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Zapatista: Traveler Reviews

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#1,106 of 4,323 restaurants in Chicago
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  • Cuisines: Mexican
  • Price range*: $9-$40

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“great food, service, dine al fresco”

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5 of 5 stars
Richmond, Virginia
Jul 7, 2008

We enjoyed a fantastic appetizer tray, then fajitas for two seved in a hot stone bowl, the staff was friendly and attentive. We had a view of the Chicago skyline as the sun began to set, finished with a Margarita and walked to Lake Michigan with great feelings about this huge cosmopolitan Midwestern city.

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“Find Another Place for Mexican”

Zapatista

Mar 1, 2008

The service and food has gotten progressively worse since Zapatista opened. My last and final visit was on Sunday, Feb. 24th. Customers had to wait 30 minutes because the hostess refused to seat people in another section of the restaurant. We sat in the bar area waiting to be seated. In the bar area the waiter refused to bring us chips and salsa with our drinks because according to him, this would require a walk to the other side of the restaurant. Once we finally were seated in the restaurant, the tacos and fajitas were terrible.

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“Good margaritas.”

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1 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Contributor
Dec 25, 2007
0/1 found this review helpful

Good margaritas.

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“Fajitas served in a...”

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5 of 5 stars
A TripAdvisor Contributor
Dec 18, 2007
1/1 found this review helpful

Fajitas served in a stone bowl, keep ingridients sizzling hot

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“Service great, food salty”

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1 of 5 stars
Vancouver, Wa
Oct 12, 2007

IWell I picked this place out of the blue for my Birthday meal. Guess I should stick to what I find on the net or in books. The service was prompt and friendly. The wine we decided on was a wonderful light, crisp chardonnay that I will never forget. Unfortunately I’ll not forget the food either. We opted to share the guacamole and each have a bowl of black bean soup. Both were over seasoned with sea salt. Waaay over… enough said.

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Zapatista Address

1307 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
Tel: (312) 435-1307 Fax: 312-435-1308
* Restaurant price information is based on meal cost per person, excluding drinks, tax and tip.