5 Rabanitos Restaurante & Taqueria
Mexican restaurant · Heart of Chicago
1758 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608
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Highlights
Authentic Mexican cuisine with vibrant decor and friendly service
Authentic Mexican cuisine with vibrant decor and friendly service
"5 Rabanitos is a casual restaurant in Pilsen, and the food here is so good that you’ll find yourself thinking about it when you should be doing other things—like dialing into a conference call, or handing over the rings during your friend’s wedding. The menu has about 3,589 delicious things for you to choose from, with a great selection of tacos, a ton of vegetarian options, fantastic carne asada, and an ahogada torta with carnitas that happens to be one of the best sandwiches in Chicago, period." - adrian kane, john ringor, veda kilaru
"Our appreciation for 5 Rabanitos grows every time we come here—and we come here a lot. This Mexican restaurant has a long menu filled with delicious food. We like the tacos, anything from the huge vegetarian menu, the short ribs in mole manchamanteles, the torta ahogada, enchiladas—basically everything. Come on a weeknight for a casual date night, or on the weekend with a group of friends so you can share the entire menu." - adrian kane, alyssa reyes, veda kilaru, john ringor
"5 Rabanitos is a restaurant in Pilsen with a menu of about 3,589 delicious things for you to choose from, including a variety of meat and vegetarian tacos. We really like the barbacoa, pibil, chicken tinga, and roasted vegetable ones. They’re all the same affordable price ($4.20 each), so you can order an irresponsible amount and still make your car payment on time." - adrian kane, john ringor
"This eatery’s unlikely name is a nod to the chef and owner Alfonso Sotelo’s childhood on the farms of southern Guerrero, where he sold radishes in the market with his other four siblings, earning them the nickname Cinco Rabanitos (five little radishes). It’s hard to go wrong with the selection of tacos, tortas, caldos, and vegetarian-friendly dishes, many of which showcase this Tompolobampo and Xoco alum’s heart for his hometown while leveraging longtime family recipes. The tacos ahogados (chicken fried tacos in a tomato broth), the slow-roasted pork in a Guerrero-style red mole known as puerco al rancho, as well as ingredients such as cecina, a type of salty and dry meat, and plantains (to name a few), are clear giveaways of such regional flair. Place orders online for takeout or reserve a table." - Brenda Storch
"Speaking of Mexican food, one of our favorite Mexican restaurants in the city now has a second location in Hyde Park. Expect a similar menu to their Pilsen location with 5 Rabanitos classics like tortas ahogadas, cochinita pibil tacos, and spicy seafood soup." - john ringor, veda kilaru, nick allen
