El Cortez Restaurant

El Cortez Restaurant Menu

(708) 798-4223
18250 S Cicero Ave, Country Club Hills, IL 60478
$$$$$

Desayunos

Breakfast.
Huevos con Chorizo
$7.44
Scrambled eggs with Mexican sausage served with beans.
Huevos a la Mexican
$7.02
Spicy. Scrambled eggs with onions, tomatoes, and peppers served with beans.
Breakfast Tacos
$7.56
Two flour or corn tortillas filled with eggs and chorizo served with lettuce, tomatoes, cheese and a side order of rice and beans.
Huevos Rancheros
$6.81
Eggs over easy, covered with ranchero sauce and served with beans.
Huevos Paula
$7.44
Mexican cheese omelette covered with green sauce served with beans.
Huevos Paula con Chorizo
$7.84
Served with Mexican sausage.
Chorizo Breakfast Burrito
$5.03
Stuffed with eggs and chorizo.
Mexican Breakfast Burrito
$5.03
Stuffed with eggs a la Mexican.
1 Scrambled Egg
$1.56
Chilaquiles
7.34
Eggs scrambled with corn tortillas, tomatoes, onions and peppers, served with beans.

$Botanas

Appetizers.
Nachos
Beans, cheese, guacamole, and jalapeños loaded onto flat fried tortillas.
Chicken Fingers
$8.70
Always a popular choice. Tender battered chicken strips served golden brown with a hot BBQ sauce and french fries.
Quesadilla Pacifico
$10.49
Flour tortillas filled with Mexican cheese, chiles poblanos, and grilled shrimp, served with sour cream and avocado slices.
Alas
$9.44
Hot and spicy BBQ chicken wings served with celery and blue cheese.
Queso Fundido
$10.49
Melted cheese blended with fried Mexican sausage, served with your choice of flour or corn tortillas.
Combo Cortez
$15.53
A big combo platter of popular appetizers: chicken fingers, two tamales, 2 quesadillas, and 2 chicken flautas with sour cream, guacamole, pico de gallo, and cheese sprinkled on top. Great for sharing or as a meal.
Guacamole
Elote
$3.68
corn in the cup with mayo, Chile powder and cheese
Sm Queso
$3.15
6oz Cheese Dip served with chips
Large Queso
$6.30
12oz Cheese Dip served with chips
Chicken Botana Suprema
$15.49
Chicken pounded out round, between two flour tortillas, cut in pieces. Served with lettuce tomato sour cream and guacamole
Steak Botana Suprema
17.59
Steak pounded out round between two flour tortillas, cut in pieces. Served with lettuce tomato sour cream and guacamole

$Caldos

Soups.
Caldo de Res
$7.55
Hearty beef soup with chunks of tender beef and fresh vegetables in a savory beef broth.
Caldo Xochitl
$7.34
Chicken soup in a spicy green sauce with a little rice.
Menudo
7.97
Our slow-simmered tripe soup is a true Mexican tradition. We’ll add hominy to the soup upon request.

$Ensaladas

Salads.
Grilled Chicken Salad
$10.38
Crisp lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers with tender chunks of chicken grilled with onions and green peppers, served over rice, sprinkled with cheese.
Taco Salad
$9.96
A flour tortilla fried and filled with your choice of seasoned beef or chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole, and cheddar cheese.
Garden Salad
4.29

$Vegetarianas

Vegetarian.
Veggie Fajitas
$15.74
A sizzling mix of carrots, bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, and mushrooms served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Veggie Burrito Supremo
$11.55
9 inch burrito stuffed with grilled bell pepper, tomatoes, onions, and mushrooms with guacamole, sour cream, pico de gallo, lettuce, and cheese.Served with rice and bola beans.
Chiles Rellenos
$16.05
2 cheese-stuffed peppers served with Mexican rice and bola beans.
Guacamole Tostada Dinner
$11.49
3 flat tortillas topped with guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. Includes rice and bola beans.
Veggie Quesadillas
$12.17
3 tortillas filled with cheese, grilled tomato, onion, bell pepper, and mushrooms. Served with Mexican rice and bola beans.
Molletes
8.60
2 pieces of bread topped with grilled onions, peppers (mild or hot), refried beans tomatoes and melted cheese.

