Margaritas, cold beer, and big plates.
Family-run Mexican restaurant & bar in Antioch, IL
Homemade Mexican Food, Margaritas & Patio Nights
Family-run Mexican restaurant and bar serving big traditional plates, all-day breakfast, homemade desserts, margaritas, gaming, patio seating, carryout, and delivery.
Open for dinner, drinks, carryout, and patio-season nights by Bluff Lake.
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Homemade Mexican Favorites
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Margaritas & Bar
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Outdoor Patio
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Gaming Inside
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Carryout & DoorDash
Warm, local, generous
A neighborhood Mexican restaurant with room for everyone.
Bring the family for big traditional plates, meet friends for margaritas, enjoy the outdoor patio when the weather is right, or grab carryout when dinner needs to be easy. El Sureño feels casual, real, and welcoming because that is exactly what people come here for.
Big plates and homemade favorites
All-day breakfast and desserts
Patio seating near Bluff Lake
Gaming, carryout, and delivery
Menu favorites
Traditional plates that look and feel homemade.
House favorites
Tacos, burritos, enchiladas, fajitas, sopes, gorditas, seafood, and breakfast all day.
Simple, generous, and exactly what people want when they are hungry for real Mexican food.
Fajitas
Steak, chicken, shrimp, veggie, and mixed fajitas with tortillas and all the toppings.
Super Burritos
Big, filling, saucy, cheesy, and built for the table or an easy carryout night.
Gorditas & Sopes
Homemade masa with beans, meat, lettuce, tomato, cheese, crema, and guacamole.
Combination Plates
Classic dinners with rice, beans, fresh toppings, and the sauces people come back for.
Shrimp Plates
Seafood dinners with bright sauces, rice, beans, and a little extra weekend energy.
Homemade Desserts
Flan, fried ice cream, and sweet finishes that make dinner feel complete.
Catering & Large Orders
Feeding a crowd?
Taco platters, party trays, office lunches, family gatherings, graduation parties, and large orders made easy.
Whether you're feeding ten people or fifty, El Sureño can help with crowd-friendly favorites and large-order Mexican meals.
Taco Platters
Family Gatherings
Office Lunches
Party Trays
Margaritas & bar
A proper Mexican restaurant night out.
Margaritas, domestic beer, cocktails, tequila, Bloody Marys, and casual bar energy make this more than just dinner. Stop in for a drink, stay for a big plate, and let the night be easy.
Frozen Margaritas
Domestic Beer
Bloody Marys
Tequila
Cocktails
Micheladas
Patio season
Summer dinner, cold drinks, and a patio worth choosing.
The patio gives El Sureño its relaxed local-night-out feel: colorful umbrellas, outdoor tables, warm evenings, and a spot close to Bluff Lake where dinner can stretch into drinks with friends.
Outdoor Dining
Frozen Margaritas
Near Bluff Lake
Big Plates
Inside extras
Grab dinner, stay a little longer.
Gaming machines are available inside for guests who want one more reason to stop in. They are part of the local bar-and-restaurant feel, without taking over what El Sureño does best.
Daily specials
Weeknight reasons to come back.
The specials poster has the real restaurant energy: colorful, useful, and easy to remember. These daily highlights make the page feel like a place to visit tonight, not just a menu archive.
Monday Enchiladas
Tuesday Tacos
Wednesday Chimichangas
Thursday Margaritas
Friday Beer
Saturday Burritos
Follow along
More food, patio nights, drinks, and daily updates on Facebook.
See the newest photos, specials, patio moments, and local updates straight from El Sureño. The Facebook gallery stays fresh as the restaurant keeps serving.
Fresh photos without crowding the homepage.
Visit El Sureño
Come hungry. Leave happy.
Authentic Mexican food, drinks, patio seating, gaming, carryout, and delivery.
- Hours
- Monday: 11 AM–9 PM
Tuesday: 11 AM–9 PM
Wednesday: 11 AM–9 PM
Thursday: 11 AM–9 PM
Friday: 11 AM–10 PM
Saturday: 11 AM–10 PM
Sunday: Closed