors. Advance notice and unhindered piece of terrain required.
Side Dishes
• Festive Spanish rice, White Basmati rice with confetti of red, green and yellow bells
• Decadent Refried Beans with Cheese, Chiles and Cream
• Sweet Corn and Summer Squash Gratin
• Green Chile Corn Casserole
• Sautéed Locally Grown Swiss chard with Grilled Onions
• Quinoa Casserole, Flavorful, high protein Andean grain baked with onions, chiles, garlic, chiles • and cheese
• Chipotle Chile, Garlic and Rosemary Roasted Potatoes
• Rajas Con Crema, Caramelized Onions and Roasted Green Chile Strips baked in cream
• Traditional Scalloped Potatoes
Catering Packages
Prices are per person and do not include service, sales tax or gratuity.
Simple Appetizer Party 100 /$16 per person, 50 /$18 per person, 20 /$20 per person
Chips Guacamole and Salsa
Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
Chicken Flautas
Green Chile Cheese Quesadillas
Vegetable Crudite Platter
Heavy Appetizer Party 100 /$25per person, 50 /$27 per person, 20 /$29 per person
Chips Guacamole and Salsa
Fresh Corn Tamales
Picadillo Empanadas
Brie and Green Chile Quesadillas
Beer Battered Shrimp with Chipotle Honey Dipping Sauce
Assorted Fruit and Cheese Platter with Crackers or Bread
Beef Flautas
Vegetable Crudite Platter
Economy Enchilada Dinner 100 /$16 per person, 50 /$18 per person, 20 /$20 per person
Chips, Guacamole and Salsa
Cheese Quesadillas
Field Green Salad with Lime Cilantro Dressing
Mixed Enchiladas, Beef, Chicken, Cheese or Vegan, Red or Green Sauce
Refried Beans
Green Spanish rice
Appetizer/Dinner Combination #1 100 /$28 per person, 50 /$30 per person, 20 /$32 per person
Chips, Guacamole and Salsas
Beer Battered Shrimp with Chipotle Honey Dipping Sauce
Brie and Green Chile Quesadillas
Carne Asada with Rajas
Fresh Corn Tamales
Refried Beans
Field Green Salad with Lime Cilantro Dressing
Fresh Flour Tortillas
Appetizer/Dinner Combination #2 100 /$28 per person, 50 /$30 per person, 20 /$32 per person
Chips, Guacamole and Salsas
Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
Brie Mango Quesadillas
Pollo a las Brasas
Corn Casserole
Decadent Refried Beans
Caesar Salad
Fresh Flour Tortillas
Appetizer/Dinner Combination #3 100 /$40per person, 50 /$45 per person, 20 /$50 per person
Chips, Guacamole and Salsas
Fontina Cheese Stuffed Squash Blossoms
Bacon Wrapped Dates with Blue Cheese
Huitlacoche Quesadillas with Poblano Chile and Manchego Cheese
Beef Filet with Wild Mushroom and Red Wine Reduction
Pescado Ajillo with Alaskan Halibut or Colorado Trout
Scalloped Potatoes
Braised Swiss chard with grilled onions
Field Green Salad with Lime Cilantro Dressing
Fresh Flour Tortillas
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