Cafe El Tapatio - Glenview, IL

Avocado spiked with fresh lime juice, pico de gallo.

Corn off the cobb, ancho chile crema, queso fresco, butter and chile powder.

Warm creamy goat cheese in spicy salsa ranchera. Served with fire grilled garlic bread.

House seasoned potatoes topped with cilantro chimichurri, house chorizo, melted chihuahua cheese

Crispy rolled corn tortillas stuffed with pulled chicken tinga. Topped with queso fresco and crema. Served with salsa cruda.

Corn tortillas stuffed with queso chihuahua, grilled onions, frijoles, chorizo, and jalapeño rajas. Served with salsa cruda.

Turnovers stuffed with choice of protein.

Queso chihuahua au gratin with choice of house made chorizo or poblano rajas and Mexican oregano.

Crispy tortilla chips smothered with beans, salsa dulce, melted chihuahua cheese, crema and guacamole.

seared queso panela topped with chargilled adobo shrimp,roasted tomato & poblano, drizzled with ancho chile balsamic sauce and sprinkled with Mexican oregano.

Pan-tossed shrimp with chile de árbol flakes, chile guajillo salsa, garlic, and lime. Served with fired grilled toast.

Citrus spiked Tilapia or Shrimp with pico de gallo, olive oil, and sea salt, served with saltine crackers.

Flash fried plantain topped with carne asada, poblano rajas, mushrooms, and chopped onion. Topped with queso chihuahua au gratin.

Cream of roasted poblano peppers. Topped with tortilla chips, poblano rajas.

Choose between poached chicken breast or thigh, simmered in a broth with crunchy vegetables and leeks. Served with rice and tortillas.

Braised beef short ribs, crunchy vegetables, leeks and cilantro broth. Served with rice and tortillas.

Tapatio’s original tortilla chicken soup tastefully simmered with chipotle pepper and topped with queso Chihuahua and avocado slices. Served with rice.

Baby spinach, creamy goat cheese, toasted ajonjoli, applewood bacon, and sliced pear. Served with chipotle balsamic vinaigrette.

Mixed greens. red and white onion, green and red bell peppers, sliced mushrooms, and tomato wedges tossed with charbroiled tilapia or adobado shrimps and jalapeño-lime vinaigrette.

Mixed greens, fresh jicama, tomatoes, cucumber, red and white onion, all served with freshly squeezed lime juice chopped cilantro and olive oil.

Romaine, roasted corn, black beans, poblano rice, pico de gallo, avocado, queso fresco. Served in a burrito bowl with ancho aioli.

Tender beef short ribs off the bone, simmered with potato in tomatillo salsa verde. Served with rice, beans and your choice of tortillas.

Charbroiled Angus skirt steak marinated with XX Lager beer and garlic. Topped with spanish onios, mushrooms, and poblano rajas. Served with nopalitos, frijoles de la olla and guacamole.

Charbroiled Angus skirt steak topped with grilled Spanish onions, poblano rajas and mushrooms. Served with a cheese enchilada Tapatia, rice, beans and choice of tortillas.

Charbroiled chicken breast topped with roasted tomato, poblano rajas, and creamy goat cheese. Served with arroz verde and esquites de calabaza.

Chicken breast tossed with mushrooms, garlic and onion. Topped with salsa verde, melted Chihuahua cheese and served with rice and beans.

Your choice of chicken breast or thigh, topped with our complex mole poblano. Served with rice, beans and tortillas.

Pan-tossed shrimp, onion, tomato, garlickly cilantro chimichurri, flambeed with smokey mezcal and chile de árbol. Served with Mexican red rice.

Pan-tossed shrimp with guajillo adobo, garlic, onion, tomato, cilantro and flambéed with tequila. Served with arroz verde, guacamole and pico de gallo.

Light citrus and Mexican oregano marinated char-broiled salmon. Topped with mango jalapeño salsa. Served with jicama salad and grilled calabacita and red bell pepper slices.

Charbroiled marinated skirt steak topped with grilled onions and poblano rajas. Served with house potatoes, cilantro chimichurri, and Jicama salad.

Shrimp sauteed with mushrooms, onions and seasonal peppers, set over Angel pasta with a chipotle cream sauce.

Two tacos. Charbroiled skirt steak, pickled red onion and cilantro. Served with jicama salad or rice and beans.

Two tacos. Ancho chile braised pork, pickled red onion and cilantro. Served with jicama salad or rice and beans.

Two tacos. Beef short rib, grilled onions, jalapeño rajas, cilantro and pickled red onion. Served with jicama salad or rice and beans.

Two tacos. Pulled chicken tinga, bacon, pickled red onion, cilantro and queso fresco. Served with jicama salad or rice and beans.

Two tacos. Chargrilled Chorizo. Roasted pepper and onion. Seared panela and serrano crema.

Two tacos. Pork confit with pico de gallo. Served with jicama salad or rice and beans.

Two tacos. Seared Chihuahua Cheese stuffed with steak, chorizo, and bacon. Topped with cilantro crema and red onion.

Two tacos. Adobo-lime rubbed char-grilled shrimp topped with diced jicama, cucumber, pickled red onion, and cilantro salsa cruda. Served with jicama salad or rice and beans.

