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Taqueria el Mezquite

(312) 733-0402

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  • 1756 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
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  • Mexican
  • $$$$$
  • Taqueria el Mezquite

  • (312) 733-0402
  • Menu
  • Desayunos
    Breakfast. Served With Rice, Beans & Salad. Extras: Bistec $3.50, Skirt Steak $6.50, Lomo - Ribeye Steak $6.50, Huevo - Each Egg $1.
    • Chilaquiles Rojos O Verdes Con 2 Huevos $8.25

      chilaquiles with 2 eggs on the side. your choice of red or green sauce

    • Chilaquiles Con Carne $9.75

      chilaquiles with steak

    • Chilaquiles Con 2 Huevos Y Carne $10.25

      chilaquiles (red or green sauce) with two eggs and steak

    • Huevos (2) A La Mexicana $6.95

      two scrambled eggs with tomato, onions, bell pepper and cilantro

    • Huevos (2) Rancheros $6.95

      two eggs served on deep fried soft tortilla and covered with red sauce

    • Huevos (2) Con Chorizo $6.95

      two eggs with mexican sausage

    • Huevos (2) Con Jamon $6.95

      2 eggs with ham

    • Huevos (2) Con Salsachica $6.95

      2 eggs with sausage

  • Omelets
    Includes: Broccoli, Mexican Zucchini, Mushrooms, Bell Pepper, Spinach & Tomato. Served With Hash Brown Potatoes And Toast.
    • Mezequite Vegetariano $6.95

      vegetarian omelet

    • Mezquite Con Carne $8.75

      with your choice of meat: steak, chicken, marinated pork, mexican sausage or ham.

  • Caldos
    Soups
    • Caldo De Res $6.95

      beef soup with vegetables

    • Caldo De Res $6.95+

      to go

    • Caldo De Pollo $5.95

      chicken soup with vegetables

    • Caldo De Pollo $5.95+

      to go

    • Carne En Su Jugo $7.95

      beans soup with chopped steak and bacon accompanied with radishes, onion, cilantro and avocado

    • Carne En Su Jugo $7.85+

      to go

    • Migas $5.75

      our very traditional street soup, original recipe from popular neighborhood in mexico city (pepito), made out of pork bones, epazote leaves and bread.

    • Caldo Camaron $11.99

      shrimp soup with potatoes and carrots

    • Caldo Mariscos $14.99

      seafood soup shrimp, octopus, calamari, clams, crab legs, mussels, & fish.

  • Comida Por Libra
    By The Pound. Dine In / To Go. Dine In Orders Served With Tortillas, Sauce, Onion, Radishes, Limes & Cilantro.
    • Barbacoa De Res $10.50+

    • Cabeza De Res $10.50+

    • Lengua $14.50+

  • Quesadillas De Harina
    Served With Lettuce And Tomato.
    • Sencillas $2.25

      cheese quesadilla

    • Queso Con Rajas $3.95

      cheese, poblano pepper strips & bell peppers strips, tomato and onion

    • Con Carne $3.95

      with your choice of meat

  • Quesadillas De Harina
    • Sincronizadas $4.35

      flour tortillas (2) "sandwich" , with melted cheese, ham, lettuce, tomato, avocado and chipotle

    • Quesadillas Gigantes $6.95+

      hand made corn tortillas (12"). served with lettuce, cheese & sour cream, dinner served with rice, beans & salad.

    • Quesadillas Gigantes $2.00

      extra meat

    • Quesadillas Gigantes $1.00

      combo meat

    • Queso $5.25

      cheese

    • Queso Con Rajas Y Epazote

      poblano & bell peppers strips with melted cheese & epazote

    • Flor De Calabaza Con Queso

      pumpkin blossoms & melted cheese

    • Chicharron Prensado

      pork with red sauce

    • Huitlacoche

      corn truffle

    • Chicharron En Salsa Verde

      pork skins in green tomatillo sauce

    • Tinga De Res O Pollo

      shredded beef or chicken

    • Picadillo

      ground beef

    • Hongos

      mushrooms

    • Nopales

      cactus

    • Carne Con Queso

      melted cheese and your choice of meat: steak, pastor, mexican sausage, or chicken

    • Vegetariana

      mushrooms, broccoli, spinach, mexican zucchini, tomato, bell pepper and onion

    • Calabacitas

      mexican zucchini, tomato & onion

  • Platillos
    Dinners. Served With Rice, Beans And Salad.
    • Burrito Dinner $8.75

      served with rice, beans & salad

    • Taco Dinner $8.75

      served with rice, beans & salad (excludes chile relleno)

    • Torta Dinner $8.75

      served with rice, beans & salad

    • Mole Con Pollo $9.75

      traditional mexican sauce made of a variety of chiles and spices as well as many other ingredients served with chicken

    • Mole Con Pollo $1.50

      extra chicken leg

    • Flautas De Pollo (3pcs) $7.25+

      chicken flautas (dinner served with salad)

    • Milanesa De Res O Pollo $9.75

      (dinner served with salad and avocado) your choice of breaded beef steak or breaded chicken breast.

