Cafe El Tapatio

Cafe El Tapatio ✵ Chicago’s Favorite Mexican Since 1974 ✵
• Brunch • Happy Hour • Dinner • Fiestas

📍Lakeview + Glenview
🌮$12 Lunch Special 11am-3pm
(974)

The best BIRRIA “PIZZA” in town! Available all day, everyday
05/27/2026

The best BIRRIA “PIZZA” in town! Available all day, everyday

05/19/2026

Your reminder that we’re found both near the city and in the suburbs 🍋‍🟩

📍9707 N Milwaukee Ave
Glenview, IL 60714

📍3400 N Ashland Ave
Chicago, IL 60657

05/16/2026

Having your hands full with drinks is never an issue around here

We actually embrace it during our daily Happy Hour from
4–6pm

📍Glenview

📍Lakeview

Somewhere between our Queso Fundido with chorizo pull and a coronita in hand is exactly where you should be this Wednesd...
05/13/2026

Somewhere between our Queso Fundido with chorizo pull and a coronita in hand is exactly where you should be this Wednesday 🍺🧀

Why visit anywhere else?

Lakeview location
Glenview location

05/13/2026

Why does it always sound like that tho? 😌🌶️🍋‍🟩

It’s crazy, just like our weekly and weekend drink deals 🧐

Sister location

(daily happy hour from 4-6pm)

05/10/2026

Mother’s Day at Cafe El Tapatio looks like this💐

$15 sangria pitchers after 4pm, coronitas, and bottomless mimosas

New patio unlocked! Come check it out this weekend — and bring your mama while you’re at it 😉 We can’t wait to celebrate...
05/09/2026

New patio unlocked! Come check it out this weekend — and bring your mama while you’re at it 😉 We can’t wait to celebrate her 🤩

New patio unlocked! Come check it out this weekend — and bring your mama while you’re at it 😉 We can’t wait to celebrate...
05/08/2026

New patio unlocked! Come check it out this weekend — and bring your mama while you’re at it 😉 We can’t wait to celebrate her 🤩

Your Thursday lineup at Cafe El Tapatio 🌴🍤🥃🦐 Coctel de camarón🌿 $7 mojitos ALL damn day every Thursday🍋 Fresh ceviche🌶️ ...
05/07/2026

Your Thursday lineup at Cafe El Tapatio 🌴🍤🥃

🦐 Coctel de camarón
🌿 $7 mojitos ALL damn day every Thursday
🍋 Fresh ceviche
🌶️ Quesadillas Don Julio

The perfect excuse to clock out early!

📍Cafe El Tapatio

05/06/2026

Happy Cinco de Mayo from your favorite Mexican-owned spot since 1974 🇲🇽🌮

Whether you’re stopping in for tacos, margaritas, bottomless mimosas, or ending the night at Churro Parlor… there’s no better place to celebrate than Cafe El Tapatio ❤️

Lakeview + Glenview

05/04/2026

Cinco de Mayo at Cafe El Tapatio 🇲🇽🌮✨
we’re opening at 11am and doing it ALL dayyyy

$12 torta lunch special ‘til 3pm
$6 happy hour 4–6pm
$7 palomas ALL day 🍹

ALSO live mariachi 📍Glenview 6–8pm | 📍Lakeview 7–9pm

05/03/2026

Crispy, golden, stuffed, and topped exactly how they should be

Try our chicken flautas today

Weekend plans = handled 🍊🥂$24 bottomless mimosas all weekend$15 sangria pitchers Sundays after 4pm(Never too early to ce...
05/02/2026

Weekend plans = handled 🍊🥂

$24 bottomless mimosas all weekend
$15 sangria pitchers Sundays after 4pm

(Never too early to celebrate cinco de mayo)

04/28/2026

No because why are we acting like we need a reason to celebrate… girls night is enough ✨

And with Cinco de Mayo a few weeks away… yeah… you’re gonna wanna plan ahead!

We’re on OpenTable

Deals so dramatic we thought this audio fit perfectly 🫶Join us from Tuesdays - Wednesdays - Thursdays For a good $7 damn...
04/28/2026

Deals so dramatic we thought this audio fit perfectly 🫶

Join us from Tuesdays - Wednesdays - Thursdays

For a good $7 damn drink

04/26/2026

Here’s your Cinco itinerary 😭👇

11AM – doors open
$12 tortas ‘til 3
$6 happy hour 4–6
$7 palomas ALL DAY
mariachi at night 🎺

(Glenview 6–8 | Lakeview 7–9)

tell your group chat now

04/23/2026

It’s really giving patio season out here in Chicago ☀️
Reminder: $7 mojitos every Thursday… all damn day 🍃

Glenview + Lakeview

table dream rotation for all kinds of occasions 🌮🍹now in the suburbs (Glenview) and the city (Lakeview) Reservations ava...
04/23/2026

table dream rotation for all kinds of occasions 🌮🍹

now in the suburbs (Glenview) and the city (Lakeview)

Reservations available on

light, fresh, and just the right amount of kick this ceviche?? yeah… it speaks for itselfwho are you bringing with you 👀...
04/19/2026

light, fresh, and just the right amount of kick
this ceviche?? yeah… it speaks for itself

who are you bringing with you 👀

04/17/2026

Meet our Quesadillas Don Jose 🌮

loaded with chihuahua cheese, refried beans, jalapeño rajas, and finished with salsa cruda

Table for how many?
04/17/2026

Table for how many?

04/16/2026

Your midweek plans just got booked $7 drinks ALL day Tues–Thurs at Cafe El Tapatio 🍹

Palomas on Tuesday, sangrias on Wednesday, mojitos on Thursday… honestly, no wrong choices here.

It might not be Taco Tuesday every day, but you can definitely enjoy tacos every day 🙌Choose from 13 different tacos her...
04/15/2026

It might not be Taco Tuesday every day, but you can definitely enjoy tacos every day 🙌

Choose from 13 different tacos here!

Sister location

Cafe El Tapatio queso fundido doing what it does best…🧀✨
04/12/2026

Cafe El Tapatio queso fundido doing what it does best…
🧀✨

04/10/2026

Because we’re all do for a sangria pitcher every Sunday 🙌

$15 after 4PM

Send this to a sangria lover you know

Address

3400 N Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL
60657

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 10pm
Wednesday 11am - 10pm
Thursday 11am - 10pm
Friday 11am - 10pm
Saturday 11am - 10pm
Sunday 11am - 9pm

Telephone

+1 773-327-5475

Website

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