Mexican restaurant in Northbrook in the early '80s
Mexican restaurant in Northbrook in the early '80s
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Mexican restaurant in Northbrook in the early '80s
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Post #1 - June 24th, 2009, 1:48 pmDoes anyone remember a Mexican restaurant in Northbrook that (I think) was on the northeast corner of Dundee and Skokie Blvd. in what looks now to me to be a health club? Or, could it have been Lake Cook and S. B.
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It was early 1983 and my mother and I really enjoyed it, but it really didn't last long. Can anyone remember what it was called - and anything else about it?
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Post #2 - June 24th, 2009, 2:40 pmThe building that's currently the Rehabilitation Institute (Dundee & Skokie Blvd) was formerly (I think) Olive Garden.Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
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Post #3 - June 24th, 2009, 2:54 pmGarcia's
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #4 - June 24th, 2009, 3:14 pmRonnie's much older than me..
Never order barbecue in a place that also serves quiche - Lewis Grizzard
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Post #5 - June 24th, 2009, 3:42 pmWasn't it Chi Chi's?
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Post #6 - June 24th, 2009, 8:16 pmGarcia's is correct (it is roughly on the northeast corner of SB and Dundee behind the Marathon station that always has gas for a dime more than the Citgo on the opposite corner). Chi-Chi's was on Lake Cook in the northwest corner of the mall behind Deerbrook where the DMV is. Just as Garcia's morphed into an Olive Garden, Chi-Chi's became a Chilli's and is now a bank (surprise!). Rounding out the collection of chain or chain-esque Mexican in the area, there was a Cisco's a little further down Lake-Cook on the north side of the street before Pfingsten. It always amuses me that rather than repurpose it, a developer tore it down in order to erect an outpost of On the Border, which like all chain family eateries on Lake Cook between Waukegan and Pfingsten has since closed.
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Post #7 - June 24th, 2009, 8:46 pmYes, definitely Garcia's -- was my favorite restaurant with I was 8 or 9... went for my b-day a couple times.
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Post #8 - June 24th, 2009, 10:46 pmDave148 wrote:Ronnie's much older than me..
And older than dirt, too.
Fwiw, the only thing I remember about the food at Garcia's was their fried ice cream.
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #9 - June 25th, 2009, 9:42 amI remember going there when I lived in Wildebrook on dundee.
