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.

US$11.00

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.

US$19.00

Smoked Salmon Scramble

Eggs scrambled with smoked salmon chives and cream cheese. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast.

US$17.00

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.

US$17.00

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.

US$17.00

Torero Scramble

scramble eggs with chorizo , tomato, spinach, scallions, avocado

US$18.00

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.

US$18.00

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.

US$17.85

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.

US$17.85

Cheese Omelet

Choice of cheese. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast.

US$14.00

Smoked Ham Omelet

Smoked ham, chives, and Swiss cheese. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast.

US$17.00

Matamoros Omelet

Goat cheese, spinach, and marinated portobellos. Served with desiree potato hash and your choice of toast.

US$18.85

OVO Veggie Omelet

Green peppers, zucchini, spinach, tomatoes, broccoli, red onions, and provolone cheese.

US$18.00

Toluqueno Omelet

Chorizo, green onions, tomatoes, jalapenos, pepper jack cheese, topped with salsa verde and sour cream

US$19.85

El Guero Omelet

Bacon, scallions, spinach queso fresco, salsa de albañil, sour cream

US$18.85

Meat Lovers Omelet

sausage, ham , bacon, and Swiss cheese

US$19.85

Denver Omelet

Ham, red onions, green and red peppers, cheddar cheese

US$19.00

Omelets

Delicious Cravings

Ovo French Toast

Brioche French toast dusted with powdered sugar and served with pancake syrup.

US$13.00

Ovo Pancakes

Three pancakes dusted with powdered sugar and served with pancake syrup.

US$12.00

Wildberry Pancakes

Three pancakes filled with blackberries, served with strawberry coulis, powdered sugar, and orange butter.

US$16.00

Pancake Platter

Two pancakes, two eggs, and your choice of sausage or bacon.

US$16.00

Viva La France French Toast

Strawberry banana French toast layered with vanilla pastry cream, strawberry coulis, roasted pecans, rum caramel sauce, powered sugar.

US$17.00

Cornflakes-Crusted French Toast

Brioche French toast layered with warm blueberry peach compote, served with cream anglais sauce, powdered sugar.

US$17.00

Chocolate Chip Pancakes

Three pancakes filled with chocolate chips, served with raspberry coulis, powdered sugar, chocolate powder, and cinnamon butter.

US$16.00

Berries Pancakes

Three pancakes filled with black- and blueberries, topped with granola, blackberry coulis, powdered sugar, and lemon butter.

US$17.00

Strawberry French Toast

Brioche French toast with strawberry compote, mascarpone cheese and dusted with powdered sugar.

US$16.00

French Toast Platter

Two french toast, 2 eggs, and choice of sausage or bacon.

US$17.00

ZarZamora French Toast

Brioche French toast filled with pastry cream, fresh blackberries, zarzamora coulis, dusted with chocolate and powder sugar sided with whipped cream

US$17.00

Cinnamon Pancakes

Three cinnamon pancakes dusted with cinnamon and powder sugar, topped with strawberries, cinnamon butter.

US$17.00

Banana Cinnamon French Toast

Brioche French toast topped with caramelized bananas, mascarpone cheese powdered sugar.

US$17.00

Ovo Banana Waffles

waffles topped with bananas and granola, drizzled with passion fruit syrup, mascarpone cheese and whipped cream.

US$17.00

Waffle Platter

waffle dusted with powder sugar, served with 2 eggs any style, and choice of bacon or sausage

US$16.00

Simple Waffle

Waffle dusted with powder sugar

US$10.00

O'Mamas Chicken And Waffles

Waffles topped with Ovo's Chicken Chunks, cajun seasoning, bacon marmalade, garnished with green onions

US$17.00

Easiest Belgian Waffles

Waffles topped with strawberries, blackberries and blueberries, drizzled with hershey chocolate syrup, dusted with sugar and chocolate powdered.

US$17.00

Nutella French Toast

Brioche French toast filled with fresh bananas, nutella, dusted with chocolate and powder sugar, topped with almonds.

US$17.00

Bacon Chopped Salad

Romaine lettuce, tomato, scallions, bacon, avocado, cucumbers, blue cheese and ranch dressing.

US$13.00

Fall Harvest Salad

Mix greens, radishes, tomato, fried tortilla strips, red onions, goat cheese, avocado, with lime vinaigrette dressing.

US$13.00

Salads

Sandwiches

Molletes

Telera roll topped with refried beans, chorizo, pico de gallo and chihuahua cheese.

US$18.00

Blackened Chicken

Grilled chicken breast, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, red sauce, and provolone

US$17.00

Egg BLT

Two eggs any style, bacon, lettuce, tomato, avocado, served on your choice toast.

US$16.00

Avalon Sunset

Grilled chicken breast, bacon, tomato, swiss cheese, avocado, sriracha, spicy mayo, and lettuce served on a caramelized onions roll.

