Pepe's Mexican Restaurant

Best margs and amazing salsa.

WTF happened?! I'm assuming this place is franchised, because my fiance and I LOVE Pepe's! The one in Homer Glen is amazing, the Romeoville, Little Italy, Plainfield, and Tinley Park ones are all fine. THIS one is abismal! The food was terrible, the chihuahua cheese usually used was substituted with some sort of nacho cheese out of a pump. No chips and salsa offered to us (we sat at the bar), and the drinks weren't even the typical Pepe's margaritas. Such a disappointment. Naperville is our new stomping grounds, and we need to find a good Mexican restaurant! :-/

If you've ever hung out here, it makes sense to separate the bar from the restaurant as the restaurant closes early but the bar stays open and has a pretty healthy crowd.  

This is actually one kickass dive bar.  It's got cheap beers, a pool table, golden tee, megatouch and some solid dart playing.  You'll find a lot of dart enthusiasts here on the weekends and they hold weekly tournaments on Thursdays, I believe.

Bathrooms:  One stall.  One urinal.  Both not the best and there's stains on the ceiling.  

We spent New Year's Eve here one year and it was unanimously decided it was the best NYE ever.  Literally, every single person in the bar was in such a delightful friendly mood.  They had free food out and even had a free toast along with those little plastic things you pull on and they shoot confetti out with a BANG!  

That's when IT happened...

My cousin Michael was so excited at the countdown that the second after "1" was chanted, he threw his arms out and pulled on that popper with all his might......directly into MY FACE.

My head was thrown back and to the left from the blast.  At that same unfortunate instant, my girlfriend threw her arms out and pulled with the same elated fury......POINT BLANK INTO MY NECK.

It was just like JFK all over again.

(Without the real bullets, president and any significance whatsoever)