Taqueria Morelia [LTHForum Taqueria Project]

LTH,

Taqueria Morelia, second of hopefully many posts by LTHers about Taquerias in the Lawrence/Montrose area, is a fine little taqueria, clean, friendly, efficient service and pretty darn good taqueria food, starting with complimentary chips and salsa.

Taqueria Morelia Chips and Salsa


I ordered two tacos, lengua (tongue)/chorizo and an al pastor sope. The lengua was fine, though missing a certain element of melt-in-your-mouth deep rich flavor the very best examples have, but the chorizo was quite good, full of flavor with bits of char/caramelizing that I really like in chorizo. Taqueria Morelia does not have an Al Pastor cone, though the flavor was good and the deliciously crisp sope was hand-patted in-house from fresh masa.

(Clockwise from left) Al Pastor Sope, Lengua Taco, Chorizo Taco


Close-up of chorizo.


Freshly made Sopes


Quesadillas are made from fresh masa and look quite tasty.


Rice and beans were fine, but lacked the punch/richness of lard.


Taqueria Morelia is across the street from the Admiral Theater, which should make for interesting people watching later in the evening.


Service was very good, coffee, water refilled etc, with one friendly, efficient waitress easily handling all 7-tables in the small restaurant.

Taqueria Morelia, along with Taqueria San Juanito and El Caporal puts our LTHForum group Taqueria group effort off to a fast start. Looking forward to additional Taqueria posts.

Enjoy,
Gary

Taqueria Morelia
3943 W Lawrence Ave.
Chicago, IL 60629
773-509-0210
7-days 10am - 1Am

Taqueria San Juanito
3808 W Lawrence Ave
Chicago, IL 60625
773-583-0304

Last weekend: Taqueria San Juanito. This weekend: Taqueria Morelia. Two for two!

The tacos at Morelia had a little more cilantro than I'd have liked but I enjoyed everything, especially the chorizo. The green salsa was really good too. I don't remember the spelling, but the menu had a section titled something like huechero? What is that?

There was a Mexican bakery across the street that seemed perfect for dessert. I didn't stop in cause it was raining and I had the usual craving for Fudge Pot.

Ate here today on a Sunday, fresh ingredients, had a pastor tostada, and a chorizo taco, very inexpensive, fast service, festive inside, I would highly recommend it!!