Known throughout the Chicago restaurant community as a place to dine on days off, ¡Salpicón! offers fresh, authentic Mexican cuisine worthy of the few hours and dollars restaurateurs can spare. Why is it a restaurateur favorite?
	One of the ten best new restaurants of the year...a small fiesta of storefront where colorful art hangs on yellow and blue walls and tables are fitted with hot-pink tablecloths and green cane-backed chairs...The food is a splash (one meaning of Salpicón) of often sophisticated regional dishes deftly cooked and lovingly presented.... -Chicago Magazine, May 1995 3 stars (Excellent)...a sensation...Connoisseurs of Mexican food are descending on this place with a vengeance...an interesting and exciting menu, one that just begs to be tried over and over again...Excellent cooking, a sharp service staff-most of whom speak Spanish-and attention to detail give Salpicón quite an edge over every other Mexican restaurant in the city...It's a good-looking, neat-as-a-pin restaurant, too. There's a black and white tile floor, paper over hot-pink tablecloths, avocado green bentwood chairs and a small bar at one end of the room...Striking, colorful paintings and paper-maiché fish by noted artist Alejandro Romero complement the decor perfectly. The fare is authentic, cutting-edge Mexican food, so don't expect thick and gluey beans alongside tinted rice alongside mushy tortillas robed in red. -Pat Bruno, Chicago Sun-Times, Friday, June 9, 1995 3 stars (Excellent)...my responsibility is to tell you where the good food is, and that means blowing the whistle on this quiet little operation...a word about that Priscila Satkoff, the Mexico City-born chef who runs Salpicón's kitchen (her husband Vince, oversees the dining room)...her recipes, nearly all of them interpretations of her grandmother's cooking (from whom Priscila learned her art), are packed with assertive flavors...Service is efficient and personable, and both Satkoff's visit tables, adding to the hominess of the room. -Phil Vettel, Chicago Tribune, Friday, July 21, 1995 One of Chicago's hidden dining gems... -Where Magazine, August 1995 One of the top 10 restaurants of 1997 -James Ward, Restaurant critic,WLS TV, December 15, 1997 When it comes to authentic Mexican cuisine it doesn't get much better than this (definitely on a par with Frontera Grill). Owner-chef Priscila Satkoff really knows how to make a splash when it comes to chiles and mole sauces. -Pat Bruno, Chicago Sun-Times, Friday, February 13, 1998
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