Mexican
Roger rated this 4 stars, calling it by far the best restaurant on the main Old Town strip, with fresh tortillas, a loaded fish plate, and attentive, fast service, despite most of the surrounding strip being a tourist trap.
Start with fish plate or burritos or carne fries or guacamole, and check the restaurant’s current menu before you go.
From Roger’s camera roll
From Roger’s Foursquare
Grab fresh tortillas right from the sidewalk!
Posted
On Roger’s lists: Carne Asada!.
Source-backed notes
Checked in 10 times on Swarm, most recently Jun 13, 2020. See the check-in log
“This is by far the best restaurant on the main Old Town strip. Though I have to say pretty much all the spots here are tourist traps, this place has some pretty bomb food, servers are super attentive and everything comes out quite quick but not half-assed. Awesome quality food, tortilla was just fresh, texture and flavor was perfect! Fish plate was bombeezie, enough cheese, rice and beans to top it off! Thiugh the tortilla chips were ok and the salsa was ok, overall they hook it up here. My friends had burritos and carne fries and the guacamole was definitely hooked up fatty!!”
Roger called this the best restaurant on the main Old Town strip, praising fresh tortillas and a loaded fish plate with attentive, fast service, even though he considered most of the surrounding strip a tourist trap. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)
Stay in the neighborhood
One of the two omakase counters Roger named when asked where to take a visiting friend for sushi in 2022.
Roger's pick for the best cigar lounge in town, where Glen pairs newcomers with a stick they won't regret and the humidor system is dialed in.
On his first visit to this Old Town institution, Roger enjoyed the decor, roaming mariachis and a warm basket of fresh nacho chips brought out right away; despite a busy dining room, a server outside her own section still helped take and deliver their order, and his beef chimichanga with rice and beans had a good, fresh taste.
Keep exploring
Browse the Mexican page, or continue to another place with a matching cuisine.
Roger's 2022 answer for Mexican food in North Park, built around a surf 'n turf he described as bigger than most people's forearms.
A cash-only Lincoln Heights spot Roger said to visit for menudo and birria in massive portions.