Jugos Azteca

Great juice for a great price. You can get a large fresh juice for 5 dollars. You can customize the juice with lots of options. The workers are all really friendly and nice and very fast. It is a well run business. I hope they can expand to get more space, offer more food options, get a credit card machine etc, and they will get a TON more business from a wider spectrum of customers. Offer more healthier food options, vegan food options, alternative sweeteners, almond milk, and you will compete with all the other juice bars around town.

This is a good neighborhood spot for fresh fruit and vegetable juices. Jugos Azteca carries ready-​made favorites like agua de sandia (watermelon) and have a menu of juice blends, but they also mix up specialized juices based on your preference. Compared to juice spot franchises, or spots in more «upscale» neighborhoods (although this is in Highland Park so it’s getting there), the prices are very competitive.
I’ve only tried one of their green juice blends; it has pineapple, kale, parsley, and cucumber and is pretty tasty. It’s sweet but you still feel healthy while drinking it because you can tell it’s full of fresh fruits and vegetables with no added sugar.
I also tried their vegetarian torta and was pleasantly surprised. It was really good, full of cooked veggies like zucchini and mushrooms topped with some kind of salsa. The bread they used was also pretty good and, like the juices, the torta was reasonably priced.
The only thing I didn’t particularly care for was the coffee. It was spiced with cinnamon, which was nice, but was very watered down. If you like strong coffee, this is not the place to get it.

I ordered a large juice with pineapple, peach, pears, and prunes what I got was watered down pineapple juice. When I called to complain they said they didn’t have the other ingredients so they just added pineapple and mango with out asking me if that was ok. This is inexcusable they should have offered more then just an exchange of the juice.

This place is BOMB! Best tortas and tostadas in town. Everything is freshly made. Try their variety of freshly made juices. They have variety of food for vegetarians, meat lovers and kids. Very nice environment, family-​owned restaurant, friendly staff and quick service. Just the best!
I will definitely be coming back and 100% recommend this place!

This place is absolutely great, from natural juice to a variety of choose menu you can’t go wrong, if your are looking for «el mercadito» or a healthy juice come and check it out. From Licuados to champurrado from tostadas to torta de milanesa. I can get enough from this place.

Great service and fast too. Awesome food! Easy to find parking. Very clean and taken care of. Indoor and outdoor seating. I love this place.

VIVA JUGOS AZTECA!
This is THE place for healthy food on York. Organic this. Organic that. The juices are made with your health in mind.
But it’s not just about the juices. The food is fresh and delicious!
The vegetarian torta is loaded with fresh veggies! This place actually understands how to make a good vegetarian dish. Not just iceberg lettuce and tomatoes (like most mexican veggie tortas.) instead you get spinach, mushrooms, zucchini, avocado, some other things I can’t remember, and a delicious sauce.
And it’s CHEAP!!! For 8 bucks I got a loaded torta and a huge green health juice. I can’t think of anywhere else where you can eat organic food at this price and leave full.
Bless JUGOS aztecas!

¡VÍDA!
It means life.
You haven’t lived until you try this hole in the wall joint. Immediately upon entering the restaurant, you’re blinded by all of the fresh colorful fruits & veggies on display.
Wonderful options and variety of juices and drink combos to choose from. They make Jamba Juice and Robeks look like pussies.
Best aguas frescas and Jugos I’ve had around here.
I had the Orange & Guava agua fresca. BOMB!
To eat I had their Milanesa torta: breaded steak, lettuce, mayo, avocado and tomato. I added some of their thick chipotle salsa.
Exquisite.
All for $ 7.
Definitely recommend this place to everyone.

