There is so much you can DO with tacos that the possibilities are endless. The only question remains, which are the best? Over the course of 2016, fellow taco connoisseur and ride-or-die babe, Sara Seibt, and I decided to celebrate Taco Tuesday every single Tuesday. We tried 52 different places exactly and have compiled for you what we thought were the very best the city has to offer.
Read MoreI was STARVING by the time I got to La Chilangueada with fellow taco connoisseur and ride or die babe, Sara Seibt. I was stoked for some slider tacos to make my dreams come true. La Chilangueda a small sit-down place where I got to use my very rusty and embarrassing Spanish. We were served quickly.
Read MoreFirst off, El Taco Veloz is adorable. And I mean that in the best way. And I would think it was just as adorable if it wasn't also very close to where I live. It's a sit down place that is very affordable (extremely so) and cash only.
Read MoreI don't have a whole lot to say about Carniceria Aguascalientes - not for bad reasons - I mean it in the best way. It 100% fills your expectations. It's a small restaurant attached to a small grocery store. We had our pick of tables and it was nice that you could order alcohol, because let me tell you how much I needed a margarita that day.
Read MoreDon't be fooled by the OG categorization - although the food itself is classic, the inside is as hip as they make them - colorful with interesting music choices.
While waiting for our Guest Judge we people watched the plethora of hipsters and scratched our head over what radio station could possibly be playing.
Read MoreLos Gamas Tortilleria, or just Los Gamas, is a little shop in Logan Square. It's a bit confusing when you first walk in - you order at one counter and pay at another and literally everything is in Spanish. I always think my Spanish is solid but then get stage fright whenever I actually want to use it; so, it took me a few minutes to adjust, but, by then, we had already stumbled our way in English through our order and sat down.
Read MoreLa Cecina is this little restaurant nestled in Back of the Yards. We, once again, took a cab over from the Loop and got there in no time. La Cecina is a sit down restaurant and it was empty when we got there and we were seated right away. There were telenovelas playing on the TV in one corner and a few people in there that seemed familiar with the servers. It definitely felt like a local place.
Read MoreRight in the heart of Little Village is a small hole-in-the-wall restaurant/grocery store: called La Chaparrita. The room is filled with colorful, cheerful decor and just screams charming. I have immediately fallen in love.
Read MoreOkay, these tacos are huge - and I ordered 2. They were legit bigger than my hand (see photo for reference).
Other than the size, they tasted quite good. We asked for cheese on the side and got some, because the taco itself was just a slab of beef with some cabbage on top. I... personally wasn't huge on the cabbage. You all know I'm an onions and cilantro kind of gal.
Read MoreThe recommended tacos were the Crispy Potato Tacos (Papa Y Epazote) which were a little different in that they were rolled tacos, almost like a taquito. And man - they lived up to their hype. A vegetarians dream, I would imagine.Hell - I’m a meat eater and I would write songs about these tacos. And I don't even know WHAT the sauce was on top but yes. yes. yes.
Read MoreFirst off, it appears to also sell Italian food and Pizza, which, I mean, ok. One of the best quiches I ever had was from a similar place up in Rogers Park so, no judgement here.
The inside is a little grungy in a I-Wouldn't-Want-To-Take-A-Nap-Here-With-My-Mouth-Open kind of way, but I mean, whatever - THEY WERE OPEN DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS. Not gonna complain.
Read MoreThese are solid. I don't have anything bad to say about them. They were well seasoned and I really enjoyed them. Did they knock my socks off? Not quite. But, if I lived around the corner this would be a go to taco SPOT.
Read MoreI guess I'll start with the good. The restaurant itself is lovely. Well decorated, clean, BYOB and neighboring a liquor store. I walked in and was like... I could hang out here.
Read MoreI'm going to keep this one short and sweet. I don't have a lot to say about the place. However, it's not for lack of being able to differentiate it. The place is filled with weird antiques on the floors and walls like the decorator raided a thrift store and dumped it all in one room.
Read MoreThe recommended taco was the Taco Pioneros, which isn't actually like a taco at all. It's basically a platter with steak, bacon, ham, peppers, onions, cactus, and cheese which you then shell into tortillas yourself.
Read MoreWhat looks like a small taco shop from the outside is actually a sit down restaurant. Not the trendiest place to look at and definitely a little older. Was it a little grimy in the bathroom? Sure. Was the bar shoddily put together? Sure. Did I care? Not one bit. Actually, all of the above may have added to this place’s charm.
Read MoreThis little supermarket in the heart of Back of the Yards doesn't look like much from the outside - and from the inside too, I guess, for that matter. There's just a couple aisles of food items, a small cold section and an impressive deli, I might add. But the true gem is the small taco grill in the back.
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