Taqueria Los Gallos #1

I saw this place on Chicago's Best and on a lonely Friday night I decided to try it.  They're famous for their "Carne en Su Jugo" soup.  This is a very tasty soup. It's filled with steak, beans, radishes, onions, avacodo slice and other stuff.  It's a very hearty soup. The broth of the soup is the star of the show. If I just had the broth i'd be good. It also comes with corn tortillas.  I'm going back to get some more. It was a little pricey though ($9.00), but it was a good sized bowl and filled with goodies.  I also had a steak taco. Just to try it to make sure they weren't trying to fool me on the steak. It was a good steak taco.  There was aslo the typical green or red sauce.  Nothing special about the sauces but the green had a little more flavor and brought out the flavor in the meat more.

The service was great and very friendly and my waiter spoke very good English.  You know how you go to taco joints and you have to sign and point to the stuff you want. I didn't have to do that here.  As I was paying my tab at the counter the guy asked me "Did I enjoy the soup, how did it taste?" I thought that was nice of him to actually want feedback.

Yep! I'll be back.

I have not eaten here in a looooong time -looks like it was 2009! However, tonight my husband brought me some "carne en su jugo" -or "meat in its own juice"...it's like a meat laden soup with pinto beans. Then you can add all these fun sides liked chopped onions, jalapenos, radishes, cilantro, dried roasted peppers, avocado and a dozen tortillas. This may be just as good as the pozole I had recently. It was a tasty and filling meal. I really liked it so we will have to find excuses to go to 26th street and pick some up!

You have to get the the carne en su jugo, (spelling?)which is essentially beef soup with tones of awesome stuff in it. It's really amazing. I think it was about $9.

They also make great tacos and all the regular Mexican staples you would expect.

If you don't know the neighborhood, I'd advise you to go during lunchtime and not wander off.

CASH ONLY.