Authentic, Handmade Cuisine From Mexico City Family Recipes
You won’t find store-bought, frozen, or pre-made food at our Mexican restaurant in downtown Chicago, IL. We make over 50 menu items by hand and to order, even our chips are handmade. The recipes we use have been passed down through our family for generations, originating from Mexico City.
We look forward to providing you with a scrumptious dining experience that will keep you coming back for more.
Authentic, Handmade Cuisine From Mexico City Family Recipes
You won’t find store-bought, frozen, or pre-made food at our Mexican restaurant in downtown Chicago, IL. We make over 50 menu items by hand and to order, even our chips are handmade. The recipes we use have been passed down through our family for generations, originating from Mexico City.
We look forward to providing you with a scrumptious dining experience that will keep you coming back for more.
Home of the Killer Margaritas!
If you haven’t tried our signature Killer Margaritas, you’re truly missing out on the best in Chicago. Cesar’s Mexican restaurant and margarita bar serves up secret concoctions of ultimate goodness that will thrill any palate in the downtown / Lakeview area.
We have about 20 killer flavors such as lime, mango, strawberry, and blue curacao, as well as seasonal flavors like chamoy, watermelon, and sour apple. Served on the rocks or frozen.
Order a flight of margaritas or just a single large margarita, or try the new Super Mega-Rita if you feel like sharing.
We encourage you to get creative. Try the raspberry blended with a sugar rim. Or maybe you’d prefer the guava on ice with chile salt. Whatever your mood, we’ve got a margarita to match it.
You don’t even have to come into our authentic Mexican restaurant anymore to enjoy our killer margaritas. Stay home and order margaritas to-go if you live in the downtown Lakeview area of Chicago.
A Family Owned Authentic Mexican Restaurant in Chicago, IL
Check out Cesar’s Mexican Restaurant near downtown in Lakeview for upcoming events and plan ahead, because seats will fill fast. Join us for an extraordinary time, killer drinks, and delectable Mexican food for fun events such as Cinco de Mayo and LGBTQ Pride Parade. Our celebrations and killer margaritas are great for any party or occasion. Our atmosphere consists of great aromas, multiple bars, spacious seating with several seating areas, and friendly staff.
Get authentic Mexican cuisine from Mexico City and killer margaritas at our local Chicago restaurant in Lakeview. Our family-owned Mexican restaurant serves up the best sweet and savory brunch downtown on the weekends, delicious dinners including Mexican favorites, and a light side menu with plenty of meatless options. Plus, amazing handmade desserts.
Need help planning a party? Cesar’s has GREAT options including family style or plated menus. Have another venue in mind or just want to have a fiesta at home, give Cesar’s Catering a bite with a taco and fajita bar, Antojito street food, Loncheras boxed lunches, and even combo platters.
Don’t forget killer margaritas sold by the gallon or renting a frozen margarita machine!
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Try our "dangerously good" tacos for Taco Tuesday - as mentioned on WGN Daytime Chicago when we made our 3-generation shrimp tacos from Mexico City. View our taco menu - https://ow.ly/78Qs50TjaNa Available for dine-in, takeout, and delivery. #tacotuesday #tacotuesdays #cesarskillermargaritas #tacotuesdaythrowdown #tacosarelife #tacos4life #tacos #shrimptacos
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What People Are Saying
Great experience always when me and my wife comes,the margaritas are awesome
Great place for family, friends and dating! It can get really crowded when busy. Love it!
Top notch place great for drinks. Jennifer was amazing and gave us the best recommendations. She’s a gem to this establishment
Margarita flights was excellent.
My first time here and I sat at the bar. The bartender Alyssa was great, kind and very friendly. I enjoyed the food and drinks here and will definitely return.
The food was great especially the donas!! Nice warm and tasty! Alyssa was our server and she was very attentive and great. My mom said they have really good alcoholic beverages! It does get kind of loud in the establishment on the weekends but nothing too crazy depending on the patrons that are there.
Alyssa is the bomb
Could not recommend this place more. I’ve been coming here for over 10 years and have brought my family when they visit. They make sure every visit is so special. Thank you Adan and Alyssa!!!!
Alyssa was THE BEST! So kind and very attentive. Took time to connect with us and was so great 🙂
Been to Cesars a few times and always have an amazing time. The food is great and service even better! Our server Alyssa went above and beyond and was very attentive to us and all of the other patrons. After my wife spilled her new margarita on the table, Alyssa came over and assisted in cleaning and even getting a brand new margarita made at no extra cost. Cesars is the bomb!
Great restaurant service and food was excellent! Shout out to our server Alyssa she was amazing best server ever!
Alyssa was such a great hostess! She was so helpful and so attentive!! Was willing to go above and beyond to make sure our first time experience here was GREAT!! Next time I come I’m asking FOR HER! Thank you so much ALYSSAAAAAA!!!!🩷
Alyssa was wonderful!
Alyssa was amazing! She gave great recommendations on what to eat and everything was amazing!!!!!!
Great food. Great variety of drinks. Great service.
Had an awesome experience at Cesar’s which can be attributed to our amazing server Kate!! She demonstrated her extensive menu knowledge when helping us place our orders (we are an indecisive group!) all with a friendly persona and a smile on her face. My husband and I used to work in the restaurant industry and recognize stellar service when we see it. The food was also very good although the sizing of the margaritas is quite misleading. I was expecting the large to be just that - large - and was disappointed at the sizing.
The food and drinks were great! I was a little sad that the drinks all came in plastic cups. But they were good. The service was pretty slow, but it was a Saturday so I will give them the benefit of the doubt. I would highly recommend the fiesta platter as an appetizer if there’s 4 or more people!
Absolutely LOVE the place and the workers! Great vibes every time I go. The food is delicious!
Amazing waitress and amazing food