chilacates Brookline

Tacos were good.
Taco plate w grilled fish was tasty and large portion.
Not your place if you need a vegetarian protein option.
Colorful space, cool murals, bright eating space.
Quite cold when we were there this weekend. Needed to keep my jacket on

High quality ingredients and very tasty food. Great addition to the neighborhood. The al pastor torta is next level, and the tres leches is small but legit.

Fantastic!! We went to this restaurant for the first time last night and enjoyed everything we ate. The birria tacos were a standout - we highly recommend ordering those. Other great items we had: pork tamale, elote, cheese quesadilla, horchata, and churros. Even the hot sauces are exceptional. This is some of the best food we’ve had in this neighborhood in a while, we’ll certainly be regulars. The prices are very reasonable given the portions and high quality.

I honestly have REALLY conflicting and mixed opinions about the place. It had a name to live up to, a famous name that all Brookline residents knew and loved, Anna’s taqueria. A name that became famous in my household as well as throughout many Brookline events such as the Driscoll annual festival. Anna’s taqueria always catered. Although, since the well beloved owner, Michael “Mike” Yoshiomi Kamio passed away in 2019, burrito shops have had a name to live up to in Boston. Chilacates took a brave step building a burrito shop where the original Anna’s used to be. Living up to the name and staying to the name is going to one heck of an uphill battle. When I went in, I was pleasantly surprised to smell the intoxicating waft of fresh corn tortillas, and smoked meat. Although the menu was laid out with an array of colourful pictures of Tortas, enchiladas, burritos and quesadillas I found it confusing to order. It didn’t feel like there was a lot of “wiggle-room” for a “build your own.” I felt like I couldn’t really choose what I wanted, it was only the bowl that you could pick and choose. The reason I say this is because I really wanted to add hot sauce into it and I was surprised to find that they wouldn’t put the sauce on the quesadilla. I was bummed to find that all the “goodies” (ie guacamole, sour cream & lettuce) were on the side. I thought it was weird. I also gotta say that it’s WAYYY too expensive for what it is, it came out to $45 for 2 entrées, and two elotes. C’mon man, that’s highway robbery.

Nice new Mexican restaurant that opened in beacon Street. We tried the food right away, got the enchiladas, quesadillas, flan and tres leches. Food was amazing and tasted delicious. The price was affordable and the food quality was good with fresh meat and sides. The portions was small for that price. Loved the artistic style, great paintings and nice place to have a dine in. Customer service was amazing and the service was fast. The menu board was small and hard to read with so much lighting but the menu options are great. Desserts were good too but still very small size for that price. Definitely a great place to try. Will definitely visit again.