$Platillos de Pollo

Chicken entrees.
Pollo Carbon
$14.29
Strips of chicken breast marinated in 2 types of sauce, grilled and served over rice with sour cream, guacamole, and a small dinner salad.
Pollo Estrella
$16.16
Chicken breast pounded out and topped with melted cheese, covered with molcajete sauce, served with rice.
Milanesa de Pollo
$13.22
Breaded chicken breast served with rice, beans, and fries.
Chicken Fajita Dinner
$16.05
Chicken breast chunks seasoned and sizzled up with onions and green peppers, served with refried beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Pollo Rojo
$15.00
Pieces of tender chicken breast sautéed in a red sauce and mixed with cubed potatoes and onions, served with a side of rice, pico de gallo, and avocado slices.
Pollo en Mole
$12.59
Chicken thigh served in mole sauce with rice and beans.
Whisky Chicken
16.05
Tender pieces of chicken grilled with bacon, chiles poblano, onions, and tomatoes, served with rice, beans, slices of avocado, and cheese sprinkled on top.

$Mariscos

Seafood.
Camarones Vallarta
$19.94
Shrimp lightly breaded, seasoned with wine, served on a bed of white rice with your choice of Mexican bread or tortillas.
Camarones Diablos
$20.04
Spicy. Shrimp simmered in our spicy pico de gallo sauce with bacon, served on a bed of white rice with onions and avocado slices on the side, with your choice of Mexican bread or tortillas.
Shrimp Fajita
$19.52
Grilled shrimp with onions and bell peppers sizzled on a skillet, served with rice, sour cream, guacamole, and pico de gallo on the side.
Camarones Ajillo
$20.04
Shrimp sauteed in garlic and wine, served with white rice and choice of Mexican bread or tortillas.
Camarones Empanizados
$19.52
Breaded shrimp served with rice, lettuce, pico de gallo, and barbeque sauce.
Tostada de Ceviche
$5.99
Shrimp finely chopped on a hard shell tortilla topped with pico de gallo, sour cream, and diced avocados. Makes a great starter or add-on!
Cocktel de Camaron
$11.54
Succulent shrimp in your choice of a cocktail sauce or our pico de gallo sauce.
Chimichangas Marinera
$13.11
A blend of shrimp and crab meat in a flour tortilla, fried and served with a side order of rice and avocado slices.
Tilapia a la Vizcaina
18.36
Flaky fillet of tilapia lightly breaded and fried, served with white rice and corn medley with Vizcaina sauce on the side.

$Especialidades de la Casa

House specialties.
Parrillada Especial
$22.67
Tender skirt steak served with zesty chorizo, grilled jalapeños, and onions.
Cook’s Especial
$16.79
Chunks of steak with slices of poblano peppers, covered with melted cheese, pico de gallo, guacamole, and sour cream on the side.Served with beans and rice.
Manny Especial
$16.79
Grilled chicken breast smothered in poblano peppers, onions, and tomato sauce served on a bed of rice with 3 slices of avocado.
Enchilada Aguascalientes Especial
$14.48
A tender bone-in chicken dipped in red sauce, 3 Mexican cheese enchiladas and red cubed potato sprinkled with cheese.
Chimichangas Especial
$12.69
Spicy. Your choice of seasoned shredded beef or chicken rolled in flour tortillas, fried, covered with tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with a side order of rice.
Tamal Dinner
$9.44
2 tamales in the husk, served with rice and beans.
Tamales Cortez Especial
10.49
2 tamales without the husk, topped with sour cream and hot sauce, smothered with melted cheese and served with a side of rice.

$Combinaciones

Combinations.
Fajita Mix Combo of Any 2
$21.09
Choose your own combination of steak, chicken, and/or shrimp. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Fajita Mix Combo of Any 3
$22.25
Choose your own combination of steak, chicken, and/or shrimp. Served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Plato Cortez Combinacion
$12.39
A flour taco, enchilada suiza, and tostada suiza, all made with your choice of beef, chicken or pork. Served with rice and beans.
Plato Cortez with Steak Combinacion
$13.39
A flour taco, enchilada suiza and tostada suiza. Served with rice and beans.
Combinacion Nortena
$17.31
Tender 4 oz. filet mignon served with a cheese-stuffed pepper, rice, beans, and a touch of guacamole.
Plato Mexicano Combinacion
$11.75
1 corn beef taco, 1 cheese Mexican enchilada, and 1 bean tostada, served with rice and beans.
Steak Tampiquena Combinacion
21.72
A flavorful tradition! Tender skirt steak, a cheese Mexican enchilada, and a cheese quesadilla served with fries and a touch of guacamole.