Came here on Friday Sept. 11. The food was good except when I ordered a tuna sandwich, it came with some avocado slices which weren’t even ready to be eaten, they were really hard, as well as their shrimp tostadas. The taste of the food was decent, price was decent as well, the shrimp tostadas were on special 1.25 each before 3pm which I learned of that day. Not sure if came bad time but it was busy, the way you order is there’s women with ticket books taking your order down, didn’t even get a number, they tell you to go up to cashier and pay. Wait time is a while before you get your food, place is small, no AC, so they leave the store door open, that’s when there’s a bunch of flies inside, so when your eating you gotta swat them away from your drinks and food.
Here’s what I noticed: one guy was waiting a while, guess they forgot his food order, he finally went up to ask, cashier guy apologized, gave him a free Agua fresca drink, the woman who was with him got a free refill because she asked for a refill (so I Assumed refills are free)
Then a guy who did a phone in order came in, told cashier guy that he placed a phone order 15min ago, cashier guy was a bit rude and told him he was calling his name out 15min ago. Either way he had to wait a while because they ended up messing up his order. I’m assuming cashier guy is either owner or in charge.
Then come in two white guys, they came for the shrimp tostada special and one of them ordered 6. Well his order took really long. So much so that I saw the white guy go to the counter twice and looked very impatient. I think it was 20min at this point that he went up a third time and told one of the women who takes the orders that he wanted to know what was going on with his food. Lady goes behind counter to check, some Latino guy (young) in the back tells her that he never paid for his food, which the white guy tells him he did, shows the lady his receipt he got, so she takes it back there for guy to confirm, then I guess cashier guy finally noticed what was happening, told lady that yes he paid. So apparently his order was never done because they said he didn’t pay. What’s upsetting is that me being half Latina this was done, not sure if because guy was of not Latino ethnicity. But cashier guy didn’t even apologize to white guy or offer a free drink for his long wait. Everyone there eating heard the fiasco about them saying the guy never payed.
I myself saw another older Latina woman go up to counter and ask for a refill, she was charged only $ 1. I had seen others get it for free. I paid for their largest drink for Agua fresca which is $ 5, when I went up they charged me $ 3 for a refill. Go figure. Next time either just ordering small drink or coming in with my own drink. I even had to ask lady to add some cucumbers to my drink because they don’t do and when she did, she only threw in one. Also too much ice. I payed for Agua fresca not a cup of ice.
So if you don’t like to have flies around your food, or small places with no ventilation then don’t go, or go but order take out but make sure you check your food
They are very understaffed, very small kitchen for the amount of people they get, not many people in the kitchen, too many out on floor. Saw one lady cleaning the edge of the window.
Don’t think will be visiting this place regularly, probably just once in a blue moon.

Good healthy choices

I’ve been here twice so far. I love the service. Even though I speak no Spanish, I have felt so welcomed here. Everyone is so nice.
No worries if you don’t speak Spanish though, because the cashiers speak fluent English. So ordering is a breeze.
The first time I came (a month ago), I had a torta and a juice. Their menu is so extensive that I didn’t quite know what juice to order. The helpful cashier asked me what I felt like. I said something tropical. He said ok and I I just left it up to the powers that be. When I got the order, I thought the torta was quite good but was a little underwhelmed by the juice. It wasn’t as flavorful as I expected.
I heard great things about their super green juice and so I went there a few days ago to give that a shot. I bought one for the hubby too to get his opinion. We were both sort of put off by the flavor. It tasted like celery. Too much celery. We help drinking it, hoping the flavor would somehow get better. It didn’t.
Either I’m picking the wrong juices or my palate just isn’t well-​suited for the juices here. I must be missing something? Anyway, I think the service here is great, and the torta was delicious and very reasonably priced. Based on the juices and food, my rating is 3 stars but the service and prices boost this place up to a four.

My first time here since they opened 6 years ago. Everything is very clean. The staff is excellent very friendly. The price of the food is awesome. Great quality food. I had the Torta Estilo DF, my wife had the shrimp Torta and our family ordered the Pambazo. Wow delicious. For the hot weather we had some nice cooling waters of Lime with Chia and cucumber with orange. They also have organic smoothies which I will get one next time. My family and I are now fans of this place. 100% AAAAA++++
We are fans of its brother restaurant El Huarache Azteca just 2 businesses down.

Love this place for their healthy and affordable juices. The service is friendly and the staff is always in a great mood.
The good is so affordable though the menu isn’t too extensive. The veggie torta and shrimp tostada are favorites and amazing for the price.

This place is amazing! Low prices and organic produce. For $ 4 I can get a green smoothie that would cost me $ 12-​$ 15 at other spots on this street. Plus service is very friendly. Delicious fresh juices and good tortas too!

Found this guys on
and bought a certificate good for $ 20 and on my way i go. I showed up and ask the cashier i would like to use a certificate, turned out the cashier didn’t accept it and informed me that
is using their business against their knowledge or approval. Ok no big deal i thought but then again 1) why if they have knowledge of this they should at least put up a sign warning their customers about this 2) there are laws against this, how long has this been happening and why haven’t this business done anything to stop it. 3) I have a feeling the cashier doesn’t know how to apply the discount or have no knowledge of
certificates, i don’t think a business like
would risk it’s license or all the trouble they can get into. Yet it’s easier to make excuses than to ask how to apply the discounts sometimes.
Finally i said to my self heck i’m here anyways might as well try it. So i order a bag of chicharrones, agua fresca pina and a diablito. Nothing to brag about honestly, you can find the same from street vendors walking around the neighborhood on their shopping carts.
cheap? you can say yes but then you again you get what you pay for, so i feel like no win/​no lose. I’ll just wait for the next street vendor next time and buy off of them instead.

