Valentine's Day Weekend Specials

CALABAZITA DE MAR

Baby acorn squash stuffed with shrimp,

scallops, spinach, and bathed in our

mushroom wine sauce  12

ENSALADA FRESA

A combination of frisse, argula, coco nibs,

strawberry gelée, goat cheese, fresh

strawberries and a honey champagne aioli  8

POLLO RANCHERO

Chicken breast served with our ginger

tamarindo salsa and and avocado relish. This

dish is accompanied by our bean and romaine

lettuce tostada which is drizzled with crema

Mexicana and cheese  18

PASTEL DE PASSION

A chocolate passion fruit cake served with
raspberry sauce, champagne passion cream
and candy rose petals  8

Our Modern Mexican Cuisine, pulls traditional ingredients from around Latin America into inventive dishes and traditional Mexican recipes. To fully understand you have to come try for yourself! Las Palmas Mexican Restuarant in Wicker Park Chicago. 

Las Palmas

Get to Know our Food: Arepas at Las Palmas in Wicker Park

Here at las Palmas we strive to have each of our customers get to know the modern mexican food we are creating. By using traditional recipes, ingredients, and styles in a new modern way we arrive at the dishes our customers rave over. For instance the:

CALLOS DE HACHA ~ Pan-seared scallops over a crispy arepa with creamy Poblano salsa & vegetable ragout 

One of the things that makes this such and amazing dish is the crispy arepa that is the base of the plating. An arepa is a simple bread that originated in the indigenous people of Nosthern South America's diet. Most often made of cornmeal they canbe grilled. baked, fried, or boiled depending on their use. Similar in appearance and style to a pancake they are often filled with various ingredients  depending ont he recipe and cuisine.

Here at our Wicker Park restaurant, Las Palmas, we are using arepas in the pan seared scallop recipe mentioned above. Come try it sometime!

Las Palmas Modern Mexican Restaurant Chicago, is located in Wicker Park.  

Las Palmas Modern Mexican Restaurant - Weekly Specials

CRAB QUESADILLAS

Flour tortilla stuffed with crab meat, jalapenos,

tomato, basil, Chihuahua cheese and

Monterey jack cheese. Topped with avocado

mousse   9

MANCHEGO SALAD

A combination of mixed greens, red and

green peppers, bacon, avocado, tortilla strips,

kumquat and manchego cheese served with

tequila-lime dressing   8

FILET MIGNON

Filet Mignon atop a sweet potato banana

pastelito, served with a chile ancho and

mushroom salsa   22

Las Palmas Modern Mexican restaurant in Wicker Pakr Chicago features a new specials menu every week, be sure to check back here to see them! 

Las Palmas Mexican Restaurant Chicago

INGREDIENT HIGHLIGHT: ACHIOTE

Being a Mexican Restaurant in Chicago we love to bring a modern spin to our traditional mexican ingredients. Mexican cuisine is full of rich flavors and colors. One of the sources for both is Achiote. 

The Achiote seed clusters seen here are a good example of the color which can be infused into food from them. Popular for centuries in Latin America it is used to in the popular Mexican spicy pork dish Cochinita Pibil, and recently it has been growing in popularity as a natural alternative to synthetic food coloring compounds outside of Mexcian Cuisine. 

Here at Las Palmas, we aim to bring original interpretaitons to our Chicago Mexican Restaurant scene, and we are using Achiote in our variation of that famous Cochinita Pibil Dish. Here it is: 

LAS PALMAS COCHINITA PIBIL
Braised pork shoulder slow roasted in banana leaves with achiote, citrus juices and Mexican herbs. Finished with a Habanero salsa.

So if you are looking for a Modern Mexican Restaurant, that has an understanding of its roots in the history of Mexican Cuisine, we invite you to visit us here at Las Palmas. 

Las Palmas Modern Mexican Restaurant Chicago

Lemon-Lime Bay Scallops at Las Palmas Modern Mexican Restauramt

Our weekly specials are out and once again we are making traditional mexican ingredients onto modern dishes. 

LEMON-LIME BAY SCALLOPS ~  

Scallops mixed with jalapeno, lemon, lime, tomato, green onion, parsley and olive oil. Served with plantain chips   

9

MANCHEGO SALAD ~  

A combination of mixed greens, red and green peppers, bacon, avocado, tortilla strips, kumquat and manchego cheese served with tequila-lime dressing   

8

BOBO DE GAMBAS ~ 

Shrimp served atop our tomato, pineapple and coconut sauce. Served with white risotto, plantains and roasted pineapple   

18 

PASTEL DE MARGARITA ~ A special Don Julio cake served with candy lime, black sea salt and Don Julio sorbet 8

  
PREMIUM MARGARITA PITCHER WITH CAZADORES & GRAN GALA $35

Las Palmas Modern Mexican Restaurant in Wicker Park Chicago... a hidden treasure.