$Carnes

Meat entrees.
Ricky’s Especial
$19.94
Incredibly tender 8 oz. filet mignon cut into delicious chunks and topped with bacon, delivered to your table on a sizzling skillet with grilled onions and refried chorizo beans with melted cheese.
Steak Laredo
$18.59
Broiled strip steak with sauteed onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, bell peppers, and a special sauce. Served with refried beans.
Steak Cortez
$17.59
New York strip steak served with beans, cubed potatoes, and side salad.
Puntillas
Spicy. Choice of skirt steak or chicken or shrimp with onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, hot banana peppers, poblano peppers, bell peppers, and chorizo. Served with rice and beans.
Filete Estrella
$18.47
Thin pounded tenderloin topped with melted cheese and covered in green salsa, served with refried beans.
Steak Fajita Dinner
$17.31
Chunks of tender steak seasoned and sizzled up with onions and green peppers. Served with beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole.
Carne Asada
$20.88
Skirt steak served with rice, beans, and french fries.
Carne Asada Suizo
$21.89
Melted cheese. Skirt steak served with rice, beans, and french fries.
Milanesa de Res
$15.84
Breaded steak served with rice, beans, and french fries.
Milanesa de Res Suizo
$16.84
Melted cheese. Breaded steak served with rice, beans, and french fries.
Bistec a la Mexicana
$19.20
Succulent chunks of skirt steak simmered in a Mexican sauce, served with rice and beans.
Bistec a la Mexicana Suizo
20.29
Melted cheese. Succulent chunks of skirt steak simmered in a Mexican sauce, served with rice and beans.

$Tostadas

Flat tacos.
Tostada Dinner
$10.49
3 of a kind flat tortillas layered with beans, then covered with your choice of beef, chicken, or pork. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and a sprinkle of cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Tostada Dinner with Steak
$11.49
3 of a kind flat tortillas layered with beans, then covered with steak. Topped with lettuce, tomatoes, and a sprinkle of cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Specialty Tostadas
$11.54
3 of a kinds crispy flat tortillas covered with your choice of beef, chicken, or pork, topped with your choice of sauce and melted cheese. Served with rice and bean.
Specialty Tostadas with Steak
12.54
3 of a kinds crispy flat tortillas covered with steak, topped with your choice of sauce and melted cheese. Served with rice and bean.

$Flautas

Rolled tacos.
Flauta Dinner
$10.91
3 of a kind corn tortillas (hard or soft) rolled up and filled with choice of beef, chicken or pork. Includes guacamole and sour cream on the side.
Flauta Dinner with Steak
$11.91
3 of a kind corn tortillas (hard or soft) rolled up and filled with steak. Includes guacamole and sour cream on the side.
San Marcos Dinner
10.91
3 of a kind corn tortillas rolled up and fried, filled with your choice of beef, chicken or potato and covered with cabbage, cheese, sour cream, and red sauce. Add steak for an additional charge.

$Tacos


Taco Dinner
$10.38
3 of a kind corn or flour tortillas filled with your choice of beef, chicken, or pork, served with rice and beans.
Steak Taco Dinner
$11.43
3 corn or flour tortillas filled with tender steak and served with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese.
Tilapia Taco Dinner
$11.54
2 corn or flour tortillas filled with grilled or breaded tilapia, garnished with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Pastor Taco
$3.49
Marinated pork taco served with cilantro, onions, and green sauce.
Cortez Taco
$3.09
Chicken, sour cream, guacamole, and green sauce mixed together and rolled in 2 corn tortillas.
Shrimp Taco
$3.79
Grilled shrimp with lettuce, tomatoes, and cheese on a corn or flour shell.
Norteno Taco
$3.24
Breaded steak served on a flour tortilla with sour cream and avocado slice.
Ranchero Taco
$3.66
Marinated steak taco with cilantro, onions, and green sauce.
Sombrero Taco
$3.87
Spicy. Tender pieces of sauteed steak with chorizo, onions, jalapenos, cilantro, bacon, and 3 different types of sauce, all piled on a corn tortilla.
Picudo Taco
3.87
Spicy. Tender chicken breast chunks grilled with tomato, onion, jalapeño peppers, and topped with a slice of avocado.

$A La Carta

A la carte. Customize your meal by adding on your favorites.
Taco
$2.73
Tostada
$2.73
Enchilada
$2.99
Burrito Supreme
$10.89
burrito filled with sour cream, guacamole lettuce, pico de Gallo and cheese
Flauta
$2.73
Quesadilla
$2.89
Steak Taco
$2.99
Steak Tostada
$3.48
Special Tostada
$2.99
Special Steak Tostada
$3.48
Steak Enchilada
$3.25
mini Steak Burrito
$2.79
burrito filled with steak, bacon, cheese and hot sauce
Steak Flauta
$2.99
Steak Quesadilla
$3.29
1 Chile Relleno
6.39
1 stuffed pepper served with sauce on top

$Enchiladas


Enchiladas Dinner
$11.54
3 corn tortillas rolled and filled with your choice of 1 of the following: cheese, ground beef, chicken or pork, topped with your choice of sauce and served with rice beans.
Enchiladas Dinner with Steak
$12.54
3 corn tortillas rolled and filled with steak, topped with your choice of sauce and served with rice beans.
Cortez Enchiladas Dinner
11.54
3 red enchiladas filled with cheese, Mexican sausage, and potato, sprinkled with more cheese and served with sour cream, rice, and beans on the side.

