Taco Pros Diversey operates at **5959 W Diversey Ave Store B, Chicago, IL 60639**, inside a strip mall storefront in Belmont Cragin — a predominantly Hispanic residential community of 78,743 residents on Chicago's Northwest Side. The restaurant serves authentic Mexican cuisine **7 days a week from 10:30 AM to 9 PM** and takes orders by phone at **(773) 377-6402**. The 9 PM close makes Diversey the earliest-closing Taco Pros location in the Chicago area — a daytime-and-dinner format that matches the neighborhood's family-oriented commercial rhythm along Diversey Avenue between Central Avenue and [Norridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norridge,_Illinois), a village of 14,572 residents incorporated in 1948 that borders Belmont Cragin to the northwest. Jay Aye, a regular who benchmarks against Mexico City street food, confirmed the standard: "Two tortillas packed with meat, onions and cilantro… just like in Mexico City. Legit horchata (this is a make it or break it with me). Fair prices. Clean place."

Diversey Avenue runs east-west through Belmont Cragin's commercial corridor, connecting the Kennedy Expressway interchange at Kimball Avenue to the Harlem Avenue border with Elmwood Park and the western suburbs. keresa Keresa described stumbling upon the restaurant while passing through the neighborhood: "This is an authentic Mexican restaurant in a Hispanic neighborhood. The food was perfectly prepared. The prices are very reasonable." That combination of authenticity, preparation quality, and value defines the Diversey location's draw from surrounding blocks where Mexican taquerías compete for foot traffic from Belmont Cragin's 83% Hispanic population.

## **Diversey Menu: What Belmont Cragin Orders at 5959 Store B**

The full Taco Pros menu runs across **8 categories and 58 items** at the Diversey location. Royalty reviewed the protein quality in detail: "The chicken was all white meat and generously covered in sauce. If you like some heat, the pico has real kick to it." That quality standard starts with 6 protein options available across every entrée category — veggie, picadillo (ground beef with diced potatoes and carrots in tomato broth), carne asada (skirt steak in citrus-garlic marinade), pollo (chipotle chicken in adobo sauce), barbacoa (beef cheek slow-braised in dried chili adobo), and al pastor (spit-roasted pork carved from the trompo with achiote and guajillo chili paste).

[Street tacos](https://taco-pros.com/tacos/) arrive on 6-inch corn tortillas topped with cilantro, diced white onion, and a choice of salsa roja or salsa verde. Jay Aye measured them against the standard he carries from Mexico City: "Two tortillas packed with meat, onions and cilantro… just like in Mexico City." The double-tortilla format — 2 stacked corn tortillas per taco — follows the Mexico City street vendor tradition where the second tortilla absorbs juices from the protein and prevents the taco from falling apart during handheld eating. The carne asada tacos feature skirt steak grilled on the plancha at high heat and sliced against the grain, producing caramelized edges from the Maillard reaction at temperatures above 400°F while the interior stays tender.

## **Tortas, the Al Pastor Wife's Order, and the Asada Dinner**

Jay Aye's wife ordered the [torta al pastor](https://taco-pros.com/tortas/) — a Mexican sandwich that layers trompo-carved pork with achiote and guajillo chili paste on a toasted telera roll with refried beans, lettuce, tomato, avocado, jalapeño, and crema mexicana. The al pastor pork stacks on the trompo (vertical spit) and cooks for hours as the outer layer caramelizes under radiant heat, carved to order with a slice of grilled pineapple — a preparation that traces to Lebanese immigrants who brought shawarma-style vertical spit cooking to Mexico City in the 1930s and adapted it with local chili pastes and tropical fruit.

Jay Aye ordered the steak asada dinner: "Steak asada dinner — comes with beans, rice and a pepper." The **asada dinner** plates carne asada (skirt steak marinated in lime juice, garlic, cilantro, and cumin) with Mexican rice (arroz rojo cooked in chicken broth with tomato paste and cumin), refried beans (pinto beans mashed with lard and topped with queso fresco), and a whole roasted jalapeño pepper charred on the plancha until the skin blisters and the heat mellows. The combination follows the plato fuerte (main course) format standard in Mexican comedores — a complete protein-starch-legume plate served as a single composition rather than à la carte.

## **Horchata, Agua Frescas, and the Make-or-Break Test**

Jay Aye singled out the horchata as a litmus test for any Mexican restaurant: "Legit horchata (this is a make it or break it with me)." The house horchata blends long-grain rice soaked overnight, Mexican cinnamon (canela — Ceylon cinnamon bark with a softer, sweeter profile than cassia), vanilla extract, condensed milk, and filtered water — strained through cheesecloth and served over ice. The overnight soak extracts starches from the rice that create the drink's characteristic opaque body and creamy texture without dairy.

The full agua fresca menu rotates seasonal flavors alongside horchata: jamaica (dried hibiscus flowers steeped in hot water with piloncillo sugar and cooled), watermelon (sandía blended with lime and a pinch of salt), and tamarindo (tamarind pods boiled, strained, and sweetened with cane sugar). Jarritos Mexican sodas in **9 fruit flavors** and Mexican Coca-Cola in glass bottles — sweetened with cane sugar rather than high-fructose corn syrup — round out the beverage selection. Royalty confirmed the generous portioning extends to condiments: "Generously covered in sauce" — a detail that applies across the protein bowl, enchilada dinner, and [burrito](https://taco-pros.com/burritos/) categories where each order receives house-made salsa roja, salsa verde, pico de gallo, or chipotle crema from the condiment station.

