El Abuelo y Yo

One of my favorite restaurant in Chicago! Everything I have had here is great and seasoned well! I have done Veneno up north but it was not so yummy to me. A bit dry and bland. Maybe it was a bad night? BYOB = happy me! Go now! Abuelo awaits!

I rarely eat seafood, but if my mom is not the one cooking it, I'll be getting it from this place! The service is great, their fast an knowledgeable about the menu items. You get a complementary soup with a shrimp in it and is just delicious and a good way to start your meal. Pescado Sarandiado es my favorite dish. This place is BYOB so do bring your Corona beer. Family own and run by a wonderful young couple. Can't wait for another dinner here!

Another great find in the books!

A good friend of mine lives right by here and invited me out to dinner here over the weekend and I must say I was pleasantly surprised at how delicious the seafood fare was here! Whenever I want seafood "estilo Nayarit" I normally head right on over to El Veneno but this place gives El Veneno a run for it's money!

We started out with the shrimp ceviche platter, which was delectable. Perfectly seasoned, the shrimp tasted really fresh, and the red onion and cucumber inside the ceviche was perfectly chopped and crunchy. They did skimp a little on the avocado but when we asked for me the waitress did not hesitate to bring us over a plate of extra avocado. I ordered the "Camaron Empanizado" dinner which was excellent! Tons of battered and fried jumbo shrimp, served with this amazing white rice, this cole slaw-type concoction, toasted garlic bread, and a green salad. Good stuff.

For it being a Saturday night, it wasn't really packed at all (unlike El Veneno where it's like THE place to see and be seen within Chicago's Mexican population, lolz!) and it is BYOB. The waitresses even brought out red plastic party cups rimmed with lime and salt for our Modelo's that we brought along for our dinner. God bless 'em.