Once Upon A Grill
2758 Dundee Rd, Northbrook
(847) 562-1411
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Turkey Pastrami Sandwich
Grilled Steak and Eggs
Corned Beef Sandwich
Corned Beef Hash
Matzo Ball Soup
Buffalo Wings
Hashbrowns
Quesadilla
Taco Plate
Featured items
Tuna Salad Sandwich
Original, gramma's, Lucky, or California. Served with lettuce, and tomato on a bagel, bialy, roll, or bread. Comes with a pickle.
Nova Lox Plate
Hand-sliced nova lox with your choice of cream cheese, and bagel. Comes with tomatoes, onions, olives, and capers.
Burrito Grande
Chicken, steak, ground beef, or veggie. Deliciously filled with beans, cheese, and lettuce. Guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream, and Mexican rice on the side.
All American Breakfast Sandwich
Toasted bagel with eggs any style, your choice of meat, and your choice of cheese.
Turkey Club Sandwich
Turkey, lettuce, tomato, bacon, and mayo on our homemade sub roll with a pickle on the side.
Egg Salad Sandwich
Served with lettuce, and tomato on a bagel, bialy, roll, or bread. Comes with a pickle.
Once Upon Mexican Breakfast
Breakfast Enchiladas
Filled with scrambled eggs, and a choice of salsa. Topped with cheese, and avocado. Served with Mexican rice, beans, and sour cream.
Machaca
Eggs scrambled with steak, green peppers, and onions. Served with Mexican rice, beans, and corn tortillas.
Chilaquiles Con Huevos
Two eggs any style with tortilla chips. Topped with green, or red salsa, minced onions, cheese, and sour cream. Served with Mexican rice, and beans.
Huevos Rancheros
Two eggs sunny side up on a crispy tortilla with salsa. Served with Mexican rice, and beans.
Huevos Con Chorizo
Eggs scrambled with spicy Mexican sausage. Served with Mexican rice, beans, and corn tortillas.
Huevos À La Acapulco
Two eggs any style with chorizo, green peppers, onions, and hash browns. Served with Mexican rice, beans, and corn tortillas.
Huevos À La Mexicana
Eggs scrambled with chopped tomatoes, onions, and jalapeño peppers. Served with Mexican rice, beans, and corn tortillas.
Mexican Specialties
Taco
Choice of chicken, steak, pastor, ground beef, fish, or veggie. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, cilantro, cheese, and onions.
Burrito Grande
Chicken, steak, ground beef, or veggie. Deliciously filled with beans, cheese, and lettuce. Guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream, and Mexican rice on the side.
Carne Asada a la Mexicana
Grilled skirt steak with onions, sliced avocado, grilled jalapeños, corn tortillas, Mexican rice, and beans.
Taco Salad
Chicken, steak, ground beef, or veggie. Grande tortilla shell filled with lettuce, tomatoes, beans, cheese, guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Taco Plate
Choice of three tacos with chicken, steak, pastor, ground beef, fish, or veggie. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, cilantro, cheese, and onions. Served with Mexican rice, and beans.
Lettuce Wrap
Chicken, steak, or ground beef. Wrapped in lettuce with tomatoes, cilantro, onions, and cheese.
Fajitas Plate
Chicken, steak, or veggie with grilled onions, grilled jalapeños, green, and red peppers, tomatoes, cilantro, and avocado. Served with corn tortillas, rice, and beans.
Quesadilla
Chicken, steak, ground beef, or veggie. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream on the side.
Cheese Quesadilla
Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream.
Suizo Burrito
Chicken, steak, or ground beef. Served with suizo sauce, beans, and cheese, and topped with Swiss cheese. Guacamole, pico de gallo, sour cream, and Mexican rice on the side.
Fajita Burrito
Chicken, steak, ground beef, or veggie. Filled with green, and red peppers, onions, cheese, and Mexican rice. Guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream on the side.
Nachos
Chicken, steak, or ground beef. Served with guacamole, pico de gallo, cheese sauce, sour cream, and beans.
Torta
Choice of steak Milanese, chicken Milanese, or grilled chicken. Served with beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, avocado, sour cream, and jalapeños.
Enchiladas
Topped lettuce, onion, tomato, sour cream, avocado, and cheese. Rice and beans included.
