Especialidad de la Casa Pt. 13

-Grubbing in Chicago
Five of a Kind: Specialty of the House Series

In his weekly newsletter roundup of Chicago food writing, Michael Gebert at Fooditor (sign up HERE) wondered last week if the next great Mexican dining find in Chicago had yet to be uncovered. He wondered if it hasn’t due to the fact the Tribune no longer has much of a food presence. He did give props to me mentioning I’m always on the prowl and I can verify that - but I can also verify that it’s been rather quiet of late. Not bc Nick is no longer on the beat but bc it’s just not an exciting time for Mexican food in Chicago in the way it's been with South Asian food of late - in part bc Mexican food had its coming out party more than a decade ago during the heyday of LTHforum in the mid 2000’s and beyond. It’s the reason I haven’t done any of these specialty of the house posts in over a year, because there just hasn’t been a ton of interesting Mexican to uncover. That said I plan on taking another deep dive this summer as it’s been a couple years since I last scoured the south side for street food and what not. But as far as the taquerias and restaurants go I’ve still been checking out new spots but I haven’t had much luck finding the next Asian Cuisine Express or Minna’s Restaurant as it took me over a year to collect today’s five spots - each is worth a stop for the house specialty. 

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Aztlan Mexican Grill (Albany Park)

Albany Park is full of low key Mexican restaurants that almost exclusively serve the neighborhood itself. Most of them look just like Aztlan Mexican Grill which is a small family owned spot on Montrose. Thus it can be tough to figure out which one to go to and what to get but there’s always clues. In the case of Aztlan those clues were found in both the menu and online reviews. The menu is deep with all of the typical Mexican favorites ranging from tortas to burritos but there’s a note next to the quesadilla section stating that their 8 inch quesadillas are hand made and if you look at the pictures of them online they look legit - and they are. I don’t eat a ton of quesadillas anymore but I still enjoy one from time to time and the next time the taste for one comes I'm heading straight to Aztlan where they load up thick hand made tortillas with a number of interesting fillings including an alambre (steak, bacon, pepper, onion, melted cheese) but there’s something about a chicken quesadilla with guacamole that I love - I rarely get chicken at Mexican restaurants but the combination of tinga with hot melted cheese and cold and creamy guacamole is comfort food I trace back to my childhood at TBP (Taco Burrito Palace), a long gone Mexican restaurant on Halsted I ate at for more than a couple decades before it's closing. TBP had great quesadillas and I commonly got the chicken with a side of guacamole but the ones at Aztlan are much better with a strong masa taste thanks to the made from scratch tortilla. 

Quesadilla at Aztlan Mexican Grill 
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Barca Restaurant (Portage Park) 

Next stop is a spot that was originally featured in the Tribune back in 2022 when it was named one of the 32 best Mexican restaurants in the city. Barca Restaurant is family owned spot specializing in birria tatemada, which the family matriarch learned to make growing up in San Jose Casas Caidas, Jalisco. Nick Kindlesberger describes it in his story: “Instead of cooking the meat in a large pot until finished, the goat is simmered part of the way before being removed and slathered in chile paste made with ancho and guajillo chiles. It’s then roasted until the outside starts to char from the high heat.” I had forgot about this spot which I visited over a year ago so I'm due for a return visit very soon. The goat tacos from here are served on handmade tortillas and come with a trio of excellent salsas that truthfully aren't even needed thanks to all the flavor induced from the chile pastes but I thought the addition of the salsa verde elevated them to 1st tier status - one of the best tacos in town.  

Birria Taco at Barca Restaurant
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Cecina Grill (Pilsen)

This 18th Street Cecina estilo Guerrero specialist isn't new but they updated their menu recently and it now includes one of the city's top tacos in the form of the 'Taco Mejica' featuring sliced cecina (dry cured beef) loaded into a soft and sturdy made to order corn tortilla blessed with a glistening cheese crust and topped with a dollop of guac. The guacamole and the cheese sing so well together. 

