De Cero Taqueria

I came here for Restaurant Week and enjoyed almost everything.

I tried a blood orange margarita but wasn't a fan, so I went back to my tried-and-true classic marg. What's not to like about a trio of salsas? All were good. For tacos, I tried avocado (blah), chorizo (yum), and skirt steak (yum). For dessert, I was excited to try the bread pudding but the waiter came back with a brownie and informed me the BP was out. Luckily, the brownie was also quite tasty.

Back in my single days, De Cera would be one of my go-to date places.  Its got a cool vibe, has interesting food, a lot of variety and isn't terribly expensive. Also they have enormous, delicious margaritas, but in the interest of not sounding like a creepy scumbag I feel compelled to classify that as a distant fourth of those listed reasons of what makes somewhere a good date place.

They have a really good selection of tacos, and there are some very interesting combinations.  You can order them individually or in a "variety pack" of like 7.  No need to get fancy, just get 3 or 4 different tacos per person.  I've been there close to 10 times and that's all I've ever done.

Do you like Pina coladas? getting caught in the rain? Making love at midnight?

Listen - there are a lot of taco joints in chicago now all trying to do the same thing. I can think of some better places that are way cheaper (big star, antique taco etc).

This is probably the place to go if you want to get your Drink on with some "fancy" cocktails -maybe even a pina colada. Its a little more spacious then some of the other joints as well.

But either way you can have a tastier and cheaper taco somewhere else.