Fiesta Bowl
Choice of chicken, steak, ground beef, or veggie with lettuce, tomatoes, corn, mushrooms, pico de gallo, guacamole, Mexican rice, and beans.
Cheese Nachos
Served with guacamole, beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, and cheese sauce.
Mexican Grill Side Dishes
Chips & Guacamole Dish
Mexican Corn Dish
Refried Beans Dish
Spanish Rice Dish
Chips & Salsa Dish
New York Style Specialty Sandwiches
New York Style Hot Pastrami Sandwich
Regular cut pastrami on rye bread. Served with coleslaw or potato salad and pickle. On your choice of bread new york style.That bigger sandwich.
New York Style Reuben Sandwich
Corned beef, or pastrami with Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Russian dressing on rye bread. Served with coleslaw or potato salad and pickle. On your choice of bread new york style.That bigger sandwich.
New York Style Hot Corned Beef Sandwich
Regular, or extra lean corned beef on rye bread. Served with coleslaw or potato salad and pickle. On your choice of bread new york style.That bigger sandwich.
Specialty Wraps
Breakfast Wrap
Eggs with bacon, tomatoes, onions, and American cheese. Served with choice of dressing.
California Wrap
Bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayo.Served with choice of dressing.
Southwest Wrap
Chicken, lettuce, salsa, sour cream, and pepper jack cheese. Served with choice of dressing.
Spicy Chicken Wrap
Chicken, tomatoes, lettuce, and chipotle mayo.Served with choice of dressing.
Mexican Wrap
Chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, green peppers, tortilla chips, and pepper jack cheese. Served with choice of dressing.
Just For Kids'
Kids' French Toast
Kids' Silver Dollar Pancakes
Kids' Chicken Fingers
Chicken fingers Served with fries and chips.
Kids' Hot Dog
Steamed hot dog. Served with fries and chips.
Kids' Mac and Cheese
Mac, and cheese Served with fries and chips.
Kids' Tuna Sandwich
Tuna on white, wheat, rye, or a plain bagel Served with fries and chips.
Kids' Roasted Turkey Sandwich
Turkey on white, wheat, rye, or a plain bagel. Served with fries and chips.
Kids' Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Grilled American cheese on white or wheat bread. Served with fries and chips.
Kids' Corned Beef Sandwich
Lean corned beef, white, wheat, rye, or a plain bagel. Served with fries and chips.
Our Breakfast
Bagel with Cream Cheese
Bagel with cream cheese.
Once Upon Breakfast
Eggs are any style served with your choice of breakfast meat and your choice of pancake, bagel, bialy, or toast. Also comes with hashbrowns. Please let us know your flavor of bagel, bialy, or toast in the special instructions.
All American Breakfast Sandwich
Toasted bagel with eggs any style, your choice of meat, and your choice of cheese.
French Toast
French toast made with our delicious challah bread. Serve with butter and syrup.
Pancakes
Pancakes with butter, and syrup.
Nova Lox Plate
Hand-sliced nova lox with your choice of cream cheese, and bagel. Comes with tomatoes, onions, olives, and capers.
Two Eggs Breakfast
Two eggs any style with a bagel, bialy, or toast. Please let us know which flavor bagel, bialy, or toast you prefer in the special instructions.
Fried Matzo
Fried matzo made to, order.
Cheese Blintzes
Homemade blintzes with strawberry sauce, and sour cream.
Breakfast Rollup
Eggs with tomatoes, green peppers, onions, mushrooms, hashbrowns, and salsa in a white or wheat tortilla.
Bialy with Cream Cheese
Bialy with cream cheese.
Made to Order Oatmeal
Served with brown sugar, and raisins on the side.
Multi Grain Pancakes
Fiber-rich pancakes with butter, and syrup.
Grilled Steak and Eggs
Two eggs any style with grilled skirt steak, hashbrowns, and a bagel, bialy, or toast. Please let us know which bagel, bialy, or toast you prefer in the special instructions.
Huevos A La Acapulco
Oatmeal
Served with brown sugar, and raisins.
Omelettes
Once Upon Style Omelette
A flat egg-white omelet with your choice of three ingredients, covered in mozzarella cheese, and salsa. Comes with your choice of bagel, bialy, or toast.
Country Omelette
Bacon, hash browns, and American cheese. Comes with your choice of bagel, bialy, or toast.