Taco Mejica at Cecina Grill 
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Carniceria Maribel (Pilsen)

Nobody does hot dogs and hamburgers as good as the United States and nobody comes close but Mexico is a distant second. Our love for hot dogs and hamburgers has traveled south to Mexico where they have a culture all of their own. Street food stands across the country load up bacon wrapped hot dogs and mesquite grilled burgers with a ton of toppings making them a custom experience. I always have to get at least one burger or hot dog when I'm in Mexico and I usually do so after a few rounds of drinks so that the booze can soak up all of the grease. Carniceria Maribel is a popular taqueria / butcher / liquor store in Pilsen that I've featured on here a few times before. They have good tacos, I like the grilled steak options as the butcher stocks some quality carne asada for backyard barbecues and such. At some point between my last two visits they put a cheeseburger de la casa on the menu. It starts with a 6/1 ground in house beef patty dressed with grilled jalapeno + onions, chipotle mayo and melted Chihuahua cheese and its very fairly priced at $10 with fries. 

Cheeseburger de la Casa at Carniceria Maribel
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Querrepario (Archer Heights)

Comida de Guerrero is popping up all over the Chicagoland area. I don’t have exact numbers but there’s clearly a large number of Mexicans in Chicago with connections to the Southwestern Mexico State based on all of the Guerrerense restaurants that have opened over the last handful of years. Most of these spots are on the city’s Northwest side. But Querrepario Mexican Kitchen is on 47th street in the heart of Archer Heights. It had been on my radar for a bit before I finally got the chance to check it out last April and it was worth the wait so to say. Pictured below is the ‘Querrepario Platter’ which comes with an array of antojitos including one picadita, two chicken chalupas, two tacos dorados con pollo (with green sauce) and I switched out the quesabirria for a Taco Torreado - a cheese stuffed pepper with cecina and guacamole on a made to order corn tortilla. Each of these regional snacks was as good as the last and I feel like this place would've been a hit with the old LTHforum crowd and others like previously mentioned former Tribune food writer Nick Kindlesberger so maybe this is the place Fooditor's Michael Gebert is looking for. Or maybe these type of finds are dwindling due to constant change.

Querrepario Platter at Querrepario 
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Previous Posts from this Series 

Especialidad de la Casa Part 1

Especialidad de la Casa Part 2

Especialidad de la Casa Part 3

Especialidad de la Casa Part 4

Especialidad de la Casa Part 5 

Especialidad de la Casa Part 6 

Especialidad de la Casa Part 7 

Especialidad de la Casa Part 8
Especialidad de la Casa Part 9
Especialidad de la Casa Part 10
Especialidad de la Casa Part 11

See ya next time @chibbqking
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Especialidad de la Casa Pt. 6

-Eating like a Mayan King in the Windy City

It's been a while since we took a tour of the city's wonderful Mexican restaurants and their specialties of the house. This is no doubt my favorite of the many ongoing specials here at S'C'&C. Not much left to say other than there's new places popping up every day. I'm always on the prowl for the spots that have a menu that doesn't read like 90% of the other spots. Places that specialize in something.

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Con Huevos 

Cicero, IL

I learned of this spot while on the prowl for a good Mexican breakfast. Upon further investigating I realized it more than fit the bill. It's the definition of a local diner except it's in Cicero where about 80% of the population has a Mexican background. This is now my favorite breakfast place in all of Chicagoland and I'm working on a full feature of it for another Chicago based food site. Today we focus in on the Huevos Motuleños. This is a popular breakfast dish in the Yucatan region of Mexico. Learn all about this magnificent way to start your day from my guy David Hammond in New City. Con Huevos is the only place I know of to get what's basically tortillas smeared with beans and then topped with egg, ranchero sauce, ham, peas, and cheese. Recipes can vary and I've only had this dish a couple times but I have to say this version is better than the ones I tried down in Mexico.

Huevos Motuleños at Con Huevos

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Gordillas

Little Village

Gordillas was on my radar from the day I saw their coming soon sign in the window. It looked like a chain of sorts, albeit one from Mexico however I dont believe that to to be the case. I think they have aspirations to expand their offerings of Norteño favorites like gorditas and burritos. While they do eat tacos in Northern Mexico they also eat lots of burritos which aren't what they've become here in America. In Northern Mexico burritos are made using wonderful flour tortillas and are filled with an average amount of stewed meats. Shredded beef is big and that's a popular filling for the burritos, gorditas, and quesadillas on their menu. It's delicious and so are the potato and pepper options.

Quesadilla (L) Burrito (M) Gordita (R)

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Delipan

 Montclare

While riding down Harlem I spotted this place and decided to go in and see what was up. Turns out it's a little Mexican bakery where they're making all sorts of pastries as well as breads. I always like to scan through the reviews of a new place and lots of love was out there for Delipan's bread. They use it to make tortas in house and a turkey sandwich sounded pretty good. The smell of the fresh baked bread was to much to resist. I opted for the pavo (turkey) option and crossed my fingers it was fresh roasted turkey meat but alas it was just the deli stuff. Still this was loaded with all the good stuff including jalapenos and avocados. At just $5 it kicked the crap out of any big name sandwich chain.

