About Ta'golazo
A counter-serve Mexican kitchen on Chicago's South Shore with a family history on the North Side of the city.
What this business is
Ta'golazo is a Mexican restaurant and fast-food counter at 2247 E 71st Street in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. The verified listing describes a casual dining room with counter and table service, fast service, an outdoor patio, and a menu that covers tacos, burritos, burrito bowls, quesadillas, tortas, nachos, dinners, and breakfast tacos. The menu boards photographed on the listing show the full lineup, including sopes, tostadas, elote, and a quesabirria dinner with consome. Most of the menu is built to order from a meat, a base, and a finish, and the same meats repeat across the sections.
From Wicker Park to South Shore
The location's story goes back further than its current sign. According to the archived official site (flashtacosouthshore.net, captured 2018-01-05), the building at 2247 E 71st Street is the South Shore home of a concept the owners call 'Flash Taco': started in 1997 by a first-generation Mexican immigrant who followed the 'tacos in a flash' idea his family began in the early 1970s in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood.
The first Flash Taco opened April 7, 1998 in Wicker Park and Bucktown, and the concept was later brought to South Shore. The archived menu lists tacos, elotes, burrito bowls, a taco dinner, and a supreme burrito as the popular items, and Grubhub ordering was already part of the operation.
The listing photos show how the storefront has changed names over the years: the building sign reads Alberto's, an older overhead board carries Taco Xola branding, and the current Google listing name is Ta'golazo. The phone number and address have stayed the same throughout the captures.
Today the kitchen serves the same counter-style food the archived site promised: made to order, fast, and affordable, with an outdoor patio, delivery through Grubhub and Uber Eats, and a menu board that still lists the burrito bowl and taco dinner that were popular back then.
The counter still works the way the archived page described: you order, save your numbered receipt, and pick up when the number is called. The current hours are Monday through Friday 11 AM to 8 PM, Saturday 12 to 9 PM, and closed Sunday, per the verified listing.
- Counter and table service
- Outdoor patio
- Delivery through Grubhub and Uber Eats
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
Planning your visit
The listing notes delivery through Grubhub and Uber Eats within a three-mile radius, reservations accepted, a wheelchair accessible entrance, a restroom on site, and a casual atmosphere. The counter asks customers to save their numbered receipt, and the signature orange salsa contains peanuts, so customers with allergies should tell the staff when ordering. Weekly specials rotate on a board by the register, and the current board is the source of truth for what is running. The restaurant's Google rating sits at 3.8 from 342 reviews, which reflects the fast service and made-to-order food the listing highlights.
Fast food, made to order
Order at the counter or by phone and eat in, take out, or get delivery within a three-mile radius.