Nova Delight Omelette
Omelette with nova lox, fresh scallions, and plain cream cheese mixed in the center. Delicious. Comes with your choice of bagel, bialy, or toast.
Garden Omelette
Mushrooms, green peppers, tomatoes, and onions. Comes with your choice of bagel, bialy, or toast.
Greek Omelette
Sautéed spinach, and feta cheese. Comes with your choice of bagel, bialy, or toast.
Single Meat Omelette
Your choice of meat. Comes with your choice of bagel, bialy, or toast.
Cheese Omelette
Choice of cheese. Comes with your choice of bagel, bialy, or toast.
Plain Omelette
Comes with your choice of bagel, bialy, or toast.
Meat Lovers Omelette
Grilled corned beef, pastrami, and salami. Comes with your choice of bagel, bialy, or toast.
Single Veggie Omelette
Your choice of vegetable. Comes with your choice of bagel, bialy, or toast.
Spanish Omelette
Chorizo sausage, pepper jack cheese, onions, cilantro, and salsa. Comes with your choice of bagel, bialy, or toast.
Lox & Onion Omelette
Classic omelet with nova lox, and fresh scallions. Comes with your choice of bagel, bialy, or toast.
Breakfast Side Orders
Hash Browns
Bacon
Bagel with Butter
A toasted bagel. Serve with butter.
Cream Cheese
Plain, chive, veggie, or lox cream cheese.
Corned Beef Hash
Corned beef, onion, green pepper, and hash browns.
Sausage
Bialy with Butter
A toasted bialy. Serve with butter.
Veggie Hash
Grilled mushroom, tomato, green pepper, onion, and hash browns.
Bagel with Margarine
A toasted bagel. Serve with margarine
Nova Hash
Nova, onion, and hash browns.
Ham
Grilled and delicious.
Grilled Salami
Bialy with Margarine
A toasted bialy. Serve with margarine.
Chicken Breast Sandwiches
Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Choice of, original, cajun, buffalo, bar-b-que, or teriyaki. Served on a challah roll with lettuce, tomato, and a pickle.
Chicken Club
Grilled chicken, melted mozzarella, crispy bacon, lettuce, and tomato on a fresh bialy loaf.
Stir Frys
Grilled Chicken Stir Fry
Grilled chicken breast with sautéed onions, carrots, green, and red peppers on a bed of rice with teriyaki sauce, and Chinese noodles.
Grilled Veggie Stir Fry
Sautéed onions, carrots, green, and red peppers on a bed of rice with teriyaki sauce, and Chinese noodles.
Grilled Steak Stir Fry
Skirt steak with sautéed onions, carrots, green, and red peppers on a bed of rice with teriyaki sauce, and Chinese noodles.
From The Grill
Hot Dog
Regular hot dog with your choice of condiments.
Char Burger
Charburger on a challah bun with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions. Served with a pickle.
Chicken Fingers with Fries
Chicken fingers with regular, or cajun fries. Served with a side of BBQ sauce, ranch, or honey mustard dressing.
Grilled Cheese
Grilled cheese on white, wheat, rye toast, or challah toast.
Turkey Burger
Turkey burger on a challah bun with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions. Served with a pickle.
Reuben Burger
Amazing. Charburger covered in grilled corned beef, sauerkraut, 1000 island dressing, and Swiss cheese. On a challah bun with a pickle on the side.
Bagel Veggie Skins
Open-faced wheat bagel filled with grilled veggies, and covered with melted cheese. Comes with salsa.
Jumbo Dog
Jumbo hot dog with your choice of condiments.
Garden Burger
Veggie burger on a challah bun with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions. Served with a pickle.
Skirt Steak Sandwich
Grilled skirt steak sandwich on a bialy loaf with melted mozzarella cheese. Please let us know in the special instructions if you would like lettuce, tomatoes, and grilled onions added to your sandwich.
Grilled Boats
Italian Beef Grilled Boat
Our homemade Italian beef with melted mozzarella cheese on our homemade sub roll with a pickle, and giardiniera on the side.
Philly Cheese Steak Grilled Boat
Grilled Philly meat, grilled green peppers, and onion, mozzarella cheese served on our homemade sub roll with a pickle on the side.
Corned Beef Reuben Grilled Boat
Choice of lean, or regular corned beef with sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, thousand island dressing, and a pickle on the side.
