Brunching at the Tiztal Cafe
ByYesterday I was uptown for a quick lunch with some of my cousins. One is in town for a wedding with his fiancee, whom I had never met. The other one lives in Chicago, and I see her not nearly as frequently as I’d like. We had a late lunch/early breakfast at the Tiztal Cafe, a cute and comfortable but unassuming little neighborhood spot (I missed it twice driving by) that puts all its personality into the food.
I have to admit that I went there wanting to try an oatmeal shake, which I hear is delicious, but with everything going on–meeting cousins, getting my son settled, parking, figuring out what I wanted to eat from the two menus–I plumb forgot about it and I’m totally kicking myself. To be honest, getting there right now through construction is a bit of a hassle but I really do want to go back and try that shake. Maybe I’ll make my husband take me some lazy Sunday morning, because that area is not one I regularly visit. We went because the house my cousin’s staying at was not far away.
A few of the people in our group had the chilequilas, which looked delish (wish I had a picture to show you but I apparently lost my camera just in time). I picked crepes with chicken and spinach and a chipotle sauce. My son had a strawberry-banana smoothie with apple juice, which he liked so much that he completely finished two. He also ordered quesadillas from the kids’ menu. The potatoes were excellent, the rest of the food was quite tasty, and I have nothing to complain about with the service. Especially since there were six of us total, and we kept filtering in at different times, which couldn’t have been that easy for them. They certainly didn’t mind us lingering over our food as we caught up on everyone’s lives.
Naturally I’m not able to try everything in one go, but the menu did have lots of tempting options, including strawberries and cream, pecan waffles, eggs Benedict, omelets, make-your-own-sundaes, a monte cristo, gravy and biscuits and chocolate chip pancakes. If you weren’t in a breakfast-y kind of mood, you could get wraps, burgers, quesadillas and fajitas. I’m actually not that much of a breakfast-food person, so I might do that the next time around. When I finally get my oatmeal shake.
The Tiztal Cafe
4631 N. Clark St. (Uptown)
(773) 271-4631
