Taqueria Los Cuñados — Restaurant in West Chicago Township

Español: Pastor tradicional, lo más cercano al sabor del pastor mexicano a un precios accesibles.

English: I have been looking for a good place to eat tacos al pastor with my friends. Most of the places in Chicago do not cook the pork for the pastor the traditional way (en trompo). Hence, the pastor tacos are usually very greasy and moist. However, in Taqueria Los Barrilitos they cook the pork on a trompo which makes the meat crispy, soft, and delicious. My friends from Mexico City told me the tacos here are the closest to the traditional tacos al pastor in the city. They also pair the tacos with an amazing salsa verde and salsa roja.

My only complain would be that they ran out of pineapple last time I was there.

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I only gave them one star because cashier was nice . Food was dry asl terrible and the pastor was also dry not even pineapple on it. The meat tasted old and didn’t have much seasoning on it . The salsa was watery . Plain disgusting and...

Found this place on the thrillist website as some of the best tacos on Chicago. Had the Al pastor and asada tacos. Next time I'm skipping the asada, not that they weren't good, but the Al pastor tacos were so much...