Leftover tortillas, though no longer edible, do make for durable snowshoes and practical canvases on which to write notes for easy under-door passing. Sample a shell before its expiration date with today's Groupon: for $10, you get $20 worth of Mexican cuisine and drinks at North of the Border Mexican Restaurant in Bartlett.
South of the border cuisine crafters at North of the Border strive to shape a menu of fresh, consistently tasty fare cooked to each tongue's specifications. Guac gurus and Scooby sidekicks can unmask the Monster starter, a huge tortilla chock full of cheese, meat, green peppers, onions, tomatoes, and guacamole ($11.99, serves four) or the garden burrito, a cozy cocoon of veggies and rice ($5.99).
Meanwhile, the taco dinner takes taste buds to nosh nirvana with a choice of three hard- or soft-shell tacos stuffed with rice and beans, and trimmed with either American (lettuce, tomato, and cheese) or Mexican (cilantro, onion, and a side of lime) toppings ($6.75). Indecisive imbibers can opt for a combo platter ($7.25 for a choice of two single eats such as the shredded-beef taco and pork tamale) or buy some time by chomping into a cheesecake chimi', which, like a baby's bedding, wraps sweetness in a blanket of crispy tortilla ($3.95). Enjoy the fiesta of flavors inside North of the Border's brick-bedecked building, or take out the tasties to your own abode.
