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Frontera Grill
445 N Clark St
Chicago, IL 60654
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Dinner Menu
Salads & Vegetables
salads (and soups), vegetables (and a little meat)
Little Gem Lettuce Salad
$8.50
pumpkinseed-lime dressing, quick-pickled tomatillos, grilled knob onions
Smoky Fall Salad
$9.00
roasted nichols farm beets, local kale & arugula, smoky oaxacan pasilla dressing, bacon, anejo cheese
Topolobampo Tortilla Soup
$9.00
dark broth flavored with pasilla, with grilled chicken, avocado, hand-made jack cheese, thick cream & crisp tortilla strips
Jícama Street Snack
$7.00
jicama, cucumber, pineapple, fresh lime, crushed guajillo chile
Smoky-creamy-spicy Mushrooms
$9.50
brown beech, hedgehog, oyster, shiitake & black trumpet mushrooms, white sweet potato, oaxacan pasilla crema, epazote
Red Chile Kale
$7.00
local black kale, guajillo chile sauce, local potatoes, wood-grilled onions, anejo cheese
Grilled Green Beans
$8.00
poblano rajas, slow-cooked garlic
Mashed Potatoes
$6.50
anejo cheese, bacon, grilled knob onions
Classic White Rice
$6.50
black beans, grilled pineapple, spicy morita chiles, grilled knob onions
"venomous" Pintos
$8.00
chorizo, ham hocks, bacon, fresh cheese
Modern Black Beans
$6.50
baja olive oil, roasted garlic, crispy onions, queso anejo, cilantro
Grilled Knob Onions
$3.00
lime, coarse salt
Homemade Pickled Jalapeños
$3.00
carrots, cauliflower
Fried Sweet Plantains
$6.00
homemade sour cream, fresh cheese
Guacamoles
Frontera Guacamole
$9.75
cilantro, lime, green chile, tomato. just-made tortilla chips
Pure Green Guacamole
$9.75
green chile de agua, grilled green onions, roasted tomatillo, anejo cheese, beauty heart radish. tortilla chips
Just-made Tortilla Chips & Two Salsas
$4.00
three-chile (cascabel, morita, guajillo) & tomatillo with serrano & cilantro
Ceviche & Raw Bar - Oysters, Ceviches & Seafood Cocktails
Classic Seafood Cocktail
$15.00
alaskan king crab, west coast mussels, baby octopus, classic mexican cocktail sauce (roasted tomato ketchup, arbol chile, lime), lime-cured red onion, avocado, cilantro
Oysters
shucked to order. tomatillo-habanero “miñoneta,” smoky chipotle-garlic salsa & fresh-cut limes
- 1/2 Dozen $15.00
- Dozen $30.00
Oyster & Ceviche Platter
one dozen oysters & their accompaniments, frontera ceviche & tropical tuna cocktail
- $44.00
- Half Size $23.50
Octopus & Squid In Aguachile
$14.00
octopus & squid aguachile (lime, cilantro, serrano chile), cucumber, squid ink squiggles, galapagos tomato pearls
Coconut-lime Ceviche
$15.00
fresh pacific yellowtail, coconut milk, lime, nopal, chile pequin, tender young coconut slivers, cucumber, cilantro
Frontera Ceviche
$14.00
hawaiian albacore, lime, tomatoes, olives, cilantro & green chile on tostaditas
Tropical Tuna Cocktail
$14.50
sashimi-grade hawaiian bigeye tuna, tomatillo guacamole, tropical fruit salsa
Yucatecan Ceviche
$13.50
steamed mexican blue shrimp & calamari, lime, orange, habanero, avocado, jicama, cucumber & cilantro. crispy tortilla chips
Ceviche Trio
$19.00
frontera ceviche (albacore, tomato, olive), yucatecan ceviche (shrimp, squid, orange, cucumber), tropical tuna cocktail (big eye, avoado-tomatillo, tropical fruit salsa)
Fresh Stone Crab Claws
$18.00
avocado-tomatillo salsa (infused with herby hoja santa), fall vegetable chips, lime wedges
Street Food
soft tacos, crispy tacos, tacos al carbon, enchiladas, street snacks
Fresh Corn Tamales
$8.00
banana leaf-steamed sweet corn tamales, homemade crema & fresh cheese, poblano
Goat Barbacoa Tamal
$9.00
banana leaf-steamed tamal of fresh-ground corn masa, kilgus goat barbacoa, avocado leaf & grilled onions. toasted guajillo salsa, avocado, cincho cheese
Enchiladas Potosinas
$8.50
chile-spiked corn-masa turnovers with spicy homemade fresh cheese. pepita-avocado mash, tamazula hot sauce, crema drizzle, arugula salad
Stuffed Jalapeños
$9.50
sweet-sour jalapeños stuffed with veracruz-style chicken picadillo (tomatoes, capers, olives, herbs). cilantro crema, peashoots, añejo cheese
Mexico City-style Quesadillas
$8.50
corn masa turnovers stuffed with samuel's handcrafted jack cheese & epazote. guacamole
Sopes Rancheros
$8.50
crispy corn masa boats filled with savory shredded beef, roasted tomato, avocado, homemade fresh cheese
Smoked Chicken Taquitos
$9.00
roasted tomatillo salsa, homemade crema, anejo cheese, guacamole
Old School Frontera Trio
$18.50
two pieces each: smoked chicken taquitos (sour cream, guacamole), mexico city-style corn masa quesadillas (artisan cheese, epazote), ceviche fronterizo tostadas
Street Food Trio
$19.75
