Taquizas Valdez - a new Mexican restaurant from owner/executive chef Ivan Valdez - is officially open at 3038 W Irving Park Road in the Old Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago. Valdez - a military veteran and former chef de cuisine at multiple The Fifty/50 Restaurant Group venues - returns to the restaurant industry after a three-and-a-half-year hiatus with Taquizas Valdez.
Taquizas Valdez is a love letter to his late mother (Rosa Valdez) that celebrates their Mexican heritage and time they spent together catering “taquizas” (Mexican backyard taco buffets) for friends, neighbors, and customers. Valdez, now 30, left restaurants in July 2020 to help care for his ill mother who passed away in March 2021. Also during that time, Valdez went back to school and earned both his certification in Electrical Maintenance & Construction from Coyne College and his Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology from DeVry University.
Taquizas Valdez serves composed tacos, build-your-own tacos, tortas on house-baked bread, starters, sides and more for lunch and dinner five days a week via counter-service ordering with dine-in tables with seating for 36 guests, carryout, and delivery. Taquizas Valdez is BYOB for alcoholic beverages.
On Saturdays and Sundays between 8am and 11am, Taquizas Valdez will transform into a “panaderia” (bakery) serving Mexican pastries baked in-house, cafe de olla, Mexican hot chocolate, and a variety of breakfast tortas - including one stuffed with red or green chilaquiles, frijoles negros, crema, and queso fresco.
Other menu options include:
Valdez’s “Pollo Al Limon Taco” of lime-marinated chicken thigh, onion, cilantro, avocado, and fresno pepper.
“Al Pastor Taco” of achiote-marinated pork shoulder carved off an in-house trompo with pineapple-habanero relish, onion, and cilantro.
“Pambazo De Hongos Torta” with fresh-baked bread dipped and fried in a red guajillo pepper sauce and stuffed with mushroom medley, crispy fries, frijoles negros, romaine, tomato, red onion, avocado, lime crema, queso fresco, and salsa macha.
“Taquiza Fries” that’s an appetizer of crispy fries topped with marinated and sliced skirt steak, banana pepper fondue, frijoles negros, guacamole, radish, and lime crema.
“Torre De Ceviche” features shrimp ceviche, cucumber, guacamole, and salsa macha.
Housemade Mexican pastries including Oreo Mantecada, Butter Pecan Galleta, and Stuffed Concha.
Valdez is joined in the Taquizas Valdez kitchen by chef de cuisine Jesus Aguilera and head baker Jose De Jesus Cortez. Both men have worked in multiple former restaurants with Valdez.
Taquizas Valdez - a new Mexican restaurant from owner/executive chef Ivan Valdez - is officially open at 3038 W Irving Park Road in the Old Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago. Valdez - a military veteran and former chef de cuisine at multiple The Fifty/50 Restaurant Group venues - returns to the restaurant industry after a three-and-a-half-year hiatus with Taquizas Valdez.
Taquizas Valdez is a love letter to his late mother (Rosa Valdez) that celebrates their Mexican heritage and time they spent together catering “taquizas” (Mexican backyard taco buffets) for friends, neighbors, and customers. Valdez, now 30, left restaurants in July 2020 to help care for his ill mother who passed away in March 2021. Also during that time, Valdez went back to school and earned both his certification in Electrical Maintenance & Construction from Coyne College and his Bachelor of Science in Engineering Technology from DeVry University.
Taquizas Valdez serves composed tacos, build-your-own tacos, tortas on house-baked bread, starters, sides and more for lunch and dinner five days a week via counter-service ordering with dine-in tables with seating for 36 guests, carryout, and delivery. Taquizas Valdez is BYOB for alcoholic beverages.
On Saturdays and Sundays between 8am and 11am, Taquizas Valdez will transform into a “panaderia” (bakery) serving Mexican pastries baked in-house, cafe de olla, Mexican hot chocolate, and a variety of breakfast tortas - including one stuffed with red or green chilaquiles, frijoles negros, crema, and queso fresco.
Other menu options include:
Valdez is joined in the Taquizas Valdez kitchen by chef de cuisine Jesus Aguilera and head baker Jose De Jesus Cortez. Both men have worked in multiple former restaurants with Valdez.
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