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| - Please note, as of September 2013, A La Brasa Latin Cuisine is under new ownership and has switched their menu to Mexican cuisine. The restaurant still offers a full bar, including Mexican tequilas and the standard cervezas Corona and Modelo.
The menu has changed to a variety of standard Mexican dishes including tacos, burritos, sopes, quesadillas, huaraches and tamales. It also offers some more unusual dishes such as their Chicken a la brasa, mole poblano and pipian verde chicken (chicken with green sauce). Chicken strips and grilled cheese sandwiches are available for the little ones that my not be as adventurous. Prices are very reasonable.
There is a great variety of meats available for the dishes including beef, pastor (pork seasoned with chilies and pineapple) and chorizo. I have so far tried the steak and pasture tacos, steak burrito and chicken tamales.
The tacos arrived served on two corn tortillas each with a good helping of onions and cilantro and a side of mild salsa consisting of roasted tomatoes rather than the standard chopped uncooked tomatoes, onions and cilantro. The pastor taco was delicious. It was not overly seasoned and the taste of the pineapple was evident. The steak taco was even better. Once again, not overly seasoned, but enough to enhance the flavor of the sautéed steak rather than mask it. Both meats were cooked properly, neither under done nor dried out from too much time on the grill.
Likewise, the tamales were excellent. The masa in these were steamed to a very good consistency, neither mushy nor dried out. Tamales unfortunately tend to be on the bland sides. These were not as they were either flavored with a green sauce (salsa verde) or a red sauce (salsa rojo). The red sauce was the spicier of the two; both with an unexpected flavor for tamales.
The burrito was also very good. I am generally not a fan of burritos stuffed with rice and beans, the steak meat was of a much greater quantity than the plant food. The steak was the same flavor as the steak tacos and the rest of the mixture was pinto beans, rice, cilantro and onions. The tortilla was also heated on the grill, rather than steamed like in many other places, which added another layer of flavor.
A La Brasa is conveniently located on North Broom Street, between West Washington and Capitol Center Foods. While at times it could take a little bit of hunting, there is street parking available. The new owners are now also offering delivery service through a third party service. With the convenience of the location and reasonableness of the prices, it will become my "go to" place for lunch.
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