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.
Review Source: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.
Review Source: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.
My mom and I stopped in to try the audthentic Mexican food. Â and WOWEE! Â we had Chicken tacos and steak tacos--superbly seasoned, the Horchata was smooth and flavorful, perfect. The Guacamole was Perfect and fresh. Â The salsa was nice and hot seasoned with Serrano peppers (we had the owner Elijah stop by our table). Â We tried the wonderful Mango, Cantelope and strawberry icees--a little slice of heaven on a hot day! The Quesadilla and strawberry shake were so good. Â We were truly impressed and definitely will be back again. Â The prices were good, food yummy and the service was friendly, perfect.
Review Source:I was running late for the Bulls-Heat game three at my buddies place (thankfully he DVRd it, bonus no commercials) when I realized I still hadnt eaten. Given my buddy was born, raised, still lives on 19th street in Pilsen, I knew he would have a reasonable go-to taco/torta stop. We hooved it down the street, only to find the family torta shop closed for business. Next door was Casa cafe so I headed in for some take-out.
The menu is simple, offering breakfast, tacos, burrittos, and a few other adequate mexican dinner staples (nothing over the top or crazy here). Atmosphere is lacking and will definitely have you determining that take-out is a reasonable choice.  I ordered the taco combo dinner. The tacos are standard mexican street-tacos style, small double stacked corn tortillas filled with choice of meat. I went with the Lengua, Carne Asada, and Pastor (all with cilantro, onion, salsa verde, lime). The lengua was tasty, and I appreciated that it wasnt a whole slab of tongue, nor was it chopped to hell so you couldnt see the rough exterior taste buds. This is how I like my lengua. The pastor was the best of the three and was well marinated. As for the carne asada (generally how i judge my street tacos), it was par for course, but nothing special or worth heading back for. Sides that come with the dinner plate: The spanish rice was tasty and actually had fresh veggies and good flavor, but the refried beans were horendous, a perfect mess of lard and something that resembled a white cheese. The beans tasted of cardboard and looked like a ghost had hit them they were so pale in color. A bonus goes to the friendly women that took my order. We worked through some serious spanglish so my gringo belly could get some feed. of course my buddy chiming in at the right times in perfect spanish probably helped a lot more than I could understand. Of note, i did not get sick as  can occur from random taco shops. If youre in a huge hurry and close, stop in for the tacos, ditch the sides, and grab a mexican coke for good measure.
What a pleasant surprise! My boyfriend and I stopped in here because by the time we got done shopping at the Salvation Army across the street, we were starving! The owner, Ezequiel Linares and waitress, Erica were very friendly and were chatting us up while waiting for our food. For a little place, they had a pretty decent selection of all kinds of Mexican favorites: enchiladas, tamales, tostadas. I ordered the steamed perch, which I've never seen in another Mexican place. It was really, really good. A little spicy and very moist. My boyfriend ordered the rib-eye steak with nopales (cactus) in red salsa. Both entrees were served with rice and beans and were each under $8! I have to say, the tortilla chips they served before the meal were awesomely tasty as well. I'm not sure what their secret is, (they were a bit more oily) but they were homemade and quite delicious! This is a cute little place, with solid entrees and friendly and quick service. I'll be back!
Review Source:Popping into Casa Cafe with a dream of hangover-aiding Mexican food, we noticed right away how clean and ready to serve it was. Greeted by a very friendly young lady at the counter, we ordered up. A three-taco al pastor dinner (includes rice and beans) was $5.99 plus a large horchata ($2). My friend got a burrito dinner (same price) and his own giant drink. Almost twenty bucks and what felt like a long wait later, we wandered out with our goods.
The tacos al pastor, while hot and fresh with minimal toppings (onions, cilantro, cheese), were satisfying but not tasty. They lacked the sweet/tangy elements of a nice al pastor. I couldn't see the prep, but got the impression the meat wasn't carved off a spit as much as simply cooked up in a pan so there were no caramelized crispy bits. The beans were a bit runny, but the rice pretty good. It did the trick but it also disappointed a bit. The house-made horchata was excellent, however. And a large is indeed very large.
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