LINCOLN PARK — Broken English Taco Pub continues to expand around the city, opening its third outlet at a desirable but thus far ill-fated location in Lincoln Park.
Broken English opens Thursday at 2576 N. Lincoln Ave. in a space previously occupied by the fondly remembered Etno Village Grill and its short-lived successor Kings County Tap at the three-way intersection of Lincoln, Wrightwood and Sheffield avenues.
The taco shop has made the space its own, however, with a teal exterior and a bright interior decorated in the manner of street artists.
The food remains largely the same as the other Broken Taco outlets, a joint venture between restaurateurs Adolfo Garcia, Phil Stefani and Carmen Rossi (who also has a piece of Barn & Company around the corner on Wrightwood), with chef Frank Valdez again guiding the kitchen.
It's meant to be affordable Mexican street food. Garcia once famously proclaimed, "You can only charge so much for a hot dog, and it's the same with tacos."
Broken English launched a year ago at 75 E. Lake St. and added an Old Town location at 1400 N. Wells St. just before the end of the year.
A new addition, though, is the breakfast burrito bar in the original Etno space, intended to give the restaurant an all-day appeal.
As such, hours for the Lincoln Park outlet are expanded. The taco bar will be open 8 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays, when the taco pub will be open 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Weekends will offer a brunch from 11 a.m.-3 p.m., with the pub open 3 p.m.-2 a.m.
The 10,000 square feet of wall space has been filled with murals and graffiti by three local artists: Chicago natives Jesse Rivera and Daniel Boric and Juan Torres from Mexico City.
