Hours Of Operation
Takito Kitchen
Modern Taqueria In Wicker Park, Chicago
Fresh Modern Mexican Cuisine
Refreshing, Delicious Handcrafted Drinks
The Takito cocktail program showcases handcrafted margaritas and cocktails centered around various high-end tequilas and rums, in addition to Latin beers and wines. We squeeze fresh juice daily to ensure the absolute best flavor. We will spoil you.
Inviting Contemporary Urban Space
Amazing Atmosphere
Mario Ponce, the founder, can be found frequently roaming the dining room. The experience is further entrusted with Silvia Hurtado (General Manager), Nicklaus Ronsen (Beverage Manager), Executive Sous Chef Gustavo Urbina, and Executive Chef Alberto Mendez (Bar Takito, West Loop)
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Daily & Private Event Menu
Drink Menu
Dessert Menu
Brunch Menu
Weekly Specials
Taco Tuesday – $3 All Tacos
Choices, choices. All tacos $3 and if you can’t make it out, let us bring it to you!
Order DeliveryWednes
day – $3 Fried Chicken Tacos
Sesame or Crispy Chicken. Hot Sauce Tortilla, Hook’s Cheddar Cheese, Herb Aioli and Avocado Urban Till Lettuce. $3 each. Only available on Wednesdays.
Tequila Thursday – $6 All Margaritas
Get the weekend started early! We have many delicious, refreshing margaritas to choose from.
Drink Menu
Weekend Brunch – $10 Bottomless Mimosas
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Takito Kitchen In The News
Crispy Fish Taco
Another one of the city’s fine purveyors of chef-driven tacos also serves one of the best modern Mexican takes on the fish taco. All the tortillas are made in-house and the crispy fish taco uses a hibiscus tortilla to mold together the rest of the Southeast Asian flavors. It’s colorful and full of flavor.
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It’s easy to get righteous and bemoan the corruption of classic drinks by these pretentious too-fancy-for-their-own-good bartenders, with their weird ingredients and non-sensical combinations. Easy, but wrong. For vindication of our current obsession with not leaving well enough alone head to Takito Kitchen on Division. It features six different variations on the margarita, all more than worthwhile. The cucumber is exactly what you would want and expect from that combination, and the pineapple serrano simply knocks you out with a left hook of tropical flavors.
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WTTW’s Emmy award-winning weekly restaurant review series Check, Please! is hosted by Catherine De Orio, who moderatesa rotating panel of three “real people” reviewers. Each panelist chooses their favorite Chicago eatery and sends the other two to dine there and give their opinions. Check, Please! begins its twelfth season on WTTW as the station’s highest rated local program.
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In the very first episode of Across the Bar, host Paul Barron visits Chicago’s Takito Kitchen. Combining the knowledge of top chefs and mixologists, Takito’s sophisticated menu pairs custom cocktails withspecialty food items to create a well-rounded dining experience. In this episode, top Mixologist Adam Weber drops some knowledge on creating one-of-a-kind drinks that will leave you speechless (and thirsty). Cheers!
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Chicago Magazine features Takito Kitchen. “Takito Kitchen gives you bang for your brunch buck.”
“The food is great—and it’s cheap.” -Carrier Shelder
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Takito Kitchen features Modern Mexican cuisine focused around artisanal handcrafted tacos where every tortilla is made to order!
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Chef Urbina’s flavors are layered, bright, bountiful, and ignite one’s senses unmatched in Modern Mexican cuisine. His playful ability to combine ingredients that generate sensations that scream “wow” makes Chef Urbina someone to watch. Mr. Ponce boasts, “We are certain that you will agree – his food is amazing.According to Angela, Owner of VIP Chicago Parties “His dishes are beyond amazing. Each bite is like an explosion of flavor in your mouth”