Salsa Street, Randhurst Village

As I'd reported in Openings and Closings, Salsa Street, which also is in Palatine and Sleepy Hollow, has opened at Randhurst Village where Truco Tacos had previously been.

They've got a wide variety of tacos (fried and grilled fish, shrimp, chicken and pork carnitas, tinga, al pastor, barbacoa, etc). We tried a half dozen different ones last night -- Taco Tuesday has their two chicken varieties, al pastor and ground beef at $2, steak at $2.50; I opted for the 3-taco platter for $10.99 which includes cilantro rice and black beans, not noticing that they add a $2 upcharge for including any of their more premium tacos (a ripoff, given that there's only a $.50 difference between most of them).

The table salsa is a tangy green, quite tasty. Chips light and crisp.
Sangria was too sweet with a strong flavor of grenadine.

The shrimp and the pastor both include a pineapple pico de gallo, which isn't too sweet but could use more heat.
The queso fresco was probably the best one I had, it has avocado and a chipotle sauce with a decent amount of spice.
Barbacoa was bland -- it's prettily served with a squiggle of a pinkish sauce, but it needs more acid and heat, and even salt.

It's not going to replace my neighborhood favorites of Mi Ristaurante (Wolf & Kensington) or Monica's (set back from Milwaukee just south of Palatine), but for a quick, relatively inexpensive meal before or after a movie, it'll do fine.

211 Randhurst Village Dr
Mt Prospect, IL 60056
(847) 749-1801