Papacitos Mexican Grille
4.1
13 reviews
60% will return

Papacitos Mexican Grille

2960 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL

Mexican$$

Halal summary

The menus clearly state that halal food is served. All food at this restaurant is certified halal.

Fully halal
Alcohol allowed but not served
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About Papacitos Mexican Grille

Papacitos Mexican Grille is a welcome addition to Chicago's Lakeview neighborhood. Papacitos is a family-owned establishment with a mission to serve its customers the best tasting, fresh, homemade Mexican food around. Moussa (previously of Mamacitas) has over 15 years of experience in the restaurant business, and he just loves to feed people good food.

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Hours

Monday11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday11:00 AM - 10:00 PM

Amenities

To-go
Handicap access
Transit access

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Location

2960 North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL

4.1
13 reviews·23% would return
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Sheryl Bilal

Jul 15, 20163 reviews
5

The food was excellent and I particularly liked the beans. We went there on the spur of the moment and it turned out to be a great idea. I had the Chicken Tacos Picante Plate with hard shells. I loved the shredded chicken with the crunch of the taco shells. They gave us taco chips with salsa as appetizers. There were 3 adults and 5 children and we were all satisfied.

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Huma Pandit

May 10, 201511 reviews
5

A very good experience. Food was excellent and service was great. Will go again.

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Kinza Khan

Jan 21, 20156 reviews
5

Really good food, especially the carne asada or anything with steak in it. Good service. Hole in the wall type place but those are always the best ones anyway

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Hassan Sheikh

Jan 16, 20158 reviews
5

I had the Carne Asada, which was essentially steak with beans and rice. Everything was delicious though the steak was tough to pull apart without a proper plate and cutlery. If you order this, I recommend you eat-in rather than take it to go. Also, if you have one meal in Chicago, I would make it this!

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Isa Ahmed

Nov 29, 201433 reviews
5

Went here on a Sunday night with my wife and we were very happy with the food. We had soup, an appetizer, and two entrees and were not disappointed. Nice staff as well.

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Aaliyah Salih

Jul 7, 20146 reviews
4

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gurdal telli

Jun 28, 20143 reviews
1

I've never been a restaurant such a rude workers"¦I said waitress "I'm not familiar with Mexican meals,what do you advice?" She just gawped at me"¦I'm sure that the Mexican foods aren't outrage as they cooked"¦I don't advice anybody to go there...

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Jamil Qureshi

Aug 24, 20139 reviews
4

My first Halal Mexican Place in Chicago. Great food. The combo plates have big portions for a low price. Chips and salsa as soon as sit down.

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abu muwahhid

Jun 7, 201325 reviews
5

amaaazing authentic Mexican halal food with great service. Carne asada plate is great

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Aijaz Yasir

Jun 25, 201196 reviews
5

Amazing amazing mexican food and every thing "zabihah halal"! what a great place to go out and eat! they served free chips and salsa which i found very nice as most good restaurants serve some sort of appetizer (bread, butter, salad etc) but most zabihah places do not bother to do that! so I found it very nice! The waitresses were very chaty and answered all my questions very nicely! They checked almost three times if every thing was okay and if I needed anything! I ordered Carne Asada. It was much better than my expectations. The beef steak was perfectly done and very juicy! It came with beans, rice, sour cream, avocados and tortillas! very filling and tasty! I would love to go back and try enchilladas, combination platters and Pollo Asado con Mole Plate! Highly recommended!

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Muhammad Nabeel

Apr 30, 201139 reviews
1

The food was not that great and the all employees were extremely rude. There was only one dish that was good, but I forgot what it was called (not the recommended dish in the menu). Anyway, the waitress was ignorant, ill-mannered and had no sense of customer service. it took us 1 hour to get our food and when I asked the waitress does it usually take this long to get food, she became upset and very very rudely said, we are busy that's why. What a terrible attitude. I would not waste your money here.

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Lubena Amen

Apr 18, 20115 reviews
5

Great food! I ordered a beef Taco and my husband ordered a Enchilada/Taco and we ordered nachos. I was real impressed. The Nachos were very good and tasty. Different from any other tacos I have ever had

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Saeed Mohammad

Mar 11, 201112 reviews
3

Went here tonight for halal mexican, I asked the server specifically if all the meat was halal or if only the chicken was. Having been to Mamacita's in the past I know only the chicken was halal. She assured me it was Zabiha halal. Salsa and chips were good. I had the Carne Asada plate which was excellent. Guacomole appetizer was also fresh. The wife had a burrito solo with steak which was also good. Their Fish tacos are supposed to be the best in the city but I didnt try them since I could eat Steak! I will definitely go again when its time for mexican