If Chicago was a city in Mexico, every neighborhood sports bar will probably look like the Station.
Instead of your typical hot dogs, hot wings and Italian beef sandwiches, the menu is filled with burritos, fajitas and quesadillas. And instead of listening to your current favorite hip-hop tunes or the best of Bon Jovi in the background, you’re treated to Mexican pop and mariachi music over loud speakers. But all of these are found in a bar that resembles one of your typical Wrigleyville sports bars.
Small hanging light fixtures over the bar and three flat-screen televisions provide most of the lighting in this otherwise very dark bar. But once you’ve adjusted your eyesight, you’ll see the bricked west wall covered with random framed pictures of Clint Eastwood and Elvis. Underneath a clear glass cover over the wooden bar are a number of baseball and basketball cards and historical photos of Pancho Villa.
Food specials, written on chalkboards behind the bar, include $2 tacos and $6 burritos. Inexpensive entrees ($6.50-$7.95) include the fajita burrito ($6.95), a large burrito filled with your meat of choice, sour cream, pico de gallo, cheddar, onions and green peppers and all wrapped on a 12-inch flour tortilla. Appetizers ($4.50-$6.95) include the La Gringa quesadilla ($6.95) filled with multiple cheeses and your choice of meat.
As for drinks, the Station offers cheap beers and $5 glasses of wine. And like any other sports bar, you can order your favorite concoction from their extensive collection of fine spirits — just be ready to try your best Spanish when ordering your drinks.
Centerstage Reviewer: Kimber Solana