Ovo Frito Cafe Menu
Welcome to Ovo Frito Cafe, nestled in the heart of Evanston, IL, where culinary creativity meets warmth and charm. This bustling eatery has garnered rave reviews for its diverse and enticing menu that highlights the beloved breakfast staple—eggs. From the Skirt Steak Benedict praised for its superb flavor to the tantalizing chilaquiles bursting with authentic spice, each dish showcases quality ingredients prepared with care.
Other standout options include Derrick’s Favorite Eggs, featuring a delightful potato chorizo hash combined with perfectly cooked eggs. The inviting aromas of freshly squeezed lime create an inviting dining atmosphere, making it a perfect spot for weekend brunch or a quick morning bite.
With quick service and a quaint outdoor seating option, Ovo Frito Cafe is a must-visit destination for anyone in the area. Come ready to indulge and enjoy!
Tasty Eggs
Ovo Eggs
Two eggs any style you like. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast.
Derek's Favorites Eggs
Two eggs over chorizo, potato hash, jalapenos, red pepper, and topped with chihuahua cheese, chipotle ketchup, sour cream, and guacamole. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast.
Smoked Salmon Scramble
Eggs scrambled with smoked salmon chives and cream cheese. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast.
Hay Mama Estos Huevos
Eggs scrambled with crushed tortilla chips, chorizo, jalapenos, Chihuahau cheese, and sour cream, topped with salsa roja. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast.
Tres Hermanos Scramble
Eggs scrambled with smoked bacon, tomato, ham, cheddar cheese, chives, and tomato. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast.
Torero Scramble
scramble eggs with chorizo , tomato, spinach, scallions, avocado
Huevos Con Salsa
Scramble eggs with salsa verde, refried black beans, quest fresco, cilantro and red onions, avocado and side of corn tortillas instead on toast.
Mi Tierra Omelet
Tomato, red onions, corn, cilantro, sour cream, cream cheese, salsa verde, and salsa roja. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast.
The Ten Mile Omelet
Red onions, swiss chard, jalapenos, red sauce, provolone cheese, and sour cream. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast.
Cheese Omelet
Choice of cheese. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast.
Smoked Ham Omelet
Smoked ham, chives, and Swiss cheese. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast.
Matamoros Omelet
Goat cheese, spinach, and marinated portobellos. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast.
OVO Veggie Omelet
Green peppers, zucchini, spinach, tomatoes, broccoli, red onions, and provolone cheese.
Toluqueno Omelet
Chorizo, green onions, tomatoes, jalapenos, pepper jack cheese, topped with salsa verde and sour cream
El Guero Omelet
Bacon, scallions, spinach queso fresco, salsa de albañil, sour cream
Meat Lovers Omelet
sausage, ham , bacon, and Swiss cheese
Denver Omelet
Ham, red onions, green and red peppers, cheddar cheese
Omelets
Delicious Cravings
Ovo French Toast
Brioche French toast dusted with powdered sugar and served with pancake syrup.
Ovo Pancakes
Three pancakes dusted with powdered sugar and served with pancake syrup.
Wildberry Pancakes
Three pancakes filled with blackberries, served with strawberry coulis, powdered sugar, and orange butter.
Pancake Platter
Two pancakes, two eggs, and your choice of sausage or bacon.
Viva La France French Toast
Strawberry banana French toast layered with vanilla pastry cream, strawberry coulis, roasted pecans, rum caramel sauce, powered sugar.
Cornflakes-Crusted French Toast
Brioche French toast layered with warm blueberry peach compote, served with cream anglais sauce, powdered sugar.
Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Three pancakes filled with chocolate chips, served with raspberry coulis, powdered sugar, chocolate powder, and cinnamon butter.
Berries Pancakes
Three pancakes filled with black- and blueberries, topped with granola, blackberry coulis, powdered sugar, and lemon butter.
Strawberry French Toast
Brioche French toast with strawberry compote, mascarpone cheese and dusted with powdered sugar.
