La Casa Del Pueblo

Overall not impressed with this place. We came with my in laws for breakfast after Sunday mass. Luckily we were able to find a table right away. So this is the type of establishment where you order first and then sit down, being first timers, we were confused as this wasn’t clear. We go to order and the 40 – 50 year old man that’s taking orders looks at us like he’s annoyed to be there. He doesn’t explain anything to us and in the middle of us asking him a question he rudely runs off to check on something. Comes back and doesn’t take our order correctly. As we are finishing up our meal, he starts clearing off the table and says not to rush but someone is ready to sit at our table, he then goes to call the customers over while we are still sitting there waiting for my mother in law to come back from the bathroom. When she comes back and goes the grab her coat this man starts to tell her the table is taken!!! Wow… In other words… Don’t rush but can you leave now??? What a rude server. I have never felt this rushed to leave. The good was ok but the service was horrible. Just horrible. Especially this man. I am pretty certain we won’t be coming back. The food was not that great to have to put up with terrible service.

The tamal was not too tasty, it had this bland taste, I really didn’t like it. The agua de orchata was too sweet. The bistec was good. The tomatoes on the wall are filled with a lot of dust. There’s no garbage can on the way in.

Great food, not so great staff. I give two dollar tip on a ten dollar meal. Today I ordered migas con juevos. The waitress did’nt bring chips or salsa till I asked. No coffee refill, but as I said, good food not so good waitresses

First time coming here and I’ve lived in Pilsen for five years now. Love finding little hidden gems. It’s a home cooked meal type of deal, authentic and delicious. I came on a Sunday afternoon with some sorority sisters, and it was fairly crowded but there was still several tables available. I wasn’t feeling super hungry, but ordered the rajas con queso, and a chile relleno de queso (I know, same thing). The rajas con queso were simply amazing! Not spicy, but very good. The chile relleno was good, but I prefer the rajas since it’s already sliced up for you to have. It comes with beans and rice which was also good. Overall, very pleased and would definitely go back!

been coming here since I was a little girl… love the food especially the tamales… feels at home when I’m there:)))

Flavor and heat. Sums this spot up
Best Moist n seasoned Mexican tamale I’ve ever had.
Wish they had more options for beverages besides pop that was the worth the deduction of 1 star to me.
Set up was a little confusing, more like a cafeteria, but I also saw ppl sitting down and attended by the same folks behind the counter as ‘waitress’.

I stopped by here because my dentist suggested going here. She recommended the chicharrones one. I got that one, which were soaked in a green sauce. She described the taco as crunchy, but when I ate it, it was just soggy chicharrones in green sauce. I think chicharrones soaked in sauce is traditional. It was just disappointing since I was expecting something else. I didn’t like that taco too much.

I am not a huge fan of this place. Their tamales are on the greasier side but they do have an extensive menu and parking.

they showed a episode of mexican food in Chicago’s Best and this place was on there for one of the best tamales. since i am a fan of tamales and still havnt found a restaurant that met my standards yet. i decided to give it a try. and this place is local to me
it was 12 bucks for a dozen tamales or something… i got 6 pork and 6 chicken… also got a pork with some red sauce (dont know what its called) taco.
the pork with red sauce taco was pretty good! there was a lot of flavors to it and the meat was juicy!
the tamales on the other hand. not so good. they were smaller then normal tamales. that’s ok tho. I got a dozen of them haha. but there wasn’t much meat in them at all. that was disappointing. it was like eating nothing but maza…
eh. I might come back to try a few other tacos but not getting tamales from here again.

These tacos were so big and definitely worth the money! Taco taco tacos!
This a divey taqueria with some of the nicest employees ever. You could tell they really enjoy working there and love the food that they make. There is some food premade out cafeteria style sort of or you can order fresh tacos which is definitely the way to go. The tacos are $ 2.75 each which may seem pricey, but they are pretty big and packed with meat and flavor that I think they are worth every penny. We split a few tacos and their special al pastor definitely was the winner! Wow. So much flavor and spices on that al pastor I definitely did not want to share that taco with anyone! Then we got the chicken mole taco which also was really tasty but the chicken was served bone in which I was not expecting. So made that taco eating experience a little more interactive, but still the flavors were right one. Then we got the chicarron taco and that again was another winner.
So you can’t go wrong getting tacos here (although our friend ordered the fish taco and was underwhelmed so stick to pork I say!!!), and the service is so nice, and it may take a little while for you to get your food, it is BYOB so bring some beer and you are all set!

