Saturday, July 9, 2011

Coming Soon: Spanglish!

No, we're not talking about Adam Sandler's 2004 romcom, we're talking about a new restaurant that appears to be coming to University Center on State between Harrison and Congress:

So there isn't much information on the interwebs about this new spot, but we would presume it's a restaurant that mixes Spanish and American food (we could be wrong, but if so...maybe a different name would be better).

Does anyone know anything about this? Great to see another place coming soon...seems like there are new places popping up left and right!

One more thing to note about this complex. It also appears that a Panda Express is going to moving in next to Chutney Joe's. College kids love cheap, greasy, fast Chinese!

When Spanglish opens in September in the South Loop, its menu will echo the eats served at La Cocina (which the owners also run): Mexican favorites like tostadas, fajitas, cactus salad and fish tacos. Dishes will be priced for $10 or less and come with complimentary chips and mild green or spicy red salsa; the eatery will also offer vegetarian-friendly refried black beans and huevos rancheros for breakfast. But don't expect to see photos of distant Mexican locales on the walls: 3-by-5 foot lightboxes will showcase black-and-white photos of Mexican-American neighborhoods in Chicago, Texas and other states.

(Hat tip: TSR!)

9 comments:

Allen said...

JBorn had a comment about a month back saying "Apparently Frank Morales of La Cocina fame is opening Spanglish Mexican Kitchen in University Center".

Anonymous said...

Since the signs says "Mexican kitchen" .... It's from the guy who runs the La Cocina restaurants.

Anonymous said...

Oh, and it's supposed to open in September, per Metromix. I know this is a volunteer blog and all, but all I had to do to find that out was a simple Google ....

Anonymous said...

Can't wait! La Cocina is amazing!

Frank Morales said...

Hi Everyone am Frank Morales both my sister and brother as well as I are very excited about are new Restuarant Spanglish Mexican Kitchen we are shooting to be open in by mid September but when your talking about construction in the city of Chicago Lol well let's just leave that one alone we will be open 7 Days a week from 8am till Midnight Monday thru Thursday And on Friday and Saturday till 2am Sunday we will be closing at 10pm. Spanglish Mexican Kitchen will feature daily Specials just because we are changing up a few things for Spanglish we will never change the House Music we play 24/7 all house music is provided by my very close friend DJ Frank Solano

H said...

Sounds like a great addition to the neighborhood- good food and good atmosphere from people who have experience in the restaurant biz. Best of luck!

Scrumpy said...

Super excited about this one. Hopefully Spanglish and Flacos can peacefully coexist and both thrive.

Anonymous said...

Whats the holdup with Spanglish?

Just Julie. said...

Why hasn't this opened yet?