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Margarita with a salted rim and lime wedge on a wood table at the bar of Cocina Serrano y Cantina
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Cocina Serrano y Cantina

Cocina Serrano y Cantina is a stay-a-while Mexican cocina with a bar side in central Rancho Cucamonga.

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The "y Cantina" matters. Rancho Cucamonga's Mexican bench splits roughly into two formats — the taqueria, built for speed and volume, and the cocina-cantina, built for staying a while — and Cocina Serrano y Cantina plants its flag in the second camp. The name signals a full menu rather than a taco list, plus a bar side where the margarita is part of the point rather than an afterthought.

That format is where families land for birthday dinners and where coworkers land after work on a Friday, which is why a city this size supports several of them and why locals tend to get loyal to exactly one. This one sits in central Rancho Cucamonga.

Hours aren't listed here, so check before you make a special trip.

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