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DeColores Mexican Restaurant – Pilsen

Michelin-Rated Mexican Dinner Cuisine (Up to 52% Off). Two Options Available.

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  • Date Night

In a Nutshell

Generations-old family recipes yield Mexican food praised by Chicago magazine and honored with Michelin Guide’s Bib Gourmand awards

The Fine Print

  • Expires 120 days after purchase.
  • Limit 1 per person, may buy 2 additional as gifts. Limit 1 per table. Valid only for option purchased. Reservation required. Dine-in only. Not valid with any other offers. Valid for dinner only. Not valid for brunch. Not valid on holidays, including 5/5/13.
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Taking loved ones on dinner dates makes them feel special, much like hiring a loud person to shout their names on the sidewalk. Make your sweetheart swoon with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options

  • $15 for $30 worth of Mexican dinner cuisine for two or more
  • $29 for $60 worth of Mexican dinner cuisine for four or more

Embark on your culinary journey with an order of DeColores’ critically acclaimed made-to-order guacamole ($6.95) before moving on to the menu’s main plates. Chicken flautas ($13.50) arrive stuffed with queso fresco beside a salad of squash, sugar beets, carrots, and mexican chayote; fire-roasted chilies rellenos ($15.50) brim with cheese; and the camarones diabolicos ($13.95) light up palates with shrimp marinated in habanero chilies. Though the restaurant is no longer BYOB, a brand-new liquor license keeps glasses full of potent libations.

DeColores Mexican Restaurant

DeColores Mexican Restaurant is the worst-kept culinary secret in Pilsen. Shortly after the eatery opened, reviewers began to shout the praises of its family-style Mexican dishes; Chicago magazine even placed DeColores on its 2010 list of the Best New Restaurants, lauding the guacamole as “reason enough for a trip to Pilsen.” The restaurant continued its meteoric rise by earning Bib Gourmand awards in the Michelin Guide Chicago in 2011, 2012, and 2013.

The Reyes family members behind DeColores Mexican Restaurant choose to keep the menu humble, basing many of the dishes on closely guarded family recipes that span generations. Made from a blend of 20 ingredients plied from Aunt Alicia, the menu’s rich, chocolate-based mole won the People’s Choice award at Pilsen’s 2012 Mole de Mayo festival and cook-off. The homestyle flavors of the tampiqueña—grilled skirt steak served with a queso chihuahua enchilada—managed to catch Chicago magazine’s attention yet again, earning a place on the publication’s 2010 list of its 30 Favorite Mexican Dishes in Chicago.

Not every dish comes from the Reyes recipe book, though. The restaurant regularly invites neighborhood residents to submit their own interpretations of traditional Mexican staples, honoring any standouts with spots on the menu. This vibrant community spirit radiates from DeColores’ very walls, which routinely change to accommodate new pieces of Mexican-themed works by area painters. Further supporting the artists of Pilsen, the sound system plays recordings of local musicians between dramatic readings of the restaurant’s reservation policy.

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DeColores Mexican Restaurant

3.5 out of 5
Yelp (146 Reviews)
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    Pilsen

    1626 S Halsted St.
    Chicago, Illinois 60608
    (312) 226-9886
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Reviews

  • I think everything we ordered was great but i particularly liked Queso Fundido, i added this with my fajitas it was amazing.
    Sejal P., 1/9/13
  • One of the best higher-end Mexican restaurants in the city! I love the atmosphere, the music and the dim lights.
    Lubia N., 1/14/13
  • Chicago Mag