This place used to be so beautiful. It is a little run down now. The different shades of pink in the dining room are a little overwhelming. The bathrooms also had the old towels rolls. Yuck. I wish that they would restore this place to its former glory. Â
Our service was excellent. I enjoyed my margaritas and the red snapper. Â I tried a bite of my partner's burrito and it was also good.
Been coming here since I was a teenager. No matter how long a time frame per visit one thing stays the same, the food, the owner, and the pretty girl who's at the register. The carne asada or carne tampiquena are all I get when I come here. And it always taste the same, MMMMMmm. Even the drinks are reasonable. Margaritas on the rocks are the way to go here. They got a kick. Restaurant is always clean and it has a nice Mexican decor to it. I took my daughter there for the first time today and she loved it and she can be a picky eater. The waitresses are also very nice and polite and speak both english and spanish. Give it a try, you wont be disappointed. Adios Amigos!
Review Source:Went there with some family friends. Casablanca has a nicely decorated inside and the servers are friendly. The chips and salsa were included with the meal, but the salsa wasn't anything amazing.
I had the chicken fajitas for dinner. They had decent flavor, but they were not the best in my opinion. The meat was not as lean as i would like and had some gristle  in it as well. In addition, they were not served on a sizzling plate or with guac and sour cream as i am used to. However, I must say that the beans and rice were absolutely delicious.
Bottom line, nice place to eat, decent food, but el Taco real is much better.
I've been here numerous times, and it's a reliable place for a comfortable Mexican lunch. Â There's a huge amount of seating. Â I can't say that I like the tortilla chips here as much though, as they are extra thick and crunchy. Â This last visit I had their fiesta lunch combination, and it was both huge and good (chili relleno, enchilada, skirt steak, and a pork sope/gordita). Â It was a big lunch I agree, but it was also late at 3pm.
Review Source:Mexican food in NW Indiana doesn't get much better than Casa Blanca. Â Sure there's plenty of mediocre imitation Mexican restaurants, but there aren't many that can serve great classic authentic dishes in a such a nice setting. Â My family and I have been coming here since I was a child and I recall that the owner actually brought over Mexican workers and materials to build the restaurant as he envisioned. Â That's what I call entrepreneurial balls!
Lots of white brick masonry, mosaic tile art, bull-fighting posters, marble...it's like a beautiful Mexican palace! Â
As a Mexican who grew up on authentic delicious Mexican food at home and south of the border, grew up in EC, and now lives in Chicago, I'm not easily pleased nor impressed by the vast majority of Mexican restaurants. Â I find them too insipid, perhaps because they cater to their white clientelle's tastes. Â Nothing against white clientelle, but I believe the authenticity and quality of Mexican food has never had a problem attracting fans, so why bend to the Anglo tastes? Â The food is what it is, so I say love it or hate it. Â
On to the food...all of which is delicious. Â My fave item on the menu is the carne asada. Â It's consistently an excellent cut of lean, seasoned, tender steak cooked to perfection. Â Sometimes if I'm in a rush, I'll order two steak tacos with beans and rice, which is plenty considering how they stuff their tacos as if they're burritos! Â The beans taste as yummy as my grandfather's, probably because they add a bit of lard for flavor. Â The salsa is always tasty and packs some heat. Â I hate weak-ass salsa! Â I also love their huachinango al mojo de ajo (red-snapper cooked in garlic and oil) and their camarones a la diabla (spicy devil shrimp)...so tasty! Â Otherwise, they get everything else right, whether it's guacamole, queso fundido, flautas, chile con carne, enchiladas, chiles rellenos, caldo de res, sopes, etc. Â They also have a full bar with great mexican beers, margaritas, and tequilas to wash down that delicious food. Â
Casa Blanca...often imitated, but never duplicated. Â It's all good!
The carne asada is very good. Â It competes with El Taco Real's for sure. Â My steak taco was a corn tortilla full of cubed steak. Â I was taken aback at first when there was nothing else in the tortilla. Â So i put a little lettuce and tomato in there, poured some salsa inside and smeared some beans and scattered a little rice inside. Â Could be the best steak taco I have ever eaten. Â The steak was so delicious and there was so much of it - I highly recommend it.
What a beautiful setting. Â Amazing tiles all over this wide open space. Â Stained glass, working tile fountains. Â I could have sat there for hours reading and drinking Bohemia.
The Margarita. Â Yuck. Â I asked for a margarita with Grand Marnier. Â They don't serve that there - their margaritas are premixed but I was assured that they were excellent. Â It was not excellent. Â The mix tasted like a melted lime freeze pop. Â I like to taste good tequila and grand marnier in my margarita and my margarita was just really bad. Â I didn't let that ruin my fantastic experience there. Â I ordered a Bohemia and that worked almost as well as a good margarita.
I can't wait to go back and try some of their seafood dishes. Â The menu looks amazing.
growing up in area inundated with mexican restaraunts, i really consider myself a good critic. Â Understanding the geography and size of the country of origin for the different types of food considered mexican inspired, i still know good from bad, authentic from texmex etc. Â Casa blanca never lets me down or anyone i have introduced to the place. Â great steak tacos, carne asade, tampiquena, margaritas and the only thing missing are tamales.....
Review Source:Doesn't get any better than this! My fiance' and I live in Rogers Park and drive to East chicago, just to get their steak taco's. It is about an hour and half journey without any traffic to get these little pieces of heaven, but it is worth the drive!!! One flour steak taco is really two taco's. There is so much steak that no one can eat it without splitting it into two. They give you an extra flour shell to hold all the meat, so I split it up and enjoy it even longer. The steak is so juicy and flavorfull. The salsa is spicy and homemade. I'm not exactly sure how these taco's are so much better than any other place I've been, but it is by FAR! The taco's are just flour taco's with steak. Lettuce, lime, etc comes on the side, but these are the best taco's you will ever eat. Yesterday we bought 8 taco's (16 for us) thinking we will have some left over for a few days to enjoy... we have 2 left. We apparently waited to long between this visit and the last visit, because we couldn't stop eating them. GO THERE... NOW!
Review Source:Hello, FOOD SNOB here.  Growing up a block away from this place, it always brings back memories when I go here.  The neighborhood sure has changed from the 60s and 70s,  when I hung out on the streets of this blue collar town.  Heck I still remember when this place was a bookie joint.  In the late 70s they turned this into a beautiful white house eating place.  When you go inside you would think your in Mexico, with its marble furniture and water fountain.  The Carne Asada is the best on the menu.  The milianeza  steak is great too.   And the one thing I should mention the Margaritas.  The BEST EVER.  This place was almost lost when a developer wanted to buy the entire block and build an Aldi's store.  If this ever happens I hope the owner Manual with his usual white slacks either moves or sells the joint.
All in all I would rate this as the SECOND best mexican restaraunt in the area, just behind EL TACO REAL.
Whatever happens to this place, just want to say thanks for the memories.
Came here during a Thanksgiving trip to visit the in laws (my fiance and I live in California). LOVED the $3 steak taco plate. This is an amazing a la carte bargain that should not be overlooked. Our wonderful waiter mixed a mighty stiff margarita that rivals any I've had out here in the SF Mission. In fact, I could only finish half! The nachos were tasty and the atmosphere was festive and fun.
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