West Side SB

04/30/2025

Ready for some patio time? We are hosting a Pop Up Patio at Taqueria Chicago all day on Monday (Cinco de Mayo). Come enjoy authentic Mexican food on the Westside with friends! Event info on our page.

03/17/2025

This week it’s at favorite Westside breakfast spot but also does amazing lunch... Bills Place on western Ave in front of the Marycrest Building!

Come and go as you please, lunch and mingle between 11:30-1:30, bring a friend or make a new one.

Lunch Specials that day will include one of their famous burgers or chilaquiles one of their Mexican specialities.

Westside Wednesday is a casual lunch networking event. Like always, no cost to attend, just pay for your lunch. Come out and visit a new place and make new friends…

Head west, we will see you there!

03/13/2025

The OG Spot... sharing the Happy Birthday message for Doña Maria the founder of Taqueria Chicago. Western Ave wouldn't look the same without her investment and dream of what could be.... cheers to 29 years of great authentic food on the westside. We will be back there for our annual May , stay tuned for the date...

Everyone Please help me wish the owner of Taqueria Chicago a Happy Birthday❤️ Doña Maria❤️ The sweetest lady that couldn’t tell people no! Always found a way to help others no matter how much she had on her plate. If you met her you know grandma had the purest love for you all🫶🏽 Without this lady Taqueria Chicago wouldn’t be Taqueria Chicago! 29 years strong and we appreciate you all 🙏🏽

02/20/2025

Thank you! We had a great group for to celebrate El Sol being back! Thank you to the mayor and city staff who came to cut the ribbon and the awesome Adam’s HS students who came to visit the neighborhood.

02/13/2025

Not technically on the westside... but on the westside of downtown, on Western Ave (408 W. Western Ave.), and authentic Mexican food so we will share... they are OPEN and at 11AM today (2/13) doing a ribbon cutting.

Next week on 2/19 is our Westside Wednesday - El Sol is BACK! and the Latin American Chamber of Commerce is hosting a ribbon cutting for them at 11:30AM before we have lunch !

It took a bit longer than expected, but La Esperanza opens Friday Feb. 7 in downtown South Bend.

02/03/2025

In solidarity many places on Western Ave or throughout town might be closed or slow today. Many kids are staying home from school as well. We normally advocate for people to come and spend money in the neighborhood… but we will see you the rest of the week.

Please follow local, regional, and national pages for information on and immigration related advocacy and updates.

01/28/2025

12/16/2024

Wow! Today is the anniversary of our very first in 2015 at Taqueria Chicago. Time has flown by and so much has happened in the neighborhood since then.

It’s the holidays… what is your favorite holiday shopping/eating tradition? Where are you eating this Wednesday?

Head West, we’ll see you there!

11/01/2024

November is here… the mums are out and the neighborhood looks a awesome. Swing out for some ice cream, tacos, groceries, dresses, cowboy boots… you name it we got it. Head west, we will see you there!