UPDATE Bring On the Heat: Who Do You Love for Spicy Food?
This competition isn't for the faint of heart. What scorching sensations do you like to see on your plate? We want to know what readers consider the best spicy food in town.
UPDATED Tuesday, June 12 at midnight.
Congratulations to Lassen's Bar and Grill in Homewood for having the most loved spicy food in the area.
That's right! We asked, and you responded. With both the highest votes in our poll and the greatest amount of positive reviews, Lassen's wins this competition hands down.
So next time you're looking for a little more attitude than you normally get on your dinner plate,
———————————————————————————————————
In case you’re not familiar with our Readers’ Choice feature, here’s how it generally works.
It all starts on the Homewood-Flossmoor Patch and Chicago Heights Patch Facebook pages. We ask for input from our readers, you give us answers and we proceed from there.
With such a process, things inevitably turn out ... unexpectedly.
Yesterday, for instance, when we asked readers whether we should run a hot dog themed competition or a “beat the heat” competition, you gave us the answer: neither.
Well, not exactly, but several of you did suggest we do quite (rather contradictorily) a “best spicy food” competition. No, it's not "hottest food," merely, your favorite spicy snack.
Seems like a good enough idea to us.
PLEASE NOTE:
It’s unlikely that we’ll be able to include every restaurant in the area with a spicy food item on their menu in our poll. For that reason, we are counting user reviews and positive comments as worth five poll votes. The poll is locked, so if your favorite restaurant is missing from our list, leave a positive review of them in the comments section. It will automatically enter them into the running.
Here's some suggestions to get you thinking:
In Homewood or Flossmoor:
- Flavor Restaurant
- Twisted Q BBQ and Bakery
- Flores Burrito Express
- Good Life Cafe
- Eat Rice
- Cilantro Cocina Mexicana
- Lassen's Sports Bar & Grill
- Siam Thai-Chinese Restaurant
- Fresh Starts Restaurant
- Asian Harbor
- Grady's Grille and Restaurant
- 5th Quarter
- Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery
- Panda Express
In Chicago Heights:
- Hong's Chop Suey
- 525 Grill & Bar
- I-57 Rib House
- Pepe's Mexican Restaurant
- Los Compadres
- China Inn Restaurant
- La Fondita
- Liangs Garden Restaurant
- Burrito Station
- El Burrito Loco
- Mariscos La Laguna
- Los Portales Mexican Food
- Birrieria Restaurant
- Burrito Express
- Freda's Restaurant
All of these places and more can be found in our local directory.
In This article
-
Flavor Restaurant
3315 Vollmer Rd, Flossmoor, IL -
Twisted Q BBQ and Bakery
2053 Ridge Rd, Homewood, IL -
Flores Burrito Express
17932 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL -
Good Life Cafe
2057 Ridge Rd, Homewood, IL -
Eat Rice
18065 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL -
Cilantro Cocina Mexicana
18755 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL
-
Lassen's Sports Bar & Grill
2131 183rd St, Homewood, IL -
Siam Thai-Chinese Restaurant
3311 Vollmer Rd, Flossmoor, IL -
Fresh Starts Restaurant
1040 Sterling Ave, Flossmoor, IL -
Asian Harbor
1930 Ridge Rd, Homewood, IL -
Grady's Grille and Restaurant
18147 Harwood Ave, Homewood, IL -
5th Quarter
18105 Dixie Hwy, Homewood, IL -
Flossmoor Station Restaurant & Brewery
1035 Sterling Ave, Flossmoor, IL -
Panda Express
17932 Halsted St, Homewood, IL -
Hong's Chop Suey
1519 Western Ave, Chicago Heights, IL -
525 Grill & Bar
525 Dixie Hwy, Chicago Heights, IL -
I-57 Rib House
347 W 14th Pl, Chicago Heights, IL -
Pepe's Mexican Restaurant
44 W Sauk Trl, Chicago Heights, IL -
Los Compadres
1906 Chicago Rd, Chicago Heights, IL -
China Inn Restaurant
123 W Joe Orr Rd, Chicago Heights, IL -
La Fondita
212 E 22nd St, Chicago Heights, IL -
Liangs Garden Restaurant
480 W Lincoln Hwy, Chicago Heights, IL -
Burrito Station
211 S Halsted St, Chicago Heights, IL -
El Burrito Loco
686 W 14th Pl, Chicago Heights, IL -
Mariscos La Laguna
2308 Chicago Rd, Chicago Heights, IL -
Los Portales Mexican Food
2 E Main St, Chicago Heights, IL -
Birrieria Restaurant
1145 S Halsted St, Chicago Heights, IL -
Burrito Express
1 E 23rd St, Chicago Heights, IL -
Freda's Restaurant
96 E 24th St, Chicago Heights, IL
babyboomer
4:29 pm on Tuesday, June 5, 2012
I don't think any of them are especially special.
babyboomer
4:31 pm on Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Actually Lassen's tap has the best food in Homewood, especially their onion rings. Really yummy!!
SouthSide
10:38 am on Wednesday, June 6, 2012
5th Quarter has THE BEST hot wings around. Cilantro has an awesome potato & chorizo enchilada. Eat Rice has delicious hot&sour soup and kung po chicken. Burrito Express makes a fine steak taco. Flossmoor's nachos are to die for. (Lassen's food is OK, but nothing to write home about.)
Ryan Fitzpatrick
4:09 pm on Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Potato and chorizo enchilada?
I know what I'm getting for dinner.
AlphaMan
1:01 pm on Wednesday, June 6, 2012
I-57 has some really hot food, But are they closed now?
AlphaMan
1:04 pm on Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Liangs food is garbage, and they need to close, very dirty and nasty.
Smoke nq was the best around, But they didn't last.
Deb Morgan-Nelson
8:01 am on Saturday, June 9, 2012
My favorite is the Pad Khee Mao from the Rickshaw in Homewood (which isnt listed??)
Rich1742
2:13 pm on Saturday, June 9, 2012
I'm with "babyboomer", Lassen's has great bar food and the best wings in town. For spice, get the Hot Thai wings, traditional or boneless, and add a Code Red dipping to take it to whatever level you want.
Ricardo Morales
4:57 pm on Tuesday, June 12, 2012
I suggest to give a chance to LA FONDITA RESTAURANT (212 east 22th st Chicago Hts. 60411 Illinois ) chekout the tacos and the tortas at your own way