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La Cuchara Prices in Chicago, IL 60607

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1521 W Madison St, Chicago, IL
(312) 273-4162
La Cuchara Menu

Hours of Operation

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Restaurant Menu

Botanas

Hongos Al Ajillo "Primos"

sautéed mushrooms in garlic, served with bread

$8.50

Rajas Con Queso Y Crema

poblano pepper with cheese and cream, served with corn or flour tortillas

$7.50

Cazuelas

casseroles, served with corn or flour tortillas. choose:

Cazuelas

melted cheese

$8.50

Cazuelas

melted cheese with sausage

$10.50

Cazuelas

melted cheese with mushrooms

$10.50

Patatas Bravas

spanish-style potatoes with spicy tomato sauce

$3.50

Perejil Frito Con Limón

fried parsley with lime juice

$2.00

Nachos

with refried beans, chihuahua cheese, and a slice of jalapeño

$4.00

Guacamole & Chips

No description available

$7.00

Chips & Salsa

No description available

$5.00

Spinach Flour Chips & Salsa

No description available

$5.50

Esquites

fresh corn with mayo, lime, chile piquín, and añejo cheese

$3.00

Montadito De Jamón Serrano Y Queso Manchego

spanish ham on grilled open-face bread with olive oil, garlic, manchego cheese, a touch of parsley and minced serrano pepper

$6.00

Sopas Y Ensaladas

Sopa De Cilantro

chicken-based cilantro soup with pumpkins, onion, and serrano peppers, garnished with sour cream, fresco cheese, and tortilla strips

$4.50

Sopa De Lentejas

tomato-based lentil soup, with chistorra (spanish sausage), chorizo (mexican sausage), and bacon, sprinkled with parsley

$4.50

Sopa De Tortilla

chicken-based corn tortilla soup, blended with poblano peppers, onion, tomato, and cilantro, topped with cheese and corn tortilla strips

$4.50

Ensalada "La Cuchara"

apple, jicama, red onion, lettuce, tomato, and pecans

$5.50

Ensalada De Melón, Arugula, Y Jamón Serrano

cantaloupe, arugula, and spanish ham

$6.00

Ensalada De Jitomate Con Oaxaca

tomato salad with oaxaca cheese

$4.50

Quesadillas

Queso Chihuahua

chihuahua cheese

$3.50

Queso Con Chorizo

mexican sausage with chihuahua cheese

$4.00

Hongos Con Queso

mushrooms with chihuahua cheese

$4.00

Rajas Con Queso

poblano peppers with chihuahua cheese

$4.00

Vegetariana

spinach, mushroom, chopped white onion, olive oil, and jalapeño pepper

$4.00

Tortas

Pastor

marinated pork

$6.00

Arrachera

grilled skirt steak

$6.00

Pollo

chicken

$6.00

Chorizo

mexican sausage

$6.00

Chorizo Con Huevo

mexican sausage with egg

$6.50

Specialty Tortas

"Pepito" De Filete

open steak sandwich with refried beans, guacamole, tomato, onion, and chipotle mayo

$7.00

Milanesa

breaded beef with green tomatillo salsa and gratinated emmental cheese

$7.00

Cubana

the king of all sandwiches: turkey, pork meat, smoked ham, provolone cheese, onions, mustard, and pickle

$7.00

Molletes Con Chistorra

open-face sandwich with refried beans, spanish sausage, and gouda cheese, sprinkled with scallions

$6.50

Tacos

Arrachera

grilled skirt steak

$3.00

Pastor

marinated pork loin, served with a slice of pineapple

$3.00

Gringa

marinated pork loin, served with chihuahua cheese and a slice of pineapple

$3.00

Pollo

No description available

$3.00

Chicken

No description available

$3.00

Chorizo

mexican sausage

$3.00

Chuleta

pork chop (order of 2)

$5.00

Costilla

rib (order of 2)

$5.00

Aguacate

avocado bathed in beer and flour, served with lettuce, refried beans, parsley, and our house salsa

$3.50

Camarón

shrimp bathed in beer and flour, served with lettuce, refried beans, parsley, and our house salsa

$3.50

Pescado

fish bathed in beer and flour, served with lettuce, refried beans, parsley, and our house salsa

