Casa Cafe

I may not be from Mexico but they have the best steak tacos I've tasted out of all the "best places" in chicago.The waiters are pretty friendly and nice and service is really good. They also make their own tortillas for the quesadillas because they are so big and thick, one quesadilla will fill you up. I go to this place regularly with my boyfriend and its still our go-to place all the time because the food is really tasty. I recommend stopping by if you haven't.

I went here for lunch today right after a visit to Textile Discount Outlet which is two blocks away. It is a cheery and bright atmosphere with some nice touches such as wooden table tops and real glass for water glasses (not the usual beaten up plastic). I ordered Huevos Rancheros which was delicious. I especially liked the tomato sauce on the eggs which was a lovely orangey-red. The beans and rice were a bit bland but still good. Look for interesting things on the menu like huitlacoche which I think is corn fungus. I am way too chicken to order but my friend ordered another time we went there and liked it. The food is made with care and it's cheap.

I stopped in here because I saw on the sign that they had Quesadillas de Huitlacoche, an ingredient I had only ever seen before at fancy restaurants. they were only $3.49 so I ordered two, expecting the sort of thin little quesadillas I made at home.
Wow, they were ENOURMOUS! Instead of using regular tortillas like you'd get at Chipotle or Qdoba, they used a thick dinner plate size tortilla, more like a huarache. There was a thick layer of cheese (Something authenticish, not cheddar, but I don't remember what) and it was positively smothered in Huitlacoche. if you've never had Huitlacoche (or cuitlacoche) it's a sort of fungus that grows on corn, but has an amazing almost truffle-y flavor. One was definitely enough for a meal.

Fair warning, this quesadilla is NOT finger food. I made the mistake of trying to eat it on the train with my hands, and wound up covered in the tasty black goo that the Huitlacoche was cooked in.

I also ordered an Horchata, which was unremarkable.