Cruz Blanca Taquería + Brewery

06/13/2026

✨️10h Anniversary Lager Especial✨️

What makes this pub exclusive release so special? It's brewed using a historic lager yeast strain from the original Cruz Blanca Cervecería in Mexico that inspired our brewpub here in Chicago.

The yeast was preserved in the Siebel Institute of Technology archive for over 60 years and was carefully revived and propagated from a few single cells by Lallemand Brewing in Montreal. The samples were then shipped to Escarpment Laboratories and grown over the course of a month to an amount large enough for us to brew with. Genetic testing confirmed it is a clean-fermenting strain closely related to the same German lager yeasts to which some of the first lagers in Mexico where brewed with.

The can artwork draws inspiration from vintage Cruz Blanca designs, connecting historical roots with our present-day identity. This project serves as both a celebration of our brewpub's core lager and a meaningful tribute to our brand heritage.

10th Anniversary Lager Especial is now on draft and served in our beautiful Año 10 glassware + 4 packs available to-go!

Cheers to 10 Años!

06/10/2026

Four years of waiting. Ninety minutes to make a statement. Join us Thursday as Mexico kicks off the World Cup against South Africa.

🇲🇽 Mexico vs South Africa
🗓 Thursday, June 11
⏰ 2 PM

Bring your familia. Bring your amigos.

¡Vamos México!

Reserve your table. Link in

06/03/2026

¡GOOOOOOOOOLLLLLL!

México opens the World Cup next Thursday, June 11.

This is the match every Mexico fan has been waiting for. 🇲🇽 Watch with us on the 2nd floor at Cruz Blanca with the sound on, tacos al carbón coming off the fire, cold cerveza, and a $35 2-hour unlimited Michelada Package!

Book your table. Link in bio.

05/30/2026

🥥COCO🍍FRIO - Tropical Coconut + Pineapple Lager

There's nothing quite like a crispy brilliant lager. But throw shredded coconut and fresh pineapple juice into the mix? Its been several summers since we have brewed our favorite fruit cart inspired patio pounder and we are excited to see it back - Jacob

Draft and 4 packs are free flowing at the pub. See you this weekend.

05/21/2026

Springtime Chi. Sun’s out, patio’s out. ☀️

05/09/2026

🌷🍻 May Events 🍻🌷

Fri, May 8 – Baja Friday Fish Fry
Sun, May 10 – Live Music 12-3pm,
Mon, May 11 – Trivia Night at 7pm
Fri, May 15 – Baja Friday Fish Fry
Sun, May 17 - Live Music 12-3pm, Sammy Fodor Quartet
Mon, May 18 – Trivia Night at 7pm
Fri, May 22 – Baja Friday Fish Fry
Mon, May 25 – Trivia Night at 7pm
Fri, May 29 – Baja Friday Fish Fry

We ran into some issues in April where we had to deviate from the beer release timing we committed to at the beginning of the month, as a result, we think we’d be better off with an end slide dedicated to the beers that doesn’t include dates. Lmk what you think.

May Beer Releases
*Class Reunion Chicago Lager - Class of 2016 Collaboration with Dovetail, Hopewell and Old Irving Brewery
*10th Anniversary Paloma - Tequila Barrel-Aged Grapefruit Gose
*Coco Frio - Tropical Lager with Coconut + Pineapple
Our beer list is always evolving. Check back each week for the latest release timing.

05/05/2026

05/05/2026

We open at 11:30.

Taco Tuesday lands on Cinco de Mayo.
That doesn’t happen often.

Cerveza cold. Margaritas ready.
Ten years. Ten Cincos.

This is where it starts.

05/01/2026

10 years in the West Loop. Cinco still lives here!

Cruz Blanca turns 10 this Cinco de Mayo, and this year, Cinco lands on Taco Tuesday. We’re starting the celebration now with wood-fired tacos, house-brewed cerveza, freshly shaken margarita pitchers, and the people who have made us a West Loop staple for the last decade.

Thank you for being part of it. We’ll be celebrating 10 years throughout the months ahead, but for now, we’re making the weekend count.

This Sunday, St. Joe Jack plays live from 12–3 PM.

For Cinco, come in for tacos and margaritas, grab 4-packs to go, order Cruz Blanca for home, or become the favorite person in the office with a large-order taco pickup.

Click through the link in bio for reservations, to-go orders, and large-order pickup.

Let’s Cruz!

04/24/2026

🌺 La Floridita has returned 🌺

"After a long hiatus, our Rosé Wheat Ale with generous amounts of hibiscus + passionfruit makes its anticipated comeback just in time for sun shine and West Loop people watching. Its been a minute. Welcome back Floridita" - Jacob

On draft now. To-go 4 packs available next week.

04/23/2026

FRUTABOMBA wins Bronze🥉

We are elated! Our Pink Guava + Yuzu Gose - Frutabomba, made the final cut in the Gose category at the 2026 World Beer Cup in Philly!

