La Cocina

WORSE NIGHT CREW ATTITUDES EVER
Let me start by saying that I have been here numerous times during the day and USUALLY I have a wonderful experience. This time however I went at night and ordered 2 bean tacos. Now maybe this is just me but when I ask for a taco I assume that theres going to be either lettuce and tomato or cilantro and onion or some kind of combination of toppings. I however recieved two tortillas with only refried beans. THIS HOWEVER STILL WAS NOT THE ISSUE. People mess up all the time. It happens. I get it. So I called them to let them know that my order was messed up and asked of there was any way to replace their mistake and the associate that answered the phone was RUDE as ever. She told me that I ordered my tacos with only beans which was completely untrue because I ordered with 2 other people who were there to witness what I said. But after me apologizing and say «oh I’m sorry what i said was that I just wanted to bean tacos» this associate gave me an attitude from hell and I got stuck with 2 tortillas with beans that i didnt order and nothing else to eat. As an fairly regular customer I can say that. I wont be going back. LA COCINA FIND A NEW NIGHT CREW!

This place is solid: cute, cheap, tasty, fast, and very vegetarian/​vegan-​friendly. They have great specials, too. Several varieties of fake meat, including local seitan from Upton’s. The woman who made my vegan burrito last time was very careful to ask whether I wanted vegan or regular cheese.
With their burritos and other dishes, I’ve found they have a very heavy hand with the seitan, for better or for worse (depending on how you like your proportion of seitan to other ingredients, I guess!).

I will now have to admit that the North Side of Chicago has some good tacos. Went for the first time last night and I have to admit that this place sets itself apart from the competition. The Chicken «Al Pastor» tacos are delicious. Reminded me if Green Chicken Pozole my friend makes. Prices are low and food is great. What more can you ask for?

So delicious, so affordable, and so many delicious vegan options! Excellent service too!

Great food, great prices, good people. Very friendly and attentive. I had chorizo and potato taco and a chicken tostada. Their pico de gallo is also very good. I see is going back to taste next weeks special

Very friendly over the phone, but the food was mediocre.
We initially placed an order with them because it was Tuesday and they have $ 1 tacos on Tuesday. What wasn’t apparent was that it was only for a specific taco, chicken fajita. So we ended up paying the normal price for the tacos we wanted.
The salsa was flat and soupy and did not have a salsa taste.
The guacamole was loaded with tomatoes and very bland. For lack of a better description, it also seemed too creamy. The steak was dry.
The chorizo and pork were ok, but just that.
Overall, it was *meh*, but I don’t see myself ever ordering from them again. There are plenty of other Mexican restaurants in the area that at least do something well.

Bang for your buck and with some quality too. I love their Al Pastor tacos and chorizo burrito.
They have a moderate selection but they do a good job with their food.
The restaurant is small but that’s fine. It’s a nice taco joint that doesn’t posture, and they have an attentive staff that are friendly as well.
I ordered their pico de gallo to go with my chips and food. Holy crap their pico de gallo was fresh and delicious. I’ve been to tons of Mexican restaurants and had plenty of pico de gallo in all my years, but that’s jaw droppingly good pico de gallo.
All in all, this place is definitely worth a shot if you’re aching for Mexican food.
Plus you can never go wrong $ 1.00 tacos on Taco Tuesdays.

Great food, great service, friendly staff. My husband and I tried the tacos and torta while my daughter ate a huge quesadilla and loved it. Highly recommend the daily special.

It was amazing we’ve been here a couple of times and each time it was amazing. The service is great and the prices are decent. On Tuesdays they have $ 1 taco and on Thursdays they have $ 1 flautas and they are amazing plain and simple. Their dinners are amazing too great deal for the amount of food you get in the container. The salsas and guacamole are great too with homemade fresh tortilla chips. One of the salsas is spicy and the other is smokey and they’re so good and the guacamole is seasoned perfectly. Definetly a place to stop in!!!

Incredible nachos!!! landed here by accident one night, great service, fresh food, quirky décor. Love it. Super affordable.

