DINNER MENU
Su-Th 5:30PM-10:30PM, Fr-Sa 5:00PM-11:00PM
SOUPA / SALATES
Soups and Salads
KAKAVIÁ ME KRÓKOS KOZÁNIS
(available seasonally)
Seafood soup, roasted colocasi, prawns, mussels, porgy, Greek saffron 12
KOTOSOUPA AVGOLEMONO
Chicken soup with egg-lemon sauce, yogurt, rice 8
XONDRO ME KAFTERI SUDZUKI
Cretan style trahana (soured pasta), spicy lamb sausage. tomato, leek, yogurt 10
ROKASALÁTA
Baby arugula, cucumber, pita chips, vlahotýri metsóvou, sumaki vinaigrette 7
TZATZÍKI
House-made Greek style yogurt, cucumber, fresh dill, olives, house-made pita 7
PANTZÁRIA ME KARYDOSKORDALIÁ
Roasted Beets with greens, Thracian-style walnut sauce skordalia, feta 8
TARAMASALÁTA ME AVGOTÁRAHO
House-cured mullet roe and sac, lemon, garlic, house-made pita 9
REVÍTHIA KAS. FRÓSSOS
Pureed chickpeas, lemon, garlic,
house-made pita 7
POLÍTIKI MELITZANOSALÁTA
Politiki-style wood fire-roasted eggplants, sesame, house-made pita 8
DÁKOS ME HAROUPÁKIA
Housemade Cretan-style carob rusks, marinated tomatoes, fresh myzithra, capers, wild Greek oregano. 12
LADERA KAI YIAHNI
Vegetables and Stews
AGINÁRES ME KOUKIÁ
Politiki-style artichokes, fingerling potatoes, favas, baby carrots, dill 10
FAKÉS KAS. FRÓSSOS
Green lentils, barrel-fermented sheep’s feta, balsamic reduction 7
BÁMIES LADERÉS
Baby okra, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh coriander, olive oil 8
GIGANTES LADERES
Yuvesti of Giant Beans from Prespes, red chiles, carrots, celery, feta 10
LAHANODOLMADES
Lamb and rice stuffed fermented cabbage, pickled red peppers, yogurt 12
MEZÉDES - TIGANITÁ
Small Plates - From the Pan
KOUNOUPÍDI TIGANITÓ
Fried cauliflower, capers, whipped goat feta tyrokafterí spread, bukovo 9
KOLOKITHOKEFTÉDES (available seasonally)
Seasonal squash fritters, mint yogurt sauce, roasted squash seeds, cabbage salad 9
POLÍTIKA MÝDIA
Politiki-style beer-battered fried mussels, sesame garlic sauce, thyme 11
ZYMOTA
Pastry
MARATHÓPITA KRÍTIS
Cretan pastry with fresh fennel, spring onions, sesame, goat yogurt 9
PRASSÓPITA
Leeks, fresh dill, lemon and goat feta stuffed in our house-made phyllo 10
KRÍTIS PEYNIRLÍ
Politiki style flatbread - tomato, garlic, hot pepper, graviera cheese, zucchini, egg 11
IOÁNNINAS PEYNIRLÍ
Politiki style flatbread - foraged wild mushroom, rosemary, vlahotyri, egg, garlic butter 11
KAISÁREIAS PEYNIRLÍ
Politiki style flatbread - beef pastourmas, kasseri cheese, egg, coriander 11
SMÝRNIS PEYNIRLÍ
Politiki style flatbread - lamb and beef smoked sudzuki, kefalotyri and kasseri, egg, fresh cumin leaf 11
MEZÉDES - APÓ TIN SGÁRA
Small Plates - Wood-Grilled
GARÍDES SE ABELÓFYLLA DOLMÁDES
Fresh grape leaf-wrapped shrimp, hot pepper 12
HTAPODÁKI STI SGÁRA
Octopus, fennel and red onions 17
(add half pour ouzo 3)
KOKORÉTSI
Caul-wrapped lamb offal, house-made yogurt, mint 15
SEFTALIÉS KAI MAIDANOSALÁTA
Cypriot-style pork sausage, stuffed in lamb caul, herb salad, halloumi 15
KEBÁP YIAOURTLOÚ
Spiced ground lamb shoulder, yogurt, grilled tomatoes, pomegranate reduction 14
KAPNISTÓ XOIRINÓ ME PSITÁ MÍLA
Smoked pork belly, carmelized onions, roasted apples, honey 10
MEZÉDES - PASTOMÉNA
Small Plates - Cured
SARDÉLA PASTÍ
Bitter orange-cured sardine, fresh watercress, capers 8
LOÚNTZA KÝPROU
Cypriot-style smoked pork loin, pickled cayenne, coriander, myzithra 9
SIDES
Olives & Pickles 5
Housemade pita or sesame bread 3
Halloúmi Saganáki 9
Feta 5
Kappadokia Fries 5
Housemade Greek Yogurt 5
KYRIA PIÁTA
Mains
ARNÍ YUVETSÁKI ME KRITHARÁKI
Braised lamb shank in a yuvétsi (terra cotta dish), orzo, myzíthra, yogurt 24
PAÏDÁKIA ME PLIGOÚRI
Wood-grilled lamb chops, almond currant cracked wheat pilaf, marinated pepper salad, grilled lemons 38
KOTÓPOULO STO FOÚRNO
Oven-roasted half chicken, roasted fingerling potatoes, wild Greek oregano, ouzo-preserved lemon 22
DUCK GÝRO
Spit-roasted duck breast and leg rubbed with pastourmá spices, yogurt sauce, Pontian satz bread, pomegranate reduction, pickled chard, fries 24
FISH GÝRO
Spit-roasted sea bream, red cabbage salad, Cypriot tahini sauce, fried colocasi 22
TSIPOÚRA ME RADÍKIA
Oven-roasted whole Aegean sea bass, lemon, olive oil, sea salt, sautéed dandelions 32
(*fileted whole fish may still have stray bones)
TURLÚ
Oven-roasted eggplant, summer squash, fingerling potatoes, Florinis peppers, tomato, chick pea basmati pilaf, feta 20
SOUVLAKIA
Skewered wood-grilled pork shoulder, grilled tomatoes, mint yogurt sauce, capers, Kappadokia fries 20
AGRIOGURUNO ME STRIFTOUDIA
Oven roasted wild boar, housemade Cretan-style pasta, raw chestnuts, Metsovo graviera cheese. 25
David Nikolaos Schneider
-Chef Owner
Tel: 773-252-1558 | Email: TaximChicago@yahoo.com
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