Turkey Grilled Boat
Grilled turkey, choice of cheese served on our homemade sub roll with a pickle on the side.
Turkey Pastrami Grilled Boat
Choice of cheese served on our homemade sub roll with a pickle on the side.
Beef Pastrami Reuben Grilled Boat
Grilled beef pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, thousand island dressing, and a pickle on the side.
Tuna Salad Grilled Boat
Grilled tuna with tomato, and choice of cheese on our homemade sub roll with a pickle on the side.
Salami Grilled Boat
Grilled salami with a choice of cheese on our homemade sub roll with a pickle on the side.
Corned Beef Grilled Boat
Grilled lean, or regular corned beef with a choice of cheese on our homemade sub roll with a pickle on the side.
Beef Pastrami Grilled Boat
Grilled beef pastrami with your choice of cheese on our homemade sub roll, and a pickle on the side.
Turkey Reuben Grilled Boat
Grilled turkey, Swiss cheese, and thousand island dressing on our homemade sub roll with a pickle on the side.
Ham Grilled Boat
Grilled ham with a choice of cheese served on our homemade sub roll with a pickle on the side.
BBQ Beef Grilled Boat
Grilled BBQ beef, your choice of cheese served on our homemade sub roll with a pickle on the side.
Tortilla Roll Ups
Tuna Salad Tortilla Roll Up
Tuna, lettuce, tomato, muenster cheese, and honey dijon dressing, or Caesar style.
Grilled Chicken Tortilla Roll Up
Original style (lettuce, tomatoes, Muenster cheese, and honey dijon dressing) or Caesar style (lettuce, spinach, Parmesan cheese, croutons, and Caesar dressing).
Turkey Tortilla Roll Up
Original style (lettuce, tomatoes, Muenster cheese, and honey dijon dressing) or Caesar style (lettuce, spinach, Parmesan cheese, croutons, and Caesar dressing).
Roast Beef Tortilla Roll Ups
Grilled Steak Tortilla Roll Up
Original style (lettuce, tomatoes, Muenster cheese, and honey dijon dressing) or Caesar style (lettuce, spinach, Parmesan cheese, croutons, and Caesar dressing).
Veggie Tortilla Roll Up
Original style (lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, broccoli, Muenster cheese, and honey dijon dressing) or Caesar style (lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, broccoli, Parmesan cheese, croutons, and Caesar dressing).
Poultry Salad Tortilla Roll Up
Poultry salad, lettuce, tomato, muenster cheese, and honey dijon dressing, or Caesar style.
Homemade Soups
Bowl of Chicken Matzo Ball Soup
Bowl of chicken matzo ball soup.
Quart of Chicken Matzo Ball Soup
Quart of chicken matzo ball soup. Comes with your choice of roll, or crackers. Super bowl.
Bowl of Chicken Noodle Soup
Bowl of chicken soup with noodles.
Quart of Chicken Noodle Soup
Bowl of Chicken Rice Soup
Bowl of chicken rice soup. Comes with your choice of roll, or crackers.
Quart of Chicken Rice Soup
Quart of chicken rice soup. Comes with your choice of roll, or crackers. Super bowl.
Chicken Combo
Quart of Chicken Kreplach Soup
Quart of chicken kreplach soup. Comes with your choice of roll, or crackers. Super bowl.
Bowl of Chicken Kreplach Soup
Bowl of chicken kreplach soup. Comes with your choice of roll, or crackers.
Mighty Fine Chili
Jaime's Tortilla Soup
Tortilla Soup
House-made with tortilla chips and cotija cheese. Comes with your choice of roll. Please let us know your choice of roll in the special instructions.
Just Sandwiches
Corned Beef Sandwich
Hot lean, or regular cut corned beef on rye. Served with a pickle.
Turkey Club Sandwich
Turkey, lettuce, tomato, bacon, and mayo on our homemade sub roll with a pickle on the side.
Beef Pastrami Sandwich
Hot beef pastrami on rye bread. Served with a pickle.
Turkey Sandwich
Turkey on the choice of bread, lettuce, tomato, and a pickle on the side.
Bacon, Lettuce & Tomato Sandwich
Served on your choice of toasted bread, mayo, and a pickle on the side.
Roast Brisket Sandwich
Hot brisket with au jus with lettuce, and tomato on a bagel, bialy, roll, or bread. Comes with a pickle.
