Estrella del Mar Chicago

04/29/2026

Lobster Pierogis 🥟 🦞

Handmade dumplings filled with butter poached lobster, potato, cheese and grilled onions 🧅

Topped with more lobster, grilled onions, herbs, radish and lobster beurre blanc

04/20/2026

The inspiration from this dish is layers deep and, again, starts with something very Chicago: Lemon Pepper 🍋

Poultry, seafood, pasta … we see it everywhere in American cuisine and with Chicago being a big chicken wing city, we grew up with this flavor

5 years ago I wanted to make a variant of lemon pepper to pay homage to this flavor, and created the guajillo lime dry rub & sauce. (lemon ➡️ lime , black pepper ➡️ dried chile)

Guajillos, lime zest, garlic and onion spend a day in the dehydrator and are ground in the molcajete with toasted spices. The same base ingredients are used in the wet sauce with the addition of honey & butter

We loveee this sauce, it’s like crack, and we use it for our house chicken wing at .. I always had the thought that this would be great brushed onto grilled octopus and we finally got the opportunity to try this over the weekend!

Braised/seared octopus, guajillo lime glaze, papa rellena pearls, chimichurri blanco, radicchio & fennel salad 🐙

04/17/2026

Tomorrow Saturday 4.18 we will be back at Standard Meadery from 4-8pm with some new delicious dishes as well as this guest favorite- our red snapper in coconut and citrus sauce 🐠🥥
SWIPE for full menu!

🦞🥟 Lobster Perogis served with lobster beurre blanc and charred onions

🐙🌶️ Grilled octopus glazed with signature guajillo lime wing sauce, served with papa rellena pears and a new white chimichurri sauce

🥭🍋 Mango Lemonade bars with macadamia nut crust

We are so excited to serve this menu! See yall tomorrow 🐠
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03/19/2026

Window Full!

🥥🐠 Huachinango Encocado
🌶️🦐 Curried Cioppino
🦪🥞 Kimchi + Oyster Pancake
🌰🍰 Pistachio Chai Tres Leches

03/19/2026

03/12/2026

Looking tiny but mighty 😅

Thanks so so much to everyone who came out for Foodball Monday with us. Huge thanks to for all the work he puts into these events which help small businesses. Another huge thanks to & the staff of for the hospitality!

& especially.. thank you to my team for all the work we put in to make this run smoothly 💙

This was such a great experience and we had so much food sharing this food with you all 💙🐠

02/04/2026

Table for two?
This is the beautiful interior space where we will be having our Valentine’s dinner on 2.15.

4 courses • seafood focused • complimentary beverages with dinner purchase

Link to tickets is in our bio!
Can’t wait to share this night with yall 💙🐠

02/04/2026

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Hi friends! ☀️
For Valentine’s weekend, we will be offering some delicious heart shaped treats 💘

Our classic empanadas in a heart shape, 4 with braised beef filling & 4 with chorizo filling 🌶️

For sweets, we will have our OG sopapillas available in heart shapes as well. Sopapillas are fried dough bits that are usually coated with sugar and honey. These will be stuffed with mocha and raspberry cremes 🤤

These will be available Friday 2.13-Sunday 2.15 🧡DM to order or for any questions 😙

01/26/2026

Link to our Valentines Dinner!

Exclusive four course seafood focused dinner.

01/22/2026

If you still don’t have reservations for Valentine’s Day!, join us on Sunday February 15th for an exclusive coursed dinner from Estrella del Mar!
We are taking over the kitchen at the lovely Pastina Restaurant for one night only. Don’t miss this chance to enjoy a delicious and exclusive meal with your honey or your family and friends. Seats are limited!

$65/person. Purchase of dinner includes complimentary beverages 🍷

Tickets will be available on Eventbrite tonight! DM to reserve a spot until then.
Thank you all! We are very excited to share this experience with you all 🐠💙

11/20/2025

Tropix Fruit Tart 🍉🍍
A little twist on a classic fruit tart, infusing macadamia nuts in the custard base and using tropical fruits with a guava glaze
Yummy and not too heavy or sweet after a big meal 🐠🌺