Salpicon Restaurant Review

1252 N. Wells St. (Goethe St.) Send to Phone

Dine on first-rate mole and grilled shrimp before enjoying one of the best flans around at this upscale Mexican.

Salpicon Restaurant is one of our 2012 | Top 10 Chicago Brunch Restaurants | Top 10 Chicago Mexican Restaurants |

Cuisine

Mexican

Open

Dinner nightly, Brunch Sun.

Features

Romantic setting
Private room(s)
Full bar
Reservations suggested
Outdoor dining
Valet parking
Casual

Wine

Great Wine List

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This is a family affair: Priscila runs the kitchen and her husband, Vincent, runs the front of the house. And while many an upscale Mexican restaurant has come (and some gone) over the years, this one forges on. We enjoy the inviting, stylish surroundings as well as the top-rate selection of tequilas and wines. But the real star of this show is the food. The restaurant prepares one of the best mole sauces in town (we like the Pueblan, in particular). When it comes to shellfish, we suggest the grilled shrimp in a sweet avocado and guajillo chile-inflected garlic sauce. Try the seven-course tasting menu for a real treat. Desserts deliver, too, be it the flan, Mexican chocolate mousse or spicy lime-and-tequila sorbet infused with Serrano chilies.