Our Menu
Explore Anatolian cuisine in Chicago! Avaspi offers delicious tapas-style mezze platters, authentic dishes, & warm hospitality. Upscale communal dining, wines & cocktails.
Cold Tapas
This flavorful dip, originating in Antep, is made from chopped tomatoes, onions, peppers, parsley and walnuts, dressed with olive oil, pomegranate molasses and lemon.
Originating in Hatay cuisine, this is finely chopped grilled red bell peppers mixed with galeta flour, tomato paste, red pepper paste, walnuts, olive oil, and pomegranate molasses.
A dip of chickpeas blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon, and spices.
This beloved dish starts with finely chopped grilled eggplant, which is mixed with tahini, olive oil, lemon, and spices.
Long strips of grilled eggplant rolled with a scoop of haydari and homemade tomato sauce.
Roasted beets served over haydari.
A thick, strained-yogurt dip associated with southeastern Anatolia, our haydari recipe includes labne cheese, mint, dill, olive oil, and garlic.
Combination of ezme, humus, baba ganoush, haydari and muhammara.
Stuffed with feta cheese, yogurt, herbs and walnuts. Served over smoky roasted bell pepper sauce.
(Recommended for wine) | Finely chopped parsley, dill, scallion, beets, green and black olives, walnuts, raisins, olive oil, lemon, pomegranate molasses, and spices. Served with garlic bread.
Hot Tapas
Grilled baby calamari tossed with sauteed garlic, herbs and spices, then served with chopped green olives, fresh parsley, dill, olive oil.
Homemade tomato sauce mixed with herb and spices, topped with goat cheese and garlic bread.
Pan-fried slices of savory halloumi cheese served with chopped green olives and garlic bread.
Baby mushrooms sauteed with onions, garlic and herbs, then served over haydari.
Homemade grape leaves stuffed with aromatic rice and herbs, served with a side of haydari (V).
Sauteed shrimp with mushrooms, herbs and tomato sauce.
Oven-broiled mushroom caps filled with kashar cheese, garlic, and herbs served with home/made tomato sauce.
Main Dishes
Grilled chunk of chicken breast served with a side salad and rice.
Grilled tenderloin served with a side salad and rice.
Grilled tenderloin served with a side salad choice of rice or bulgur.
Served with salad and potato puree.
Chicken kabab, beef delight, lamb delight, lamb chops, side salad, haydari, ezme, fries and rice.
Chicken kabab, beef delight, lamb delight, lamb chops, side salad, haydari, ezme, fries and rice.
Sauteed beef with tomato sauce and spices served over creamy eggplant.
Sauteed beef with red bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, garlic and served with rice.
Pan roasted Branzino with Mediterranean dressing, served with mash potato and roasted daily vegetables.
Pan roasted salmon served with potato puree and roasted veggie.
Salads
Sliced fried potatoes are tossed with finely chopped red bell peppers arugula, green onions, parsley, dill, sumac, and isot dressing.
Baby arugula tossed with tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, carrots, red cabbage and served with Avaspi dressing.
Arugula, green olives, fresh parsley, dill and mint, tossed with dressing of olive oil, pomegranate molasses and lemon.
Grilled slices of halloumi cheese in a bed of mixed greens, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, red bell peppers and sesame seeds, dressed with olive oil, lemon and pomegranate molasses.
Mixed greens and fresh parsley tossed with tomatoes, onions, red bell peppers, raisins, walnuts and feta cheese dressed with olive oil, lemon.
Sides
Anatolian Breakfast For Two
Pick one egg dish from below for two will be served with black and green olives, cucumbers, tomatoes, feta cheese, kashar cheese, mozzarella cheese, two kinds of jams, butter and honey, tahini with grape molasses, house fries, cheese borek, a teapot for two, and homemade bread.
Eggs, sauteed peppers, tomatoes and onions.
Eggs, sauteed beef, peppers, tomatoes and onions.
Eggs, sauteed lamb, peppers, tomatoes, and onions.
Eggs, sauteed soujouk, peppers, tomatoes and onions.
Breakfast For One
Combination of honey and buttered, green olives and black olives, halloumi cheese, mixed veggies, house fries and scramble eggs with kashar cheese.
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Combination of grape molasses and tahini, feta cheese and kashar cheese, green olives and black olives, mixed veggies, house fries and scramble eggs with soujouk.
Omelets
All omelets served with house fries. Add cheese for any omelet for $5.
Eggs with sauteed soujouk, bell peppers, tomatoes and onions.
Eggs with sauteed bell peppers, mushroom and onions.
Pancakes
All pancakes are served with seasonal fruits and syrup.
Brunch Sides
All pancakes are served with seasonal fruits and syrup.
Hot Beverages
Dessert
Anatolian Baklava enriched with pistachios or walnuts, layered with thin filo pastry, butter, and lightly sweetened with sugar syrup on top.
Katmer is a mixture of thin layers of phyllo dough, enriched with pistachios, butter and clotted cream and topped with a light sweetened sugar syrup.
Enriched with pistachios, butter, and cheese between thin layers of shredded pastry and lightly sweetened sugar syrup.
VG - Vegan | V - Vegetarian | * - Allergen (Contains either Nuts or Gluten.) | Consumer Advisory: Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions | Please Note: Please inform your server of any allergies or dietary restrictions. We bake our own bread, served with all Tapas orders. Gluten-free bread is available upon request. A 20 percent service fee will be added to tables of 5 people or more. We take a maximum of four credit cards per table and accept cash.
Cold Tapas
This flavorful dip is made from chopped tomatoes, onions, peppers, parsley, and walnuts, dressed with olive oil, pomegranate molasses, and lemon.
Finely chopped grilled eggplant, mixed with tahini, olive oil, lemon and spices.
A dip of chickpeas blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon and spices.
Strained-yogurt dip includes labne cheese, mint, dill, olive oil and garlic.
Roasted beets served over haydari.
Finely chopped grilled red bell peppers mixed with galeta flour, tomato paste, red pepper paste, walnuts, olive oil and pomegranate molasses.
Stuffed with feta cheese, yogurt, herbs, and walnuts. Served over smoky roasted bell pepper dip, muhammara.
Finely chopped parsley, dill, scallion, beets, green and black olives, walnuts, raisins, olive oil, lemon, pomegranate molasses and spices. Served with garlic bread.
Long strips of grilled eggplant rolled with a scoop of haydari, served with homemade tomato sauce.
Hot Tapas
Pan-fried slices of savory halloumi cheese served over chopped green olives and garlic bread.
Homemade grape leaves stuffed with aromatic rice, served with haydari on the side.
Sauteed shrimp with mushrooms, herbs and tomato sauce.
Grilled calamari tossed with sauteed garlic, herbs and spices served with chopped green olives, fresh parsley, dill, olive oil, and lemon.
Oven-broiled mushroom caps filled with kashar cheese, garlic and herbs, served over homemade tomato sauce.
Baby mushrooms sauteed with onions, garlic and herbs, served over haydari.
From The Pasture
Grilled chunk of chicken breast served with a side salad and rice.
Grilled tenderloin served with a side salad and rice.