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  1. Matilda

    Latin American

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    Matilda is a River North restaurant that puts Mexican and Peruvian cooking in one kitchen and lets them argue it out on the plate. The guacamole arrives as a roasted avocado you mash yourself at the table, which feels like homework you'd happily do. The wine list is entirely Mexican, tequila and mezcal run the cocktails, and a hidden door leads to a speakeasy, because of course it does. Eater lists it among Chicago's best Mexican restaurants.

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    • Guacamole tatemado

      “There’s a plate of guacamole tatemado with ají amarillo, which arrives as a roasted avocado ready to be mashed tableside.”

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    535 N Wells St, Chicago, IL · Chicago
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    (312) 754-0092
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