Sopa Azteca :: Topolobampo, River North, Chicago

Vegetable enchilada :: Topolobampo, River North, Chicago

Crepa with cinnamon-pine nut ice cream & cajeta :: Topolobampo, River North, Chicago

Last month. Lunch. Topolobampo. Olivia. Restaurant Week. Great lunch.

We weren’t expecting it, but Olivia and I were served a complimentary, generous portion of guacamole with chips. Next, we each had the sopa azteca. According to The Trib, the guac y sopa are Michelle & Barack’s favorites at Topolo. For a main course I had the vegetable enchilada with roasted tomatillo sauce and Olivia had the pork loin in mole poblano (her photo here). We shared and both were excellent. Dessert was a crepa with cinnamon-pine nut ice cream and cajeta. Oh, and the soda fresca of the day was raspberry-blood orange so we each tried that. It was nice and refreshing.

I’d been to Topolo with Dallas for dinner once, but it was years ago. I was glad to go back. I can now say that both dinner and lunch are great… you should go. I love Rick Bayless.