Topolobampo Restaurant Review:
Adjacent to Frontera Grill but with a separate dining room, this creation of owner-chef Rick Bayless forges on as one of the best Mexican restaurants in the country. The refined approach is cutting edge and avoids clichés, and the food is always exciting. The menu changes (at least) monthly, but a dish of slow-cooked lamb carnitas with avocado-tomatillo and arbol chile-toasted sesame salsas...
Frontera Grill Restaurant Review:
This is one smooth ride across Mexico’s culinary landscape, and it has become a mecca for food lovers in Chicago. The menu blossoms with diverse, beyond garden-variety Mexican dishes. Eating here, in fact, can be downright educational. Chef-owner Rick Bayless is big on sustainability and knows Mexican flavors and foods and how they should come together. Check out the innovative seafood bar...
Locals and tourists line up for gourmet Mexican fare at these lively River North twins (Topolobampo's the upscale one). Rick and Deann Bayless have been wowing diners with their pioneering new takes on tacos, beans, and sauces since 1987. The dishes, all made with fresh organic ingredients, include made-to-order tortilla chips with two salsas, pato pibil (slow-roasted duck cooked for hours in...
Two excellent restaurants--one casual and buzzing, the other sophisticated and sedate--with a reputation for Chicago's finest Mexican food.:
This is some of the best Mexican food you'll ever have. Frontera's menu features excellent traditional fare, from chilis rellenos and enchiladas to six kinds of tacos. For more adventurous, upscale...
Pros
+ best Mexican in Chicagocomfy, fun atmosphere
Cons
- gets loudno reservations (frontera)