LA FONDITA MEXICAN RESTAURANT – Restaurant

Chips and salsa land on the table before you've settled in, and from there La Fondita gets straight to the point: honest Mexican cooking on North Cleveland Avenue, made to order and priced for a weeknight. Street tacos arrive on double soft corn tortillas with onion and cilantro; the crispy corn version comes loaded with lettuce, tomato, cheese and sour cream. Quesabirria, pollo con crema, chimichangas under a blanket of cheese sauce, and a rice plate stacked with steak, chicken and shrimp round it out. Regulars talk up the freshness and the generous plates. Unfussy, warm, consistently satisfying.

Cuisine: Restaurant