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    El Primo Restaurant

    4.2 (54 reviews)
    ModerateMexican, Sandwiches
    Open 8:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Best place to go for $1 taco Tuesdays and half off margs. Super nice staff and a guaranteed good time.

    Taco lunch
    Neyra B.

    Got here and approached immediately. Served hot cups with a mild tomato salsa, curtido(carrots and jalapenos) and spicy onions for food with two other salsas. The lunch specials come with rice and beans and a drink for 8.95. and on Tuesdays they have 1 dollar tacos. Everything was great and waitress was really nice and fast. Minus one point for beans and rice that tasted like nothing untill I added salt and salsa.

    The best fried ice cream...only if you have room left!
    Todd W.

    Love this place after our first visit this week. Excellent food and adult drinks. Service is awesome even with a little bit of a language barrier for for us that don't speak Spanish. Will be going back soon!

    Spicy red onions, carrots and jalapenos, salsa and chips served promptly.

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    Ordered through DoorDash carnita taco dinner and it was really good definitely recommend

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    4 years ago

    El primo is ok restaurant tacos al vapor are good if you like those tacos and tripa tacos are good if you love asada tacos don't go there

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    Very nice little Mexican restaurant. We usually go here for lunch but I want to come for dinner when they have entertainment.

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    4 years ago

    I love these two locations. Best flavor of a steak taco I have had ever.all other places are scrap just saying

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    3 years ago

    Great service and delicious food!! Their queso Birria tacos are amazing and by far the best in the Chicago area

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    Food is always good, the waitresses are always nice and the pina colada and margarita drinks are on point.

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    5 years ago

    Amazing food and a lot of it. I had 2 meals out of 1 burrito. Will be back very soon.

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    Tacos were good and with plenty of meat. Service is friendly. Small location BUT doesn't feel crowded. Salsas were very tasty too.

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    Merichka's Restaurant - Sweetest server ever. Perfectly cooked filet. garlic bread was to die for.

    Merichka's Restaurant

    3.8(413 reviews)
    1.6 mi
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    I just came from my first visit Merichka's. Loved it. I…read morehad the single grilled pork chop. It was thick cut, perfectly seasoned and served a hot grill type platter. I got the twice baked potato with it. Large enough to be 2 potatoes. That came with applesauce plenty of butter, The salad was just the standard lettuce with croutons, but the blue cheese dressing made it special. If there was one small thing, I'd say they need to label their handicapped entrance better and maybe put another sign near the main entrance. I didn't know they had one until I was leaving. I'm old and find stairs difficult, but a few of them aren't impossible. I would have used the handicapped entrance if I had known it was there. But thank you for a great Sunday dinner! I'll be back. :)

    My husband found this old school restaurant that was established in 1933 with high Google ratings…read morethat was conveniently located on the way to the Rialto Theatre where we were headed for a concert. So we tried it. Merichka's serves good food with good service in a non-fancy kind of restaurant. It has various dining areas and a small bar. The room we sat in was nondescript with not one decoration on the walls. The multiple ceiling fans were running so I froze all throughout dinner. I didn't get our server's name, but she provided good service and was engaging. She always came back to check on us. The other staff we encountered was thorough in delivering food and removing dirty plates. We started with cocktails, a bourbon neat for him and an old-fashioned for me. My husband enjoyed his bourbon, however my old-fashioned was Wisconsin style which I didn't enjoy. We shared the mushrooms as a starter - I have to admit they were perfection! The portion was generous and the crust was perfectly crispy without being greasy. I think we missed the boat, though, because we didn't order the onion rings, which looked sensational. Dinners come with a relish tray and a couple sides. The relish tray had cottage cheese, a bean salad and a pasta salad. Again, generous in size. My hubby had a steak with fried shrimp for dinner and his sides were a salad and twice baked potato. He ordered the steak rare because he didn't trust that it would be cooked to medium rare. He was right to go rare because it came out a little pink. I opted for the baked cod for dinner with a salad and twice baked potato. My cod was 12oz and was moist and flaky. I didn't even put a dent in my dinner because I was full from the mushrooms and relish tray. We ended up bringing most of our entrees home. I'm glad we tried this restaurant out, but honestly even though the food was decent, I didn't enjoy the bare bones atmosphere and being uncomfortable throughout dinner because the fans were on. If you like a supper club without the frills, I think you would like this place.

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    Been here forever & still same great food

    Richardsons - Cuban sandwich and fries.

    Richardsons

    4.4(28 reviews)
    0.5 mi

    Every year. Every. Year. I make the 45+ minute drive to get gumbo from this establishment, and I am…read morehesitant to write about it because then there'll be less for me, but it must be said: that dish is absolutely delicious. I buy multiple plates of it and freeze it in case I'm having a bad day or there's a freak snow storm in May. I'm not sure if the man who makes the gumbo is also the owner, but he needs a raise. It comes with cornbread. The most delicious also, and not a sliver; they give you a brick of cornbread. Such a friendly place, and actually this time while I was enjoying the quirky signs around the bar, I did take a peek at the rest of the menu. It looks like everything they have is equally worth eating. I tell you what, my soul was pretty happy walking out of there.

    This seems like a fairly new, but very nice little place. We did not get to take advantage of the…read moreoutdoor seating as it was kind of chilly in a little bit rainiy that day as we went to the Rialto Theatre for a concert. This place is directly across the street from the theater, so the convenience cannot be beat. It is a comfortable place with a decent bar and excellent bartender. The customer service could not be beat. The owner was on hand, making sure everything went well through the rush prior to the show across the street. waitresses and food runners were busy, thorough and efficient. The sandwiches we got were fine, but the fries were excellent! Seasoned perfectly and had a great crunch to them. The appetizers were a basic fare. Nothing to write home about, but they hit the spot.

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    Took my gumbo to go; yours won't be served on my personal plates lol...

    Richardsons - Beer and fried food when your concert at The Rialto gets canceled. Not a bad consolation prize!

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    Beer and fried food when your concert at The Rialto gets canceled. Not a bad consolation prize!

    El Primo Restaurant - mexican - Updated May 2026

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