Before Pilsen welcomed gallery spaces and Little Village became La Villita, the city’s Mexican population fought to make their voices heard and for places to live. Georgetown University historian Mike Amezcua chronicles this decades-long struggle in his compelling Making Mexican Chicago: From Postwar Settlement to the Age of Gentrification, published in February by University of […]
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Carnitas La Esquinita hides in plain sight
But it’s a serious contender in the little-meats game.
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Pilsen celebrates the Fourth of July with a bang
Photographer Rick Majewski captures the neighborhood’s spectacular Independence Day parties, as American flags are hoisted, Mexican food is served up, and amateur fireworks displays erupt on block after block.
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Texican’s Tex-Mex classics put Taco Bell to shame
Former Dodo chef Kim Dalton redeems the much-maligned border cuisine.
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Deportation fears can lead to higher risk of illness in undocumented populations
Practitioners say fear of ICE raids and a lack of access to affordable health care can put undocumented and minority populations at risk.
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Quiote’s offbeat Mexican food pairs perfectly with agave spirits
The multifaceted Logan Square concept from former Salsa Truck owner Dan Salls includes a basement bar with a wealth of mezcal.
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Leña Brava is another triumph for Rick Bayless
The Frontera chef summons fire and ice at his Baja-inspired seafood spot.
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Dos Urban Cantina offers a glimpse at the future of Mexican food
Mike Sula reviews—and recommends—Dos Urban Cantina in Logan Square.
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Save Cantina 1910 from ignorant Yelpers
Chef Diana Dávila is making imaginative, original Mexican food in Andersonville, a neighborhood that doesn’t always embrace culinary talent.
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For a Pilsen nonprofit, gentrification makes promoting the arts a double-edged sword
Nonprofit ElevArte works to promote Pilsen’s Mexican-American heritage in a rapidly changing neighborhood
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Eating all the tacos at Bodega
Bodega isn’t very authentic, but it is possible to drunkenly order the entire taco menu.
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Slightly authentic and very excessive Mexican fare at Autentico 5 de Mayo
A 24-hour Tex-Mex diner in Lakeview offers an overwhelming assortment of good food at reasonable prices.
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Nora’s Will
A woman’s suicide leaves behind a succession of revelations for her husband and their Mexican Jewish family in Mariana Chenillo’s 2008 “Nora’s Will,” screening for free tonight at Harrison Park.