Much has been written about the splitting of former Mundial owners/chefs Kate and Eusebio Garcia and what they're currently doing. We've even visited Amelia's, Eusebio Garcia's new oasis in the restaurant desert of Canaryville. While the Garcias personal issues have been front and center, one fact remains: Mundial's third partner, Mario Cota, still has the doors open to the popular Pilsen outpost. more ›

Eusebio Garcia's creative meshing of Mexican and Mediterranean influences was one of many reasons that Pilsen's Mundial Cocina Mestiza developed a steady base of customers. Recently, he and wife Kate divorced, and each sold their shares of Mundial to third partner Mario Cota. Eusebio Garcia then struck out on his own in, of all places, Canaryville, with a gleaming new restaurant, bringing his killer salmon al carbón, langostinos and homemade corn tortillas with him to Amelia's (4559 S. Halsted, 773-538-8200). more ›