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Tamales...A Mexican Joint Prices in Highland Park, IL 60035

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493 Central Ave, Highland Park, IL
(847) 433-4070
Tamales...A Mexican Joint Menu

Hours of Operation

Hours may fluctuate. For detailed hours of operation, please contact the store directly.

Restaurant Menu

Ensaladas

Blackened Scallop Salad

With tomato, avocado, cucumber and blue cheese.

$14.95

Taco Salad in a Shell

With chicken or ground beef, cheese, beans, avocado and tomato.

$11.95

Crispy Tortilla Salad with Chicken

Crispy vegetables, mango and avocado.

$11.95

Tortilla Salad

With chicken, avocado, tomato and grilled tortilla wedges.

$11.95

Jicama Grilled Chicken Salad Mexicana

No description available

$11.95

Jicama Salad

With cucumber and avocado.

$6.95

House Salad

No description available

$4.95

Platos Pequenos

3 Mini Crabcakes

Served on rice with red pepper sauce.

$11.50

Queso Fundido

With chorizo sausage and poblano chiles.

$9.25

Chicken Flautas with Guacamole

No description available

$8.50

Grilled Shrimp

Served on Spanish rice with ancho BBQ sauce.

$10.75

Grilled Torta

With poblano sauce served with portabello mushrooms, sauteed spinach, tomatoes, goat cheese, red peppers, garnished with sweet potatoes.

$10.95

Nachos Grandes

With black beans, jalapenos, cheddar and chihuahua cheeses.

$8.95

Chicken Chimichanga

Stuffed with chicken, cheese, corn, black beans, served on a bed of shoestring potatoes with a spicy red sauce.

$11.50

Fish Ceviche

Served with crackers.

$6.95

Mexican Pizza

With chicken, black beans, red peppers and sour cream.

$7.00

Fresh Guacamole with Chips

No description available

$5.00 - $9.00

Roasted Corn Chowder

With bacon, onions, peppers and tomatoes.

$3.75 - $5.00

Tortilla Soup

With anejo cheese and chips.

$3.00 - $4.50

Black Bean Soup

Served with sour cream.

$3.00 - $4.50

Hot Tamale Selections

Shrimp Tamale

Served with shrimp cream sauce. Prepared in a fresh corn husk.

$5.25

Pumpkin Tamale

Served with roasted tomatillo and guajillo chili sauces. Prepared in a fresh corn husk.

$5.25

Chicken Tamale

Served with roasted tomatillo and guajillo chili sauces. Prepared in a fresh corn husk.

$5.25

Mushroom Tamale

Served with roasted red pepper sauce. Prepared in a fresh corn husk.

$5.25

2 Hot Tamles

Served with rice and beans.

$12.00

Quesadillas

Cheese Quesadilla

Served with sour cream.

$8.95

Smoked Chicken Quesadilla

Served with sour cream.

$9.95

Quesadilla with Goat Cheese

Served with sour cream.

$10.95

Vegetable Quesadilla

Served with sour cream and salsa.

$9.95

Steak Quesadilla

Served with sour cream and salsa.

$10.95

Ground Beef Quesadilla

Served with sour cream and salsa.

$10.95

Garlic Shrimp Quesadilla

Served with chihuahua cheese.

$13.95

Taco Selections

Fish Tacos

With grilled poblano chiles. Garnished with guacamole, relish, salsa, sour cream, lettuce and cheese. Served with four soft tortillas.

$15.95

Seasoned Ground Beef Taco

Garnished with guacamole, relish, salsa, sour cream, lettuce and cheese. Served with four soft tortillas.

$13.95

Carnitas Chipotle Taco

Roast leg of pork. Garnished with guacamole, relish, salsa, sour cream, lettuce and cheese. Served with four soft tortillas.

$13.95

Skirt Steak Taco Al Carbon

Garnished with guacamole, relish, salsa, sour cream, lettuce and cheese. Served with four soft tortillas.

