Taqueria El Mezquite

Mexican cuisine is served across breakfast, lunch, and dinner at this family restaurant. Its street food and open-air market concept includes traditional tacos with up to 21 meat and delicacy choices, including chorizo, tripas, cabeza, sesos, and chicharron. The menu also features quesadillas, huaraches, gorditas, sopes, soups, seafood, steak, pork, chicken, and Mexican specialties such as chilaquiles, huevos rancheros, and pollo con mole. Meals can be paired with homemade-style salsas, while desserts include flan and arroz con leche. A patio provides outdoor seating, and tepache is available as a cold fermented pineapple beverage. Taqueria El Mezquite is located in Chicago's Pilsen community, near Harrison Park and the National Museum of Mexican Art.