Yesterday, Red O started serving a Sunday brunch menu full of Bayless-y breakfast foods and Mexican-ish morning cocktails, designed by the Chicago chef to be available at the restaurant every Sunday at 11:00 A.M. The menu wisely begins with aguas frescas, as perfect a hangover remedy as any we’ve tried, while those dying to keep the fiesta at Rick’s still going can opt for Steve Calabro’s rye-laced Red O lemonade, Beluga vodka and roasted tomato Bloody Marys, and sangria with Wild Turkey. And to eat?
Bayless hatched a new menu with tomatillo-doused huevos rancheros, guajillo-spiced chilaquiles, and huevos Montulenos, a Yucatan-originated blend of country ham, fried eggs, peas, and plantains, among several other ingredients, on a tostada, each item falling in at around ten to twelve dollars. The items most likely to make purists and taco-hounds bark? The $28 steak and eggs could almost do it, but its more likely the short selection of tacos al carbon, priced at roughly ten to twenty times the going rate for street tacos, of which these are definitely not. But still… Anyway, check out Red O’s full Sunday brunch menu below and make reservations at 323-655-5009.
Beverages
All coffee products are Illy Coffee
Aguas Frescas $3.50
Jugos Naturales fresh squeezed juice of the day 4
Regular or Decaf Coffee 3
Espresso single $4 double 6
Cappuccino 4.50
Latte $4.50
Cocktails
Mimosa 11
Prosecco & fresh squeezed orange juice
Champagne Cocktail 12
Prosecco, sugar, prickly pear puree & Gingercello, served with a lemon twist
Bellini $12
Prosecco, white peach puree, fresh squeezed blood orange juice
Red O Lemonade $12
sweet rye, Veev, lemongrass syrup & fresh squeezed lemon juice,
served with a “Red O” sugar rim
Roasted Bloody Mary $12
Beluga vodka, roasted red & yellow tomatoes, roasted garlic, freshly grated & creamed horseradish, Worcestershire, Tabasco, chipotle & dark Mexican beer
Beso del Diablo Mojito $12
Bacardi white rum, fresh mint, agave syrup & strawberry-jalapeno gastrique
Luxardo Cherry & Maple Syrup Caipirinha $12
Luxardo cherries, fresh limes, 100% Vermont maple syrup, Sagatiba white cachaca.
served on the rocks, no straw!
Sangria Blanca $13
dry Riesling, Wild Turkey honey liquor, apples, pineapple, oranges, & seasonal stone fruits, topped with a splash of Prosecco Brunch
Brunch
»Classic Guacamole freshly made, chunky, with warm chips & salsa 9
Huevos Montulenos $12
Two fried eggs on a crispy tostada with roasted tomatoes, country ham, peas, sweet fried plantains, queso fresco & black beans
Huevos Rancheros Verdes $11
sunny-side up eggs, roasted green tomatillo sauce, fresh baked corn tortillas,
black beans, homemade fresh cheese, watercress
Chilaquiles al Guajillo $11
quick simmered tortilla “casserole” with rustic red guajillo chile sauce, homemade crema,
aged Mexican cheese, sunny-side up egg & tangy baby greens
add chicken breast 14
Organic Hot Cakes $12
stone ground corn pancakes with whipped goat cheese, organic syrup, applewood-smoked bacon & two sunny-side up eggs
Huevos a la Mexicana $9.50
eggs scrambled with fresh tomatoes, serranos, grilled green onions, cilantro & avocado,
served with black beans & salsa verde
add chorizo $11
add grilled gulf shrimp $12
Steak & Eggs $28
8-ounce Prime All-Natural Certified Angus NY Strip cooked over the coals,
fried plantains with sweet crema & queso fresco, & two eggs any style
Tostaditas
Grilled Mazatlan Blue Shrimp $13
avocado-lime mash, heirloom tomatoes, smoky knob onions, cilantro
Charcoaled All-Natural Certified Angus Skirt Steak $13
red guajillo chile salsa, crispy onions
Dungeness Crab 14
tomatillo-avocado salsa, grilled pineapple & knob onion
Ceviches & Escabeches
Albacore $15
sun-dried tomato, manzanilla olives, serrano chile, jícama
Steamed Mexican Shrimp & Calamares $16
sour orange, habanero, cucumber, jícama, avocado, cilantro, plantain chips
Yellow Fin Tuna $16
cilantro-serrano “chimichurri”, cucumber, avocado
Woodland Mushroom Escabeche 12
roasted poblano, caramelized onion, sherry vinegar
Salads/Soups
Cilantro Caesar $11
young organic greens, cilantro, garlic croutons & dry Jack cheese,
creamy lime-serrano dressing
The Red O Salad $12
frisee & arugula salad with Lady Gala apples, Mexican papaya, Manchego cheese, cider vinaigrette, pepitas, toasted ancho
Steak & Heirloom Tomato Salad $15
honey mango, guajillo chile dressing, wood-grilled scallions, grilled All Natural Certified Angus skirt steak
Classic Tortilla Soup $10
grilled Mary’s chicken, crispy tortillas, Sonoma Jack cheese,
avocado, thick cream, toasted pasilla negro chile
Enchiladas Tacos al Carbon
Enchiladas Suizas
creamy roasted tomatillo sauce, fresh-made corn tortillas, melted Sonoma Jack, black beans, ensaladita
Grilled Mary’s Chicken19
Crab & Shrimp 22
Tacos al Carbon
wood-grilled & served with homemade corn tortillas & roasted poblano rajas
for making soft tacos. Bacon-flavored charro beans, grilled knob onions, salsas
Yucatecan Spice-Marinated All-Natural Certified Angus Beef Skirt Steak $19
Garlic-Marinated Mary’s Chicken $18
Garlic-Marinated Ahi Tuna $22
Adobo-Marinated Shrimp $20
