I've been in here a few times, and It's very inconsistent. Today I ordered a Milanesa de Pollo, which is breaded chicken, and I wondered where did the chicken go??? I posted a picture because I could not believe how thin it was!!!! It was like eating a potato chip!!!
I've had the huarache and the quesadilla con chorizo y papa and they were both really good, but I'm not sure if I want to give this place another try after the crispy chicken chips I was given!!! (Look at my photo)
They also have natural "aguas  frescas", and I was lovin' the mango until I actually paid attention to how they made it! No wonder my mango water was so good...they add two big scoops of sugar to really capture that "natural" flavor!!!  If I wanted that much sugar I would just go buy myself a great big bag of candy....or drink a milkshake instead!!! They probably have less sugar than the mango water!!!
Next time I will skip it and go to Sugar Shack!!! At least they are upfront about what they are serving!!!
So I was at the Starbucks next door doing some work while waiting for gf's car to be fixed. It was noon and we got hungry. Looking across I see a JJ's fish. Both of us haven't been there, but eh.. A quick search of yelp and I find this place in the real close vicinity. Now we're talking!
Walked in to a really small place with a lady that didn't understand English very well, but gave the "I don't know all of what you're saying so I'll just smile" look. No biggie... She was really friendly and I know how to point!
In my opinion, this place isn't more of a juice bar than a restaurant. We ordered a cuban burrito, steak torta, and two elotes for food. Really, that was way too much food... No complaints though as it's not quantity over quality, but quality combined with quantity. The portions were a good size. Nothing totally special about the torta, but it was really good. I really liked my burrito as it came with grilled pineapple inside. It was really good. We should have nixed the elotes, but we took those to go and that was just like the carts.
For drinks we got the bomba juice with oj and a guava agua fresca. Both were really good and just added to how disgustingly full we got as the glass the drinks were served in were quite big.
Next time we have to go get a car looked at around the area this will definitely be a stop for us!
I love this restaurant! Â Great for quick take home sandwiches that are a far tastier alternative to Subway. My favorite is the Cuban sandwich and you must try the strawberries with cream or "fresas con crema". Â They put tons of condensed milk, granola, and yogurt on them and the strawberries themselves are very fresh and juicy.
Review Source:This is the place that got me through my pregnancy.
One day, in a pregnancy gorge fit, I poked my head in here looking for some elote, and I am so glad I did. Â In addition to the elote, I picked up a judo de limon y fresa, a chicken quesadilla, a pina colada in a pineapple cup, and the fresas con crema. DELICIOUS!!!
The spices at this place are phenomenal. Â And in addition to the food, they are also a juice bar, with different juice remedies for whatever ails you. Â
This is a family run place, with the original location now closes, but it's named after the father, Cris. Â Now his son owns this location, and his daughter owns the former Gelatinas Cris, now called Origenes, which is on Pulaski.
If you don't go here, you're definitely missing out.
I stopped in here after seeing Tina B.'s review of Gelatinas Cris #2, because basically, I trust her judgment. Â
There were several tables with people having dinner, but as good as the food looked, I just wanted something fresh to drink. Â I ordered the jugo de sandia (watermelon), and as I walked back out into the slowly-dissipating heat, I tasted it. Â It was the perfect relief for a hot summer day and tasted just like the ones my mom made for me when I was a kid. Â I plan on coming back to try the more interesting juice mixes as well as the food.
An emporium of delicious juiciness! Thirstiness - be gone!
They've got just a ton of fresh fruits and veggies that they whirl and blend, in sometimes unusual ways, into fantastic drinks - juice combinations, shakes, aguas frescas, and they have Mexican sodas and Fresca in glass bottles.  The menu offers certain juice combos as health helpers for a variety of ailments, too, like to help "the pressure" or for your  "shiloette".  I had a fabulous melon licuado (shake) with a generous sprinkling of cinnamon on top and served in a giant glass- very nice - I don't know if it cured any of my ails, but it was tasty. These guys are so fruit crazy - they even put grilled pineapple chunks in my pastor (pork) taco.  Wow, well okay then!
More a juice, sweets and snack shop than a real taqueria, but they also have tacos, burritos and tortas - including some with the somewhat hard to find nopales (cactus). And they give you squirt bottles of hot salsa stuff AND crema with your food! The prices were low, low, low - less than $20 for two and a kid for real fruit shakes and meals.
Apparently the latino rock phenomenon Jaguares love this place too - there is a massive, almost life-sized signed metal poster on the wall of them - and the person working there said they were here to sign it.
Pineapple, avocado, jalapeno peppers.
Am I listing a series of sensational salsas? No. But that would be wonderful too.
These three regal ingredients are jewels in the crown of the classic Cubana at this Gelatinas Cris (one in a mini-chain) about two miles north of Midway, stuck in the corner of a strip mall. Yet they're just extras to the main entree of jamon (ham), pollo (chicken) & sausage that's just so delicious.
This wasn't my first Cuban. Yet it has superior taste especially for the price: $4.75.
And that's not even why you'd come here. They got juice...and crazy juice.
Everything is in Jugo De Frutas, including papaya, cantaloupe, watermelon, et cetera to create a beautiful blend of sweet & refreshing. I picked it as a substitute for my 1st choice - Vampiro. Yeah, beets, celery and carrots.They were out. But I'll be bat, I mean back, to quench my thirst.
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