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Kapeekoo
Rating Details »
Categories: Caribbean, Latin American
Neighborhood: West Lawn6336 S Pulaski Rd
(between 63rd St & 64th St)
Chicago, IL 60629
(773) 284-9400
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Street
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Good for:
- Dinner
- Alcohol:
- None
7 reviews for Kapeekoo
I placed an order for a half tray of Puerto Rican rice over the weekend for a BBQ I had.
It was an easy and fast transaction which I love! I called Kapeekoo and the women how answered the phone was so pleasant. I placed the order for the tray of rice and it was ready 30 min later!
Awesome and reliable, speedy service is always the best! Will definitely order catering from them again.
P.S. The half tray of rice was $25 bucks... cant beat that on the Southside of Chicago.
When this place first open the food had me going back twice a week. HOWEVER the food isn't the same anymore at all! Now I drive up to my regular spot called borinquen located up noth.
The last time i order the "wepa" the meat was so hard and fatty that I just gave it to my dog. Prices have jacked up as well. not worth it.
I want to start off by saying that 4 stars is good...because I hardly give 5 stars.
I have only been here once and plan on going again. Went with a friend for Friday night dinner. The place is very nice and comforting inside. There was a good flow of people in and out. We ordered the Famous Jibarito (vegetarian style) - love plaintains! With a side of Arroz con Gandules and Empanadilla de Queso con Guayaba. The rice was perfect - so incredibly good! The Empanadilla was good as well, more like for dessert though. The jibarito needed something else - maybe some more sour cream or a different assortment of vegetables (since it only had carrots). The waitress was extremely helpful in informing us what everything was and warned us that the Tamal de Yuca had meat in it (thanks!). I hope this one sticks around :)
There is something so wonderful and skillful about a cook who can make even simple white rice taste like the best thing ever, and whoever makes the food here is one of those kind of cooks.
I have to say that when I read on their menu that their namesake "Kapeekoo" dish was a chicken guisado with figs, I almost wet myself. However, sadly, I was then told that they are in the process of changing their menu and that the guisado no longer has the figs... However again however, that sadness was replaced with wanting to wet myself again once they told me that their upcoming menu will not only also have mofongo, but shrimp empanadas and - AND - SHRIMP JIBARITOS. That info alone first earned them my return trip. Once I ate the food though, that earned them all of the many return trips in my future.
So I still got the guisado. It was different that my favorite beef guisada at La Bruquena, but it was still very good. It was basically two good-sized pieces of dark meat stewed chicken with carrots. But the juice from the guisado mixed with the rice? That was like...the essence of all that is food eating pleasure. I want maybe a bathtub of it, which I guess sounds kinda gross, but I'm okay with that. And I still want that bathtub of it...
Their fried dumplings, tamales and turnovers (empanadillas) were mostly excellent. Their alcapurrias (meat filled, deep fried, plantain dough thingies) are sooo goood - better than the ones I've had many times at Borinquen (ooh, yes I did just call them out like that! oooh). The banana leaf wrapped, chicken mixture filled, yucca and plantain masa tamales were nice. Their main empanadillas were good, but a bit dry - I'd still certainly try them again. Everything was even better with their kinda chunky, kinda oily, really delicious hot sauce.
Even though this is a small place with booths, it is really cute - date night cute - with terra cottaish walls and brightly colored trim - not fancy, but nice. The young guys who work here (also the owners I think) are really nice - one even ran out of the restaurant to move his car from the front space as we drove up so that we didn't have to walk even one space farther in the snow - that is hospitality. We ate at about 4:30 (dining with kids early bird special is the new old people early bird special) but they were getting a steady flow of business. And thank god, because I will be jonesing for that rice a lot. And the can of Coco Rico was the perfect compliment. Dinner for three who eat like five was about $30 and there were leftovers.
I'll be back in true Chicago fashion - early and often. And maybe next time I'll find out what the name means....
(PS - Seriously Yelp? No Puerto Rican food category still? BOOOO! I'm sending Yelp HQ a tupperware container filled with pigeon peas to change that junk up pronto...)
Warm island getaway on a winter's day.
....In your mouth, kid.
Steak jibarito very, very good...though not the best in the city.
What I can't comprehend is why their amarillos (sweet fried plantain), alcapurrias and arroz blanco (white rice - yeah, white rice) taste so good. But that's OK. Mystery is the spice of life.
Approaching their first year since opening last April, Kapeeko seems to be developing into quite a find for delicious Puerto Rican dishes among many greasy spoons, pizza joints and taquerias.
And that deliciousness probably only get better as their chef add several new selections, including mufungo to the menu.
Enjoyed the Caliente sounds on the satellite radio
This comfy restaurant with the personal touch along Pulaski gets one star alone for proximity.
Wanna get love? Come down (South Side) on me.
This is my first time eating Puerto Rican food in a very long time. I had the Jibarito with Arroz con Gandules and Empanadilla. The food itself was good, so no disappointments there. The atmosphere of the restaurant is very caribbean, cozy and lovely. Only complaint is the music selection; they had reggeaton pounding off a boom box. They need to upgrade their sound equipment and change the music selection to typical salsa, merengue and caribbean lively music to keep that genuine tropical continuity.
What's up with owners giving their restaurants 5 star reviews? I think that is a high level of cheese... let the unbiased public establish the ratings! Soapbox aside, Kapeekoo has a good cuban sandwich. The sides were so-so, and the can of soda they brought out wasn't super cold. Fountain drinks guys! The water tasted a little odd too... Still it seemed pretty authentic and the service was good. I'm not sure I'd make this a destination, but if you're looking for an authentic taste of the Caribbean I'd suggest checking it out. Oh and the price was certainly affordable.