two pieces each: potosinas (fresh cheese, avocado, crema, tamazula), stuffed chicken jalapenos (cilantro crema, peashoots, anejo cheese), sopes (shredded beef, roasted tomato, green chile)
Red Chile Meatballs
$13.00
classic little mexican pork meatballs, guajillo chile sauce, braised kale, crispy onions, queso de cincho
Chicken In Ajillo
$13.00
smoked chicken, ajillo sauce (roasted garlic, morita chile, cream), "wilted" local winter spinach, roasted potatoes, cilantro
Classic Queso Fundido
$9.00
samuel's artisanal jack cheese, garlicky roasted peppers, homemade chorizo
Beef Barbacoa Queso Fundido
$10.00
otter creek organic cheddar, slow-cooked beef barbacoa, guajillo salsa, pickled white onion, anejo cheese
Tacos Al Carbón
$13.50
wood-grilled meat, poultry, fish or mushrooms, roasted poblano rajas, guacamole, two salsas
Big Wood-grilled Tacos Al Carbón Trio
$36.00
grassfed skirt steak, gunthorp chicken, pork, roasted poblanos, guacamole, grilled knob onions & local shishito peppers
Mole Poblano Enchiladas
$13.00
gunthorp free-range chicken, grill-roasted red onions
Duck Carnitas Enchiladas
$13.75
slow-cooked duck carnitas with spicy chiles toreados, tomamole (tomatillos, grilled pineapple, sesame, serrano), beauty heart spirals, crunchy nuts to garnish
Live Fire Entrees
Duck In Pasilla-huitlacoche Sauce
$23.50
red chile-rubbed gunthorp duck breast, dark sauce of pasilla & local huitlacoche. corn husk-steamed tamales studded with sweet corn, smoky green beans, cheese chicharron
Pork In Chipotle-black Bean Sauce
$23.50
adobo-marinated pork loin, chipotle black bean sauce, black rice, seared butternut "shoestrings," otter creek cheddar crema
Oaxacan-style Carne Asada
$29.50
red chile-marinated creekstone natural black angus rib steak. black beans, sweet plantains with homemade crema, guacamole
Carne Asada “brava”
$29.00
spicy habanero-marinated, wood-grilled creekstone natural ribeye, spicy salsa huevona (hand-crushed, grill-roasted tomatoes, jalapeños). grilled knob onions, sweet corn tamal (topped with homemade sour cream & fresh cheese)
Moles, Pipianes & Red Chile Braises
Chicken In Mole De Calabaza
$23.50
garlic-marinated chicken breast, red kuri squash mole, roasted local sweet potatoes & beets, watercress salad
Shrimp In Almond Estofado
$25.00
spicy serrano-marinated fresh gulf shrimp, oaxacan almond estofado (tomato, garlic, sweet spices). roasted delicata, peashoots, spicy pickled vegetables
Atlantic Golden Tilefish In Green Peanut Mole
$23.50
marinated golden tilefish, green peanut mole (tomatillo, poblano, herbs, allspice), nutty poblano-corn tortitas, braised kale
Fish In Apricot Mole
$23.50
adobo-marinated day-boat catch in sweet-savory apricot mole. red chile-roasted white sweet potatoes, snug haven spinach, jicama-apricot mole
Vegetable Fideos
$18.00
spaghetti squash, root vegetable ribbons, roasted tomato-guajillo sauce, red chile mushrooms, anejo cheese, arugula salad
Mole Trio
$23.00
mole poblano enchiladas (2), pork simmered in coloradito (red beans, toasted sesame), fall vegetables in green peanut mole
Desserts
Nino Envuelto De Cajeta Y Nuez
$9.00
traditional mexican cake roll filled with luscious crema of housemade cajeta (goat milk caramel) & tracey's pecans. tropical guava ice cream, coconut shortbread, fresh guava
Duo De Flanes
$8.25
a duo of caramel custards: dark chocolate infused with ancho chile & classic mexican vanilla. smoky bacon brittle
Bunuelos Navidenos
$8.75
our take on the quintessential oaxacan christmas experience: crispy, paper thin fritters, layered with tangy goat cheese ice cream. brandied fruit (cherries, figs, cranberries, apricots, apples), candied pistachios
Sopa De Frutas
$7.50
crimson prickly pear-lime sorbet nestled into tangy grapefruit & orange, pomegranate seeds & candied citrus peel, afloat in a passion fruit-orange "broth"
Frontera's Chocolate Pecan Pie
$8.50
with kahlua whipped cream
Homemade Ice Creams
$8.00
choose your ice cream: guava with d'aristi rum, or goat cheese with torres orange liqueur. choose your topping: homemade cajeta (goat milk caramel) or bittersweet hot fudge
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General Info
About Us
You’ve never stepped into a grill so energetic, so on the edge so on the frontier as Frontera Grill. Frontera swings casual, like an American grill. But it also rollicks with a vibrant, boisterous, Mexican rhythm. Its walls radiate sun-baked colors. The paintings and sculptures leap to your eyes and make you laugh. Together they invite you to an ever-young fiesta. And the food? Frontera Grill uses beautiful ingredients, often organic and custom-grown, to bring to you the bold flavors and immediate freshness that jump off the tongue–just as it does in Mexico.