$3.50

Burritos

Arrachera

grilled skirt steak

$9.50

Pollo

chicken

$9.00

Pastor

marinated pork loin, served with a slice of pineapple

$9.50

Arroz Y Vegetales

rice and vegetables

$9.00

Fuertes

Filete Parrilla

grilled flank steak, caramelized onions, and toreado green peppers, served with french fries

$14.00

Filete Arriera "Primos"

8oz grilled steak with arriera sauce and roasted red peppers, served with french fries

$17.00

Alambres

kabobs stacked with green and red peppers, pineapple, onions, and mushrooms, served with rice and refried beans. choose:

Alambres

vegetariano (with chihuahua cheese)

$12.00

Alambres

rib

$13.00

Alambres

chicken

$13.00

Alambres

steak with bacon

$14.00

Alambres

shrimp with bacon

$15.00

Oreja De Elefante

breaded beef with green tomatillo salsa and gratinated emmental cheese, served with french fries

$14.00

Chiles Rellenos

stuffed poblano peppers, served with rice and beans and your choice of corn or flour tortillas. choose:

Chiles Rellenos

cheese

$13.00

Chiles Rellenos

cheese and mexican sausage

$13.50

Chiles Rellenos

cheese and refried beans

$13.50

Guarniciones

Frijoles Charros

mexican "charro" beans, with mexican sausage and bacon

$4.00

Frijoles Refritos

refried pinto beans

$2.50

Arroz Rojo Con Plátano Frito

seasoned red rice and refried plantains

$3.50

Arroz Rojo Con Huevo

seasoned red rice with a fried eggs

$3.50

Aguacateo

avocado

$1.50

Guacamole

No description available

$2.00

Crema

sour cream

$1.50

Papas A La Frances

french fries

$3.50

Chiles Torreados Con Cebolla

spicy torreado serrano peppers and onions

$1.50

Bebidas

Soft Drinks

coke, diet coke, sprite, lemonade, cranberry

$2.00

Mexican Coke

bottled

$2.50

Bottled Water

No description available

$2.00

Coffee

No description available

$2.00

Hot Tea

assorted flavors

$2.50

Postres

Flan

No description available

$4.00

Plátanos Con Cajeta Y Nuez

banana with goat milk caramel & pecans

$5.00

Ate Con Queso Manchego

quince jelly with manchego cheese

$5.00

Pastel Del Día

cake of the day

$3.50

Drafts

Miller Light

a delicious american light beer

$4.50

Coors Light

another american light beer - also delicious

$4.50

Pacífico

a mexican pilsner-style beer, first brewed in 1900

$5.00

Blue Moon

an american belgian-style witbier, popular among everyone

$5.00

Fat Tire

from fort collins, colorado, this awesome amber ale is new belgium brewery’s flagship brew

$5.00

Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA

called "possibly the best ipa in america" by esquire magazine, this imperial ipa is continuously hopped, "allowing for a pungent-but not crushing-hop flavor"

$9.00

Mexican Bottles

Corona

possibly mexico’s most famous beer, this pale lager is great with a slice of lime

$5.00

Corona Light

possibly mexico’s most famous beer with all the fun and half the calories

$5.00

Victoria

a mexican vienna-style lager

$5.50

Modelo Especial

one of mexico’s most popular brews with a growing american presence. if you’re a fan of american lagers, try the mexican equivalent.

$5.00

Tecate

a delicious mexican lager, great as a michelada

$4.00

Indio

described as an oktoberfest-style beer, indio has grown to be a very popular beer on both sides of the border, with toasted malt and caramel aromas and a slightly sweet, fruity finish

$5.00

Dos XX Especial

clean, crisp, and always great with a lime. "stay thirsty, my friends."

$5.00

Negra Modelo

a delicious, creamy, and full-flavored dark brew with a pleasant malt aroma, dry hop flavor, and smooth mellow taste

$6.00

Bohemia

malty and refreshing, this pale lager has more body than your standard domestic

$5.00

Domestic & European Bottles

Miller Light

No description available

$4.50

Coors Light

No description available

$4.50

Bud Light

No description available

$4.50

Budweiser

No description available

$4.50

Heineken

No description available

$5.00

Amstel Light

No description available

$5.00

Stella Artois

No description available

$5.00

American Craft Bottles

Goose Island 312

an "urban wheat ale," 312 has made itself as famous and popular as the city and area code it’s named after, with a "spicy aroma of cascade hops followed by a crisp, fruity ale flavor d

$5.00

Allagash White

modeled after a belgian witbier, this brew gets its unique flavor from the addition of both curacao orange peel and coriander

$6.00

Crispin Cider Original

crisp, refreshing, natural hard apple cider that’s great over ice and always gluten free!

