El Molcajete, Geneva

There's a new Mexican joint that just opened in Geneva a few weeks ago where RJ's Deli was. We went for lunch today, and were really impressed, especially since it's brand new. It's not your average taco, tostada, chimichanga place. More like Bien Trucha, which we loved, but it's just too small when you have a 6 month old, 2 year old and 11 year old. This is a bigger place with food that's right up there with Bien Trucha, IMO.

We went for lunch today. They have asada and al pastor tacos, and then there's 7 different tacos, and 7 tortas.

I had the Campechanos tacos - homemade chorizo and marinated carne asada with cebollitas de cambray (onions), melted chihuahua cheese and morita salsa. This comes with a cup of drunken beans with bacon and sausage mixed in. Delicious.My husband and son in law had El Molcajete Sincronesadas which is marinated pork in chile ancho achiote between flour torillas, melted cheese with roasted pineapple pico and spicy salsa -served like a kicked up, big quesadilla.

Next time, which will be soon, I'm going to try the shrimp tacos with grilled onions in a tangui orange-chipotle sauce and fresh jicama-pico served with a cup of their house special chochoyette soup.

And they have a kids menu And the service was excellent!!

El Molcajete
113 W State St.
Geneva, IL, 60134
(630) 232-1600

man talk about a dumb bunny, Thanks so much Dave!! I had every intention of posting the address, then poof - out of my head!!

My wife and I went to El Mocajete for dinner last night. The restaurant was full at 6:45 last night and we waited about 25 minutes for a table. I wouldn't say that this place is bigger than Bien Trucha now that they renovated. There are only about 10 tables in here and with a couple of bigger parties, only about 5 different groups were eating when we arrived. BYO is a nice bonus. Service was very friendly.

Started off with a complimentary basket of house made chips and a cup of salsa. The chips were excellent, hot, crisp and very fresh. Salsa was standard, somewhat bland.


I ordered the Estilo Guerrero tacos. 3 cecina tacos in corn tortillas with a layer of refried beans, topped with pico de gallo and guacamole. The cecina was very good, tender with a good crisp on the edges. The guacamole wasn't really necessary and kind of overpowered everything else. A side of rice was fairly basic, nothing really special.


My wife ordered the Campechanos tacos. 3 tacos with homemade chorizo, marinated carne asada, topped with morita salsa, onions and cilantro. These tacos were delicious. The chorizo was excellent. I would definitely recommend them.


We'll be back to try other items on the menu.

Here's a scan of the menu as of 7.24.10

Missed the post here on LTH - got clued into El Molcajete by the insane Taco Tweets Chicagoland Taco Tour - which has encyclopedic knowledge on the subject of tacos.

http://chicagotacotour.blogspot.com/

I dig deep fried tacos - tacos dorados, whatever -

I think this plate of Tacos Duros - beef - are some of the best I have had. Flavorfull ground beef, freshly fried crisp shell, tons of cheese, and a kind of vinegar hot sauce on top. More than worked:



Next visit - and there will be one Im guessing this coming Friday I will ask for the hot sauce on the side - even I couldnt snarf the 4 tacos quick enough before the sauce slightly got some sog going on:



These are the shiznit - might be better than Loncars.


website and current menu -
http://www.molcajetegeneva.com/

jimswside wrote:


Next visit - and there will be one Im guessing this coming Friday I will ask for the hot sauce on the side - even I couldnt snarf the 4 tacos quick enough before the sauce slightly got some sog going on:

These are the shiznit - might be better than Loncars.

sauce on the side -



not quite sure on my "better than Loncars" statement - needs more research. But I love this taco plate.

I have a buddy who lives in Geneva so I've been a couple times. It's pretty solid and a good option for when Bien Trucha is nuts. Which is pretty much always. I'll have to check out this plate, I too love crispy tacos and that plate looks pretty great. Thanks for the tip.