French Toast Platter
Two french toast, 2 eggs, and choice of sausage or bacon.
ZarZamora French Toast
Brioche French toast filled with pastry cream, fresh blackberries, zarzamora coulis, dusted with chocolate and powder sugar sided with whipped cream
Cinnamon Pancakes
Three cinnamon pancakes dusted with cinnamon and powder sugar, topped with strawberries, cinnamon butter.
Banana Cinnamon French Toast
Brioche French toast topped with caramelized bananas, mascarpone cheese powdered sugar.
Ovo Banana Waffles
waffles topped with bananas and granola, drizzled with passion fruit syrup, mascarpone cheese and whipped cream.
Waffle Platter
waffle dusted with powder sugar, served with 2 eggs any style, and choice of bacon or sausage
Simple Waffle
Waffle dusted with powder sugar
O'Mamas Chicken And Waffles
Waffles topped with Ovo's Chicken Chunks, cajun seasoning, bacon marmalade, garnished with green onions
Easiest Belgian Waffles
Waffles topped with strawberries, blackberries and blueberries, drizzled with hershey chocolate syrup, dusted with sugar and chocolate powdered.
Nutella French Toast
Brioche French toast filled with fresh bananas, nutella, dusted with chocolate and powder sugar, topped with almonds.
Bacon Chopped Salad
Romaine lettuce, tomato, scallions, bacon, avocado, cucumbers, blue cheese and ranch dressing.
Fall Harvest Salad
Mix greens, radishes, tomato, fried tortilla strips, red onions, goat cheese, avocado, with lime vinaigrette dressing.
Salads
Sandwiches
Molletes
Telera roll topped with refried beans, chorizo, pico de gallo and chihuahua cheese.
Blackened Chicken
Grilled chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, red sauce, and provolone
Egg BLT
Two eggs any style, bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado, served on your choice toast.
Avalon Sunset
Grilled chicken breast, bacon, tomato, swiss cheese, avocado, sriracha, spicy mayo, and lettuce served on a caramelized onions roll.
Sal Pique
grilled chicken, pepper jack cheese, cilantro , bacon, avocado , spicy mayo, lettuce , tomato on a sourdough toast
Steak Burrito
rice, beans, avocado, lettuce , tomato , pepper jack cheese , skirt steak in a flour tortilla smothered in salsa verde and Roja , and sour cream .
Black Hawk Burger
1/2 lb. Angus beef, grilled onions, marinated portobellos, adobo sauce, cheddar cheese and smoked bacon.
The Great Turkey Burger
Turkey burger garnished with red onions, tomato, lettuce and hoisin glazed.
Veggie Burger
Veggie burger garnished with tomato, red onions and lettuce.
Burgers
Yummy Sides
Short Stack Pancakes
Short Stack French Toast
Smoked Ham
Applewood Smoked Bacon
Smoked Chicken Patties
Veggie Sausage
Pork Sausage
Desiree Potato Hash
2 Egg Any Style
Toast
Wheat, multigrain, sourdough or rye.
Guacamole And Chips
Ovo's Hot Chicken Chunks
boneless chicken chunks smothered in our house made hot sauce served with a side of ranch sauce.
French Fries
Granola With Fruit And Yogurt
Granola With Fruit
Fruit And Yogurt
Granola With Yogurt
Bowl Of Granola
Cup Of Yogurt
Fruit
Fresh Sides
Chef's Specialities
Zinnia's Spicy Chilaquiles
Two eggs any style, tortilla chips in our home made salsa Rosa or verde, pepper jack cheese, cotija cheese, sour cream, served with rice and beans.
Acorn Squash And Tofu
Green pepper, portobello, spinach, red onions, broccoli, zucchini, tomato, and firm tofu. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast. (Not Omelette but can add two eggs)
Veggie Bowl
Bowl with swiss chard, zucchini, green and red peppers, broccoli, spinach, red onions, portobellos, corn, topped with two over medium eggs, sprinkled cotija cheese, topped with guacamole.
