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    Taqueria El Dorado

    4.0 (19 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican
    Closed 8:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)
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    Elvin C.

    Ok, figured to give El Dorado a test after seeing it get some Yelp attention. Did all tacos today: - cecina with onions and jalapenos - carne asada al carbon (grilled skirt steak) - lengua - tripas - al pastor - suadero (fried steak) - pollo I'd say the big hit of the evening is the cecina. I'm usually not a fan (I've found it too dry), but this cecina worked for me. The carne asada had a good grilled taste, though maybe a tad drier than I'd like - cut be cut chunkier or cooked to a degree less - but still good. Lengua is solid. The tripas hit the spot, but we prefer smaller crispier cut that our usual taqueria favors. Very richly flavored horchata. The al pastor was what we were looking forward to since it is advertised as being roasted on the spit, but when we stepped in, I saw the spit wasn't on...so what pastor we got was cooked earlier on the spit and reheated or simply cooked via some other means. The result was a bit dry and thin cut. Suadero is probably not my thing...frying seems to take the juices out of the steak. Pollo is prepared as chunks but dry. So giving El Dorado 4 stars benefit of the doubt given it was our first visit. On another visit I think we should consider what comes with the taco dinner al gusto, and try out their tilapia and shrimp tacos. Did notice in their soda case chocoflan if one wanted to add dessert to the meal.

    Daniel M.

    Really great late night food. Credit cards accepted. Great flavorful salsas and great service.

    Carne asada without all the good vegetables i.e. beans, lettuce. The meat was little bland but good chew though. 3.5/5

    We went for the fajitas espcially. The atmosphere was not that bad. Beef fajitas could be little better. It was nice and good chew but the taste was little bland. The mixed fajitas was better. The shrimp and chicken was tastier.

    Two tacos de asada and al pastor gordita. Love the grilled onions and jalapeños.

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    Such good food. We had to keep coming back every night while we visited for late night Pupusas.

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    Very authentic! No lettuce nor tomatoes anywhere to be found on the tacos... thank God. Really good!

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    9 years ago

    Steak tacos were decent. Chicken was horrible, rubbery. Restaurant was dirty. Stuff all over the floor. Will never come back again...

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    9 years ago

    Favorite tacos on Clark St. Delicious Pastor, very good steak dishes, too.

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    10 years ago

    My favorite taqueria in Rogers Park (and I've tried at least 3 other ones). The chicken tacos are my favorite!

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