Jugos Azteca took me back to Mexico…
THE AMBIANCE:
Jugos Azteca is a small food and drink shop. Right when I walked in it took me back to Mexico as a little girl. The lime green walls, the simple signs, the fresh fruit, the chips hanging above the counter, the aguas frescas beaming through their casings and whispering «drink me…» It made me feel at home. The shop has a higher deck area where there are five (5) small tables. The main floor has a table and right outside the door you can find two (2) more tables. The shop has many selections of jugos naturales (natural fruit juices that the make fresh) and a BUNCH of food items. Some of those food items include nachos ($ 2.99), tostilocos ($ 4.99), bionicos ($ 4.75/$ 6.99), fresas con crema ($ 4.99), tamales ($ 1.25), esquite (corn in a cup with mayo, cheese, butter, and lemon — YES, $ 2.75), sandwiches ($ 3.75/$ 4.99), salads ($ 4.99+tax) and platanos fritos ($ 3.25+tax), among others. The shop did not appear to have AC and the windows and front door was open.
THE FOOD:
I only had $ 5 and they are cash only :(I looked at the menu and saw that they sell tortas cubanas. I have always been a fan of the torta cubana from Northgate Market so I wanted to give Jugos Azteca’s torta cubana a shot. I was very happy with my torta! First off, it is only $ 4.50 and there is no tax! That was perfect for me due to my lack of money. Second off, it was good. It is definitely a legit torta. My torta was handed to me cut in half and with a smoked green chile on the side. I bit into the chile and it was not spicy at all :) Once you get to the top, however, and the seeds start popping out, you may taste a bit of spiciness. The contents of the torta were tasty. The torta comes with mayo, cheese, hot dog slices, milanesa, ham, lettuce, avocado, and tomato. Everything tasted fresh. I would recommend this torta.
THE TIPS:
Street parking. No meter. The woman at the counter told me that they are open seven (7) days a week. Most of the food items have NO tax. They have a Friday Special: Shrimp tostada for $ 1.25! I will definitely be back!

You simply can not get a better value than this place. The chicken torta and number 13 are my go to’s. seriously, with all the rediculous over priced food joints on ork this place keeps locals fed at a reasonble price.
Try the chipoltle sauce on your torta!

Mi encanta cada dia

First off, make sure you bring CASH! Yes, they have an ATM Machine, but it charges you $ 2.50.
Now that may not sound like a lot… But when you’re ballin on a budget… well, you know how it is.
I ordered tostilocos and a Diablito to go. The Diablito was tasteful and delicious! Totally satisfied my Mexican candy craving.
The tostilocos on the other hand were not exactly what I was expecting. I know there aren’t any rules on how to make tostilocos but these seemed a little dry and I felt like there wasn’t enough chips.
The fruit chunks were pretty big and annoying to deal with (The tostilocos I’m used to have smaller pieces of fruit) and I was kind of disappointed that they didn’t have Chaca Chaca (the Mexican tamarind candy) in it.
Overall, I would return to this little spot. I’ll just remember to bring cash.

Chamango!!!
Was absolutely delicious! Only con is parts of their menu wasn’t in English and their workers don’t comprehend English so well.

I have my usual resources for discovering great little restaurants, as I’m sure many of you guys do, but sometimes great little spots get overlooked. For example, I only found one of my favorite Chinese restaurant because it is next door to a super popular restaurant with an insane line that I had no interest in waiting in. I found Jugos Aztecas in a similar fashion. Two friends and I were craving huaraches but the wait there was too long. We scanned the block and upon learning this place served food in addition to juice, ended up here.
We ordered two tortas (pollo y milanesa), one super green juice, and two tropical fruit salads with chili and lime. The tortas are an INSANE value. They were under $ 4 each and would have made a filling lunch by themselves. They came with a plate of jalapenos (grilled and pickled), lime, and a red salsa, which was divine. The bread they use for the tortas is fresh and of a higher quality than I was expecting. I prefered the chicken to the milanesa, but both were quite good.
The super green juice comes with a long list of fruits and vegetables. I think the list includes either broccoli or spinach, both of which I usually avoid in juices (especially broccoli) because the flavors are too strong, but this juice was actually really mild and refreshing. It tasted mostly like cucumber but was surprisingly filling. The mixed fruit salads were good, although they had run out of mango so we had to substitute in pineapple.
When we left, one of my friends (who takes issue whenever I give restaurants a lower rating) turned to me and pointedly asked, «So you’re going to give them 5 stars right?» In this case, I am very much agreed! You would be very hard pressed to find a better meal even close to this price.