$15.95

Duck Taco

Garnished with guacamole, relish, salsa, sour cream, lettuce and cheese. Served with four soft tortillas.

$16.95

Chicken Taco

With guajillo chile sauce. Garnished with guacamole, relish, salsa, sour cream, lettuce and cheese. Served with four soft tortillas.

$15.95

Platos Grandes

Filet Mignon

With a mushroom tequila sauce, served with jalapeno mashed potatoes and grilled vegetables.

$20.95

Paella

Served with poblano peppers.

$19.95

Salmon Burrito

Stuffed with goat cheese, black beans, thyme and basil, served with cucumber salsa and Spanish rice.

$14.95

Chiles Rellenos

Poblano peppers stuffed with anejo and chihuahua cheeses, served with rice and beans.

$14.95

Pollo Espinaco

Grilled chicken breast with portabella mushrooms, garnished with black beans, spinach and chihuahua cheese, served with a poblano pepper cream sauce.

$17.50

Grilled Tilapia

Blackened and served with vegetables and roasted red pepper sauce.

$19.95

Carne De Casa

Grilled skirt steak with grilled vegetables in demi glace, served with jalapeno mashed potatoes and mango relish.

$19.95

Grilled Vegetable Burrito

Stuffed with grilled zucchini, squash, carrots, tomatoes and goat cheese on a sundried tomato tortilla. Served with sweet potato fries.

$13.50

Enchiladas

Filled with cheese and choice of one filling and one sauce.

$14.50

Chicken Burrito

Stuffed with salsa and refried beans, topped with cheese and guajillo chile sauce. Served with rice.

$10.50

Steak Burrito

Stuffed with salsa and refried beans, topped with cheese and guajillo chile sauce. Served with rice.

$10.95

Fajitas

Combination of 2 Fajitas

Served with corn or flour tortillas.

$19.50

Filet Mignon Fajita

Served with corn or flour tortillas.

$19.00

Shrimp Fajita

Served with corn or flour tortillas.

$17.50

Vegetable Fajita

Served with corn or flour tortillas.

$13.50

Chicken Fajita

Served with corn or flour tortillas.

$14.50

Skirt Steak Fajita

Served with corn or flour tortillas.

$17.50

Side Dishes

Grilled Vegetables

No description available

$5.95

Jalapeno Mashed Potatoes

No description available

$2.95

Spanish Rice

No description available

$2.95

Pinto Beans

No description available

$2.95

Refried Beans

No description available

$2.95

Black Beans with Sauteed Bananas

No description available

$2.95

Jicama Slices

No description available

$2.95

Tortillas

No description available

$0.50

Chips and Salsa

No description available

$3.95

Side of Guacamole

No description available

$2.75

Sweet Potato Fries

No description available

$3.95

Kid's Menu

Kid's Santa Fe Sandwich

No description available

$4.95

Kid's Mexican Pizza

No description available

$5.95

Kid's Chico's Nachos

With black bean dip and chihuahua cheese.

$5.95

Kid's Chicken Taco

On flour tortillas topped with cheese served with rice and beans.

$6.95

Kid's Steak Taco

On flour tortillas topped with cheese served with rice and beans.

$6.95

Kid's Ground Beef Taco

On flour tortillas topped with cheese served with rice and beans.

$6.95

Kid's Chicken Nuggets

No description available

$6.95

Kid's Cheese Quesadilla

No description available

$6.95

Lunch Ensaladas

Lunch Blackened Scallop Salad

With tomato, avocado, cucumber and blue cheese.

$14.95

Lunch Taco Salad in a Shell

With chicken or ground beef, cheese, beans, avocado and tomato.

$11.95

Lunch Crispy Tortilla Salad with Chicken

Crispy vegetables, mango and avocado.

$11.95

Lunch Tortilla Salad

With chicken, avocado, tomato and grilled tortilla wedges.

$11.95

Lunch Jicama Grilled Chicken Salad Mexicana

No description available

$11.95

Lunch Jicama Salad

With cucumber and avocado.