Avocado Toast
Choice of toast, avocado slices, tomatoes, poached eggs, goat cheese, sprinkled chives.
Los Matorales
Ovo's potato hash with chorizo. bacon, red peppers, tomatoes, two over medium eggs, scallions, sriracha mayo, pepper jack cheese and guacamole
De Esta Sierra Benedict
english muffin topped with avocado, chorizo, black forest ham, poached eggs, salsa roja, garnished with cilantro, served with red potato hash
Torre De Chorizo
A bed of rice and beans, topped with 2 fried corn tostadas, layered with chorizo, topped with two over medium eggs, melted chihuahua cheese, salsa roja and verde, sprinkled cotija chesse, drizzeled sour cream and garnished with pico de gallo.
Huevos Divorciados
two fried corn tortillas spread with refried black beans, topped with two over medium eggs, salsa roja and verde, sprinkled cotija cheese, drizzled sour cream and guacamole
Ovo Breakfast Tacos
eggs scrambled with chorizo, sprinkled cotija cheese, topped with pico de gallo and sided with salsa roja
Vegeterian Tacos
Eggs scramble with portobellos, spinach, green onions, sprinkled cotija cheese and pico de gallo, sided with salsa roja
Skirt Steak Benedict
toasted English muffin with refried beans, avocado, skirt steak , poached eggs, salsa verde, cilantro
Skirt Steak Chilaquiles
corn tortilla chips smothered our special sauce, pepper jack and cotija cheese, skirt steak, 2 eggs any style, sour cream and sided with rice and beans.
Veggie Skillet
potato hash, broccoli, spinach, scallions, red and green peppers, zucchini , provolone cheese, two eggs over medium and pico de Gallo
Ovo's Style Rancheros
two redfried corn tortillas spread with refried beans, quest fresco, skirt steak, sunny side up eggs, ranchero sauce and cilantro
Nest Eggs
Sourdough toast spread with guacamole, pico de Gallo, quest fresco , sided with sunny side egg on a bed of arugula
Vegan Tacos
three corn tortillas filled with potato hash, spinach, portobellos, scallions and pico de Gallo
Breakfast Burrito
Two eggs, chorizo, roasted poblano pepper, corn, avocado, chihuahua cheese, adobo sauce, sour cream, on a regular flour tortilla. Served with desiree potato hash.
Roberto's French Toast Sandwitch
Brioche french toast, pork sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs with provolone cheese and arrugula, served with red potato hash.
Hay Caramba Breakfast Torta
Eggs scrambled with chorizo, green onions, adobo sauce, refried beans, avocado, and Chihuahua cheese on a telera roll. Served with desiree potato hash.
La Piernuda Torta
Ham,bacon, refried black beans, guacamole, Chipotle sauce, cotija cheese, lettuce, tomato on a tolerance roll
Denzel's Croissant Sandwich
Eggs scrambled with cheddar cheese, chives, and two bacon straps on a croissant.
Kyle's Favorite Torta
Scrambled eggs, jalapenos , green onions, bacon, cheddar cheese, guacamole on a Telera roll.
Ovo Vegan Wrap
Desiree potato hash, Swiss chard, broccoli, baby spinach, red onions, firm tofu, red peppers, zucchini, Chipotle sauce, refried black beans rolled on a tomato basil tortilla. Sereed with a side of fruit (not potato hash) .
Desesperado Burrito
Scranbled eggs, rice, beans, chipotle sauce, spinach, broccoli, portobellos, jalapenos, fried tortilla strips, and chihuahua cheese on a spinach tortilla.
Bagel Sandwich
Ham, eggs, cheddar cheese, baby arugula, avocado
Breakfast Eggsquisites
Beverages
Coffee
Soda
Iced Tea
V8
Orange Juice
Grapefruit Juice
Cranberry Juice
Strawberry Orange Juice
Blackberry Orange Juice
Apple Juice
Lemonade
Milk
Chocolate Milk
Mineral Water
Hibiscus
Ice cold hibiscus