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Restaurant review publication The Infatuation has picked the new McKinley Park restaurant Chile Toreado as one of the best new restaurants in Chicago.
- Restaurant review publication The Infatuation picks McKinley Park eatery Chile Toreado as one of Chicago's best new restaurants.
- Newly opened restaurant grew from highly regarded 5 Rabanitos restaurant in the Pilsen neighborhood.
- Brothers Jaime and Alfonso Sotelo are McKinley Park neighborhood residents and partners in the new enterprise.
Read more: Chile Toreado Lauded As Top New Chicago Restaurant
Head to One City Tap on Thursday for punk DJs at Otro Ritmo: Endless Night; Marz Community Brewing Co. continues their ongoing events series with jazz, karaoke and weekend DJs.
- Otro Ritmo: Endless Night brings punk DJs to One City Tap on Thursday for the music collaborative's first foray in 2020.
- Marz Community Brewing Co. continues to entertain with ongoing jazz, karaoke and DJ events.
- Review Namaste Charter School on Wednesday at their open house.
Read more: Music, Community Events Take the Lead This Week in McKinley Park
Swing into the holidays with an amazing lineup of community events, all taking place in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago
A block-long line stretched down Archer Avenue for the 12th Ward Thanksgiving Turkey Raffle on Friday, November 22, resulting in donations of turkeys and bags of holiday food to ward residents. Sponsored by 12th Ward Alderman George Cardenas, the event was one of two giveaways that weekend, which also featured the MAT Asphalt-sponsored Turkey Giveaway on Saturday, November 23.
"It is important to me that we do our part to ensure every home has the essentials to have a happy and joyous holiday," Cardenas, said. "Over the years, the turkey raffle has become something families can rely on."
Read more: Turkey, Food Giveaways Fill Neighborhood Thanksgiving Platters
Another new restaurant is bound for 35th Street in the McKinley Park neighborhood of Chicago with the pending arrival of Chile Toreado, a full-service Mexican restaurant at 2022 W. 35th St. in the space formerly occupied by the Jazzy Bean cafe. Brothers Jaime and Alfonso Sotelo — both fine-dining restaurant vets and longtime McKinley Park neighborhood residents — are rolling out Chile Toreado to accompany Alfonso Sotelo's successful and highly regarded 5 Rabanitos restaurant in the nearby Pilsen neighborhood.
"Always be careful with the chile toreados" is the warning the brothers' grandmother gave them when teaching how to cook what is now the restaurant's signature dish, Jaime Sotelo said. Her recipes and the experience of cooking while growing up impoverished on a farm in Mexico helped expose the brothers to fresh, authentic Mexican food, most of which was gathered and hunted directly from their farm, he said.
Read more: Chile Toreado To Add Spice To Growing Restaurant Scene on 35th Street
