Pilsen is a neighborhood bursting with Latino tradition, providing a vibrant tapestry of music, artwork, culinary custom, and nightlife. Nestled within the coronary heart of the decrease west facet neighborhood of Chicago is La Luna.
Credit score: Esteban Balta
Situated at 1726 S. Racine Ave., La Luna is a creative restaurant with an environment and delicacies reflecting the spirit of the Pilsen group. Illinois Latino Information had an opportunity to talk with founder, proprietor, Samantha Sanchez.
“My household is from Monterrey (Mexico). Pilsen has been an important neighborhood to me…to connect with my roots,” mentioned Sanchez. “After I selected to have Luna in Pilsen, I believed it was the right match to focus on what we’re as a household and what we are able to provide to the desk.”
The restaurant enterprise is the household enterprise for Sanchez, whose father, Sam Sanchez, has an completed hospitality profession in Chicago.
Collaboration is vital to La Luna’s success; no partnership has been extra essential than the one with Chef Marco Colin. “Marco has been superior to work with. He has actually taken all of my concepts and reworked them into his personal approach,” Sanchez mentioned.
A homegrown chef, Colin has lived in Chicago his whole life and grew up in an setting the place love and respect for meals and recent substances have been paramount. “I feel cooking is a part of nurturing,” mentioned Colin. “Carne asada. Virtually each Sunday, having the grill going outdoors, simply sitting with the household -that is all the time going to be a core reminiscence for me,” he mentioned remembering childhood recollections of meals bringing family members collectively.
La Luna presents a menu that really captures the essence of the neighborhood, you’ll discover traditional tacos, inventive small plates, and genuine tortillas, all with a contemporary twist on standard Mexican fare.
Footage by Esteban Balta
There aren’t many eateries that not solely cook dinner and serve you the meals, however educate you methods to make it additionally. La Luna presents a make-it-from-scratch, tortilla-making class the place patrons immerse themselves on the earth of Mexican delicacies. QUOTE
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Tortilla making class at La Luna (Footage by Esteban Balta)
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