Mexican Food

Lately I’ve totally been craving Mexican food. Last weekend Brad and I were walking around Logan Square because we had taken the car into the shop. Since I had skipped breakfast, I originally wanted to go to Cozy Corner, which is one of my favorite diner joints (there’s one near our place and one by the Milwaukee blue line stop). But Cozy Corner was swamped with hipster kids coming down from hangovers. So we spotted Taqueria Moran across the street, chcekced in on Yelp (yay iPhone), and decided to give it a shot…Seriously, my new favorite Mexican place in Chicago.

The inside is small but really cute! Awesome chips and salsa. I had the carne asada tacos, and even thought I usually don’t like corn tortillas, these were fabulous! We also got the guacamole and that was AMAZING! Very, very fresh. There were lots of onions, which was different from the usually guacamole I have but seriously: so. so. so. good. We will definitely be back to this place again.

Yesterday the weather was so nice. We spent a lot of the day out and about and I didn’t feel like making dinner, so we took a nice long walk to El Pacifico. We had been hear once before and I didn’t feel like trying out a new place. There are lots of taquerias in our little Latino neighborhood but sometimes it’s risky business trying someplace new. El Pacifico is pretty reliable. Their guac is not nearly as good as Moran’s but they have great carne asada and good portions. Their prices are a little high for the quality of the food but we’ll probably come back because it’s so close.

Other Mexican places nearby we need to try:

Fonda Del Mar: I keep hearing great things about this place.

Taqueria Ricardo: Very close to us. Sounds like a cheap place with good food…I miss our old Taqueria like this in Arkansas.

Carniceria Jimenez: This is a grocery story we’ve been to before but apparently they have amazing and cheap guacamole. Plus, I didn’t realize they had a panderia. I’ve been looking for a good panderia nearby.