Pavo Torta at DeliPan

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Holy Taco

Lincoln Park 

Holy Taco is one of the handfuls of hip taco spots to open up in Chicago over the last couple years. It's from the people that own Millie's Supper Club and it sits on a stretch of Webster that has a few bars popular with DePaul crowd. It's not a bad option for those kids to have. While I didnt love the tacos I did think a house special sincronizada was good drinking food. The Sincronizada is an extension of the quesadilla which in Mexico is actually a Mulita and by extension a sandwich. It's only a quesadilla when folded over. When it's one tortilla on top of another it's a mulita and when you stuff it with ham and other stuff like cheese and then top it with sauce it becomes a sincronizada. There's many variations on this snack and Holy Taco will make you one with any of their taco fillings. It's then doused 50/50 both red and green sauce and lines of sour cream. Extra napkins please.

Sincronizada at Holy Taco

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El Jacalito 

South Chicago 

If one doesn't know about El Jacalito they would ride right by. It's home looks like that of an abandoned diner that hasn't housed a tenant in years. It's the type of spot that just reeks of old school East Side Chicago. Though it also feels like it could be a random restaurant on the side of a barely traveled Texas highway. On my visit the place was packed with blue collar city workers, families, and hoards of regulars taking orders to go. Sit at the "bar" and you'll watch as the ladies pour on pound after pound of steak mixed with peppers and onion. This is what most people are here for in one way or the other. The signature menu item at El Jacalito is the super steak taco. It's made on a ginormous handmade corn tortilla that has the thickness of tavern style pizza crust. This is so it can hold all the meat shoveled in. The meat goes over a layer melted cheese and it's all topped with lettuce and tomato. It eats like a burrito but is in fact a two handed taco. One ($6.50) will fill you up.

 Super Steak Taco at El Jacalito

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Previous Posts from this Series 

Especialidad de la Casa Part 1

Especialidad de la Casa Part 2

Especialidad de la Casa Part 3

Especialidad de la Casa Part 4

Especialidad de la Casa Part 5

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Con Huevos
5709 W Cermak Rd
Cicero, IL 60804
(708) 477-4163

Gordillas
3759 W 26th St
Chicago, IL 60623
(773) 823-1499

DeliPan
2651 N Harlem Ave
Chicago, IL 60707
(872) 256-5425

Holy Taco
953 W. Webster Ave
Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 857-0844

El Jacalito
8465 S Commercial Ave
Chicago, IL 60617
(773) 933-6840

El Rey Del Pollo Asado

-Grubbing in Chicago (land)
Lake County Favorites

There was a time when I'd find myself in the odd area of Waukegan from time to time. Despite lots of exploring of the area I found it to be somewhat lacking in the food department. While there are a bunch of taqueria's and such, most of them just weren't anything special. With the exception of one spot. El Rey Del Pollo Asado is the kind of place I've long endorsed. A spot that specializes in something and in doing so turns out a real good specialty type product. Here that product is grilled chicken. Housed in an old fast food building this is anything but fast food, though it does come out pretty quick. Due to the fact it's always busy the grilled chicken is pretty much always cooking.

Locals Favorite in Waukegan

Salsa is one of those things you can use to get a good clue on the rest of the food at a Mexican restaurant. In my opinion if the salsa is good, the food will be too. The other way around, not so much. Well it just so happens that El Rey Del Pollo Asado has one of the best salsa bars in all of Chicagoland. It's not as abundant or overwhelming as the selection at Pollo Vagabundo but they make five different salsas fresh each day and they're all fantastic. My go-to's being the extra spicy pico de gallo as well as a creamy guacamole and a deceiving batch of red. I say deceiving on that because it looks like the old school tomato, onion, cilantro based salsa found at many Americanized Mexican restaurants and it is, but it's also an 8/10 on the heat scale so it's not mild by any means.

Salsa Trio

Chicken is the showcase on the menu here. While they do have steak tacos, tortas, and even a carne asada meal, I've never ordered anything but poultry. I knew this spot was legit when I first tried one of their chicken tacos. It's as good as you can make a chicken taco without cheating by frying the meat in pork fat or something like that. Tiny chopped pieces of well charred meat go great with their creamy avocado salsa. This is a chicken taco that's actually worth eating, a rarity indeed.