US$18.00

Sal Pique

grilled chicken, pepper jack cheese, cilantro , bacon, avocado , spicy mayo, lettuce , tomato on a sourdough toast

US$18.00

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 .

US$22.00

Black Hawk Burger

1/2 lb. Angus beef, grilled onions, marinated portobellos, adobo sauce, cheddar cheese and smoked bacon.

US$19.00

The Great Turkey Burger

Turkey burger garnished with red onions, tomato, lettuce and hoisin glazed.

US$17.00

Veggie Burger

Veggie burger garnished with tomato, red onions and lettuce.

US$16.00

Burgers

Yummy Sides

Short Stack Pancakes

US$10.00

Short Stack French Toast

US$11.00

Smoked Ham

US$5.00

Applewood Smoked Bacon

US$6.00

Smoked Chicken Patties

US$5.50

Veggie Sausage

US$5.50

Pork Sausage

US$5.50

Desiree Potato Hash

US$6.00

2 Egg Any Style

US$5.50

Toast

Wheat, multigrain, sourdough or rye.

US$3.00

Guacamole And Chips

US$12.00

Ovo's Hot Chicken Chunks

boneless chicken chunks smothered in our house made hot sauce served with a side of ranch sauce.

US$11.00

French Fries

US$6.00

Granola With Fruit And Yogurt

US$10.50

Granola With Fruit

US$7.00

Fruit And Yogurt

US$9.50

Granola With Yogurt

US$7.50

Bowl Of Granola

US$4.00

Cup Of Yogurt

US$4.00

Fruit

US$13.00

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.

US$16.50

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)

US$18.00

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.

US$18.00

Avocado Toast

Choice of toast, avocado slices, tomatoes, poached eggs, goat cheese, sprinkled chives.

US$16.00

Los Matorales

Ovo's potato hash with chorizo. bacon, red peppers, tomatoes, two over medium eggs, scallions, sriracha mayo, pepper jack cheese and guacamole

US$20.00

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

US$19.00

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.

US$19.00

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

US$15.00

Ovo Breakfast Tacos

eggs scrambled with chorizo, sprinkled cotija cheese, topped with pico de gallo and sided with salsa roja

US$15.00

Vegeterian Tacos

Eggs scramble with portobellos, spinach, green onions, sprinkled cotija cheese and pico de gallo, sided with salsa roja

US$14.00

Skirt Steak Benedict

toasted English muffin with refried beans, avocado, skirt steak , poached eggs, salsa verde, cilantro

US$21.00

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.

US$24.00

Veggie Skillet

potato hash, broccoli, spinach, scallions, red and green peppers, zucchini , provolone cheese, two eggs over medium and pico de Gallo

US$18.00

Ovo's Style Rancheros

two redfried corn tortillas spread with refried beans, quest fresco, skirt steak, sunny side up eggs, ranchero sauce and cilantro

US$22.00

Nest Eggs

Sourdough toast spread with guacamole, pico de Gallo, quest fresco , sided with sunny side egg on a bed of arugula

US$17.00

Vegan Tacos

three corn tortillas filled with potato hash, spinach, portobellos, scallions and pico de Gallo

US$14.00

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.

US$17.50

Roberto's French Toast Sandwitch

Brioche french toast, pork sausage, bacon, scrambled eggs with provolone cheese and arrugula, served with red potato hash.

US$21.00

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.

US$18.00

La Piernuda Torta

Ham,bacon, refried black beans, guacamole, Chipotle sauce, cotija cheese, lettuce, tomato on a tolerance roll

US$17.00

Denzel's Croissant Sandwich

Eggs scrambled with cheddar cheese, chives, and two bacon straps on a croissant.

US$16.00

Kyle's Favorite Torta

Scrambled eggs, jalapenos , green onions, bacon, cheddar cheese, guacamole on a Telera roll.

US$17.00

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) .

US$17.00

Desesperado Burrito

Scranbled eggs, rice, beans, chipotle sauce, spinach, broccoli, portobellos, jalapenos, fried tortilla strips, and chihuahua cheese on a spinach tortilla.

US$17.00

Bagel Sandwich

Ham, eggs, cheddar cheese, baby arugula, avocado

US$19.00

Breakfast Eggsquisites

Beverages

Coffee

US$4.75

Soda

US$2.75

Iced Tea

US$3.50

V8

US$3.50

Orange Juice

US$4.50

Grapefruit Juice

US$4.00

Cranberry Juice

US$4.00

Strawberry Orange Juice

US$5.00

Blackberry Orange Juice

US$5.00

Apple Juice

US$4.50

Lemonade

US$3.50

Milk

US$2.75

Chocolate Milk

US$3.75

Mineral Water

US$2.75

Hibiscus

Ice cold hibiscus

US$3.75