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Radio Extra: Best Tacos in Chicago Rounded Up by Self-Appointed City Expert

By  Jon Hansen and Kyla Gardner | January 20, 2015 3:22pm 

 Ukrainian Village resident Titus Ruscitti blogs about Chicago's tacos. Pictured are the carne asada taco from Taqueria El Asadero, 2213 W. Montrose Ave. (top left), the shrimp taco from La Riviera Maya, 4009 N. Elston Ave. (top right), the puerco adobado taco from Del Toro, 2133 S. Halsted St. (bottom left) and the "taco don robe" from Taqueria Don Robe, 3614 E. 106th St. (bottom right).
Ukrainian Village resident Titus Ruscitti blogs about Chicago's tacos. Pictured are the carne asada taco from Taqueria El Asadero, 2213 W. Montrose Ave. (top left), the shrimp taco from La Riviera Maya, 4009 N. Elston Ave. (top right), the puerco adobado taco from Del Toro, 2133 S. Halsted St. (bottom left) and the "taco don robe" from Taqueria Don Robe, 3614 E. 106th St. (bottom right).
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Titus Ruscitti

ROSCOE VILLAGE — Titus Ruscitti didn't realize every city didn't have great Mexican food until he moved away from Chicago for college.

Now he's not letting the city's great cuisine fly under the radar.

"There’s no Chicago authority on tacos," said Ruscitti, who grew up in Lincoln Park. "In cities like Austin, L.A., they all have taco experts that everyone looks to."

"I just decided to anoint myself," he laughed.

On this DNAinfo Radio Extra, Kyla Gardner explains what Ruscitti looks for in the perfect taco:

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