🐷 “Dead Piglet”
✨ Behind the scenes of my review at Cerdito Muerto in Pilsen, a Mexican American restaurant and cocktail bar, reincarnating a father’s pool hall, a mother’s taqueria, and a childhood home
🌮 Mamá Coco’s al pastor taco
🐐 birria taco (by chef Becky Carson inspired by Consuelo Oceguera’s recipe)
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🐷 “Dead Piglet”
✨ Behind the scenes of my review at Cerdito Muerto in Pilsen, a Mexican American restaurant and cocktail bar, reincarnating a father’s pool hall, a mother’s taqueria, and a childhood home
🌮 Mamá Coco’s al pastor taco
🐐 birria taco (by chef Becky Carson inspired by Consuelo Oceguera’s recipe)
🕊️ Guillermo’s Paloma (from beverage consultant / Wednesday bartender Guillermo Martinez)
🍓 sin piquete
☕️ café de olla ice cream
🐓 Al’s tinga tostada (sound on for cromch)
🍍 piña colada güera
🍔 hamburguesa aplastada
🇵🇸 Owner Emidio Oceguera transformed the historic building that survived the Great Chicago Fire (and real estate development) into an elegant and emotional experience
📰 My latest review at @chitribfood, at the link in my profile @louisachu1, and free here!
chicagotribune.com/2026/04/28/restaurant-review-cerdito-chicago/?share=o2aora40whbcieo2otrc
🙏 Photos by Terrence Antonio James. Edited by Kayla Samoy. Photo edited by Steven Rosenberg. Copy edited by Nancy Stuermer. Print design by Alyson Morris.
🎁 ¡Y traducción al español de José Luis Sánchez Pando gratis aquí!
chicagotribune.com/2026/04/30/resena-de-restaurante-cerdito-muerto/?share=rr3mbgi2c0mnwsttorae Less
