Cheap, tasty brunch. It’s just one of several new restaurant categories (great for date, take the ‘rents, late-night bite are a few more) I’ll be rolling out on elizabites in the coming months, so you’ll soon be able to search for a spot that suits your local dining needs (drop me a line with specific category suggestions you’d like to see). This weekend I checked out the friendly and fast Cafe Con Leche in Bucktown for brunch. From chilaquiles to chorizo, jalapeño and black bean burritos, this is definitely Mexican-style brunch with a Greek omelet, French toast and egg sandwiches thrown in for good measure. There’s four different egg dishes and I loved the Huevos Divorciados: two eggs sunny side up served on flour tortillas that are irreconcilably divided between spicy green salsa and a fresh, red salsa, but share custody of black refried beans, cheese and tortilla chips. It all works out in the end, but don’t bother ordering a side of potatoes, which were too greasy for my tastes. The veggie burrito is a wheat flour tortilla stuffed with scrambled eggs, potatoes, black beans, cheese, sour cream and a creamy avocado salsa. Both dishes are a mere 6 bones and totally filling. The drinks rock too, especially the signature cafe con leche, milkshakes and Aguas Frescas (100% natural fruit water drinks in flavors like hibiscus, cantaloupe and watermelon). Cafe Con Leche serves lunch and dinner as well, with carne asada for $13 and a signature El Cubano sandwich with amazing fries for $5. Other details worth noting: Mexican sweet breads and pastries, Strawberry Crush, and Dum Dum pops with the check. 1732 N. Milwaukee Ave., 773.342.2233
Huevos Divorciados
Veggie breakfast burrito with wheat flour tortilla
Strawberry Crush!
Cheap, tasty, fast and Dum Dum suckers at the end
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