Celebrate Valentine’s Day at Xico or Cantina Xica!
Happy Valentine’s Day! We look forward to celebrating with you and yours. We’ve paired cocktails and special dishes to spice up the love!
We’re serving two special menus at each restaurant, in addition to limited regular dinner menus.
Each of the prix fixe menus below is $75 per person and includes a special Valentine’s Day cocktail.
Each restaurant features two different menus, so be sure to double check the location of each menu before you reserve your table, then bring in your sweetheart and have one of each!
We can’t wait to see you on Valentine’s Day!
XICO’S MENU ROJA
Served at Xico on SE Division
Cocktail ‘The Bitter Sweet,’ a Cava Cocktail made with Brut Reserve and Amargo Vallet, a Mexican Angostura liqueur, for a rich, round, yet dry, sparkling cocktail
Entrada Chintextle & Chicken Pâté on Toast – Oaxacan smoked chile and chicken liver spread on toasted crusty bread
Plato NY Strip Steak in Recado Negro – Painted Hills NY strip in Oaxacan charred chile sauce served with local onions roasted, grilled and pickled, rotisseried sun chokes and fresh corn tortillas
Cocktail ‘Agua Rosa’ – Aguachile margarita over red fresno cube garnished with celery & salt
Entrada Mole Duet! Two celebratory moles, blanco and rosa served with handmade pink tortillas
Plato Shrimp Sopa de Lima – Wild sweet Mexican white shrimp in fragrant seafood & lime broth with clove, oregano, allspice & achiote, corn chips, radish, avocado, cilantro & side of habanero-lime juice
Dulce Pineapple Tres Leches Cake – vanilla cake soaked in three milks, topped with whipped cream and pineapple
CANTINA’S MENU LAVANDA
Served at Cantina Xica on NW 23rd
Cocktail Dusty Rose – Mezcal, rosewater & grapefruit juice served on the rocks with mint, flowers & Sombra spritz
Entrada Yellowtail ceviche in chile-lime with cucumber rounds & fresh mint
Plato NY Strip Steak in Recado Negro – Painted Hills NY strip in Oaxacan charred chile sauce served with local onions roasted, grilled and pickled, rotisseried sun chokes and fresh corn tortillas
Dulce Mexican chocolate budino garnished with whipped cream and petals
Fine print: -All prix fixe menus are $75 per person exclusive of gratuity and healthy PDX. -Zero proof cocktails are available for those who do not drink alcohol. -We do NOT require that the entire table participate in a prix fixe menu. A limited a la carte menu will be available, so one guest may order the prix fixe while the other enjoys selections from our regular menu. -We politely decline substitutions on our prix fixe menus, except in the case of an allergy. -Please double check the location that you are reserving for, and make sure the menu you’ve chosen is being offered at the restaurant you book. -Menu Roja & Menu Azul will be served at Xico on Southeast Division. -Menu Lavanda & Menu Violeta will be served at Cantina Xica on NW 23rd.
And as always,
Join us tonight at either restaurant for Winner Dinner Monday with Estevan’s special side dishes!
$25 for a 1/2 rotisserie smoked chicken, Yucatecan black beans, Mexican rice, salsas and escabeches. Plus Sous Chef Estevan’s weekly rotating side dishes, always different, always fantastic!
Tonight, get ready for these delicious specials!
Xico & Cantina Xica’s sides & desserts:
-Ensalada de Remolacha – Red & golden beets, Cara Cara supremes, mixed Gathering Together Farm greens, crispy shallot, caciocavallo and spicy sherry vinaigrette -Budino de Chocolate – Spicy chocolate pudding with morita & arbol chili with whipped cream topping -Natilla – Spanish style custard with cinnamon & vanilla, garnished with a stick of canela