The $ 1 taco special was chicken tacos when we went, not particularly flavorful but hey, they were $ 1 tacos. Also had a pork sope and that was pretty freakin delish. Really tasty seasoning and the shell was perfect.
When ordering you can choose American Style (lettuce & tomato) or Mexican Style (onion & cilantro). Personally I recommend Mexican style but only if you can handle LOTS of raw onion.
Plenty of veg options but all the fake meat is seitan — no prob for me but some people that might be an issue. I didn’t try it this time but looking forward to checking it out. There’s vegan cheese too, not sure what kind.
Chips and salsa brought to our table, four tacos and a sope all for $ 7.49. You can’t beat that.
Cheap food! Good service! What’s not to like.

This place is such a great neighborhood restaurant. The staff is so friendly and the food is AMAZING!!! My daughter and I eat here several times a month and it never disappoints.

THIS PLACE IS TOOOO GOOOODD!
i come here like once a week, and get either the taco dinner or a burrito and its always so amazing. there meat is always the best and the ingredients always fresh.
the service is usually really great as well, i did have one bad experience though. they messed up my order, when i called they made me walk back there and werent even sorry. they kept laughing about it which was a little irritating. they on an other occasion apologized profusely and had someone drive my correct order to my house for me (thank you!) so it really just depends!
BUT YOU SHOULD TRY THIS PLACE.

I’ve gotta limit this review to their burritos and their service, but that said, this place is great. Burritos are so big, every time I bring one home and open it up, I think there is no way I can finish this monster, but I do, they are really that good. As to the service, my finicky daughter asked for a rice and bean burrito, the only ingredients she likes. When we came to pick it up, there was no charge, it’s not on their menu, so they just whipped one up, just for her, for free. How nice is that!

Very affordable and tasty tacos!

I want their pork grande burrito in and around my mouth RIGHT NOW

I had a terrible experience at La Cocina, but after reading the other reviews, that doesn’t seem uncommon for take out or vegan orders.
My negative experience was mostly thanks to an extremely rude woman named Joanna. I ordered 6 vegan sopes to go, but when I got home, I realized that I had been given meat tacos. Now, I can totally see the confusion: vegan sopes, meat tacos, basically the same thing. Whatever, no big deal.
I went back, as I live relatively close, and explained the error. Joanna, the woman who took my first order, was rude, curt, and seemed exceptionally annoyed, but finally offered to give me my damn sopes. When I gave her my order once again, I began to tell her I wanted it vegan, no dairy or cheese, but she cut me off and claimed that she was vegan, too, and understood. I doubt it, but that’s fine, I smiled and thanked her. When I got my order, I realized that there was non-​vegan cheese and sour cream on my sopes. I brought this to Joanna’s attention, who told me that it was my fault for not telling her to give me vegan cheese and no sour cream specifically, despite the fact that I asked for non-​dairy VEGAN sopes multiple times, which makes it pretty clear that there shouldn’t be DAIRY on them, but she just began to yell at me and arguing that she would not fix it. She ranted about how I need to order correctly next time, as though I would ever give La Cochina my business again.
Honestly, it’s one thing to get an order wrong twice, it’s one thing to refuse to fix it, but to yell at me on top of it? I used to frequent La Cochina. Never again.

This place totally rules. The chicken seitan burrito is awesome… and HUGE. Seriously. We get them to go often and carrying the bag home it probably weighs 10lbs.
I don’t know why it took me so long to check this place out.
So many great vegan options.
Oh, and the gaucamole is AMAZING. It’s super fresh and full of cilantro and onions.
I totally love this place.

I was really excited about this place, but overall it was a little disappointing.
I was very pumped to try this place out because of all their vegetarian and vegan options, but the soy chorizo that I ordered was kind of tasteless and sad. Maybe I have too high of expectations for fake meat.
My boy got a burrito dinner that he seemed very pleased with, and the chips and salsa were nice too.
I’ll probably be back to try some other options, I’m not giving up on La Cocina yet.

Phony meat Mexican food is apparently a weakness of mine.
And while El Faro of the south side holds my heart, La Cocina of Logan Square has certainly dug out a home for itself in at least one ventricle.
Uptons Naturals seitan everything + the friendliest service ever and a sunshiny corner-​store locale make this one heck of a lunch dive. Aaand they’ve got one of my fave casual features that a lot of counter service places forget about: self serve agua w/​cups– because sometimes, this gringa gets a little thirsty.
Ooh, and it’s BYOB. Schwing!