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La Playita
- Price Range:
-
$$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
3 reviews for La Playita
Ah the little beach.
This place has real authentic Mexican food. Now when I say that, it means that your taco is going to contain pork and potatoes. Your carne asada will literally be on fire when it is served to you. Your Coca Cola will have sugar, not corn syrup. They also have a full bar...which you can't beat for a place this size.
Regardless...it's effing brilliant 4 times out of 5. The joint makes some amazing quesadilla dinners, and the rice and beans sometimes make you more excited than the main course. If you come to this place and don't order the horchata, you've made a big mistake. This is the first place in Chicago where the horchata didn't taste like it came from a gingerbread man's tit.
The service is ok. They try their best. If you speak Spanish to them your order will be perfect. With English, you may have to deal with a slight error once in a while.
The other customers is usually what makes this place not 100% enjoyable. The local drunks seem to pack into this place like it's a "burrito joint", but La Playita doesn't seem to mind the business either.
Just keep in mind that if you eat here late...you may have to experience everything from racism to fights to vomiting. If I were king of La Playita I'd dim the lights, put carpet on the floor, double my prices, close up shop at 11pm, and hire a Spanish guitarist to walk around from table to table.
One can only dream.
ok food but very expensive.
The food here is a little above average. The sopes and gorditas are some of the best around. Normally I would ask for tacos, but I do not like white corn tortillas so I do not eat this here. The alcohol selection is pretty extensive, that's a plus. There is a bar area, but you must sit at your table to drink. The decor is nicely done, very accordingly to where this place comes from in Mexico, without being too much.
The one thing that makes me coming back to La Playita is the service. You will not get better service from its staff anywhere else. One of the most clean washrooms in the southwest side. BIG PLUS!