Two Tacos. Citrus marinated char-grilled tilapia topped with mixed greens, pico de gallo, and citrus vinaigrette.

Two tacos. Lightly battered tilapia topped with mixed greens and cilantro crema. Served with jicama salad or rice and beans

Two tacos. Dos Equis Amber beer battered shrimp, shredded lettuce, red cabbage, and ancho chile crema. Served with jicama salad or rice and beans.

Two tacos. Adobo marinated charbroiled portobello mushrooms, in warm tortillas de maiz topped with pineapple/mango relish.

Two tacos. Seared with Chihuahua Cheese stuffed with shrimp and roasted poblano. Topped with ancho crema, cilantro, and onion.

2 Flour tortillas stacked and stuffed with steak pico de gallo and beans topped with melted queso chihuahua. Served with rice and beans

Flour tortillas stacked and stuffed with homemade chorizo, diced, seasoned potatoes, pico de gallo and beans topped with melted queso chihuahua. Served with rice and beans

Crispy flour tortilla filled with beans, queso chihuahua and picadillo (beef hash topped with guacamole and crema. Served with rice and beans.

Crispy flour tortilla filled with beans, queso chihuahua and pulled chicken adobado, topped with guacamole and crema. Served with rice and beans.

2 crunchy rolled tortillas stuffed with choice of picadillo(beef hash) or pulled chicken adobado, topped with guacamole and crema. Served with rice and beans.

2 lightly battered, cheese stuffed poblano peppers. Topped with a mild tomato sauce and crema, served with rice and beans.

Tender beef slow cooked in a 4 chile broth nestled in ancho Chile seared corn quesadillas. Served with a 4 Chile Consome.

Choice of meat, crema, queso chihuahua, guacamole, lettuce and tomato. Topped with salsa dulce and melted chihuahua cheese.

Choice of meat, sauteed red & green peppers, onions, tomato, ancho chile sauce, crema, queso chihuahua and beans.

Choice of meat, house potatoes, cilantro chimichurri, queso chihuahua, crema and beans.

Char-grilled portobello, crema, queso chihuahua, guacamole, lettuce and tomato, beans. Topped with melted queso chihuahua and pico de gallo.

3 Flour tortillas stuffed with fresh spinach, queso Chihuahua and topped with a mild chipotle cream sauce. Served with arroz verde, esquites de calabaza and guacamole.

3 Corn tortillas stuffed with your choice of beef, pulled chicken, cheese or portobello, topped with salsa verde, crema and queso añejo. Served with rice and beans.

3 Corn tortillas stuffed with fried plantains and topped with mole poblano, queso añejo, and crema. Served with rice and beans. Substitute pulled chicken adobado, ground beef, or queso chihuahua.

3 Corn tortillas stuffed with queso chihuahua, topped with salsa dulce and chihuahua cheese au gratin. Served with rice and beans. Substitute pulled chicken adobado or ground beef.

3 Corn tortillas stuffed with ancho chile rubbed shrimp. Topped with chile poblano crema, rajas and red onion. Served with arroz verde and esquites de calabaza.

An exciting way to prepare your own tacos with strips of tender skirt steak, chicken breast, shrimp or vegetables pan tossed with onion, tomato, red and green pepper. Served with rice, beans, guacamole, crema and tortillas.

mexican style custard infused with coconut cream or coffee.

Flour rolls stuffed with housemade dulce de leche and mango.

Kettle cooked plantains topped with powdered sugar and cinnamon. Served with crema fresca.

Crepe stuffed with housemade dulce de leche and mango.

Crepe stuffed with Mexican chocolate ganache.

fountain soda

Hibiscus Water

3 SLICES

Named after our beloved Gregg ~ Freshly chopped green pepper, onion and tomato, scrambled with 3 eggs. Served with black beans, rice and tortillas.

Scrambled eggs with cactus, onion and chile de arbol. Served with frijoles negros and tortillas.

3 scrambled eggs, cilantro pesto, baby spinach, mushrooms, onions. Served with frijoles negros and bacon.

Two eggs over easy on tostadas smothered with frijoles negros, sauteed spinach and applewood bacon. Topped with chile poblano crema.

House made chorizo and seasoned potato served with your choice of eggs. Choice of house potatoes or frijoles negros and tortillas.

Large flour tortilla stuffed with scrambled eggs, chorizo, frijoles negros and crema con queso chihuahaua. Served with house potatoes.

House made tortilla chips simmered in salsa verde or ranchera. Topped with two eggs of choice, queso chihuahua and crema. Served with frijoles negros.

2 pulled short rib, scrambled eggs, jalapeno, onion and tomato in flour tortillas. Topped with salsa ranchera and crema. Served with house potatoes.

Two steak and overeasy egg tacos served in a flour tortilla. Topped with salsa ranchers and crema. Served with house potatoes.

Charbroiled skirt steak with two eggs of choice. Served with frijoles negros or house potatoes.

2 over easy eggs topped with salsa ranchera on a corn tortilla bed. Served with frijoles negros or house potatoes.

Pineapple pancakes with botron reserve rum and coconut cream syrup.