    • Enchiladas (4pcs) $7.25+

      enchiladas with your choice of sauce: green, red or mole sauce, filled with cheese or chicken, prepared with cheese, sour cream and onion.

    • Enchiladas $2.00

    • Enchiladas $2.00

      mixed fillings

    • Chiles Rellenos $10.25

      poblano pepper stuffed with cheese

    • Sizzling Fajitas $8.25+

    • Sizzling Fajitas $2.00

      add your choice of chicken or beef, includes onion, bell pepper, tomato combo meat

    • Tampiquena $16.99

      steak steak. served with fried potatoes, 1 green sauce enchilada, grilled green onions, grilled jalapeno

    • Alambre $16.99

      includes skirt steak, marinated pork, mexican sausage, melted cheese, bell pepper, onion, nopal cactus, bacon & jalapeno pepper

    • Cecina El Mezquite $16.99

      cured steak, beans, rice, pico de gallo, avocado, radishes, grilled green onions & nopal

    • Costillas De Puerco $9.75

      pork ribs chunks in your choice of green tomatillo sauce or chile de arbol sauce. served with salad, rice and beans

    • Chuletas De Puerco Ahumadas $9.75

      smoked pork chops. served with pico de gallo, rice, beans and salad

    • Pechuga Asada $9.75

      grilled chicken breast. served with rice, beans, grilled jalapeno pepper and green onions and salad

    • Filete De Pescado $9.75

      tilapia fish fillet served with rice and salad with avocado (no beans)

    • Filete Empapelado $10.25

      tilapia fish filled steamed with tomato, onion, parsley, avocado bell pepper, and spices. served with rice and salad

    • Coctel De Camaron $11.99

      shrimp cocktail with ketchup, cilantro, tomato, onion, avocado and olive oil

  • Bistec En Salsa Al Gusto $9.75
    Beef Steak Cooked To Your Liking, Served With Rice, Beans Or Salad.
    • A La Mexicana

      with tomato, onion, cilantro and jalapeno

    • Salsa Verde

      green tomatillo sauce

    • Salsa De Arbol

      red chile de arbol sauce

    • Encebollado

      with onions

  • Huaraches 12" $7.95
    Thick Corn Hand Made Tortilla (12"X8"). All Served With Beans, Lettuce, Onions, Cheese And Sour Cream. Extras: Avocado $1.50, Sour Cream $1.50, Cheese $1.50. Meat: Extra Meat $2.50, Combo Meat $1.50.
    • Sencillo $5.55

      plain

    • Pastor

      marinated pork

    • Chorizo

      mexican sausage

    • Nopalitos

      nopal cactus

    • Saudero

      flank steak

    • Hongos

      mushrooms

    • Asada

      steak

    • Pollo

      chicken

    • Bistec

      beef steak

    • Lengua

      beef tongue

    • Cabeza

      beef head

    • Cecina

      cured steak

    • Vegetariano

      mushrooms, broccoli, spinach, mexican zucchini, tomato

    • Barbacoa De Res

      beef barbacoa

    • Flor De Calabaza

      pumpkin blossoms

    • Calabacitas

      mexican zucchini

  • Gorditas $3.95
    Thick Corn Hand Made Tortilla. All Served With Beans, Lettuce, Onion, Cheese, And Sour Cream. Meat: Extra Meat $1, Combo Meat $1.
    • Asada

      steak

    • Pastor

      marinated pork

    • Chorizo

      mexican sausage

    • Chicharron

      pork skin

    • Pollo

      chicken

    • Queso

      cheese

    • Queso Con Rajas

      cheese & poblano pepper strips

    • Queso Con Frijoles

      cheese & beans

  • Burritos
    Reg $5.95 / Suizo $7.45. Beans, Sour Cream, Lettuce, Tomato, Cheese, Onion And Avocado. Suizo: With Melted Cheese And Mild Tomato Sauce On Top. Extras $1: Rice, Beans, Avocado, Sour Cream, Cheese. Meat: Extra Meat $2.50, Combo Meat $1.
    • Lengua

