Patricios in Edison Park

Has anyone ever ate at Patricio's in Edison Park? I can't find much information on them online. I walk past them every day. Their frontage looks fairly morbid with big black vases filled with orchids (the fact that they face a funeral parlor doesn't help their cause)

I really know nothing about them but see people in there occassionally. Has anyone ever eaten there?

Yes, it's the same as Don Juan's with a slightly fancier menu. I loved their risotto served in an acorn squash and duck tacquitos. They have a website, but I can't find it for the life of me.

Don Juan/Patricio
6730 N. Northwest Hwy.
Chicago, IL 60631
773-775-6438
http://chicago.metromix.com/restaurants ... 76/content

We haven't been to Don Juan's in ages. I assume Patricio is Patrick Concannon. Don Juan's was always good Mexican, but with a plethora of choices closer to home we haven't been out there in a while. The Irishman married to a Mexican theme was always appealing to us.

Patricio's is one of our family favorites.
Their food is simply excellent and Patricio's is Don Juan's with a much quieter atmosphere and a slightly upgraded menu.
I absolutely recommend it.
Jill

On a whim we trekked out to Edison Park and ate at Don Juan's, hadn't been there in years. Mrs. Concannon welcomed us warmly, we started going there maybe twenty years ago but haven't been in years. Patricio has a new Italian place in Orland Park, Ottimo; his mother said that after ten years working for Francesca's and six long visits to Italy he decided to open an Italian place. We were early, around four thirty, there was only one other table. Nothing has apparently changed, the menu had some updates (tacos al pastor, a tasting menu) but went with some old faves, tampiquena for Mrs. Trpt and the mole con pollo for me. The smoky chipotle salsa and freshly made chips were a pleasure as always. The flank steak tampiquena was perfectly done, and came with a gigantic cheese chile relleno and guacamole. The mole was stellar, smoky, dense and slightly sweet with cinnamon notes, and the two grilled chicken breasts were grilled perfectly, seared on the outside but moist and succulent.

There were a few services glitches, an inattentive and absent minded waiter, though the runners and bus boys were terrific. We had churros for dessert, another new twist and they were warm, fresh and delicious, reminding me of the stall in the zocalo in Xalapa. $62 with tax and tip and two drinks, not bad. It made us both wonder why it's been so long. When Don Juan debuted there was only Frontera in the upscale Mexican market, and since then the field has exploded. It's a little out of the way in the far reaches of Edison Park, the pseudopod extension of Chicago that reaches out past Harlem surrounding NW highway bordering Park Ridge. But it has a nice take on traditional Mexican cuisine and if one is in the neighborhood it's worth a stop. They do a good local business, by the time we left at six there was a line waiting.