Mitad del Mundo in Chicago, IL

Mexican Nuevo Latino
3.6

Mitad del Mundo Restaurants with Address and Phone:

1 restaurant location in Chicago

Mitad del Mundo Menu in Chicago

Entremes

Guacamole
$7.95

fresh and chunky served with tortilla chips. (central).

Queso Flameado
$8.5

panela cheese, with fresh blue corn tortillas, a wedge of lime and tomatillo salsa for making tacos. (mayan riviera).

Enfrijoladas
$6.5

black bean bathed 'enchiladas' with chorizo and fresh cheese and crunch garnishes (veracruz specialty).

Empanadas Veracruzanas
$8.5

veracruz style flaky turnovers stuffed with caribbean fresh cheese and fresh epazote; guacamole to daub.

Tostaditas De Ceviche
$7.95

crisp little tortillas piled with lime marinated marlin, manzanillo olives, tomato, serrano and cilantro. (guerrero).

Taquitos De Papa
$6.95

crispy taquitos filled with mash potatoes and poblanos. topped with homemade sour cream, roasted tomatillo salsa and guacamole.

Queso Fundido
$7.5

chihuahua cheese with garlicky roasted peppers and chorizo sausage.

Variado Y Surtido
$14

appetizer platter of cheesy empanadas, crispy potato taquitos with sour cream, tangy seviche tostadas and guacamole.

Sopa Xochitl
$6

smoked phesasant, avocado, pico de gallo, white rice, vermicelli and cilantro in rich garlicky broth.

Platillos Ligeros

Carne Asada
$16.95

charcoal grilled, butterflied coleman beef steak marinated in red-chile adobo with black beans, fried plantains with sour cream and guacamole. (oaxaca).

Enchiladas De Mole Rojo
$13.95

homemade tortillas rolled around chicken, doused with oaxacan red mole and black beans.

Cazuela De Pollo
$14

grilled chicken breast stew with smoky chipotle peppers and bits of bacon with whole black beans for making tacos. this is the definitive mexican experience.

Tacos Al Carbón With Chicken Breast
$13.5

farm raised chicken breast marinated with garlic thinly sliced served with rajas, frijoles, guacamole, tortillas.

Tacos Al Carbón With Tilapia
$13.95

farm raised tilapia marinated with garlic thinly sliced served with rajas, frijoles, guacamole, tortillas.

Tacos Al Carbón With Skirt Steak
$14.25

coleman skirt steak marinated with garlic and spices thinly sliced served with rajas, frijoles, guacamole, tortillas.

Tacos Al Carbón With Duck Breast
$14.5

maple leaf duck breast marinated with red-chile adobo thinly sliced served with rajas, frijoles, guacamole, tortillas.

Especialidades

Molcajete Surtido
$18.95

assorted grilled pieces of steak, chicken, fried plantains, homemade chorizo bacon, tomato sauce and garnished with queso fresco. (capital).

Pato En Chileajo
$18

chile marinated, grilled maple leaf farm duck breast with spicy, garlicky, red-chili chileajo and mexican rice. (inspired by a oaxacan specialty).

Borrego Con Mole Rojo
$18

charcoal grilled baby rack of lamb with spicy festive red mole sauce served with rustic mashed potatoes. (northern mexico).

Arroz A La Tumbada
$18.95

seafood paella loured with langostino, shrimp, mussels, bay scallops, fish and vegetables in saffron rice. (veracruz).

Tuna Zarandeado
$15.95

garlic marinated fresh albacore tuna cooked over the coals with two spicy homemade salsas. served with mexican rice. (nayarit).

Pescado En Chicharon
$14.95

day boat catch. garlic-marinated fresh fish pinwheels, chile morita roasted tomato sauce pickled red onions and yucatecan white rice. (yucatan).

Pollo A Las Brasas
$14

free range grilled chicken breast. marinated in garlic and sweet spices, served with green mole and mexican rice. (guerero).

Postres

Chocoflan
$6

impossible cake defies baking logic. it goes into the oven with the flan on top and comes out of the oven with the flan baked on the bottom, out of sight. invert the cake pan on a plate and there is the flan again, now on the new top.

Wedding Cake Pastel De Tres Leches
$6

classic mexican party cake: light almond orange cake doused with the complex, syrupy 'three milks' (goat cajeta, evaporated and heavy cream) and served with tangy crimson prickly pear sauce.

Nevado De Toluca
$6

warm chocolate flour-less cake, baked to order filled with hot fudge topped with powdered sugar and vanilla bean ice cream.

Flan Napolitano
$5

classic vanilla flan with caramel sauce.

Café

Festival Blend Coffee
$2.5

dark roasted. a delightful blend, it offers a smooth, sweet finish with a subtle nuttiness.

Café Maya Xtabentun
$12.5

you`ll never believe the wisdom of what you`ll see and taste. café maya will enlighten you with visual delight and ancient roasted flavors.