      beef tongue

    • Cabeza

      beef head

    • Chorizo

      mexican sausage

    • Barbacoa

      steamed beef

    • Pollo

      chicken

    • Asada

      steak

    • Al Pastor

      pork

    • Cecina

      cured steak

    • Lomo Encebollado $6.95+

      ribeye with onion

    • Vegetariano 1

      rice, beans, sour cream, lettuce, tomato, cheese, onion and avocado

    • Vegetariano 2

      broccoli, mexican zucchini, mushrooms, spinach, onion, bell pepper & tomato

  • Tortas $5.95
    Beans, Sour Cream, Lettuce, Tomato, Cheese, Onion And Avocado. Extras: Avocado $1, Sour Cream $1, Cheese $1. Meat: Extra Meat $2, Combo Meat $1.
    • Al Pastor

      seasoned pork

    • Chorizo

      mexican sausage

    • Chorizo Con Huevo

      mexican sausage and eggs

    • Milanesa De Pollo O Res

      breaded chicken breast or breaded steak

    • Asada

      steak

    • Aguacate

      avocado

    • Salchicha

      sausage

    • Jamon

      ham

    • Vegetariana

      beans, rice, lettuce, tomato, onion, avocado, cheese, & sour cream

    • Mole Con Pollo

      mole and chicken

    • Chilanga

      beef steak, onion, cilantro, avocado, cheese, sour cream and chipotle sauce

    • Mezquite

      ham, melted mozzarella cheese, avocado, onion, tomato, mayonnaise, & chipotle

    • Pierna De Cerdo Adobada

      baked pork leg marinated in our special sauce

    • Suiza

      melted cheeses

    • Hawaiana

      ham, pineapple & cheese

    • Cubana $6.95

      breaded steak, sausage, mexican sausage, bacon, ham

  • Tostadas $3.50
    Served Over A Bed Of Beans, With Lettuce, Sour Cream And Cheese.
    • Tinga De Pollo

      shredded chicken

    • Tinga De Res

      shredded beef

    • Picadillo

      ground beef

    • Pata De Res

      beef feet served with cauliflower, sour cream and cheese

    • Ceviche De Pescado

      fish ceviche

  • Fines De Semana
    Weekends. Plate $6.50 / 1/4 Gal $6.50 / 1/2 Gal $9 / 1 Gal $15.
    • Menudo

      beef stomach soup

    • Pozole

      pork hominy soup

  • Side Orders
    • Salsa $0.25+

      sauce

    • Salsa & Chips To Go $4.75

    • Chips $1.75

    • Queso $1.50

      cheese

    • Crema $1.50

      sour cream

    • Aguacate $1.50

      avocado

    • Jalapenos Toreados $0.50+

      grilled jalapenos

    • Cebollitas Asadas $2.25

      grilled green onions

    • Limones $0.25

      limes

    • Jalapenos En Vinagre $1.75

      pickled jalapeno peppers

    • Arroz / Frijoles $2.25+

      rice / beans

    • Guacamole & Chips $5.75+

    • Pico De Gallo & Chips $4.75+

  • Postres
    Dessert
    • Flan $3.00

      crusted with nuts or raisings on top

    • Arroz Con Leche $2.00

      rice pudding

  • Bebidas
    Beverages
    • Aguas $1.50+

      flavored water. horchata, jamaica, tamarindo, tepache, alfalfa seasonal - pork temporada

    • Refrescos Mexicanos $1.99

      mexican bottled sodas. jarritos, sangria, sidral, fanta, 7up, pepsi, topo chico, coca cola, squirt

    • Refrescos De Lata $1.00

      (canned soda) 7up, squirt, sprite, coca cola, diet coke, pepsi, orange crush

    • Jugos Naturales $2.75+

      naranja orange, zanahoria carrot, manzana apple, vampiro vampire: naranja, betabel, zanahoria y apio, orange, beets, carrot and celery

    • Liquados $3.75+

      milkshakes: banana, strawberry, chocolate

    • Liquados $0.50

      granola

    • Liquados $0.75

      combo flavor

    • Te $1.25+

      tea: spearmint, chamomile, verde green

    • Cafe $1.25+

      coffee

    • Chocolate Caliente $2.25+

      hot chocolate

    • Agua Embotellada $1.00

      bottled water

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