Mateo4321 wrote:I grew up on the East Side for 18 years, lived on 106th & Avenue B
Here’s a picture you might appreciate. It’s sad that Crow Bar recently stopped offering their Friday fish fry.
Crow Bar (not Crobar), 106th and Avenue BMateo4321 wrote:If your looking for great Mexican food down the street from the old Tacos del Pacifico - Try Taco Mex off 106th & Torrence.
Thanks for the tip on Taco Mex, and especially for mentioning the carne en su jugo. I’ll be sure to give theirs a try one of these days. Do you know anything about Chapala (3537 E 106th), almost across the street from where Tacos del Pacifico was? Seems to draw a fair crowd but I never got around to visiting because of TdP and Pupuseria El Salvador within a block of it.
Mateo4321 wrote: I found this website by doing a search for "Club 81 Too" and found all my favorite places on the East Side! (Calumet Fisheries, Club 81, etc.) Have you had Heinie's Chicken or Loncar's Chicken?
Another chicken place around there is Gina’s (3415 E 106th). I wouldn’t say it’s worth driving across the city for but I was reasonably impressed on my single visit.
Do you know if Loncar’s is still open? Are we talking about the place on 92nd a couple blocks east of Commercial, or is there another? I thought Loncar’s closed but I could definitely be wrong.
I’ve only been to the “new” Hienie’s at 10359 S Torrence. Very good fried chicken and okay fried fish. Across the street from Leif’s Diner. Here’s a year-old picture of the old Hienie’s on Commercial around 84th, not far from the original location of Club 81.
Bill’s Hienie’s, March 2005