NOTE: The video at the top of this story originally aired in 2023.<\/p>\n
The New York Times released its list of the “41 Greatest Mexican Restaurants Across the United States” and Illinois was well represented.<\/p>\n
Three Chicago eateries made the cut, tying New York and Los Angeles for the most representation on the list. <\/p>\n
The highlighted restaurants include Birrieria Ocotlan, Gorditas Santiago and Mi Tocaya Antojer\u00eda. <\/p>\n
Birrieria Ocotlan was noted for having “a birrieria that\u2019s like visiting a mercado in Jalisco.” <\/p>\n
Gorditas Santiago was cited for the more than 20 fillings it has on the menu “that bring a little bit of the Durangan city of Santiago Papasquiaro to the Midwest.” <\/p>\n
Mi Tocaya was listed for chef Diana D\u00e1vila’s innovative approach and her “cheerful, uncompromising antojer\u00eda in the Midwest\u2019s most Mexican city.”<\/p>\n
Some other Midwest spots also made the cut.<\/p>\n
The list also ranked La Sirena in Ephraim, Wisconsin; Vecino in Detroit; El Pollo Rey in Kansas City; and Oro by NIxta in Minneapolis.<\/p>\n