As seen on The Chicago Taco Tour

Recently when I had to go out to the Northshore to get my car fixed I made the decision to drive a loaner up the road and get lunch. It's about a 20 minute drive but that's how much I like this place. I cant go when I'm in the city, too far, but when in Highland Park I'm as close as I'll ever get. So why not? Last trip in I finally tried the chicken quesadilla. If you go during lunchtime hours there's a handful of lunchtime specials. All of them include rice and beans as well as a fountain drink. The ranchero beans are whole pinto beans cooked in broth with onions, peppers, tomato, bacon, wieners, and other fun stuff. Both the beans and the perfectly executed classic Mexican rice recipe are as good as anywhere. Not exactly a reason to jump into your car and take a ride but something you can appreciate when the chance to eat here does come. The quesadillas are better than they have to be. Chopped white meat mixed with diced onion and red bell pepper mixed with cheese. I liked them.

Chicken Quesadillas

Then there's the grilled chicken. The thing about these Mexican grilled chicken spots is the chicken itself is very much the same at most of them. The best indication of a good product in my experience has been the flow of traffic as far as customers. Because of the constant traffic this place gets, there's a drive-thru that's most always in use, the chicken is always grilled fresh. Combine that with the more than fair prices, top of the line sides, and a first rate salsa bar, and you got a pretty great spot. Especially for this neck of the woods where the other options are slim pickings. Still, this place would be wonderful no matter where it was located. The type of spot we all wish we had in our 'hood.

Grilled Chicken Lunch Special

El Rey Del Pollo Asado
505 S Green Bay Rd
Waukegan, IL 60085
(224) 656-5260

Mr Taco

-Eating like a Mayan King in the Windy City

Its the freaking weekend baby I'm about to have me some fun! Today's stop is a weekend favorite of Cicero's heavy drinking crowd. It's also one of the few restaurants in town that Al Capone didn't frequent. At least not to my knowledge. Mr. Taco is old, but not that old. I don't have the exact date this place opened up on the corner of Ogden and Austin but it's been around for at least a couple decades. Open late this is the spot many local late night revelers find themselves post drinking.

Locals Favorite in Cicero 

First things first, as someone who's been to as many Chicagoland Mexican restaurants as anyone I know this isnt "real" Mexican food. Or is it? I mean it's owned and made by Mexicans. You can take up your idea of what authentic is with them. Today we're here for the food. The type that's great at soaking up lots of booze in the wee hours of the morning. Even though it's called Mr. Taco the tacos here aren't the most popular item however they are good in that American style Mexican food way.

Steak Taco 

Also good are the enchiladas which they sell by the single. Not many places do that so I'm not as well versed in enchiladas as I am tacos. They use a dark red sauce that might come from a can but I doubt thats whats on your mind when you've got a few whiskeys in you.

Beef Enchilada

You could say Mr. Taco has a cult following and the reason for that is the steak quesadilla. They make them a little bit different here. Using regular sized taco tortillas they take one and put it over a bunch of cheese melting on the flattop. The cheese then melts into the tortilla creating a cheesy, crispy outside. Steak and the toppings go on top and you basically eat the thing like a taco. This is one of my great guilty pleasures which I enjoy when out and about this way after 10:00pm. It might not be "authentic" but I'll be damned if its not good after you've had a few. See for yourself.

Steak Quesadilla

Mr Taco
5960 W Ogden Ave
Cicero, IL 60804
(708) 652-3767

Las Quecas

-Eating like a Mayan King in the Windy City

Chicago's first quessadilleria comes to us from Cancun. Check out the Serious Eats piece HERE.

Dallas Taco Trot

Eating like a local:
Regional food specialties
-Blazin' along on Dallas' Taco Trail

We're staying on the road in honor of National Taco Day which just so happens to be October 4th, today. Twitter has been abuzz this week with the talk of tacos due to it. I know, I know, another fabricated food holiday...but a fun one! I don't know if the Dallas, Texas metropolis can hold a bottle of salsa to the top tacos of NYC, muhahaha, but damn is it a great taco town! I joined @tacotrail, in spirit, as our schedules just couldn't come together and hit up some of the spots he recommends on his sensational website, which you can find me writing stuff about tacos on soon. I only had a couple hours each day with my GF being in control of her vehicle but man did I love what I got to try. It obviously helped tremendously that's he's blazed the trail for hometown residents and visitors like me to know exactly where to go to enjoy some top notch tacos from one of the four main bastions in America for them. From DFW down to Austin thru San Antonio and East to Houston or West into El Paso, Texas knows tacos.
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Cool & Hot

Just off of Interstate 35 at Eighth Street.