Congratulations to our friends at
and for bringing home the gold for Chicago.

We had a great time. Thank you Philadelphia!

Draft and cans available at the pub. See you there!

04/22/2026

Sunny. 40s. Close enough.
Mexico Calling Lager. On draft at the brewpub, available around town. Today feels like a good day to find one.

04/20/2026

There are few things more satisfying than a properly made al pastor — adobo-marinated pork belly kissed by the wood fire, balanced by the char of grilled pineapple and the brightness of salsa roja. Some tacos you eat once. This isn’t one of them. Lunch at 11. Dine in, pick up, or delivery.

04/15/2026

A one-of-a-kind cerveza brewed for the 2026 Craft Brewers Conference in Philadelphia. Speakers Alex Ancona, Ryan Brooks, Ignacio Lomeli, and our head brewer Jacob Sembrano crafted Maize Odyssey in collaboration for their talk on Exploring Mexican Lagers.

"With the Brewers Association recognizing Mexican Lagers as an official category, we brewed a beer that mirrors their stylistic guidelines and gives way to modern adaptation. We encourage brewers to explore species of corn native to Mexico and in our own backyards. Each variety of corn has their own unique story to tell.

The corn used in Maize Odyssey is a green varietal native to Oaxaca that is grown, malted, and milled less than three hours from Chicago in Lebanon, Indiana by Sugar Creek.

This cerveza is dry, quenching, provides a subtle earthy sweetness and showcases everything you love about your favorite Mexican lager, and brewed with the same admiration for maize that has sustained Mexico and Central America for thousands of years." - Jacob

Fresh 4 packs at the pub ready to accompany your weekend voyages.

04/14/2026

The lunch bowl that makes you forget it’s Tuesday.
Wood-roasted salmon, roasted butternut, corn esquites, chickpeas, queso cotija. Built from scratch, every order. Salmon, chicken, or keep it veggie. Dine in, pick up, or delivery. Open at 11.

04/12/2026

This sunny Sunday, we’re welcoming back . 12-3pm.
Live jazz, brunch specials, cold cerveza, housemade miches—come hang!

04/09/2026

Frutabomba - 5%

"I love this beer! Futabomba highlights the balance of acidity and salty snap you’d expect in a traditional Gose, while modernizing the style with zesty heirloom Indian green coriander, pulpy pink guava, and curiously fragrant yuzu.

Together, these elements create a highly drinkable contemporary Gose" - Jacob

Plenty of 4 packs available at the pub. See you this weekend!

04/08/2026

This is Checo. Czech pale lager. Rich malt, spicy Saaz hops, poured through a Lukr faucet imported from the Czech Republic because the pour is part of the beer. On tap now.

04/07/2026

Pull up a chair. The ribeye’s been on the wood fire, the tortillas are warm, and there’s a cold beer waiting with your name on it. Tacos al Carbon. Reserve at linktr.ee/cruzblancachi

04/03/2026

April at Cruz.
New beers. Live Music. Full calendar. Sidewalk patio when the weather shows up. ☀️ You know where to be!

Upcoming
Sat 4/4: NCAA Final Four – Sound on!
Sun 4/5: Easter Sunday with Wood-fired Carne Asada and Shrimp a la Diabla. Open at 10:30am!
Mon 4/6: NCAA Championship – Sound on! 7:30pm
Sun 4/12: Live Music with , 12-3pm
Mon 4/13: Friends Trivia Night, 7pm
Thur 4/16: Cerveza Tapping! Maize Odyssey, Mexican Lager with Oaxacan Green Corn
Sun 4/19: Live Music with The Sammy Fodor Quartet, 12-3pm
Mon 4/20: General Trivia Night
Thur 4/23: Cerveza Tapping! La Floridita, Rosé Wheat Ale with hibiscus and passionfruit
Sun 4/26: Live Music with , 12-3pm
Mon 4/27: Taylor Swift Trivia Night, 7pm
Thur 4/30: Cerveza Tapping! Class of 2016 Collaboration: Class Reunion, Chicago Lager

Baja Friday Fish Fry every Friday with Key Lime

Happy Hour, 3-5pm daily | Food + Drink specials

04/03/2026

Shout out to our favorite Netflix Narcos agent, Javier Peña!

Agent Piña - 6.0%
"This mixed culture saison has all the familiarity of a classic Belgian saison and spent several months fermenting with our favorite funky yeast cultures and conditioning on ripe sliced + freshly juiced pineapple. It is naturaly carbonated providing crisp effervescence. It finishes bone dry and is insanely quenchable. Just how I like my saisons" - Jacob

4 packs available but running out fast! Join us this weekend for the NCAA Final Four and sink back a few pints.

04/02/2026

Final Four is Saturday! Watch both games on our second floor with the sound on.

Illinois vs. UConn at 5:09 PM.
Michigan vs. Arizona at 7:49 PM.

$5 cans of Mexico Calling Lager Especial + Chelada Lime + Sea Salt Lager
$25 buckets