A 100-year-old recipe is behind one the best Mexican restaurants in Chicago and the U.S.

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Original Load Date Sept. 3, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
Last Updated Sept. 3, 2026, 11:01 p.m.
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We like celebrating things with round numbers, and Birrieria Ocotlan has a lot of reasons to celebrate. One hundred years ago, Tereso Reyes arrived in the town of Ocotlan in the Mexican state of Jalisco. Among his possessions was a goat, which when it was mature enough, he slaughtered and fed to hi...