Taxim Greek

Taxim Menu

(773) 252-1558
1558 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60622
$$$$$

Salates

Salads and spreads.
Rokasalata
$9.00
Baby arugula, cucumber, pita chips, kefalograviera, sumaki vinaigrette.
Pantzaria me Karydoskordalia
$12.00
Roasted beets, Thracian-style walnut skordalia, feta.
Dakos me Haroupakia
$13.00
Cretan style tomato salad, housemade barley and carob rusks, scallion, capers, wild oregano, housemade myzithra.
Tzatziki
$9.00
House-made Greek style yogurt, cucumber, fresh dill, olives, house-made pita.
Revithosalata Kas. Frossos
$9.00
Pureed chickpeas, lemon, garlic, house-made pita.
Taramosalata me Avgotaraho
10.00
Messolonghi-style cured cod and salmon roe, potato, lemon.

$Soupes

Soup.
Kotosoupa Avgolemono
$12.00
Chicken soup with egg-lemon sauce, yogurt, rice.
Xondro me Kafteri Sudzuki
$12.00
Cretan style trahana (soured pasta), spicy lamb sausage, tomato, leek, yogurt.
Kakavia me Kroko Kozanis
14.00
Sea bream, prawns, mussels, colocasi, Greek saffron.

$Ladera Kai Yemista

Stuffed and braised vegetables.
Gigantes Laderes
$12.00
Yuvetsi of giant beans from Prespes, red chiles, carrots, celery, feta.
Aginares ala Polita
$14.00
Politiki-style artichokes, fingerling potatoes, favas, baby carrots, dill.
Fakes Kas Frossos
$9.00
Green lentils, barrel-fermented sheep's feta, balsamic reduction.
Bamies Laderes
$10.00
Baby okra, sun-dried tomatoes, fresh coriander, olive oil.
Lahanodolmades
15.00
Lamb and rice stuffed fermented cabbage, pickled red peppers, yogurt.

$Zymota

Savory pastries.
Marathopita Kritis
$14.00
Cretan pastry with fresh fennel, spring onions, sesame, goat yogurt.
Prassopita
$14.00
Leeks, fresh dill, lemon and goat feta stuffed in our house-made phyllo.
Kritis Peynirli
$15.00
Tomato, garlic, hot pepper, Cretan graviera, zucchini, egg. Politiki style flatbread.
Ioanninas Peynirli
$15.00
Foraged wild mushroom, rosemary, Metsovone graviera, egg, goat butter. Politiki style flatbread.
Kaisareias Peynirli
$15.00
Beef pastourmas, kasseri cheese, egg, coriander. Politiki style flatbread.
Smyrnis Peynirli
15.00
Lamb and beef smoked sudzuki, kefalotyri and kasseri, egg, fresh cumin leaf. Politiki style flatbread.

$Sides


Olives and Pickles
$7.00
Housemade Pita
$4.00
Sesame Bread
$4.00
Halloumi Saganaki
$10.00
Feta
$8.00
Kappadokia Fries
$5.00
Fried potatoes with dried Greek chile pepper.
Side of Our Housemade Greek Yogurt
5.00

$Mezedas - Tiganita

Small plates cooked stovetop.
Kounoupidi Tiganito
$14.00
Fried cauliflower, capers, whipped goat feta tyrokafterí spread, bukovo.
Kolokythokeftedes
$9.00
Spiced winter squash fritters, cabbage salad, minted yogurt.
Politiki Melitzanosalata
9.00
Politiki-style wood fireroasted eggplants, sesame, house-made pita.

$Mezedes - Pastomena

Small plates. Salt-cured or smoked.
Sardela Pasti
$11.00
Bitter orange-cured sardine, fresh watercress, capers.
Lountza Kyprou
10.00
Cypriot-style smoked pork loin, pickled cayenne, coriander, myzithra.

$Mezedes - Apo Tin Sgara

Wood fire-grilled small plates.
Garides se Abelofylla Dolmades
$15.00
Fresh grape leaf-wrapped shrimp, hot pepper.
Seftalies Kai Maidanosalata
$19.00
Cypriot-style pork sausage, stuffed in lamb caul, herb salad, halloumi.
Kebap Yiaourtlou
$18.00
Spiced ground lamb shoulder, yogurt, grilled tomatoes, pomegranate reduction.
Kapnisto Xoirino Me Psita Mila
$14.00
Smoked pork belly, carmelized onions, roasted apples, honey.
Htapodaki Sti Sgara
20.00
Octopus, fennel and red onions.

$Kyria Piata

Mains.
Arni Yuvetsaki Me Kritharaki
$30.00
Braised lamb shank in a yuvetsi (terra cotta dish), orzo, myzithra, yogurt.
Paidakia Me Pligouri
$45.00
Wood-grilled lamb chops, almond currant cracked wheat pilaf, marinated pepper salad, grilled lemons.
Kotopoulo Sto Fourno
$28.00
Oven-roasted 1/2 chicken, roasted fingerling potatoes, wild Greek oregano, ouzo-preserved lemon.
Duck Gyro
$28.00
Spit-roasted duck breast and leg rubbed with pastourma spices, yogurt sauce, Pontian satz bread, pomegranate reduction, assorted pickles, Kappadokia fries.
Fish Gyro
$24.00
Spit-roasted sea bream, red cabbage salad, Cypriot tahini sauce, fried colocasi.
Tsipoura Me Radikia
$42.00
Oven-roasted whole Aegean sea bass, lemon, olive oil, sea salt, sauteed dandelions (fileted fish may have stray bones).
Agriogourouno Me Striftoudia
$30.00
Oven-roasted wild boar, housemade Cretan-style pasta, raw chestnuts, Metsovo graviera.
Souvlakia
$25.00
Skewered wood-grilled pork shoulder, grilled tomatoes, mint yogurt sauce, capers, Kappadokia fries.
Turlu
25.00
Oven-roasted eggplant, summer squash, fingerling potatoes, Florinis peppers, tomato, chickpea basmati pilaf, feta.

$Glyka

Sweets
Loukoumades
$8.00
fried mastic-scented dumplings, wildflower honey, rose cream, freshly grated cinnamon
Chocolate Semolina Halva
$9.00
ghiardelli chocolate, almond cream, petimezi, and house candied Xios mandarin
Yiaourti, Meli Kai Mandarini Glyko
$6.00
house-made Greek yogurt, house-candied Xios mandarin, honey, walnuts
Koulourakia
$12.00
assorted Greek cookies: mahlepia, Andriotiko amygdalota (GF almond), hazelnut kourabiedes, walnut melomakarona
Boughatsa
$9.00
baked Thessaloniki-style custard and house-made phyllo pastry, lemon, powdered sugar

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