DINNER MENU
ANTOJITOS
$7
Chips y Salsa
non-GMO, all natural corn chips with our homestyle salsa made with charred tomato, tomatillo, serrano, garlic and...
$7
$12
Guacamole
molcajete muddled garlic & serrano with fresh lime, sea salt and chile ash
$12
add seasonal vegetable crudos $3
$25
Aguachile de Camaron
Sonoran Mexican shrimp, sweet potato - leche de tigre, Nichol's Farm apple, chayote, charred avocado and ajillo shrimp crunchies
$25
Here we are paying homage to aguachile's ancestral home using their delicious shrimp that we have brined then drowned with their leche de tigre and fresh lime juice. We make a beautiful sauce with aji amarillo, cacahuate and roasted sweet potato that dresses the shrimp along with a guajillo - chiltepin oil to spice it up.
+So much to nerd out about this! It started when we ate crab rangoon and instantly wanted to "mexicanize" and make our own version. Fresh LA crab and Swiss Alp cheese in these triangular beauties. Mexico has a long standing relationship with Switzerland. We love their cheese!
Crab Tetela
heriloom dual Oaxacan masa tetela stuffed with LA blue crab, chile poblano, queso suizo and sunchoke macha
+So much to nerd out about this! It started when we ate crab rangoon and instantly wanted to "mexicanize" and make our own version. Fresh LA crab and Swiss Alp cheese in these triangular beauties. Mexico has a long standing relationship with Switzerland. We love their cheese!
$21
$21
MANOS ONLY
$15
Costra Taco con Nopalitos
chihuahua cheese crusted hand pressed corn tortilla stuffed with nopales, red onion, tomato, lettuce hearts and cured cactus salsa
$15
Melted, crispy cheese is almost always a crowd pleaser. Costra tacos have gained popularity in Mexico City taquerias since the early 2000's. Here we balance the richness with a very fresh cactus salad and herbaceous salsa.
$26*
Steak Burrito
chela-marinated, grilled skirt steak, queso chihuahua, local black beans, romaine, avocado, grilled onion, banana peppers, sour cream
$26*
The burrito was on the Mi Tocaya menu before there was a menu. This carne asada cookout meets the best steak burrito pays homage to all the burrito rolling I would do at my parent's taqueria growing up! It is a staple.
ANTOJOS
$18
Coliflor Ahumado Fundido
smoked cauliflower, 2 year aged Hook's Cheddar fundido, rajas, lacinato kale, salsa ranchera
$18
Mi abuelita Cruz always made queso fundido for us for supper. She also made a mean coliflor capeada drowned in salsa ranchera. This dish is a mash-up of those two favorites of mine with the addition of putting some smoke on it.One big abrazo for the winter.
$18
Setas con Mole Rojo
donku shiitake encebollado,chochoyote, spiced nuts, chayote, hierbas, mole rojo
$18
this dish is a celebration of madre tierra and her vegetables. Chochoyotes are little masa dimples that house the oaxacan style mole rojo - a balance of dried chiles, nuts, fruit & spice
$21
Zanahorias en Sikil Pak
pan roasted Nichol's Farm roast carrots, sumac-guajillo sazon, gooseberry sikil pak, serrano escabeche
$21
Sikil pak is a prehispanic spread made roasted seeds & tomato (berry family), in this case gooseberries. So many textures, local ingredients all singing together. We recommend a side of our hand pressed heirloom tortillas so you can have yourself some vegan tacos.
$25 half
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$40 full
Pulpo a la Parilla
grilled Spanish octopus, clam salsa coctelera, avocado wedges, radish pico de gallo, dill
$25 half
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$40 full
There is nothing like a good Mexican coctel de Moriscos. We make this sauce 100 por 100 from scratch. No condiments! It is sweet, spicy, refreshing. Paired with some thick charred ocean tentacles and you are at la playa.
$32
Lobster and Langostinos Enmoladas con Mole Verde
single origen heirloom blue corn fold overs stuffed with lobster and langostinos smothered with mole verde, Nichol's Farm pico
$32
It is written that mole verde then known as huauhquilmolli was one of Moctezuma's favorite. You can say I made it for him. This dish is special. It is herbaceous, bright and really highlights Mexico's rich diversity in food.
$48
Chamorro de Puerco estilo Cochinita Pibil
26 oz bone in pork shank braised in cochinita pibil sabores classicos, fried potato, salsa habanera, xnipek, grilled cabbage. served with hand pressed tortillas.
$48
This Yucatan dish truly represents la gastronomia mexicana. A combination of our indigenous, Spanish, African roots all coming together. Achiote, habanero, spices, beautifully cooked pork.
$40
Heritage Pollo con Mole Poblano
half smoked Hudson Valley, NY heritage chicken, arroz blanco with Colima corn, savoy cabbage and mole poblano
$40
There is nothing like a beautiful high quality bird with the classic mole poblano. Mole poblano is perhaps the most beloved mole of Mexico. It is afterall where the first mole was created in the convent of Santa Rosa de Lima in Puebla. 32 ingredients in this recipe that truly represents the birth of Mexican cuisine.
otras cositAS MAS
$6
Single Origin Chatino Frijoles Negros
Oaxaca
$6
It takes two days to make our delicious local black beans that are hand smashed & fried in organic Century Sun sunflower oil from Oaxaca, Mexico
$6
Hand-Pressed Heirloom Corn Tortillas
Five (each) heirloom Oaxacan corn (Masienda) milled by our friends at El Popocatepetl Tortelleria and pressed by us.
$6
$6
Salsa Casera
Our homestyle salsa is made with charred tomato, tomatillo, serranos, garlic and .......
$6
$1
Crema Agria
sour cream
$1
FINALMENTE
$11
FLAN DE QUESO
Rolling Meadows' sorghum, pie crust, apple
$11
$12
KRISTOFFER'S TRES LECHES
Our favorite tres leches cake in the city by our friends in Pilsen.
$12
Please note that our menus are subject to change without notice.
*Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness*