Tortilla Espanola from Cafe Iberico

Item Purchased: Tortilla Espanola from Cafe Iberico
Location Purchased: Cafe Iberico / 739 N. LaSalle Dr. / Chicago, IL
Price: $3.95 + tax

Review: Cafe Iberico not only serves the best tapas in Chicago, but they are also the most affordable tapas in Chicago. Other tapas restaurants make a big deal about being a tapas place. So big a deal that they think it is okay to charge a lot of money for a little food which isn't that good to begin with. Cafe Iberico is a large and spacious restaurant that doesn't over-emphasize the fact that you should go there because it's like Dim Sum but with spanish food. They offer cheap drinks, inexpensive and masterfully prepared food, and stay open late enough for those of us who get off of work at around midnight on weekends to grab something to eat that's not crappy bar food.

The Tortilla Espanola comes from Iberico's cold tapas menu and consists of everything you would expect in a hot breakfast plate. Potatoes, eggs, and cheese are cooked together in an omelette-like formation then wrapped in a light and fluffy tortilla crust and served up like a cold slice of quiche. The dish is served with a cold salad of lettuce and stewed peppers that should be eaten with a piece of the omelette itself to achieve maximum satisfaction. I do have a few hangups with this dish, however. The first is that it tasted a bit stale when I got to the edges. Maybe a cold egg dish isn't the best thing to order from a restaurant near the end of their business day. The second is that even for the great price, this isn't the largest portion. Still better than other Tapas places I have been to, but it is an egg dish... Eggs are a pretty low-cost food. Just a thought.

Rating: 3.00 / 5