Baked Ham Sandwich
On the choice of bread, lettuce, tomato, and a pickle on the side.
Bologna Sandwich
On the choice of bread, and a pickle on the side.
Hard Salami Sandwich
On your choice of bread, and a pickle on the side.
Soft Salami Sandwich
On your choice of bread, and a pickle on the side.
Roast Beef Sandwich
Roast beef with lettuce, tomatoes, and mayo on your choice of bread. Served with a pickle.
Turkey Pastrami Sandwich
Served on a choice of bread, lettuce, tomato, and a pickle on the side.
Vegetarian Sandwich
Lettuce, tomato, onion, carrot, cucumber, spinach with honey mustard dressing, and a pickle on the side.
Salad Sandwiches
Tuna Salad Sandwich
Original, gramma's, Lucky, or California. Served with lettuce, and tomato on a bagel, bialy, roll, or bread. Comes with a pickle.
Egg Salad Sandwich
Served with lettuce, and tomato on a bagel, bialy, roll, or bread. Comes with a pickle.
Whitefish Salad Sandwich
Served with lettuce, and tomato on a bagel, bialy, roll, or bread. Comes with a pickle.
Poultry Salad Sandwich
Served with lettuce, and tomato on a bagel, bialy, roll, or bread. Comes with a pickle.
Egg White Egg Salad Sandwich
Served with lettuce, and tomato on a bagel, bialy, roll, or bread. Comes with a pickle.
President's Poultry Salad
Served with lettuce, and tomato on a bagel, bialy, roll, or bread. Comes with a pickle.
Salmon Salad Sandwich
Served with lettuce, and tomato on a bagel, bialy, roll, or bread. Comes with a pickle.
Grandpa's Salmon Salad Sandwich
Served with lettuce, and tomato on a bagel, bialy, roll, or bread. Comes with a pickle.
Salad Selections
Chinese Tossed Salad with Grilled Chicken
Grilled chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, spinach, carrots, broccoli, water chestnuts, mandarin, oranges, and Chinese noodles. Comes with toasted sesame dressing on the side.
Tuna Salad Plate
A garden salad with a scoop of your choice of tuna. Choice of dressing.
Shana's Salad
Romaine, spinach, chicken, bacon, broccoli, red pepper, onions, celery, and avocado. Served with a choice of dressing.
Chicken Supreme Salad
Grilled chicken, lettuce, tomatoes, celery, cucumbers, and green peppers. Choice of dressing.
Chef's Salad
A garden salad with turkey, Swiss, and American cheese. Choice of dressing.
Tossed Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken
Grilled chicken, lettuce, spinach, Parmesan cheese, croutons, and Caesar dressing.
Garden Salad
Lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, green peppers, carrots, and hard-boiled eggs. Choice of dressing.
Chinese Tossed Salad
Lettuce, tomatoes, spinach, carrots, broccoli, water chestnuts, mandarin, oranges, and Chinese noodles. Comes with toasted sesame dressing on the side.
Veggie Supreme Salad
Lettuce, tomatoes, celery, cucumbers, green peppers. Choice of dressing.
Tossed Caesar Salad
Lettuce, spinach, Parmesan cheese, croutons, and Caesar dressing.
Buffalo Wings
Buffalo Wings
Plain, mild, hot, kickin' BBQ bourbon, garlic Parmesan, and flamin' hot Cheetos.
On the Side
Curly Fries
Plain, or cajun.
Sweet Potato Chips
Potato Pancake
Potato Salad
Veggie Pancake
Cucumber Salad
Onion Rings
Cole Slaw
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Recent Reviews
Amazing service and Jewish-Mexican Fusion offering hand crafting yet unique dishes that will have you mouthwatering. The staff is also diligent and kind which adds to the home style experience. PLEASE TRYY
Dietary restrictions: They offer kosher plates
Dietary restrictions: They offer kosher plates
March 2025
Food was perfect both trips here and on the scheduled pick up time also. Zero hassle experience with the counter staff, they are fantastic
Kid-friendliness: Don’t have any little ones but there were plenty of them
Kid-friendliness: Don’t have any little ones but there were plenty of them
March 2025
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We had the matzah ball chicken noodle soup, the country omellette, plain bagel, everything bagel, and bialy and all was extremely excellent. Best deli food I have had in a while. I highly recommend this place