Posts tagged Take Out
Top 10 Taco Spots in Chicago

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.

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Los Gamas Tortilleria: Your (Tacos) are Everywhere, Screaming Infidelities

Los 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.

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Taqueria El Milagro: Hands Down This is the Best (Taco) I Can Ever Remember

Okay, 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.

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Papi's Tacos: The (Tacos) Are Back in Town

First 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.

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Internacional Supermercado: (These Tacos) are the Champions, My Friend

This 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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Jarabe Mexican Street Food: (Are Their Tacos) After Breakfast?

It's a tiny place, only a few tables, but I like the bright colors. This taco place is known for it's breakfast tacos! Which is exciting. I love me a good breakfast taco. Currently I get mine at Taco Bell (Hello, Breakfast Quesalupa) however, it might be nice to get one that was less processed. Thrillist recommended the Machacha Breakfast Taco (eggs, machacha beef pickled jalapenos, cilantro avocado, queso fresco) so I ordered that one, even though the first breakfast taco on the menu (chorizo, potatoes, queso fresco, pico de gallo) looked more appealing to me. This was my one and only mistake... and it was a bit of a big one.

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Raymond's Hamburgers & Tacos: (Cheese) In the Shell

Don't let this place fool you, it's not your average, run-of-the-mill mom-and-pop taco shop. The meat is well seasoned, the toppings are classic. Nothing to write home about but very good all the same. Raymond's twist? If you ask for cheese, they put a slice of melted american cheese BETWEEN the two corn tortillas.

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Big & Littles: (Taco-)Hunting, Fishing, Loving Every Day

The tuna poke taco was the one Thrillist recommended and I will get to that in a minute, because we ordered a few more that I want to get out of the way. They were v. good. Well seasoned. Tasty. Worth a trip, however after the stellar line up of taco places we’ve had thus far, Big & Littles non-fish tacos don't stand out.

The fish tacos, though….Holy crap.

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