Taxim

1558 N Milwaukee Ave 1, Chicago, IL

Menu (As of 10/30)

Salates

• Rokasalata $11.00Baby arugula, cucumber, pita chips, kefalograviera, sumaki vinaigrette.
• Pantzaria me Karydoskordalia $13.00Roasted beets, Thracian-style walnut skordalia, feta.
• Dakos me Haroupakia $14.00Cretan style tomato salad, housemade barley and carob rusks, scallion, capers, wild oregano, housemade myzithra.
• Tzatziki $12.00House-made Greek style yogurt, cucumber, fresh dill, olives, house-made pita.
• Revithosalata Kas. Frossos $12.00Pureed chickpeas, lemon, garlic, house-made pita.
• Taramosalata me Avgotaraho $12.00Messolonghi-style cured cod and salmon roe, potato, lemon.
• Politiki Melitzanosalata $12.00Politiki-style wood fireroasted eggplants, sesame, house-made pita.

Soupes

• Kotosoupa Avgolemono $15.00Chicken soup with egg-lemon sauce, yogurt, rice.
• Xondro me Kafteri Sudzuki $15.00Cretan style trahana (soured pasta), spicy lamb sausage, tomato, leek, yogurt.

Ladera Kai Yemista

• Gigantes Laderes $14.00Yuvetsi of giant beans from Prespes, red chiles, carrots, celery, feta.
• Aginares ala Polita $15.00Politiki-style artichokes, fingerling potatoes, favas, baby carrots, dill.
• Fakes Kas Frossos $14.00Green lentils, barrel-fermented sheep’s feta, balsamic reduction.
• Bamies Laderes $14.00Baby okra, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh coriander, olive oil.
• Lahanodolmades $16.00Lamb and rice stuffed fermented cabbage, pickled red peppers, yogurt.

Zymota

• Prassopita $16.00Leeks, fresh dill, lemon and goat feta stuffed in our house-made phyllo.
• Kritis Peynirli $16.00Tomato, garlic, hot pepper, Cretan graviera, zucchini, egg. Politiki style flatbread.
• Ioanninas Peynirli $16.00Foraged wild mushroom, rosemary, Metsovone graviera, egg, goat butter. Politiki style flatbread.
• Kaisareias Peynirli $16.00Beef pastourmas, kasseri cheese, egg, coriander. Politiki style flatbread.
• Smyrnis Peynirli $16.00Lamb and beef smoked sudzuki, kefalotyri and kasseri, egg, fresh cumin leaf. Politiki style flatbread.

Sides

• Olives and Pickles $8.00
• Housemade Pita $4.00
• Sesame Bread $4.00
• Halloumi Saganaki $12.00
• Feta $9.00
• Kappadokia Fries $8.00Fried potatoes with dried Greek chile pepper. · Side of Our Housemade Greek Yogurt

Mezedas - Tiganita

• Kounoupidi Tiganito $17.00Fried cauliflower, capers, whipped goat feta tyrokafterí spread, bukovo.

Mezedes - Pastomena

• Sardela Pasti $12.00Bitter orange-cured sardine, fresh watercress, capers.
• Lountza Kyprou $14.00Cypriot-style smoked pork loin, pickled cayenne, coriander, myzithra.

Mezedes - Apo Tin Sgara

• Garides se Abelofylla Dolmades $16.00Fresh grape leaf-wrapped shrimp, hot pepper.
• Seftalies Kai Maidanosalata $22.00Cypriot-style pork sausage, stuffed in lamb caul, herb salad, halloumi.
• Kebap Yiaourtlou $22.00Spiced ground lamb shoulder, yogurt, grilled tomatoes, pomegranate reduction.
• Htapodaki Sti Sgara $22.00Octopus, fennel and red onions.

Kyria Piata

• Arni Yuvetsaki Me Kritharaki $32.00Braised lamb shank in a yuvetsi (terra cotta dish), orzo, myzithra, yogurt.
• Paidakia Me Pligouri $52.00Wood-grilled lamb chops, almond currant cracked wheat pilaf, marinated pepper salad, grilled lemons.
• Kotopoulo Sto Fourno $32.00Oven-roasted 1/2 chicken, roasted fingerling potatoes, wild Greek oregano, ouzo-preserved lemon.
• Duck Gyro $30.00Spit-roasted duck breast and leg rubbed with pastourma spices, yogurt sauce, Pontian satz bread, pomegranate reduction, assorted pickles, Kappadokia fries.
• Tsipoura Me Radikia $46.00Oven-roasted whole Aegean sea bass, lemon, olive oil, sea salt, sauteed dandelions (fileted fish may have stray bones).
• Agriogourouno Me Striftoudia $31.00Oven-roasted wild boar, housemade Cretan-style pasta, raw chestnuts, Metsovo graviera.
• Souvlakia $28.00Skewered wood-grilled pork shoulder, grilled tomatoes, mint yogurt sauce, capers, Kappadokia fries.
• Turlu $28.00Oven-roasted eggplant, summer squash, fingerling potatoes, Florinis peppers, tomato, chickpea basmati pilaf, feta.

Glyka

• Loukoumades $12.00fried mastic-scented dumplings, wildflower honey, rose cream, freshly grated cinnamon
• Chocolate Semolina Halva $11.00ghiardelli chocolate, almond cream, petimezi, and house candied Xios mandarin
• Yiaourti, Meli Kai Mandarini Glyko $10.00house-made Greek yogurt, house-candied Xios mandarin, honey, walnuts
• Koulourakia $16.00assorted Greek cookies: mahlepia, Andriotiko amygdalota (GF almond), hazelnut kourabiedes, walnut melomakarona
• Boughatsa $12.00baked Thessaloniki-style custard and house-made phyllo pastry, lemon, powdered sugar

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