never tried one? 85, 000 of these crunchy apps were sold at the taste of chicago. it's the perfect sampling of our beef, chicken, and cheese empanadas
For Two$7.50
Empanada
$2.50
try one of our traditional stuffed turnovers in a delightfuly crunchy corn flour shell. beef, chicken, or cheese
Chorizo Con Arepa
$6.00
traditional cheese-corn bread with homemade colombian pork sausage
Frutos Del Mar
combination of char-grilled shrimp, calamari and baby octopus lightly marinated in a garlic-white wine sauce served with house salad.
For Two$15.00
Mariscos Al Carbon
$9.00
your choice of shrimp, baby octopus, or calamari. char-grilled, lightly marinated in a garlic white wine sauce served with house salad.
Pataceon Pisao
$8.00
flat, crisp green plantain topped with melted cheese and either shredded chicken in mushroom sauce or pulled beef in salsa criolla.
Arepa Rellena
$8.00
traditional colombian cheese-corn bread filled with either shredded beef in salsa criolla or shredded chicken in mushroom sauce.
Aborrajado
$6.00
try something new from the coastal region of colombia, the perfect combination of savory and sweet. sweet plantain filled with guava, topped with melted cheese.
Ensalada Casera
romaine lettuce, tomato, cucumber, black olives and carrots in homemade garlic-lime vinegrette.
Vinegrette$7.50
Add Grilled Chicken Breast$12.00
Chorriada
$5.00
melted cheese and criolla sauce topped either over arepa or colombian-style fries
Lo Mas Rico
Our Most Enthusiastic Recommendations And Top-rated Items
Combinaciones
$21.00
combine any two of the following: entranea skirt steak house specialty, chicken breast pollo al ajillo, pork loin, calamari, baby octopus, or shrimp. grilled to perfection and served with sweet plantain, yuca, and potato.
Entrana
$22.00
chef's favorite and without a doubt the best cut of steak we offer. tender, juicy, and flavorful char-broiled skirt steak served with sweet plantain, yuca, and potato
Pollo Al Ajillo
$18.00
a grilled, boneless chicken breast flavored with a light hint of a garlic-white wine sauce. served with sweet plantain, yuca, and potato.
Matrimonio
$21.00
sizzling entrana skirt steak served side-by-side with pollo al ajillo. served with sweet plantain, yuca, and potato.
Bandeja Paisa
$21.00
one of the most well-known colombian dishes. char-broiled, colombian-style cut rib-eye steak served with fried pork belly, rice, beans, fried egg, sweet plantain and avocado.
Carnes
All Served On Our Signature "tablas" With Sweet Plantain, Fried Yuca, And Colombian Style Potato.
Entrana (specialty Of The House)
$19.00
chef's favorite and with out a doubt the best cut of steak we offer. tender, juicy, and flavorful char-broiled skirt steak.
Carne Asada
$18.00
char-broiled, colombian-style cut rib-eye steak.
Churrasco
$22.00
char-broiled, butterfly-cut n.y. strip steak
Churrasquito
$18.00
smaller portion of the churrasco with the same great taste.
Pollo
Pollo Relleno
$19.00
seasoned chicken breast stuffed with spinach and cheese. served with rice, salad and sautueed potato (only item on menu not suitable for gluten allergies).
Pollo Al Ajillo
$18.00
a house favorite. grilled, boneless chicken breast flavored with a light hint of a garlic-white wine sauce. served with fried plantain, yuca, and potato.
Cerdo
Chuletas Al Carbon
$18.00
char-broiled, boneless pork chops served with fried plantain, yuca, and potato.
Lomo De Cerdo Estofado
$19.00
char-grilled pork loin in a flavorful green and red pepper, onion and tomato sauce.
Mariscos
All Seafood Entrees Served On Our Signature "tablas" With Fried Plantain, Yuca, And Colombian Style Potato
Langostinos Al Carbon
$20.00
char-grilled shrimp lightly flavored in a garlic-white wine marinade.
Calamaresa La Parilla
$20.00
char-grilled calamari lightly flavored in a garlic-white wine marinade.
Pulpitos Al Carbon
$20.00
char-grilled baby octopus lightly flavored in a garlic-white wine marinade.
Picadas Para Dos
Picada Colombiana
$38.00
combination of the most popular colombian food. entra na skirt steak (house specialty), rib-eye steak, pork loin, and chicken breast all grilled and sliced to perfection. also comes with homemade chorizo, pork ribs, arepa, crunchy green plantain, sweet plantain, yuca and potato.
Picada Mar Y Tierra
$57.00
all of the above plus grilled shrimp, calamari and baby octopus al ajillo.
Vegetarianos
Tradiciones Colombianas
$11.00
rice, beans, house salad, sweet plantain, fried yuca, potato and avocado.
Paella Vegetariana
delicious combination of rice flavored with criolla sauce, beans, garbanzos, mushroom, yuca, potato and green plantain.
as Tablas’ walls are decorated with paintings from the famous Colombian artist Fernando Botero known for his works of inflated human and animal shapes. The restaurants are places of nostalgia, of longing for Colombia’s culture and food. Perhaps, this was what inspired Jorge Suárez, the father, to open the restaurant. “When they [the customers] get inside they feel like they're in another country,” said Mr. Suárez, who together with Soraya founded the restaurant. The name Las Tablas comes from the wooden boards on which the restaurant serves most of the dishes. The restaurant’s rustic wooden tables and chairs handmade and imported from Colombia add the South American ambiance to the establishment.