Fierros

Fierros has been mentioned in a thread or two, but I thought a write-up might be in order. It is an Argentine restaurant with a twist they call Tenedor Libre or "free fork". It's a four course set menu for $15.

It's a nice looking space, considering that it is a storefront located in a rather dreary strip mall across from Lane Tech:



First course is assorted cured meats, potato salad, a cheese, and roasted red peppers:


My food photography needs a lot of work; this tasted far better than it looks. The cured meats and roasted peppers were particularly good. The potato salad with peas and carrots was different than the American version, but good. It's rich enough that a bite or two was enough for me.

Second course is pasta with a modified pesto sauce, a little heavy on walnuts, and a green salad with surprisingly good tomatoes:



Third course is roasted chicken and Italian sausage. The chicken is incredibly moist and flavorful, and the Italian sausage is quite good.


Fourth course is short ribs and skirt steak. Both meats have great grilled flavor and a nice chew. It makes my mouth water just writing this.


Seconds are available for any course, the food is well prepared, and the price is very reasonable. It's BYOB with a $3 per bottle corkage fee. Cash only.

Highly recommended.

Fierros
2550 W. Addison
Chicago, IL
773-305-3333

Is it still open? I drove by on New Years Eve and noted that it looked closed.

FrankP,

You have posted the wrong url for your images. I am a Flickr user also.

What you need to do is go to the webpage you referred to, then click the button 'all sizes' just above your image. You select the image size you want (no more than 600 pixels wide, please), then scroll below the image for the url specific to the image. Copy, paste between [img]...[/img] and you should be all set.

Thanks!

Regards,

I was wondering if they were open for lunch. A quick call to the number in the post above found it disconnected. I guess that's further evidence that the place must have closed. $15 for what amounts to all you can eat meat sounded like a recipe for failure. I guess it must be so.

Thanks Cathy. I edited my post to insert the correct links.

FrankP wrote:Fourth course is short ribs and skirt steak. Both meats have great grilled flavor and a nice chew. It makes my mouth water just writing this.

Frank,

Certainly hope Fierros is still up and running, food looks good, in particular the short ribs, and $15 is a heck of a deal for 4 courses.

My current favorite short ribs of that style can be found at Tango Sur, grilled up hot, crisp and ever so slightly fatty, delicious with drizzle of chimichurri.

Enjoy,
Gary

Tango Sur
3763 N. Southport Ave
Chicago
773-477-5466

Alas, closed.