Carniceria La Zacatecana

Love this place! The steak and Al Pastor tacos are incredibly tasty! Their salsa is good also. Will definitely visit this place again!

I LOVEEEEE these tacos!
About one of the best taco places I’ve been around that area!
I recommend to anyone! you will not regret it!

Unfortunately got towed, but fortunately stumbled on this gem! This hole in the wall has some me of the best steak tacos in Chicago!

Best steak burrito I have ever had!!! I used to live in Tucson, AZ and went to Mexico on a regular basis. The steak burrito here is to die for! My sister and her husband brought me a burrito from here once and I can’t stop begging them for more. I finally went today. They are cash only and the steak burrito is consistently amazing. The steak is marinated well and the shell has a grill flavor to it which adds to the delicious flavor. Even though it’s out of my way, I am now a regular.

Best steak tacos in Chicago! The charcoal grilled flavor on the steak is great, setting this place apart from others. Go here for lunch often.

Just really good tacos, simple as that. They don’t do much, but what they do make is fantastic. Cash only. Better than Taqueria Traspasada in my opinion

I used to be a devout patron of Traspasada for the past 5 years. It used to be mind blowingly good, especially their steak burritos and black salsa. Fast track to today, and their burritos are mediocre. I’ve seen the constantly revolving cooks, but the food now is just bleh. Steak burritos are extremely chewy and bland. And a lot of their food is microwaved before served to you– I have a huge problem with that. What happened to quesadillas done the right way and not in a microwave?!
Food here is done consistently, and actually probably the best burrito I’ve had. It’s a hole in the wall with only locals, so it’s clearly good. And Portions are huge! Oh and the horchata is crazy good. Steak is very tender and the flavor is perfect. You just need to look past the décor.

Walked in for my birthday tacos, hole in the wall appearance, salsa in ketchup and mustard bottles, and no fountain drinks. Walked out having had the best marinated grilled steak tacos I’ve ever had. Will go back

Holy Cow the Steak Burrito!!!
The steak was wood grilled … So it had a Smokey taste to it
I can’t believe I just got something that tasted that good from a place that doesn’t have much signage … One customer other then me and looks like it might not be any good but trust me… it’s GOOD I just feel like I robbed the place lol

OMG. Do not come here for the ambiance but the food is simple and done perfectly. My fiancé obsessed with their chile relleno. My carne asada platillos came with tortillas lettuce rice and beans that could possibly feed 2 skinny bitches. I usually pick favorites when it comes to salsas but the red and green were both amazing.

Best carne asada tacos in Chicago!!! Just add silantro and cheese and u won’t regret it.

Best tacos hands down! I’ve been coming here for 8 years now. Steak tacos & platillo (meal) is money. I’ve tried plenty of taquerias & the steak here is the best. Freshly made over an indoor charcoal grill, and never stingy with seasoning. One of the only places I would eat rice and beans from. The menu is small, but the prices are very reasonable. The horchata and tortas are also really good. They also have Chile relleno tacos, which I’ve never really seen in other taquerias, and they are amazing. The sauces are home made and delicious. Anyone giving this place a bad review, probably doesn’t know good food.

I got the steak torta. It was excellent, the steak was cooked perfectly and not a trace of grease. Great place.

So I was pretty surprised that the menu here was all in Spanish since I have zero Spanish under my belt. Luckily the menu is fairly concise and small (and that I could read tacos, burritos, and quesadillas). I got the Chile Relleno soft tacos and although I’m not much of a fan of the soft taco shell on the outside, I loved the inside. The heat from the green pepper plus the cheesiness gave everything a great smoky flavor. I also got the Con Carne Quesadillas which was pretty good. I liked how the meat was your no-​nonsense, very authentic small cuts.
There were two different sauces at the table (in ketchup and mustard bottles). Neither were particularly strong in flavor but I liked whatever was in the ketchup bottle better. Pick up a horchata drink with your order as well — it’s very refreshing with the food and a small size will be enough.
I had somewhat of a problem with the fact that they didn’t have chicken at past 11am. I’m not sure whether they just didn’t have it or they hadn’t cooked it yet, but either way, it’s lunchtime and there should be chicken! Also I wish everything was just a tad bigger because those $ 2.75 tacos can add up quickly. I could easily spend more than $ 10 if I was just a little bit more hungry which kind of negates the cheap factor!

I got 2 asada and 1 al pastor soft shell taco because they ran out of chicken and I did’t feel adventurous adventurous to try the intestine or the tongue. It was pretty filling with 3 tacos. I thought the place was spacious, and in the middle, there was a family just watching soccer on tv.
Pro: Cheap and delicious soft shell tacos.
Con: stomach ache afterwards; cash only.

pretty yummy stuff!

This place is one of the best places for good old fashioned, non new age tacos. If you ever want to forget the new trend of Korean tacos and just get a mexican taco this place is it. This place is a no nonsense, non chip serving place that gives you alot of meat per taco and all the locals that come, order tacos.
Their Asada tacos are the best thing they have here. The meat has great texture and it bites back without being too chewy. The flavor of the Asada is good, that you only need limes and salt to fully enjoy the meat.
But If you are feeling adventurous get the tripas and get it crunchy. Their tripas is crunchy and a little chewy at the same time. It’s packed with flavor can also be enjoyed with just salt and lime.
Their lengua is a bit bland, but they give you mostly the muscle connecting to the tongue and not the tongue itself so the meat is really tender. Just season it yourself.

Keep driving. No reason to eat here. Bland. No chips no guacamole just the basics and they are bland. Cheese wasn’t melted on the burrito because it wasn’t ‘t hot. If a Mexican restaurant can’t make a successful basic burrito, they don’t know what they ‘re doing.

Still have the best steak tacos in town.
Nothing’s changed, no thrills or frills, just good food.

I have a few thoughts on this place… and I think it would do a lot more business! First off, the food is great, some the BEST Steak and Al Pastor I’ve had! High Quality and lots of flavor. The only thing I didn’t like was how they heated the tortillas and a lot of other things in the microwave? They should get a big flat top for the the tortillas, etc. Inside, it’s a huge space that’s basically wasted, just really uninviting? I think they should give you Chips and Salsa when you sit down and kinda clean it up a little bit with a few waitress’ or whatever… Really liked they salsa but they serve it in a «Ketchup & Mustard» bottle? Also the Sign/​Menu could use a little upgrade to make it more appealing. Just my humble opinion here! Girl at register was very nice and it was absolutely dead when I went/​Will def go back and by the way it’s Dirt Cheap! $ 2/​Taco – GTFJD