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Bravo Mexican Restaurant

Super GemNorthlake (suburb) · Mexican Community-sourced, unverified
📍 240 E North Ave, Northlake, IL 60164

Bravo Mexican Restaurant has been doing the same thing well on North Avenue in Northlake long enough that former regulars who've since moved out of state still bring it up — one review simply reads, “Bravo has been a staple for our family.

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A full-menu Mexican kitchen (ceviche, carne asada, mar y tierra, pozole) that's been a Northlake family staple long enough that former regulars who've moved away still miss it.

We recently moved to Twin Cities and miss it so much.” That's a higher compliment than most five-star reviews manage. The menu covers the full range of a proper sit-down Mexican kitchen rather than a taco-stand abbreviation: ceviche, carne asada served with a butterfly shrimp rice-and-bean salad, mar y tierra, pozole, flautas, enchiladas, and a full burrito dinner plate.

At 4.6 stars across 142 reviews, it's one of the more reliably well-reviewed independent restaurants in this stretch of the near-west suburbs. Hours run long and a little unusual — open as early as 9 a.m. on Sundays, staying open until midnight Friday and Saturday — which makes it flexible for both a family breakfast run and a late dinner. There's no confirmed discount special tracked here, but a genuine family-run Mexican restaurant with this kind of staying power, and this kind of emotional pull on people who've moved away, speaks for itself better than a coupon would.

Specials at Bravo Mexican Restaurant

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Hours

Sun9:00 AM-9:00 PM; Mon-Thu 10:00 AM-10:00 PM; Fri 10:00 AM-12:00 AM; Sat 9:00 AM-12:00 AM
🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (708) 409-3000

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❔Takeout: unverified
❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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