La Ciudad Mexican Grill & Café
We were pleasantly surprised by La Ciudad, an uninviting spot in a string of a dozen business storefronts in a little strip mall in Uptown. Don’t let them fool you. In the kitchen here, which is visible from the dining room, they make plenty of anticipated Mexican fare like burritos, tacos and flautas. But home-style recipes like Camarones a la Diabla (a Mexican seafood classic known as “devil’s shrimp,” presumably because of its spicy, red sauce) are also beautifully crafted. Everything is authentic Mexican here, from the food to the quotes celebrated through their website, including the take-away line from the 2001 film “Mexico City”: “I don’t have to find myself, I am fiction.”
La Ciudad, 4515 North Sheridan, (773)728-2887, laciudadgrill.com
Best of Chicago 2012