I had to pick my places precisely on this trip. So I plugged some address' of some of José's top taco rec's into Google maps and made out a list of ones not far from each other. We don't have many gas station tacos in Chicago but I saw quite a few in Dallas. Cool & Hot came recommended and I loved the fact it was not only in a gas-station but also doubled as a Sno-Coneria'. Sno-Cones and Tacos at a gas station? Hell yeah, why not? At this point I'm used to bringing people to places they never heard of in their own hometowns.

Breakfast Taco

We were headed into Austin after a couple days in Dallas but I didn't want to wait to have my first breakfast taco while in Texas so I got a bacon, egg and cheese taco and also a beef barbacoa which came praised. The breakfast taco was pretty good for a filler but the beef barbacoa was where it's at. Succulent, smooth beef with a rich flavor pairs so perfectly with onions and cilantro between a corn tortilla and this was a great example of why. If I'm a resident this taco is in my rotation.

Barbacoa Taco

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Mi Tierrita Taqueria

North Oak Cliff Neighborhood

Next stop is to a place located in a strip mall in North Texas. For those of us not familiar with the DFW area, this isnt a neighborhood many tourists make it too. But it is a neighborhood many taco enthusiasts do. José @tacotrail says "Visiting each and every taco shop in North Texas is impossible. Businesses open and close, change ownership and staff—not to mention location—without a fancy-schmancy press release from a boutique agency". Exactly what we preach over here. Trompo Tacos (al pastor), Papusa's, and regional specialties such as Monterrey style Hamburguesa's, and campechanas. One thing you'll notice in some of these pics was most taco order comes in a Styrofoam container with your cilantro and onions on the side. Never seen this in Chicago. Not a big deal for me either way though, just pointing it out.

Taco al Pastor

There was no spit in action on my visit but I decided to try an al pastor taco anyway. I also rolled with a campechana which is a regional take on the quesadilla classic. The pastor meat was pretty damn good. Different but good. Heavily seasoned in some bright red pastes I appreciated the side of grilled onions they give when you ask for cilantro and onion. The tacio itself was a little greasy but I never met an authentic one I didn't like. However the steak campachana was my preferred item of the two. As @tacotrail explains "bound by mozzarella and wrapped in flour tortillas that have begun to peel like paper and crisp from time spent on the flattop griddle."

Steak Campachana

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La Nueva Tortilleria

Northwest Dallas

"When people ask for recommendations, I point them to this Bachman Lake tortilla factory" When I read this from José in an article where he ranks Dallas' top tacos, I immediately threw it on my list. The place was ranked #1 in his round-up and everything about it sounded right up my alley when it comes to finding the best tacos in town. I'll let José tell the story. "Four-year-old La Nueva is owned by Gloria Vazquez Martinez, a native of the Mexican state of Zacatecas, whose father opened the first La Nueva in 1968. There are now six family-owned spots in Rio Grande, Zacatecas; another La Nueva in Lewisville; and several other operations in the area."

Tortilla Machine

José continued to write "The barbacoa at La Nueva comes in three forms: the common beef head, borrego (lamb), and beef cachete (cheek). Though all are excellent, it’s the fatty cachete with its palate-hopscotching flavor that is incomparable among the trio. Like all the tacos at La Nueva, the vermillion chorizo and the umber-colored pastor must be enjoyed elsewhere. This isn’t a restaurant. There is no seating. I suggest the shopping center’s sidewalk. You could consume them in the relative comfort of your car, but tacos this great demand space and respect." and that I gave them. I couldn't even tell you which one I loved the most but the lamb was as advertised. The other two (pork in verde and roja) were just as good. The homemade tortillas were also on another level so yeah I could definitely taste why this is one of Texas' top taco shops.

