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Real Azteca
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Category: Mexican
Neighborhoods: Edgewater, Andersonville5661 N Clark
(at Hollywood Ave)
Chicago, IL 60660
(773) 516-4913
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- No
- Delivery:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
9 reviews for Real Azteca
This place is a hole in the wall, but damn, they have some really freaking awesome food.
It's a small restaurant off Clark. The owner, Jose, was so accommodating and had tons of recommendations for us. I went with a regular ol' burrito. It was filled with fresh, sauteed veggies/cheese/guac/sour cream and was swimming in rachero sauce. It had the perfect proportions of each ingredient. I wanted to keep eating, but I was stuffed. It was a burrito of epic deliciousness.
Mmmm.
For dessert, he gave us a scoop of ice cream with chocolate power on the outside and different ice cream flavors on the inside.
This place is great. It's small and it feels like they really put love into their cooking. Highly recommended.
Really dig this place.
I've always told myself that I would stop in here, but didn't get a chance until this weekend. I was celebrating an impending series victory by my beloved Minnesota Twins over the much-hated Chicago Cubs.
After having spent the previous day cavorting around Wrigley field, I needed a midday meal that could knock the last of the $6 old style from my mouth, and with a friggin' quickness.
This place was great from the start, with an attentive husband-wife team (I think) who took orders and cooked with great efficiency. The drone of Univision in the background really tied the whole thing together.
Free chips, Bam!
Three kinds of salsa, Bam!
What you gon' do now!?
Oh yeah, eat the rest of your damn food. The chorizo torta and pastor taco were both superior, made even better by the fresh bread and tortilla.
BYOB and affordable to boot.
Come one come all, Real Azteca is here to please.
P.s.
Go Twins.
get the shrimp! As an appetizer or an entree. Absolutely amazing. Go now!
I like it, I like it a lot
You can easily walk past Real Azteca due to having the same colored awning as Antica Pizzeria plus it looks like its part the same building but it's worth the visit. No longer will I be walking over to Bryn Mawr and Broadway for those other places (I think you know the places I'm talking about). Real Azteca is so much more edible and won't give you oh oh bum!!
It's no bigger then a shack but I have never seen it full so far. They cook fast so they can get you in and out. The food is cooked fresh and made only when you order. The chicken tacos are excellent and as a guacamole man I have to say that it didn't disappoint. What nice is that they are moderately cheap. Two chicken tacos with the works, medium sized order of guacamole and chips, extra green sauce.... $9.00. They deliver too, they will be seeing me again!!
This place always seems pretty empty, which sucks because it's better than average taqueria fare. I have used it as a burrito standby, using the discerning foodie's criterium of "closest place to my house that makes a burrito" but as others noted it does look like there are a few other good dishes that are not simply tacos/burritos. Everything I order is always made to order, which is nice, because eating a pile of whatever has been sitting on the grill is not my idea of a good time.
I got a steak burrito and a sweetened sparkling apple drink here yesterday and it was so good that it reminded me of my childhood in Mexico... and I did not even grow up in Mexico!!!
We frequent this taco joint almost once a week, certainly the best tacos within the immediate Andersonville area. The service is great, the place is clean, the guac is awesome. Sometimes, I don't like the quality of meat, this is true of many taco places. Prices have gone up recently but I still think it is worth it, and they have improved the ambience, making it nicer to eat it. Las Paraditas probably was better food (see some of the previous reviews) but the current owners are way more welcoming.
jose IS really friendly, but not as friendly as the lady who's there sometimes to take your order. good tortas, especially the lomo, which is slightly breaded pan steak. really tasty and filling for under six bucks. i've had the tacos, which were also good, but they don't always have the different meats advertised. their prices are in flux right now too so the ones on their menu are less than what you actually get charged. i was a little put off by this until i realized that they were in transition. it's two doors down from my work so it will remain on the rotation. will update when they are more stable.
oh yeah, and kudos to both jose and the odd delivery person they have... they've brought our food over for us when they knew we were in a time crunch!
Typical taqueria that does a good job of satisfying your Mexican craving. Before Real Azteca was Las Paraditas. I thought that LP's food was great and so was their horchata; however, there were a bunch of gangbangers that would hang out there. The workers looked like gangbangers themselves, but man, they were able to perfect a taco like no other. My fiance and I loved that place and were terribly disappointed when LP was no more. We were worried as to where we would go since Los Arcos down Clark isn't that good. But luckily, Real Azteca opened its doors and we are now able to get our taco/burrito fix. First of all, the service is very friendly and more family-oriented, so that's a plus. But I thought that the food, although good, did not measure up to my past experience with LP. But that's alright, at least there's still a quick and cheap Mexican restaurant right around the corner!
Real Azteca is my new favorite Mexican restaurant in Andersonville. For years, it has been an average taqueria-for decent tacos and a few decent entrees. A few months ago, it changed owners. The new owner (Jose) is really excited about sharing his authentic family recipes with the neighborhood. A group of four of us went out a week ago and had a really wonderful experience. He gave us complimentary soup and grilled shrimp as appetizers--both were really fresh and tasty. the guacamole was superb. I really loved my entree (charred beef short ribs) and also enjoyed the stuffed chicken breast with red sauce. my friend ordered the roasted cornish hen which is now my favorite new mexican dish. also, the sides i thought were really good too. It's BYOB and really really cheap!! $9-10 for most of these dishes. The decor is still that of a typical stale taqueria--bright lights and bolted orange tables/benches. The owner plans to change all of it-nice lighting, music etc.. so support him now when he's getting his restaurant in shape. the food is incredible and the prices are too. they may not stay so cheap..