$Burritos


Regular Burrito Dinner
$7.50
Flour tortilla rolled and filled with lettuce, tomatoes, and your choice of beef, chicken, or pork. Served with rice and beans.
Regular Burrito Dinner Suizo
$8.50
Flour tortilla rolled and filled with lettuce, tomatoes, and your choice of beef, chicken, or pork. Served with rice and beans. Served with red sauce and melted cheese.
Regular Burrito Dinner with Steak
$8.50
Flour tortilla rolled and filled with lettuce, tomatoes, and steak. Served with rice and beans.
Reg Burrito Dinner Steak Suizo
$9.60
Flour tortilla rolled and filled with lettuce, tomatoes, and steak. Served with rice and beans. With red sauce and melted cheese.
Burrito Supremo Dinner
$11.43
Choice of beef, chicken, or pork with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cilantro, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole in a 9-inch flour tortilla. Served with rice and beans.
Mini-Burrito
$2.29
Choice of steak or chicken cooked with bacon and rolled up with sour cream, hot sauce, and cheese in a flour tortilla.
Supremo Dinner Suizo
$12.53
Choice of beef, chicken, or pork with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cilantro, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole in a 9-inch flour tortilla. Served with rice and beans. Includes red sauce and melted cheese.
Supremo Dinner with Steak
$12.53
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cilantro, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole in a 9" flour tortilla. Served with rice and beans.
Supreme Dinner Steak Suizo
13.99
Served with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cilantro, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole in a 9" flour tortilla. Served with rice and beans. Includes red sauce and melted cheese.

$Quesadillas


Quesadilla Dinner
$11.28
Three of a kind tortillas (flour or corn) filled with your choice of beef, chicken or pork and plenty of cheese served with sour cream, rice, and beans.
Quesadilla Dinner with Cheese Only
$10.28
Quesadilla Dinner with Steak
12.28

$Tortas

Mexican sandwiches. Garnished with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, guacamole and jalapeños.
Molletes con Carne
$10.17
Grilled onions, tomatoes, peppers (mild or hot), refried beans and melted cheese over bread with choice of steak, beef or chicken.
Pollo Tortas
$7.02
Grilled, shredded or breaded chicken.
Pastor Tortas
$7.86
Seasoned pork
Carne Asada Tortas
$7.34
Steak.
Milanesa Tortas
$7.34
Breaded steak.
Carnitas Tortas
$7.02
Pork.
Chorizo Tortas
$7.02
Jamon Tortas
$7.44
Ham.
Torta Club
8.49
Stacked with ham, bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, avocado, cheese, and sour cream. Served with fries.

$Especially for Kids


1. Kid's Tacos
$5.24
Two meat and cheese tacos served with rice and beans.
2. Kid's Burrito
$5.24
Meat and cheese burrito served with rice and beans.
3. Kid's Nachos
$5.24
Bean and cheese nachos.
4. Kid's Chicken Fingers
$5.25
Served with fries.
5. Kid's Quesadillas
$5.24
Two cheese quesadillas (made with corn or flour tortillas) served with rice and beans.
6. Kid's Grilled Steak
$8.39
Chunks of grilled steak served with salad and Mexican rice.
7. Kid's Grilled Chicken
7.34
Chunks of grilled chicken breast with salad and Mexican rice.

$Lunch Deals


1. Chicken Quesadillas Lunch
$7.86
2 flour tortillas stuffed with chicken and cheese. Includes lettuce, tomato, sour cream, rice, and beans.
2. Beef Burrito Suizo and Beef Taco Lunch
$9.02
Burrito stuffed with beef, lettuce, and tomato, topped with red sauce and cheese. Soft flour taco with beef, lettuce, tomato, and cheese. Served with rice and beans
3. Two Tacos Lunch
$9.02
Both filled with beef, chicken or pork, both made with flour or corn tortillas, served with rice and beans.
4. Enchiladas Suiza Lunch
$9.02
2 enchiladas, both beef, chicken or pork served with rice and beans.
5. Chicken Fajita Tacos Lunch
$9.65
2 soft tacos (flour tortillas) served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, rice, and beans.
6. Enchilada Suiza & Tostada Lunch
$9.02
Both made with beef, chicken, or pork. Tostada also has beans, lettuce, tomato, and cheese. Includes rice and beans.
7. Steak Fajita Tacos Lunch
$10.70
2 soft flour tacos, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, rice, and beans.
8. Cheese Chile Relleno Tacos Lunch
9.66
2 flour or corn tacos tortillas served with rice and beans.

