Who Has the Top Tacos? Comment for a Shot at a $50 Gift Card

This week, local editors Joe Vince , Michael Sewall and Paul Dailing tried tacos at restaurants in their respective Patch towns.

[Paco Sanchez]

I love LA Cafe for steak tacos.

[Mr. Green]

Los Comales in Joliet in Collins. Great tacos!

[Socialism]

Burrito Loco steak tacos........yummy!

[My Vote]

Los Comales, in Illinois 14 locations?

[neighborly]

El Burrito Loco in Joliet on 30. I like the steak with both the green & red salsa.
Though really, I make the best tacos at home, after a 60 mile round-trip to Pete's Fresh Foods in Chicago with its great store-made fresh pico de gallo and its still warm soft corn tortillas from local vendors who deliver several times a day. Grab some of their great avocados, fresh cilantro, chose from several kinds of queso fresa and mmm, heaven in my own kitchen.

[best]

El famous

[try]

Try Lucky Burito. It's a new place by Jewel in Frankfort. Really good tacos

[Pickles]

Buenos Nachos in Frankfort. Authentico!

[Dollar Bill Wirtz]

[QUOTE who="Mr. Green"]Los Comales in Joliet in Collins. Great tacos![/QUOTE]

My favorite !!!!!!!

[MexiCAN]

I once knew a hot senorita with a very tasty taco!!!

[London]

none of these locations - they are all terrible as they know the folks they cather to don't know good Mexican food if it smacked them in the face. You need to go to Chicago where there is real competion amongst real Mexican restaurants cathering to Mexicans.

[Mr. Green]

London wrote:

none of these locations - they are all terrible as they know the folks they cather to don't know good Mexican food if it smacked them in the face. You need to go to Chicago where there is real competion amongst real Mexican restaurants cathering to Mexicans.

Lol yes because you are the mouth of all that is Mexican.

[Mr. Green]

And FYI some of these restaurants are from Chicago like Los comales, atotonilco, and lucky burrito.

[London]

[QUOTE who="Mr. Green"]<quoted text>
Lol yes because you are the mouth of all that is Mexican.[/QUOTE]

I'm laughing too - that is funny! Seriously - I recently moved to New Lenox but last 30 yrs Chicago. These Mexican restaurants out in the suburbs are using inferior cuts of meat when it comes to staek tacos, e.g.- inner round / outer round etc. They are not using what is refered to as true "Arrachera" meat. Very tender beef makes for juicy tacos. They don't season well and they actually allow for fatty part of the meat to be served. You should not have to chew fatty or hard chunks in your tacos! BTW - I actually am Mexican!

[London]

[QUOTE who="Mr. Green"]And FYI some of these restaurants are from Chicago like Los comales, atotonilco, and lucky burrito.[/QUOTE]

Yes I know - Comales on 26th / Cicero / Berwyn area... Atotonilco - 47th Ashland area, etc... I grew up eating these joints and still do - yesterday as a matter of fact... Just saying they do things different when in the burbs - I'm sure you can taste the difference.

[Mr. Green]

London wrote:

[QUOTE who="Mr. Green"]And FYI some of these restaurants are from Chicago like Los comales, atotonilco, and lucky burrito."

Yes I know - Comales on 26th / Cicero / Berwyn area... Atotonilco - 47th Ashland area, etc... I grew up eating these joints and still do - yesterday as a matter of fact... Just saying they do things different when in the burbs - I'm sure you can taste the difference.

I have to agree. I too am from Chicago, and the taste is different.

[Chaser]

The trailer next to the supermarcado on cass and Collins. Dollar tacos and the best lengua in the area