Restaurant No. 3: A tacueria

Normally this would not fit my criteria. But this is not your typical taco and burrito place that can be found all over Chicago. One of the oddities of this place is that it is a restaurant inside of a grocery store. I have been to a few before and have always found the food to good and the offerings a lot more extensive, so it fits because it is more restaurant than most Mexican joints.

Place: Tacueria North Pulaski, 3850 W. North Ave., Chicago. Located on the west edge of Logan Square/Humboldt Park, near Humboldt Park.

Cost: Cheap eating. Prices are pretty much $7 and under.

I went out to Costco with a friend of mine and on the way back, we decided we were hungry. Shocking, that after eating all the freebies at Costco, we want more. But alas, we did.

If you can get over eating in a grocery store (hello Whole Foods makes a fortune), you will really like this place. The options were amazing. You could get pretty much whatever you want, from tacos, burritos, sopes, carnitas, chilaquiles, carnitas, fajitas, rotisserie chicken, soups, pork chops, to so much more.

I decided that I wanted chilaquiles. If you aren't familiar with it is a dish with fried corn tortilla strips, eggs, a tomatillo sauce (this was a verde), onion, fresh cream (Mexican sour cream) and cheese. How could you go wrong. It was really good. I couldn't even eat half of it, the portion was so large. It was all good. And I highly recommend.

My friend Bill had the chicken plate. There was a lot of food. I'm not sure if it was a half chicken but it was definitely more than a quarter. The chicken was really juicy and well flavored. The chunk of avocado was huge and super creamy. It was really worth the price.

All over, it was really good. Not everything about the place is great: my hochata was weak (they served it warm), the ordering line cramped, and you are better served if you know some Spanish, but overall this tacueria is a worthy place. The moral of the story here is if you are willing to give a place a chance, you may end up with a huge surprise.