The Sandwich Break

Love this place… Great empanada’s, sandwiches are great and service is fast. This is real Puerto Rican food. I always call my order ahead of time and when I walk in the door my food is always ready.

The food was excellent, authentic. Best jibarito sandwich and yucca alcapurrias. The rice and beans was yummy! !! Recommended.

The steak jibaritos with rice are delicious! Although the rice doesn’t have olives which is what I’m used to seeing in PR rice. I’ve had the empanadas and they are absolutely great, not greasy at all. The coconut flan is AMAZING! I bought some today, my 4 year old daughter ate it all. Friendly staff. Not a fancy place by any means but great food. Now I don’t have to travel all the way to the north side for a jibarito.

Totally a worth while place to check out if you want some PR food on the south side. First time here, had the egg and cheese breakfast sandwich and it was gr8! Cool vibe its a little whole in the wall so don’t expect much in the form of scenery but the food is good!

BLT was huge and great! They make their own hot sauce and it is spectacular and very flavorful.

It’s true. The jibarito is a good sandwich. I’m not a big steak person, but I did enjoy the sandwich. I really liked the rice. I can eat that rice ²⁴⁄₇. The staff was pretty nice too. I look forward to returning. I’d like to try the potato salad and the pork chops.

Food was amazing, pretty good service, definitely will be back… I used tolive on the north side and tried the best places, this ranks right up there with them…

For great Puerto Rican food at a great price this is your south side spot. Loved the jibaritos and simply made potato salad reminded me of my mommas. Service was excellent and metered street parking was in abundance. No alcapurrias for us since we were told they sell out fast but good to know for future visits.

The food is delicious, the prices are extremely reasonable and the portions were big. This was our first visit, but sure won’t be our last. The Lechon was so flavorful and the Jibarito was fantastic. Let’s not even mention how amazing the coconut flan is since I want to make sure they don’t run out when i go back. Lol. My boyfriend grew up with his mom’s Puerto Rican food… and this ranked right up there with hers. Steve, the owner and chef was so nice. We ate dinner there and took a carry out order for the next days lunch. We will be back for sure!

I live on the southside by midway and My co-​worker and I were craving jibaritos, we found this place and the food is soooo delish!!! Great service! And the coconut flan was amazing!!! Defintely going back soon!!! Great food!

This is as good as it gets for real puertorican food in the southside.
I am telling you, This place is a gem! We had a jibarito with rice and gandules and it was finger licking good! Literally! The Plantain was so fresh yet toasty.
The meat was great quality.
My son had the carne encebollado and he is a picky eater. He asked for seconds.
The potato salad was so awesome.
Tip!!! Save room for dessert! They have regular flan and wait for it… coconut flan.
They deliver, do carry out and catering.
I highly recommend this place for breakfest, lunch and dinner.
They open 7 days a week and Sundays until 2pm.
I promise, this has been the best Puerto Rican restarant so far if not the only one on the southside of Chicago.
I did speak to the owner and it turns out he went to culinary school. So he knows how to cook food. And Puerto Rican food is not an exception.

I went back after getting my hair cut. I felt like having some thing warm and low and behold there was Sancocho! (especially in this cold!) I brought some to my wife and she totally enjoyed it to the max!
Also, I had some pastelillos of ground meat and guava paste & cheese. They were both homemade and delicious! Don’t forget to try the flan which is to die for.
Weeepa!

This place is pretty damn good as far as jibaritos go! Best jibarito around town, definitely better than Sobre El Fuego which is right down the street (just east of 63^rd &Kedzie). Wouldnt say better than Café Caribe’s food in general, but very good stuff considering that it is hard to find a good PR place if any on the southside. I have gotten the chicken jibarito from here twice and it is great and it is big compared to other PR places that generally serve their sandwiches small. Their alcapurria taste very fresh and non of their plates were overally greasy. This is my go to PR spot by my house. If your thinking you want a nice sized sandwich with flavor and want a deal, choose this place you’ll get full :)

I had been meaning to stop in for awhile was hesitant because ive been spoiled my whole life with good PR food at home so reluctantly I stopped in and to my surprise this place is the
. man the tripleta took me back to the island terrific & I had an alcapurria fantastic clean & great service. place should be on Chicago’s Best:) south side is on the map with this place!!!

must say first time im eating here and im hooked… good prices, excellent food and the employees are super nice! def recommend to any one and i will be back

I’m glad I found this place. Hard to find a good Puertorican restaurant in the Southside of Chicago. This place is not just «average good», it’s pretty damn good! All their sandwiches are delicious and very cheap. They only set you back around $ 4.00! The owner is very nice and helpful, keeps the place spanking clean. Most people go their for sandwiches but I would recommend them try their entire cuisine. The bistec encebollado (steak n onions) platter is delicious, the arroz con gandules that comes with the platter is also good, but I prefer the white rice with red beans (habichuelas guisadas). Trust me, I’m a hard critic when it comes to Puertorican food. This place, being a southside joint, is tremendously good. I stopped going to Kapeekoo (on Pulaski) because of this place, and consequently, Kapeekoo is now closed.

Great food. Correct number is 7 739 520 547

So I have been here a few times and have ordered for take out or delivery a few other.
I am happy there is a place like this close to work.
I have had sandwich de pernil (pork), jibarito, sides are few but very good. The arroz puertoriqueno is very good, not too greasy without sacrificing any flavor. I also tried the empanadas de guayava, they are good. The size of the sandwiches is unbelievably huge at a really cheap price.
The service is excellent. The owner/​cook is really nice and helpful
The place is very simple and clean. This place is good for lunch or take out. Would not be good for a romantic dinner or upscale service.
BTW, they have delivery, which is helpful when I don’t want ot drive.
The sandwich break has some real good food, better prices and helpful service.