$5.50

Deschutes Mirror Pond

a great american pale ale from deschutes brewery in bend, oregon

$5.50

Lagunitas Pils

an american czech-style pilsner

$5.50

Lagunitas Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’

a unique beer "featuring a strong hop finish and a silky body" — great for those who enjoy both ipas and wheat beers

$6.00

Lakefront Fixed Gear

a unique red ale from milwaukee, wisconsin that some say drinks "like an ipa" because of its rather hoppy characteristics

$5.50

Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout

dark and delicious, this milk stout will blow your mind—pour aggressively!

$5.50

Lost Coast Alleycat Amber

a full-flavored amber ale from eureka, california

$5.50

Ska Mexican Logger Lager

an american craft lager that takes its inspiration from mexican lagers

$5.50

Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale

it’s arrogant. if you don’t like arrogance, try something else - you’re probably not ready for this

$7.50

Two Brothers Prairie Path

while light in color, this brew is not light in flavor. brewed with sazz and golden hops in warrenville, il, this beer is crisp, mildly bitter, and also gluten free!

$5.50

Two Brothers Outlaw Ipa

an aggressive and delicious ipa from our friends at two brothers brewery

$5.50

Specialty Cocktails

Trace Of Scofflaw

a play on the traditional scofflaw. buffalo trace bourbon and our house-made pomegranate grenadine, stirred and served up.

$10.00

The Rude Cosmo

a traditional cosmo that will slap you in the face. with a growing demand for unique tequila-based cocktails, la cuchara has decided to play on a traditional recipe, using corazón blanco tequila. the

$10.00

Dream In Purple

generously refreshing. a healthy pour of corazón blanco tequila, sweet cedilla liqueur de açaí, and fresh squeezed lemon juice, shaken and poured over ice.

$10.00

The Oaxacan Manhattan

a play on the traditional manhattan. tanteo cocoa tequila and a dash of chocolate bitters.

$10.00

La Cuchara Michelada

your hangover doesn't stand a chance. we take an ice cold tecate, pour it into a tall salt-rimmed glass, full of even more ice, then add our house-blend michelada mix made with homemade salsa and spi

$7.00

Margaritas $9

Frida Kahlo’s House Margarita

la cuchara’s house margarita served with frida kahlo tequila blanco, fresh lime juice, a dash of cointreau, and a dash of our house simple syrup. served on the rocks with a salt rim and fresh lime ga

Strawberry Margarita

our standard house margarita infusedwith strawberry liqueur and garnished with a strawberry.

Chocolate-Covered Strawberry Margarita

made with a healthy pour of tanteo cocoa tequila, fresh lime juice, agave nectar, and strawberry liqueur. shaken and served in a salt-rimmed glass.

Cucumber Margarita

this margarita gets extra flavor from the cucumber, combined with the warmth of the frida kahlo blanco tequila, fresh squeezed lime juice, and a dash of cointreau. you'll like the humble origins of t

Jalapeño Margarita

our standard house margarita made with frida kahlo blanco tequila that has been infused with fresh jalapeño. add a bit of agave nectar, a dash of cointreau, and fresh lime juice, and you have a refre

Tamarind Margarita

in mexico, the tamarind - a combination of salty, sour, spicy, and sweet flavors - is usually eaten as a candy. this margarita has a fascinating spicy and sweet taste that evolves from the ground chi

White $8

Casa Lapostolle Chardonnay

chile

Graffigna Pinot Grigio

graffigna pinot grigio

Chateau Ste. Michelle Riesling

washington

Casa Lapostolle Sauvignon Blanc

chile

Freixenet, Brut

spain

Red

Brancott Pinot Noir

new zealand

$8.00

Graffigna Malbec

argentina

$9.00

Night Harvest Merlot

california

$8.00

Finca Flichman Cabernet Sauvignon

argentina

$8.00

Campo Viejo Tempranillo

spain

$8.00

Montes Twins Blend

chile

$8.00

Cline Syrah

california

$8.00

Sledgehammer Zinfandel

california

$9.00

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