Name: MAGO - Arlington Heights
Address: 115 W Campbell St, Arlington Heights, IL, 60005
Telephone: (847) 253-2222

MAGO - Arlington Heights

Super GemArlington Heights (suburb) · Mexican/Latin American Community-sourced, unverified

📍 115 W Campbell St, Arlington Heights, IL 60005

MAGO Grill & Cantina is chef Juan Luis Gonzalez's restaurant, opened in 2010 after his time as head chef at downtown Arlington Heights's Fuego Mexican Grill and Margarita Bar -- the menu leans on his own Grandma Paula's family recipes alongside tableside-smashed guacamole and seafood ceviches.

Super GemChicago Exclusive Gem$$

The Ropa Vieja is properly slow-cooked, and the picadillo empanadas are the appetizer people order two rounds of before the entree even shows up.

📈 Scores in the top 99% of Chicago Exclusive Gems on ChicagoSpecials.com

The Daily Herald has named it both Best New Restaurant and Best Mexican, and its patio, on a closed downtown street inside the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre building, occasionally gets a live band or DJ for extra atmosphere. Reservations are accepted and recommended -- it gets loud on weekends, part of the appeal rather than a flaw regulars complain about. The full bar leans hard into margaritas and tequila, matching the Latin American menu rather than defaulting to a generic cocktail list.

Over 800 Yelp reviews back up the reputation. A second MAGO location has since opened in Bolingbrook for anyone in the southwest suburbs.

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Real, distinctive detail: live band some evenings; patio seating downtown.

Hours

Mon-Thu11AM-10PM

Fri-Sat 11AM-11PM

Sun 11AM-9PM

📅 Reserve on OpenTable 📅 Reservations not available 🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (847) 253-2222

Amenities & accessibility

📅Reservations accepted

🥡Takeout available

❔Wheelchair access: unverified

☀️Outdoor seating available

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MAGO - Arlington Heights

MAGO Grill & Cantina is chef Juan Luis Gonzalez's restaurant, opened in 2010 after his time as head chef at downtown Arlington Heights's Fuego Mexican Grill and Margarita Bar -- the menu leans on his own Grandma Paula's family recipes alongside tableside-smashed guacamole and seafood ceviches.

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