$Side Orders


Individual Tortillas
$0.72
4 flour or corn tortillas.
Papas
$3.24
French fries.
Rice
$2.09
Beans
$2.09
Rice & Beans
$3.24
Sour Cream
$1.98
Beans with Chorizo
$3.87
Frijoles Borrachos
$4.92
Drunken beans.
Tamal
$2.89
Pork.
Jalapenos
$1.98
Papas Mexicanas
$4.92
Cubed potatoes in sauce sprinkled with cheese, served with avocado.
Papas Ajillos
$5.13
Garlic potatoes.
Papas Ags
$3.24
Cubed potatoes in traditional Mexican red sauce and cheese.
Pan Ajillo
$1.98
Garlic bread.
Pico de Gallo
$3.14
Cebollitas
$2.09
Salsa
$1.98
Suiza, verde, queretana, poblano, or ranchero.
Chicken Tamal
$2.89
Chicken tamal in the husk
Jalapeños Torreados
$2.93
4 grilled jalapeños
Chips
$3.45
Bag of Chips
Salsa
$2.93
12 once cup of regular salsa
Chips & Salsa
$6.38
Bag of Chips with 12 once cup of Salsa
Guacamole
Sm Cheese Dip
$3.15
Large Cheese Dip
$6.38
Corn in the Cup
3.68

$Desserts


Bunuelos
$5.03
Golden crispy sweet strips of pastry served with chocolate syrup and strawberry dipping sauce.
Mexi-Chango
$5.97
Fried tortilla stuffed with cream cheese. Served with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and sprinkled with choice of strawberry or chocolate syrup.
Flan
$5.34
Creme caramel custard.
Churros
4.19
A sweet savory snack consisting of rolled fried dough topped with sugar and cinnamon. Choice of chocolate syrup or strawberry syrup on the side

$Beverages


Pepsi
$1.79
20 once bottle
Diet Pepsi
$1.79
20 once bottle
Sierra Mist
$1.79
20 once bottle
Aquafina Water
$1.59
20 once bottle
Orange Crush
$1.79
20 once bottle
Pinnapple Jarrito
$1.79
Apple Juice
$1.99
apple juice
Horchata
$2.72
Rice water.
Fruit Punch Jarrito
$1.79
Lime Jarrito
$1.59
Jugo
$1.99
Apple juice.
Tammarin Jarrito
$1.79
Mandarin Jarrito
1.79

$Deals After 2 Pm


1. Chicken Quesadillas
$9.19
2 flour tortillas stuffed with chicken and cheese. Includes lettuce, tomato, sour cream, rice, and beans.
2. Beef Burrito Suizo and Beef Taco
$10.29
Burrito stuffed with beef, lettuce, and tomato, topped with red sauce and cheese. Soft flour taco with beef, lettuce, tomato, and cheese. Served with rice and beans
3. Two Tacos
$10.29
Both filled with beef, chicken or pork, both made with flour or corn tortillas, served with rice and beans.
4. Enchiladas Suiza
$10.29
2 enchiladas, both beef, chicken or pork served with rice and beans.
5. Chicken Fajita Tacos
$10.89
2 soft tacos (flour tortillas) served with lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, rice, and beans.
6. Enchilada Suiza & Tostada
$10.29
Both made with beef, chicken, or pork. Tostada also has beans, lettuce, tomato, and cheese. Includes rice and beans.
7. Steak Fajita Tacos
$11.79
2 soft flour tacos, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, rice, and beans.
8. Cheese Chile Relleno Tacos
10.89
2 flour or corn tacos tortillas served with rice and beans.

$Seniors Above 12


1. Tacos Senior
$6.49
2 meat and cheese tacos served with rice and beans.
2. Burrito Senior
$6.49
Meat and cheese burrito served with rice and beans.
3. Nachos Senior
$6.49
Bean and cheese nachos.
4. Chicken Fingers Senior
$6.49
Served with fries.
5. Quesadilla Senior
$6.49
2 cheese quesadillas (made with corn or flour tortillas) served with rice and beans.
6. Grilled Steak Senior
$9.69
Chunks of grilled steak served with salad and Mexican rice.
7. Grilled Chicken Senior
$8.69
Chunks of grilled chicken breast with salad and Mexican rice.

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