South of the Border – Every 10 feet

...Food?

Oh, Chicago.

My Spring Break is over (I spent all of it watching 3 seasons of Rescue Me and House on Hulu.com, and catching up on Dexter Season 3).  And we had a blizzard.  Luckily, it melted as soon as it came down.

This is a belated post.  That picture… over there.  That was eaten about 3 days ago now.  One of the greatest things about Chicago is it’s diversity.  The polish, irish, italian, asian, and hispanic communities.   It makes for an amazing array of foods as well.

In certain neighborhoods in particular, you can have that south of the border experience every 10 feet.  Every other restaurant is a mexican restaurant that sells the exact same food for the exact same price, just with a different owner or name.  (Unless you’re on Division and Ashland, in which case you have 3 different La Pasaditas within 10 feet of each other.)

I’m sure it’s not something new to any of the readers.  We’ve all had this type of authentic mexican food.  It’s cheap, it’s delicious, and very often open until 2am or later to appease the drinkers.  In that photograph, is the #7 (Taco Plate).  Somewhere in there, are two tacos.  I think they’re on the bottom, because there are tortillas down there.

I’m a pansy white kid.  I like love bland.  I can’t handle exotic or spicy.  It makes my  tongue cry, so I get mine with just the meat, beans, cheese and veggies.  None of that crazy hot sauce.

As you can imagine, this food was bland.  However, it was delicious and filling.  The steak was tender and tasty.  The best part, though… is knowing that no matter if I choose Rocky’s Tacos or La Taqueria #21, I will get the exact same plate of food.  It’s the unspoken fast food industry.  The only thing they’re missing is corporate representation.

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