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El Faro Restaurant

4.0 (209 reviews)
Open 7:00 am - 7:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Good for kids

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Awesome food both vegetarian and chicken.
Rahul S.

LONG STORY SHORT: You love tacos but someone else in your party doesn't eat the essentials: steak nor pork. So what do you do? Well you take them to El Faro, of course! SHORT STORY LONG: Walking in this place may look like a bakery with a dine-in area, very minimal. However, if you look closer you may find tiny menu books on the table. In there you'll find tons of food options both meat, vegetarian & vegan (yes, there's a difference!), juice shakes and desserts. Between me and my picky eater, we ordered the: · Consome de pollo (chicken soup) · Chile relleno (stuffed/fried poblano pepper) tacos · Al Pastor taco · Pollo tacos · Tres Leches cake Most, if not all tacos have the option of Cilantro & Onions OR lettuce & tomatos. .... I recommend the Cilantro & onions, it's the authentic way to eat them. Honestly, this was one of the most satisfying meals we had. Firstly their average taco costed just under $3, they were larger than street tacos and they used 2 good quality corn tortillas. The soup was a little on the liquidy side but still tasty and the Al Pastor and Pollo were just perfect. Not too chewy nor salty! Additionally the vegetarian-friendly Chile relleno tacos were ginormous (see pics). For context, these are poblano peppers that are stuffed with cheese and then deep fried. I didn't expect to see such massive ones but they are totally worth it!!! (If you're vegan... They may have a alternative to cheese, but I'm unsure). 2-3 tacos will leave the average customer full and satisfied. Oh yeah and the trés leches cake was tasty and didn't feel overly sweet (like some). But that said, it was on the drier side. I would definitely try it again! FINAL VERDICT (TL;DR): El Faro is suitable for meatheads, vegetarians and vegan diets alike (which is very hard to find). You will be dazzled with the variety for each type of diet and even more so will your bellies after eating here. They are a great pitstop on the way to Midway Aiport and so I urge you to try their Al Pastor, Pollo and Chile Relleno tacos!

Heather P.

Went after seeing a TikTok about this place. So good! Went on a Saturday around 2 and it was raining but almost every table was taken. We got one though. We got a quesadilla, burrito, juice, slice of cake, and dessert empanada. Everything was delicious and it tasted like they made their own tortillas! Definitely have to go back

Ensalada de Frutas (fruit salad) granola and honey on side
Claudia D.

The food here is what's the best aspect. Vegetarian or vegan or regular meat diet are accommodated. Very tasty! I love the black beans and consider them to be the very best in the City of Chicago! Street parking is usually available.

Taco de Soya estilo Pollo con Nopales y Taco de Soya de al pastor
Ede R.

Since our Favorite Mexican restaurant closed a few years ago this has become our favorite real Mexican food restaurant. It is a family friendly place. Casual and very consistent. Parking is always the hassle but its worth it. I would always get the Special Dinner and it would make my day! However they are also known for vegetarian food! After recently watching What The Health on Netflix, I am trying their Vegetarian menu and it was better then I expected! I had the Soy al Pastor taco and the Soy like chicken taco with cactus! They are my go to from now on!

The chicken. Tacos repasado was so dry and chicken tastes like it was right out of a refrigerator from the day before. They think I'm stupid
Ryan G.

Worse wana be Mexican restaurant ever, they don't even know how to make chicken soup the Mexican way then they want to charge you for chips which they don't even make there, it comes out of a bag and that is hard as hell for your teeth. It's amazing how many people go here and they don't realize what kind of restaurant this really is the pricing is ridiculous with the type of food you get these people don't know how to cook Mexican food at all.

A quesadilla with asada de soya (soy steak). I added hot peppers/carrots and sour cream on my own.
Bethany M.

Do you know how hard it is to find a Mexican restaurant with vegetarian options ?! Most importantly a veg/Mex restaurant where the food actually tastes good?! I am now sad I live no where near this restaurant because my experience and meal was so good. After checking out the Mexican Fine Arts Museum located in the Pilsen area, I was in the mood for authentic Mexican food. After using my Yelp app to narrow down some of the top choices, El Faro definitely stood out for its vegetarian menu and positive reviews. Our waitress was upbeat and pleasant, she brought out chips and salsa as my date and I glanced over the vegetarian options. We quickly settled on a vegetarian burrito, a quesadilla filled with asada de soya (soy steak) and a side of rice and beans. Everything was brought to the table in what felt like 10 minutes, this by the way really impressed me due to how busy the restaurant was. While the burrito and rice/beans were a decent size the quesadilla was humongous and I ended up taking half home. Everything was flavored well and our total came out to about $13, seriously you can't beat that!

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This restaurant has amazing tacos, great service, the staff is so friendly! They also have vegan options

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Me gusta el servicio, la comida es buena si lo recomiendo para una comida económica para ir con la familia.

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Limited menu, half of the items isn't even available. And our waitress, forget it the rudest person on the face of earth!

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Had dinner here with some friends the other night. They are so nice here!!…read more They give lots of salsa and table side chips, happily refilled when you ask. And they had a really delicious chicken with beans taco sample for each of us. It was actually the best part of the meal. I ordered three tacos, two Al pastor and one carne asada. All three were delicious. And the side of rice and beans was really good too, the rice was a little crispy and I was really loving that. I also ordered an horchata, and it was delightful. My friends ordered steak fajitas, it was such a large serving. Lots of tortillas, guacamole, rice and beans included. I got to try the fajitas and it was very very good. The restaurant is so festive and decorated well. Was such a lively spot. The restaurant is very big, lots of tables but I suppose on the weekends this place may be packed. I went on a Monday and maybe 1/3 of the restaurant was full. At the end of the meal they give a dessert that was like a rice pudding with cinnamon on top. Was tasty.

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2.5 miMcKinley Park
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