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Hours

Mon 5PM to 9PM
Tue - Sun 1PM to 9PM

Nearest Subway Station

Western
1909 N Western Ave
Blue Line: O'Hare

Pricing

Medium ($$)

Rinconcito Sudamericano   

1954 W Armitage Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
773-489-3126

Rating: 5 out of 5  (5 Ratings)   Read Reviews (5)    Rate and Write a Review
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The neighborhood has gotten trendy around this unpretentious storefront, but the restaurant remains much the same -- right down to the slightly garish atmosphere and amateurish service. The attraction is the most extensive Peruvian menu in town at the most reasonable prices. The adventurous can sample anticuchos, skewered beef hearts in spicy red sauce, and cau- cau, tripe and potato with fiery Scotch-bonnet peppers and a sauce tinted yellow by annatto seeds. Less challenging specialties include papa rellena (a meat-filled orb of mashed potato), delicious deep-fried stuffed squid and chicken in satiny nut cream. Almost everything except pasta comes with potato in some form. The Pisco sour is the national cocktail, but South American wines are good and inexpensive.

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Review rating 5 out of 5
Rinconcito Sudamericano
By ferminlong on 06/20/2005
Absolutly the best South American food in Chicago!!!. I recomend the Ceviche it is spectaular.
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Review rating 5 out of 5
Authentic
By angeleyes9800 on 12/21/2004
Last evening I took my boyfriend, who is from Peru, to this great restaurant! Very nice atmosphere, simple and to the point. When we sat down and looked at the menu he was in heaven! He even called his friends to tell them about it. I let him to all of the ordering and everything was outstanding! Loved the Inca Cola and Pisco sour too. Being in the business myself I love to try different types of food and this is a place we will definitely be coming back to, often. We liked the fact that everything was simple yet exploded with flavor. Keep up the great work!
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Review rating 5 out of 5
doesn't get any better
By droopy0422 on 09/15/2004
This is as authentic as it gets you want to try peruvian without traveling to Peru. Pilsen beer, inca cola,pisco sours and food that ROCKS.
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SNG99 review
By sng99 on 09/10/2004
My wife and I have been going there for 10 yrs. The food is the best peruvian in town.Nothing has changed as far as quality and quantity.The tamales and lomo saltado can't be beat.
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