Taqueria Los Alamos — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

This place is not going to win any awards on any category, but it does have a unique selling point that makes it stand out from the crowd. This is one of the few places that accept payment by card when every other food joint in this neighbourhood only accepts cash. It's slightly ironic that they are just beside Chase though. To be honest, this was the only reason my friend and I walked in. We were hungry and didn't have any cash, a situation which I think most can identify with.

My friend ordered the quesadilla and after a short while, our server came back to report the bad news that they were out of cheese and he had to change his order to a torta. A Mexican food joint running out of cheese? Imagine that!

I had the steak burrito and it was nothing to shout about. There was a good portion of steak in the burrito but I the quality of the meat was less than ideal. Some parts were really fatty and difficult to chew, try as hard as I could. It did the job of satisfying my hunger though.

Overall, this hole in the wall is ok for a quick bite. The funny thing is that while we were there for about an hour, they had a steady stream of customers even after lunch time. They must be doing...

It's okay. The one nice thing is they are open late and if you are at The Barrel late, you can come here to get late night food. Otherwise you are better off going to other taquerias in a hood full of them. They do serve breakfast all day so you are better off with that. BTW I am a vegetarian so I'm only talking about that. But I have heard from my meat eating friends that the meat here is not as good as the other places...

The food was really good! We ordered the chorizo burrito and carne asada burrito. I took one star away because I wish they had more options for the chorizo burrito like chorizo and eggs or chorizo and potatoes.

FYI there is a $2 credit card charge in store so if you are ordering to go it might be better to place your order online because it comes out to be a little bit cheaper....