Arigato Market is a quirky spot blending a meat shop with a taqueria, serving up creative Japanese-inflected tacos that are unlike anything else in Chicago.
"The creative tacos from Arigato Market are back, featuring flavors like a homestyle Japanese curry and new bento box options." - Naomi Waxman
"Mike Sula discovers a trove of unique tacos at Arigato Market. The Japanese taqueria and butcher shop specializes in 'American-style' tacos with Asian influences. Hearty options include Japanese curry and pork tonkatsu wrapped in flour tortillas. Other choices, such as a cheeseburger taco and a tomato-meatball risotto taco, 'invite indiscriminate wolfing' and 'could credibly be placed in the category of stoner food.' On the whole, 'most of the tacos are well-balanced innovations that borrow from seemingly disparate cultures and cuisines' and they won’t be found anywhere else in Chicago, if not the world." - Jeffy Mai
"A new retail market that specializes in tacos stuffed with Japanese flavors and sells pasture-raised beef from an Indiana farm. Arigato Market got its start as a pop-up inside On Tour Brewing, and chef Brett Suzuki said his food has evolved over the last two years. The market’s located at 1407 W. Grand Avenue. It’s mostly a to-go operation with a six-seat counter. Suzuki has partnered with Ethan Wautelet who owns a cattle farm near South Bend, Indiana. Not all tacos have Japanese ties. They’re using ground beef from the farm in tacos like the 'Fully-Loaded Cheeseburger.' The market offers chilled and frozen cuts of beef available that are vacuum sealed to prevent fast oxidation. There’s no hormones or antibiotics and Suzuki said the cuts have a cleaner taste compared to what Chicagoans buy at their grocers. The market will also offer catering so offices can make taco Tuesday extra special. It’s cashless." - Ashok Selvam
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