Chorizo And Egg Torta
El Famous Burrito

El Famous Burrito

1214 E Central Rd, Mount Prospect I-60056-2681, United States

Steak • Tacos • Fries • Cheese


"El Famous Burrito is my personal favorite Mexican lunch spot. It's not a restaurant, its a tiny takeout or eat-n-go place, but at the same time it beats almost any other Mex place foodwise. Speaking of the food, I am in love with their Chile Relleno burrito, and this chain makes the best one I've ever tried. Regardless of the location tho, the taste doesn't change, they all keep the same recipe and technology going. I also love that you can take the whole bottle of salsa with you and top the burrito with it after every single bite. I am a huge salsa lover so that's what I do. Both red and green have always been fresh, and they store it in the fridge during the day, rather than on the tables, so if you're here for the first time you may not even notice them: Service have always been outstanding. Comparing to few other Mexican places I've been to, staff speaks good english and undestands you perfectly, never had any issues. The speed of them preparing your order is SUPER FAST. Normally, when the order is taken and given back to the kitchen, I only have time to pay for it, pickup a salsa from the fridge, grab some napkins and plastic fork, put all these on the table I've chosen and... its done! Literally they make it in under 2 minutes!! Sometimes, during some peak hours you may wait like 5-6 min, because there is always a guy in front of me picking up 60 tacos to go; still it is super super fast! And it doesn't mean they undercook something, absolutely not, it means cooks are ready the proper way. Their Wheeling location is the same distance from my house as Mount Prospect, so I take turns. I can't tell I like one better, they are both amazing. Wheeling, however, updated their interior lately, so now it has a new fresher look. Hopefully, they will go on with Mt Prospect next up, because place does look a bit tired!"

Chilo's

Chilo's

323 Franklin Ave, New York, NY 11238, 11216, City of New York, United States

Fish • Meat • Tacos • Drinks


"Can’t believe that I’m giving this place two stars. We used to love it. Now it sucks. Honestly, it SUCKS. The quality of the food is wildly inconsistent at best, but usually poor. (Today I had a fish taco that was way too brown-hard-and-crunchy on the outside, but still a little bit raw on the inside. How do they even do that? Throw some frozen meat into some too-hot oil? I don’t even know. But it was small, expensive, and it sucked . At 7.50 for a taco that won’t even fill up a small person, you’re guaranteed to spend around $20 at this small-bite taco truck if you don’t want to go home starving. With drinks and tips (you can’t just tip on one order, btw—food and drink are in separate places so you have to tip twice this is now a $35-40 per person place to get “cheap” tacos from a janky old truck. It’s an upside down equation, and it’s really kind of painful. The property is dingy. That’s the best way I can express it. Just dingy. Not bright and happy and uplifting like it used to be in the first few years. Dirty, grimy, sad. The Covid shed dining that takes up the car parking lane next to the building is ramshackle, dilapidated and depressing too, no matter how many coats of bright pink paint they put on it. What a fail, this place. And I used to love it so much. In the beginning, the chef (Chip was always around and he put a stamp of quality on everything. Now you almost never see him, and the people working here seem like they’re just waiting for their shifts to end. COVID was a destroyer of worlds. But these guys took a pretty cynical approach to surviving the challenge— raise prices and throw quality out the window. I gave these guys two stars rather than one star only because I have some nostalgia for how good they used to be, but it’s pretty miserable now. I’m writing this review after four trips to Chilos’s in the last two months. I’m not rushing to judgment. But my judgment is: don’t bother. I would never bring a date here or recommend this place to a friend."