Birrieria Zaragoza Chicago

Awards

MICHELIN Guide

Bib Gourmand, 2023

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OAD

North American Cheap Eats Restaurants 2023, 9

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Chef

John & Jonthan Zaragoza

Cuisine

Mexican, Regional Cuisine

• 2018

7 / 10

Dinner at Birrieria Zaragoza

on 05 Mar 2018

by Lou Stejskal

Birriera Zagaroza serves one item, birria tatemada, which is oven-roasted goat.

It's a family-run restaurant, opened by Juan Zaragoza in 2007. Before he opened, he was hosting barbecues in his backyard until he perfected his recipe over the course of a few years. Juan and Norma's son, Jonathan, is the weekday chef. They are open seven days a week, for lunch and dinner.

They claim their birria (goat) isn’t gamey or tough because they are about five months old, sourced from a farm in Woodstock,... More

Birriera Zagaroza serves one item, birria tatemada, which is oven-roasted goat.

It's a family-run restaurant, opened by Juan Zaragoza in 2007. Before he opened, he was hosting barbecues in his backyard until he perfected his recipe over the course of a few years. Juan and Norma's son, Jonathan, is the weekday chef. They are open seven days a week, for lunch and dinner.

They claim their birria (goat) isn’t gamey or tough because they are about five months old, sourced from a farm in Woodstock, IL. Also, the meat is steamed for about six hours, marinated in a red mole and then roasted. First, you select small or large, then bone-in or boneless. Finally, you choose to have it as a stew or plated with tomato consommé and their tortillas.

Later, Norma showed me how they make their tortillas in-house every day. If you make it to the end of my video, you’ll see a special treat Mexican grandmothers might give to antsy children while cooking.

Who can resist this place?

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9UwqlTwzMg
Blog: https://loustejskal.com/2018/03/05/birrieria-zaragoza/ Less