$6.95

Lunch House Salad

No description available

$4.95

Lunch Platos Grandes

Lunch Fried Eggs Rancheros

With beans and stuff.

$8.50

Lunch Chilaquiles

Tortilla chips sauteed in red or green salsa with two eggs any style.

$9.00

Lunch Paella

Served with poblano peppers.

$16.95

Lunch Salmon Burrito

Stuffed with goat cheese, black beans, thyme and basil, served with cucumber salsa and Spanish rice.

$13.50

Lunch Chiles Rellenos

Poblano peppers stuffed with anejo and chihuahua cheeses, served with rice and beans.

$13.00

Lunch Pollo Espinaco

Grilled chicken breast with portabella mushrooms, garnished with black beans, spinach and chihuahua cheese, served with a poblano pepper cream sauce.

$14.95

Lunch Grilled Tilapia

Blackened and served with vegetables and roasted red pepper sauce.

$16.00

Lunch Grilled Vegetable Burrito

Stuffed with grilled zucchini, squash, carrots, tomatoes and goat cheese on a sundried tomato tortilla. Served with sweet potato fries.

$10.95

Lunch Enchiladas

Filled with cheese and choice of one filling and one sauce.

$11.95

Lunch Chicken Burrito

Stuffed with salsa and refried beans, topped with cheese and guajillo chile sauce. Served with rice.

$9.50

Lunch Steak Burrito

Stuffed with salsa and refried beans, topped with cheese and guajillo chile sauce. Served with rice.

$10.95

Lunch Hot Tamale Selections

Lunch Shrimp Tamale

Served with shrimp cream sauce. Prepared in a fresh corn husk.

$5.75

Lunch Pumpkin Tamale

Served with roasted tomatillo and guajillo chili sauces. Prepared in a fresh corn husk.

$5.75

Lunch Chicken Tamale

Served with roasted tomatillo and guajillo chili sauces. Prepared in a fresh corn husk.

$5.75

Lunch Mushroom Tamale

Served with roasted red pepper sauce. Prepared in a fresh corn husk.

$5.75

Lunch 2 Hot Tamles

Served with Rice and beans.

$12.00

Lunch Quesadillas

Lunch Cheese Quesadilla

Served with sour cream.

$8.95

Lunch Smoked Chicken Quesadilla

Served with sour cream.

$9.95

Lunch Quesadilla with Goat Cheese and Mushrooms

Served with sour cream.

$10.95

Lunch Vegetable Quesadilla

Served with sour cream and salsa.

$9.95

Lunch Steak Quesadilla

Served with sour cream and salsa.

$10.95

Lunch Ground Beef Quesadilla

Served with sour cream and salsa.

$10.95

Lunch Garlic Shrimp Quesadilla

Served with chihuahua cheese.

$13.95

Lunch Taco Selections

Lunch Fish Tacos

With grilled poblano chiles. Garnished with guacamole, relish, salsa, sour cream, lettuce and cheese. Served with four soft tortillas.

$12.50

Lunch Seasoned Ground Beef Taco

Garnished with guacamole, relish, salsa, sour cream, lettuce and cheese. Served with four soft tortillas.

$11.95

Lunch Carnitas Chipotle Taco

Roast leg of pork. Garnished with guacamole, relish, salsa, sour cream, lettuce and cheese. Served with four soft tortillas.

$10.95

Lunch Skirt Steak Taco Al Carbon

Garnished with guacamole, relish, salsa, sour cream, lettuce and cheese. Served with four soft tortillas.

$12.50

Lunch Duck Taco

Garnished with guacamole, relish, salsa, sour cream, lettuce and cheese. Served with four soft tortillas.

$13.50

Lunch Chicken Taco

Garnished with guacamole, relish, salsa, sour cream, lettuce and cheese. Served with four soft tortillas.

$10.95

Lunch Platos Pequenos

Lunch 3 Mini Crabcakes

Served on rice with red pepper sauce.

$10.50

Lunch Queso Fundido

With chorizo sausage and poblano chiles.