After seeing this on Chicago Best last night I went there today to check it out. I’m from Texas & love Mexican food and really enjoy fresh tamales & chile rellenos, both of which were highly recommended on the TV show. Unfortunately this was well below expectations for a number of reasons:
My order was simple: 4 tamales w rice & beans to go. This is a tamale appetizer on their menu for $ 7.50. I asked for a sample of their flavors, 1 each of the cheese, sweet, beef, & bean tamales. You stand in line to order & they call you when your order is ready & you pay at that time.
They also sell tamales by the dozen & when you ask for individual tamales they simply unwrap a pre-​wrapped dozen of that type (kept warm in a steam tray) & put that on your plate or to-​go container. The problem with this is not all of the pre-​wrapped tamales are marked & you have to assume they will get the order correct. WRONG! I got 1 beef, 1 bean, 1 chicken, & 1 with a pepper in in it, no cheese or sweet. You won’t know until you eat them if they are the right ones.
There is a cafeteria style selection of prepared foods or you can order from the menu on the wall. They prepare meals by the order in which they are received so even though they have some food already prepared that would fill some of the orders (like mine) you still have to wait behind those in front of you who order something that might take a while to prepare. I waited about 25 minutes for a meal that could have been assembled to go in less than 5 minutes because of the orders ahead of me that had to be cooked to order. I don’t know if they have had problems with orders being sent out before earlier orders in line or if they just haven’t figured this out but it’s very inefficient and frustrating for to-​go orders. A man in front of me ordered 7 dozen tamales to go and had to wait the same 25 minutes even though they were already prepared & sitting in the warm tray until all of the others orders ahead of him were served.
Red beef tamale, decent with a fair price ($ 1.25each)
Chicken tamale — dry, no flavor
Red tamale w pepper — good but not what I ordered
Bean tamale — ok but nothing special
Rice & beans, average — not bad
2 for food/​1 for slow service /​1 for out of chile rellenos (don’t know why) /​1 for bad serving procedure. The food I had was ok but not worth a drive to get there and not as good as many other Mexican places around town. People were nice & prices were mostly under $ 10 for a meal.

Hands down my favorite Mexican food in the city. I consider myself the expert of all Mexican food. There aren’t too many places I haven’t been!
Casa is grand above all!
Where else can you stand to order kitchen style then minutes late the lady’s come to you’re table with delicious authentic Mexican?
Do not pass go.

The beans. Beans, for me, are the marker of a superb Mexican. If the beans are good usually the rest of the menu follow.
I was hungover so I ordered the Chilaquiles Verdes. Service is «slow,» but I was ok about this.
Food came out piping hot. The chilaquiles were AMAZING. The chips were still crisp, the green sauce was «creeper» spicy, where the heat just builds up in your mouth… layering down spiciness that you don’t notice until it crescendoes. Que Rico Sabor!
The beans were sooo «meaty» tasting. Probably made with real manteca de cerdo.
Now I need to go back to Chicago to sample their famous tamales.

Great Mexican food. I tried calling ahead for pick up but no one answered the phone so I had to go in and wait. No big deal. You can tell the beans have Manteca in them so I’m not a huge fan but the flautas were good and I was tempted by a lot of other options like their chile rellenos and albondigas.

The pork tamales are very good. The pollo en mole taco was also very good. I didn’t really like the pescado (fish) taco as it was fried too hard. The steak and pork tacos were just okay. The horchata tastes artificial. The menudo was pretty good. The server was very friendly. I think I’ll come back for the tamales only.

I been coming to la casa del pueblo because my dad used to get me mole rojo with refried bean every Saturday 25 years ago. It was nice of him to always think about us on the weekends. I personally do not the food ok I do but the food does not like me. I bring my mom from time to time because they still have the same service from 25 yrs ago. Time seemed to freeze here. They have Caldo de res, lengua, pork in green mole, tortas de Camaron with nopales this is my favorite dish. The prices are not bad. They also have corn tamales, and chocolate champurrado.

dozen tamales for $ 11 or a $ 1 each… I’m there!
We stopped in this unpretentious, quick service authentic Mexican taquerilla which is owned by the grocery store next door (same name). Many local regulars and families seemed to come in.
The people taking the orders were helpful to us fairly confused non-​Mexicans to decide on how many tamales and what dishes to get. I really wished they had labels on each of the dishes behind the counter. I tried to see what the seasoned customers were ordering.
Machacado Con Huevo a la Mexicana (scrambled eggs with shredded beef, peppers, onions with a side of rice and beans) were pretty good. we opted for flour torillas. this dish reminded me of South Indian kothu parata taste wise. Not a lot of meat but still tasty.
The Costillas De Puerco (pork ribs) in green tomatilla sauce was freaking delicious. the stewed green sauce was great to eat with rice and beans. super tender meat.
We were told to sit down wherever after ordering. I’m not sure how the wait staff knew which table ordered what… it’s not like they seated us or gave us a table number. It was just a mystery to me but whatever operational procedures they had was functional.
I hope to go back to try other dishes next time.

Omg it used to be just ok now its horrible like idk what happened to this place the quality n the flavor has completely left i would not recommend to anyone to come here ever there are so many better mexican restaurants in chicago

Continuing the Pilsen taco crawl, La Casa Del Pueblo was the next victim. And to be honest, this one was kind of the black sheep. Most simple taquerias have a pretty simple vibe. Small, intimate, friendly, great smelling… There are tons of exceptions, but this one I hadn’t seen before, and it’s the suburban taco joint.
Are there taco places in the suburbs? Hopefully, but I really don’t know. But instead of the suburban crew kind of falling in line, the opposite happened. They made the place annoyingly loud and unpleasant.
That would be bad enough, but the tacos were extremely bland. I took a close-​up where you can see that there’s just not much going on with the taco. No flavor. No love.
And if you can’t love your taco, it’s time to move on.

The pork tamales are the best!!!
Also the breakfast is fantastic! Actually everything is pretty damn delicious.