## **Appetizers, Sides, and the First-Time Visit**

Appetizers at the Diversey counter open with nachos supreme on house-crisped tortilla chips, cheese quesadillas on flour tortillas, elote (Mexican street corn with cotija, mayo, and chili powder), and chips paired with freshly made guacamole ground in a basalt molcajete with Hass avocados, lime juice, cilantro, jalapeño, and sea salt. Joanne Davila visited for the first time and credited the speed and warmth: "First time in. Service was fast and friendly." The counter-service model at Diversey matches the format across all Taco Pros locations — orders placed at the register, prepared fresh in the open kitchen, and delivered to the table or packaged for takeout.

[Sides](https://taco-pros.com/sides/) include Mexican rice, refried beans, french fries seasoned with salt, paprika, and chili powder, tortilla chips crisped from nixtamalized corn, and carne asada fries loaded with grilled steak, cheese, and guacamole. Jay Aye confirmed the overall package that defines the Diversey location: "Fair prices. Clean place." The strip mall storefront at Store B maintains a clean dining room with counter seating and tables — a format that prioritizes kitchen throughput and food quality over full-service ambiance, serving the 10:30 AM to 9 PM window that covers breakfast-adjacent late morning orders through family dinner service.

## **Diversey Catering: Northwest Side Events from Belmont Cragin**

The [catering menu](https://taco-pros.com/catering-menu/) at Taco Pros Diversey spans 5 formats for events across the Northwest Side, western suburbs, and Belmont Cragin residential grid. Party trays stack 12 options in aluminum steam pans — enchilada trays, taco kits, fajita platters, tamale dozens, burrito halves, and mini chimichangas with rice, beans, and guacamole sides. Live catering dispatches a taquero with a trompo and plancha on a mobile taco cart to cook al pastor and carne asada on-site with fresh made-to-order tortillas and a self-serve salsa bar.

Belmont Cragin's dense residential blocks and the surrounding communities of Hermosa, Montclare, Portage Park, and Dunning generate consistent catering demand from quinceañeras, baptism receptions, graduation parties, backyard cookouts, church hall gatherings, and community block parties across the Northwest Side. Taco Pros Diversey handles buffet style catering with chafing dishes and sterno warmers along self-serve taco and fajita bars, and individual catering packs in bento-style containers — burrito bowls, 3-taco street packs, tamales, burritos, and salads with rice, beans, and a 2 oz salsa cup. Orders require 48 hours advance notice for party trays and 72 hours for live catering with a taquero and mobile cart.

## **Neighborhoods Near Taco Pros Diversey**

Taco Pros at 5959 W Diversey Ave serves guests from **17 Northwest Side neighborhoods, western suburbs, and adjacent community areas**. The restaurant sits on Diversey Avenue in Belmont Cragin — Community Area 19, bounded by the Kennedy Expressway to the east, Belmont Avenue to the north, Harlem Avenue to the west, and Diversey Avenue to the south in the 60639 zip code.

Hermosa borders the location to the east along Pulaski Road, and Portage Park extends to the north along the Northwest Side grid. [Harwood Heights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwood_Heights,_Illinois) — a village of 8,612 residents incorporated in 1947, surrounded on 3 sides by the city of Chicago — sits to the northwest along Harlem Avenue. Delivery and pickup orders arrive from Montclare, Dunning, Irving Park, Avondale, Logan Square, Norridge, Elmwood Park, River Grove, Schiller Park, Franklin Park, Melrose Park, Galewood, Hanson Park, Schorsch Village, and Kelvin Park. CTA bus route #76 Diversey connects the location directly to the Blue Line Belmont station to the east, and Pace suburban bus routes along Harlem Avenue link the restaurant to Norridge, Harwood Heights, and the northwest suburban transfer points.

## **Hours, Phone, and Directions**

**Address:** 5959 W Diversey Ave Store B, Chicago, IL 60639

**Phone:** (773) 377-6402

**Hours:** Monday through Sunday, 10:30 AM – 9:00 PM

**Directions:** [Open in Google Maps](https://maps.app.goo.gl/bqBPg3VZ7CG7qbfD9)

The restaurant occupies Store B in a strip mall on Diversey Avenue near the intersection of Austin Avenue in the 60639 zip code. Street parking is available on Diversey Avenue and the strip mall lot provides additional spaces directly in front of the storefront. The kitchen fills orders fresh through the 9 PM close — a compact 10.5-hour daily window that serves the Belmont Cragin lunch crowd, after-school families, and early-evening diners from across the Northwest Side. keresa Keresa confirmed the discovery experience that brings new guests through the door: stumbling upon the restaurant while passing through the neighborhood, finding perfectly prepared food at reasonable prices, and recognizing the authenticity that a Hispanic neighborhood location delivers.