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    El Amigo

    2.7 (36 reviews)
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    Quesadilla con chorizo
    Andrea L.

    Great as always! Came here last night after racing at Steel Wheels down the road. It was my birthday and I was so excited to have my birthday dinner here Staff is wonderful and always smiling when we come in Super cute decor too My husband and I actually ate at El Amigo on 30 on our first date Guacamole is soooooo good too!

    This burrito is supposed to be white, not orange. But that's the color you get when it's soaking in grease.

    This place is a joke. We ordered chorizo burritos, like we always do from the Valpo location, but from Portage instead. We got home to discover there was so much grease in them that it spilled out of the foil and plastic bag, onto the front floor of our car. We cleaned that up, brought them inside, unwrapped them and they were SWIMMING in grease. We soaked up all the grease on the outside of the burritos (took like ten paper towels to do so), cut into it and grease poured out. They were totally inedible. I called the place and literally after almost three minutes of it ringing they finally picked up and I spoke with Javier, the manager. He said that's what you get with chorizo and when I asked to speak with another manager he said he's the only manager on duty and if I wanted to bring the burritos back he would replace them. When I told him we lived 15+ minutes away he said oh well, he had to go make an order and needed to hang up. I then asked him who the owner was and he said he didn't know (he's the manager, reports to the owner, but doesn't know who the owner is...?). So when I remind him of that he says the owner is Norma and that her number is: 773-600-8680. I called and spoke with an incredibly rude person that got instantly demanding towards me on the phone. My guess was that Norma is not the owner, but Javier's friend and that this must be a common game he plays with customers. So, I call the valpo location and they answer after the second or third ring and confirm that the owner is Martine, and that he owns both locations. So I will be following up with him. Not only did we pay for $23 worth of inedible burritos but the cheese dip was cold and chunky and now some random person has my number and yes, they've already called me back on my cell so I'm not happy about that. Needless to say, we won't be back. Ever.

    Great food. Pork and chorizo is  awsome. This is our favorite Friday night spot.

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    Love the burritos! Pork is the best! Much better than other spots in town!

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