User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20021120 Netscape/7.01 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: [email removed] Lines: 33 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu chi.eats:20360 I'd recommend seeking out those little neighborhood places - taquieras, I think they're called (don't go by my spelling.) Also, there's "Abril" in Logan Square -- just off the square itself, go north on Kedzie - across from the blue line station. Good eats. Bubba wrote: > Someone wrote: > > >>I've lived in Chicago most of my life, and yet I never have had been >>to all of the places the city is known for. Currently in a class I am >>taking, we are being asked to do a 10 page paper in a >>culture/subculture or something associated with it. I thought Mexican >>food would be good, but I need a place to go in Chicago that has >>authentic Mexican food. >> >>Does anyone happen to have any suggestions? >> >>-matt > > > Nueva Leon on 18th Street. It's just East of Ashland on the South side > of the street. Bring your own beer or wine. There's a liquor store next > door. They have free parking, the lot is about 1 block East of the > restuarant, on the south side of the street. The parking is free, but > duke the attendant a few bucks for keeping an eye on your car. > > If you need to break the ice with dining guests who have never been > there, tell them many actual Mexican's say the refried beans are the > best they have ever had.
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Where to find good mexican food?
Try restaurants in neighborhoods inhabited heavily by Mexican families. There is a joint on Armitage/Kostner whose name I can't pronounce, let alone remember. They have excellent food at a very reasonable price. There are several restaurants on Grand/Austin avenues (three in a half block location). I thought Abril was Puerto Rican or perhaps Cuban cosine? Let us know what you think. -- |^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^||_________ | Miller Lite || |__\__ |_...__...______________||_|__|..=] "(@)'(@)""""""""""*|(@)*(@)***(@) (Yes, I know, my truck is screwed up.) ZekeBriarcliff wrote: > I'd recommend seeking out those little neighborhood places - taquieras, > I think they're called (don't go by my spelling.) > > Also, there's "Abril" in Logan Square -- just off the square itself, go > north on Kedzie - across from the blue line station. Good eats. > > Bubba wrote: > > Someone wrote: > > > > > >>I've lived in Chicago most of my life, and yet I never have had been > >>to all of the places the city is known for. Currently in a class I am > >>taking, we are being asked to do a 10 page paper in a > >>culture/subculture or something associated with it. I thought Mexican > >>food would be good, but I need a place to go in Chicago that has > >>authentic Mexican food. > >> > >>Does anyone happen to have any suggestions? > >> > >>-matt > > > > > > Nueva Leon on 18th Street. It's just East of Ashland on the South side > > of the street. Bring your own beer or wine. There's a liquor store next > > door. They have free parking, the lot is about 1 block East of the > > restuarant, on the south side of the street. The parking is free, but > > duke the attendant a few bucks for keeping an eye on your car. > > > > If you need to break the ice with dining guests who have never been > > there, tell them many actual Mexican's say the refried beans are the > > best they have ever had. >
NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Apr 2003 00:58:45 GMT X-Accept-Language: en-us, en User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.2) Gecko/20030208 Netscape/7.02 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu chi.eats:20383 You have to check out the restaurants in the Pilsen-Little Village neighborhood, on the South Side. It's the center of the Mexican community in Chicago. Also interesting is Frontera Grill and the dressier Topolobampo, on North Clark Street. These two restaurants provide an upscale contrast to the usual taco-enchilada-burrito fare in a lot of Mexican restaurants. Owner/Executive Chef Rick Bayless (Do a Google search.) is an accomplished practitioner and student of "Cucina Mexicana" who's widely known for his creative use of authentic Mexican techniques and ingredients. Enjoy your research! mmilam wrote: >I've lived in Chicago most of my life, and yet I never have had been >to all of the places the city is known for. Currently in a class I am >taking, we are being asked to do a 10 page paper in a >culture/subculture or something associated with it. I thought Mexican >food would be good, but I need a place to go in Chicago that has >authentic Mexican food. > >Does anyone happen to have any suggestions? > >-matt > >
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 05:42:45 +0000 (UTC) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test74 (May 26, 2000) Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu chi.eats:20405 Arsenio O. wrote: > a lot of Mexican restaurants. Owner/Executive Chef Rick Bayless (Do >a Google search.) is an accomplished practitioner and student of "Cucina >Mexicana" who's widely known for his creative use of authentic Mexican >techniques and ingredients. I asked Rick where to go to get a good gordita in these parts and he pointed me to Supermercado Aguascalientes on 26th near Kedzie. I've been back many a time and have never been disappointed. The gorditas are wonderful, and the tacos are plenty delicious as well. Another old favorite of mine is Elvia's on 47th near Hermitage, but I haven't been there in a year or so. What you *don't* get much of in Chicago is the classic California combination-plate Mex that many west coast sorts grew up with. You can get it, or something close to it, but it's not the same. If that's your bag, El Tapatio isn't a bad substitute, and I like Cesar's. Both are yuppish Lakeview joints, which means they have tasty, expensive margaritas.
NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 22:06:39 CST Organization: The University of Chicago X-SessionID: [email removed] X-Hash-Info: post-filter,v:1.4 X-Hash: 2a2d4ef7 e310075e 1b096665 8296d159 7efe24de Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 22:06:39 -0600 Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu chi.eats:20358 you can go pretty much anywhere in chicago, but you'll have more choice if you go to the flea market at roosevelt and canal on sunday. lots of mexican restaurants are there. On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, mmilam wrote: > I've lived in Chicago most of my life, and yet I never have had been > to all of the places the city is known for. Currently in a class I am > taking, we are being asked to do a 10 page paper in a > culture/subculture or something associated with it. I thought Mexican > food would be good, but I need a place to go in Chicago that has > authentic Mexican food. > > Does anyone happen to have any suggestions? > > -matt >
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NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 23:02:22 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 23:02:22 GMT Xref: usenet.INS.cwru.edu chi.eats:20382 humble user wrote: > I get easily confused. Have to try it out one day. > > -- > > |^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^||_________ > | Miller Lite || |__\__ > |_...__...______________||_|__|..=] > "(@)'(@)""""""""""*|(@)*(@)***(@) > > > Ajanta wrote: > >>humble user wrote: >> >>>I thought Abril was Puerto Rican or perhaps Cuban cosine? >> >>Abril is definitely Mexican and one of my favorites. >> >>(There may well be Puerto Rican or Cuban restaurant in the Logan Square >>area that you are thinking of. Tania's ? is quite famous.) >> >>I don't think the misunderstanding runs so deep but here is an >>interesting coincidence: Where Abril stands now, there used to be a >>restaurant called Lindo Mexico. They moved to Lincoln ave (~2600N) and >>also operate a Cuban restaurant under the same roof. :-) > For a while Lindo Mexico had "two locations" though the Milwaukee Avenue site was the original. It's been Abril for a long time though. At Abril, be sure to get coffee or cocoa after dinner; they're both accented with cinnamon and really tasty. Nuevo Leon (cited earlier) is another good choice. My first visit there was around 1971, on a grade school Spanish class field trip. Last visit was in December '02, and it's still great. If you're in the far north suburbs, I recommend Casa Bonita in Waukegan (Glen Rock & Belvidere). There is a significant Mexican population in Waukegan and we've tried a number of places, but this is consistently the best. MLW