Jackfruit

“Jack Who?”

That’s what most people said when The Jackfruit taco entered the starting lineup. The chipotle Jackfruit is the rookie that came up for a stint & battled to become an everyday player.  

A great choice for vegetarians, the Chipotle Jackfruit taco plays a quality role that NO OTHER fruit can.  Our house chipotle sauce marinade adds a spicy flavor to the jackfruit crunch.  Avocado, queso fresco & sour cream make it a two-way player with a heavy bat at the plate & solid defense out in the field.

Remind you of anyone we know?

Crusted Tilapia

The addition of this taco to our summer roster gives us what we believe to be a VERY strong fish taco game.  The hand-breaded cornmeal crust on the tilapia is super light making it unlike other fried fish tacos you may have had.  The house picked jalapeño is spicy but approachable.  Combine those flavors with a lime slaw and you have a refreshing summertime taco that comes in right at your wallet's $4 salary cap.

Pro Tip:  Come in on Tuesday for Happy Hour and get $1 off all tacos from 3-6pm.  A $3 fish taco in River North?  Consider yourself luckier than this guy who somehow ran into a pitch in the playoffs once.

Yeah that's right all owners are Cubs fans and that's how it's gonna be.

Smoked Brisket

The Smoked Brisket taco is the newest player to crack our starting lineup.  We marinade our brisket for 48 hours with ingredients such as honey, orange, lime & soy.  After 2 days, we apply a simple dry rub of salt, pepper & cajun seasonings and put it in the smoker for 5 hours.  

The meat is sliced then diced and folded into a flour tortilla with house made pickled onions, a carrot/corn/red cabbage slaw & Sriracha mayo.

This taco is packed with a smokey flavor that stays with so when you leave Citizen, you know you had good taco.  Jordan.  Game 6.  

Chipotle Chicken

Chipotle Chicken Tacos.  This taco isn't flashy yet is a mainstay in our line-up and our Go-to at crunch time.  It is quick & easy for us to prepare when ordered so you will often find this item at the top of a condensed menu during high sold out summertime rooftop game nights.

That said, a lot of preparation goes into making this player a pillar of consistency & excellence.  Our lightly seasoned pulled chicken is combined with sautéed onions, tomato & chipotle sauce and is topped with a fresh slice of avocado, an item which is a driving force of our kitchen.

The Chipotle Chicken taco was the most ordered item in 2015, proving to be a fan favorite and slated to our be opening day starter the first warm day of  the year when we open our roof & patio.

Steak

No BS here.  This taco is on the team because it's flat out good.  You can only order this steak taco and have like 6 of them and not feel bad about not ordering anything else to eat.

Skirt steak seasoned with lemon pepper, guac & queso fresco topped with cilantro.

Flat out good.  

Cajun Shrimp

A fan favorite and THE pioneer taco of the Citizen Taco League.  Like seasonality of our rooftop/patio, Citizen's menu has always adjusted with the seasons.  And with that came trends.  A long time ago, during the burger age, we ran a shrimp taco special and it was so popular the item made it's way onto the menu...2 years later, the Citizen Taco League is born.

This player has gone through a couple different ingredient changes over the years to get where it is today.  Currently the CAJUN Shrimp taco is seasoned with Mangia Seasonings, mango pico de gallo and topped with a jalapeño ranch.

We capitalize CAJUN because this taco is spicy and you will feel it right away.  And might make you dance.