El Barco

Yummy red snapper
Decent service. Good location. Plenty of street parking. They had a deal with Uber that offered free rides to their restaurant between 11-2 for restaurant week. Awesome deal.

We didn't end up doing the restaurant week menu. The complimentary chips and salsa are good. Big whole tortillas fried and set at each table so they aren't the most fresh chips, but still good. They have so many salsas to choose from, you're bound to find one you like. We ordered the deep fried red snapper in garlic sauce which seems to be the dish to get here. It was perfectly fried, well seasoned, and came with rice and veggies. It's a lot of fish, can easily feed two or three. We also ordered the shrimp fajitas which were good but a little skimpy on the shrimp (perhaps it was because we ordered the lunch portion). That came with rice, beans, veggies, and a cheese quesadilla type thing. The chicken enchiladas lunch portion came with three enchiladas, rice, beans, and veggies. Super yummy. Not too smothered in cheese and sauce like other places to mask their tortilla or meat quality.

Overall, a good experience and would definitely come back.

I loved El Barco. It was a little hard to reach in Chicago but the food was great.
There were two hot sauces brought with the chips. One was a dark hot sauce that was very, very hot. It burned my mouth and I could not stop eating it! It was the craziest thing I have ever been through.
I had the whole fried snapper that was great. If your in the city, go to El Barco and enjoy

The food here is good - we usually get the seafood platter, though it's always a bit greasy and way too much food, ha).  The red snapper is great here too.  And the Corona's are huge!  Prepare to wait on a busy night.  It's nice in the summer because they have outdoor seating.  There is a VERY small lot across the street but we can usually find street parking.

57/365