$8.75

Lunch Chicken Flautas with Guacamole

No description available

$7.75

Lunch Grilled Shrimp

Served on Spanish rice with ancho BBQ sauce.

$9.95

Lunch Nachos Grandes

With black beans, jalapenos, cheddar and chihuahua cheeses.

$9.50

Lunch Grilled Torta

With poblano sauce served with portabello mushrooms, sauteed spinach, tomatoes, goat cheese, red peppers, garnished with sweet potatoes.

$10.25

Lunch Chicken Chimichanga

Stuffed with chicken, cheese, corn, black beans, served on a bed of shoestring potatoes with a spicy red sauce.

$10.95

Lunch Fish Ceviche

Served with crackers.

$6.95

Lunch Mexican Pizza

With chicken, black beans, red peppers and sour cream.

$7.00

Lunch Fresh Guacamole

With chips.

$5.00 - $9.00

Lunch Roasted Corn Chowder

With bacon, onions, peppers and tomatoes.

$3.75 - $5.00

Lunch Tortilla Soup

With anejo cheese and chips.

$3.00 - $4.50

Lunch Black Bean Soup

Served with sour cream.

$3.00 - $4.50

Lunch Fajitas

Lunch Combination of 2 Fajitas

Served with corn or flour tortillas.

$17.95

Lunch Filet Mignon Fajita

Served with corn or flour tortillas.

$16.95

Lunch Shrimp Fajita

Served with corn or flour tortillas.

$16.95

Lunch Vegetable Fajita

Served with corn or flour tortillas.

$11.50

Lunch Chicken Fajita

Served with corn or flour tortillas.

$11.95

Lunch Skirt Steak Fajita

Served with corn or flour tortillas.

$13.50

Lunch Side Dishes

Lunch Grilled Vegetables

No description available

$5.95

Lunch Jalapeno Mashed Potatoes

No description available

$2.95

Lunch Spanish Rice

No description available

$2.95

Lunch Pinto Beans

No description available

$2.95

Lunch Refried Beans

No description available

$2.95

Lunch Black Beans with Sauteed Bananas

No description available

$2.95

Lunch Jicama Slices

No description available

$2.50

Lunch Tortillas

No description available

$0.50

Lunch Chips and Salsa

No description available

$3.95

Lunch Side of Guacamole

No description available

$2.75

Lunch Sweet Potato Fries

No description available

$3.95

Lunch Kid's Menu

Lunch Kid's Santa Fe Sandwich

No description available

$4.95

Lunch Kid's Mexican Pizza

No description available

$5.95

Lunch Kid's Chico's Nachos

With black bean dip and chihuahua cheese.

$5.95

Lunch Kid's Chicken Taco

On flour tortillas topped with cheese served with rice and beans.

$6.95

Lunch Kid's Steak Taco

On flour tortillas topped with cheese served with rice and beans.

$6.95

Lunch Kid's Ground Beef Taco

On flour tortillas topped with cheese served with rice and beans.

$6.95

Lunch Kid's Chicken Nuggets

No description available

$6.95

Lunch Kid's Cheese Quesadilla

No description available

$6.95

Lunch Desserts

Lunch Key Lime Pie

No description available

$5.95

Lunch Bread Pudding

With caramel sauce.

$5.95

Lunch Bread Pudding with Ice Cream

No description available

$7.95

Lunch Mexican Chocolate Sundae

No description available

$5.95

Lunch Banana Bread

With ice cream and chocolate sauce.

$5.95

Lunch Caramel Flan

No description available

$5.95

Lunch Churros

With caramel dipping sauce.

$2.50

Desserts

Key Lime Pie

No description available

$5.95

Bread Pudding

With caramel sauce.

$5.95

Bread Pudding with Ice Cream

No description available

$7.95

Mexican Chocolate Sundae

No description available

$5.95

Banana Bread

With ice cream and chocolate sauce.

$5.95

Caramel Flan

No description available

$5.95

Churros

With caramel dipping sauce.

$2.50

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