Trio of Tacos

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Taqueria Tiquicheo

North Oak Cliff Neighborhood

The next stop is named after a city in the Michoacán state can be easily missed. But I had @tacotrail guiding me so I plugged the address into the GPS and we were there. "Pass it by and lose out on the pinnacle of deshebrada de pollo in Dallas." were the words that put it on my watch. Chicken tacos should be easy to make but most places just don't do them justice. Surprisingly I had what might of been the two best chicken tacos of my life while in the great big beef eating state of Texas. One of the two came from here. "The preparation—chicken stewed in a fierce concoction of tomatoes and chiles until it’s transformed into a finely shredded mass—is served in house-made corn tortillas, sturdy enough to hold back the wave of garnet-hued juice the meat can’t help but release. At first, the poultry’s heat is like the breezy licks of a campfire when you’re just outside the ring of logs that serve as seating. And then it’s too late. Nasal passages clear"

Chicken Tacos for the Taco Gods

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Mr Mesero

Dallas' Uptown Neighborhood

Mr Mesero would be my pick for the first place we ate upon my arrival. With it being my first trip to Texas I wanted to make sure my first meal ate in state was Tex-Mex. Personally I've always loved the Tex-Mex I've made with the help of Robb Walsh and other online recipes. I don't have any problem with it because "It's not authentic" Well no shat Sherlock! That's why it's called TEX-Mex. Sour cream chicken enchiladas, brisket tacos and nachos are just a few of my favorite's. Mr Mesero is a trendy type place incorporating a more upscale menu. For those of us in Chicago, it's like a Tex-Mex version of Big Star. But even better in some aspects. Such as a wonderful trio of salsa served complimentary while you decide what to order.

Some sights from Mr Mesero

She went with her home-state favorite chicken enchiladas. I got to have a taste and while they were very rich I thought they were pretty spot on as far as what I was expecting. Just stepped up ingredients, specifically the sauce. I went with the #5 off the "LOS COMBINACIONES" part of the menu. I wanted both a brisket taco and Mico's Tex-Mex cheese enchilada so it was a perfect order. Damn that hit the spot!

#5 Combination Plate from Mr Masero

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Cool & Hot
930 E 8th St 
Dallas, TX 75203
(214) 944-5330

Mi Tierrita Taqueria
2838 W. Davis St.
Dallas, TX 75211
(214) 333-2300

La Nueva Tortilleria
9625 Webb Chapel Rd
Dallas, TX 75220
(214) 358-7261

Taqueria Tiquicheo
110 S Marsalis Ave 
Dallas, TX 75203
(214) 941-4300

Mr Mesero
4444 McKinney Ave 
Dallas, TX 75205
(214) 780-1991

Brighton Park Taco Trucks

-Eating like a Mayan King in the Windy City

Rolling down Archer on recent Friday night brought me right past a couple taco trucks in Brighton Park which had been discussed over at LTH. Not remembering said trucks discussed we still stopped to check them out because one, they both had groups of people standing around them and two, who doesn't love tacos? I think it was around 11p when we made the stop and walked over to an unnamed yellow truck.

The first of two taco trucks on Archer

Both of the trucks are about a half block apart on the 4000 South block of Archer. They're basically right outside of a Supermercado El Guero. Both offer similar menus and make their own tortillas for the quesadillas and also shape their own masa for Huaraches. I don't think they make fresh ones for the tacos but in a city with 5+ tortillerias, you wont find many authentic places not using super fresh ones. I tried the steak and the chicharones tacos and helped myself to the wonderful display of fresh salsas and relish on the truck. The steak was very good but the chicharones were anything but crispy fried pork skin, just soft tripas. There wasn't a communication problem so not sure what went wrong.

Taco Truck Tacos from the Yellow One on Archer

The other truck has a name and it goes by Lalo's. On this night it seemed to be the more popular of the two but both were doing good business. I'll admit the smells from this one were more tempting than the other but I think it might of been do to the fact that were cooking up so much.

Lalo's Taco Truck on Archer

I decided to try an al pastor from here despite not seeing a spit and also got a steak quesadilla with grilled onions and cilantro inside. The al pastor was actually pretty bad. Fatty pieces of chewy pork couldn't be saved by their smooth and spicy avocado blend salsa. But the 'dilla? Damn! I hadn't had one this good since my trip to Puerto Vallarta. The fresh tortilla which was pounded out after I ordered was phenomenal. Inside of it the steak, grilled onions and tons of melted chihuahua made for a mess of a delight. I added in some of their pickled habanero mix and it was no joke. You need a knife and fork and some space to eat it over but what a glorious pain it is. This was a great Mexican Cheese Steak and something I'll be returning for.

Taco al Pastor

Sensacional Steak Quesadilla 

Trucks located near
4023 S Archer Ave
Chicago, IL 60632