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Flamingo's Seafood (Mariscos) - Mount Prospect
A local hot dog/gyro joint closed and in its place has risen Flamingo's. They turned this dump of a place into a nice restaurant with 7 tables and 6 booths. Booths are VERY small, so I recommend a table.
Flamingo's is a Mexican Mariscos restaurant. Have been to quite a few Mexican restaurants that bill themselves as “Mariscos” or seafood. Sometimes the Mariscos is so large on the marquee that one might think Mariscos is the name of the restaurant. Most of these places serve grilled fish, ceviches, seafood cocktails, and this is just what Flamingo’s serves.
Today was their 2nd day open for lunch, grand opening is this weekend.
To start, the ubiquitous chips and salsa are served. This salsa is chipotle (smoked jalapeno) based so it has a smokey flavor but not much kick, they kept it tame.
Up first were Fried oysters served with a tequila/chipotle/tomato based cocktail sauce. Oysters were fresh, breading not too heavy and the sauce was very good.
Next up was Campeche (sp?) is a dish I normally get called Vuelva a la Vida which is served chilled, it consists of cooked shrimp, cooked octopus and a few raw oysters in a V-8 style (I know poor choice of a descriptor but best I can come up with) tomato sauce. Also in the mix are lots of chopped avocado, onion and cilantro. Either tortilla chips and/or Saltine crackers are served with the dish. The Campeche was just like Vuelva a la Vida only with less “sauce”. Good but a bit heavy on the octopus, one can choose to only receive shrimp if one wants which is what I’ll get next time.
Lastly were Langoustines a la plancha or big shrimp w/heads on, spilt in half and sautéed in garlic and butter. Very good.
The chef Jorge came out to see how I enjoyed everything. He mentioned that once they get settled they will start to offer lunch specials.
I’m looking forward to going back. It’s nice to have a place like this in the Des Plaines / South Arlington Heights / Elk Grove area.
Flamingo’s Seafood
1590 S Busse Road (corner Busse & Dempster, ½ block east of Algonquin)
Mt Prospect, IL 60056
847.364.9988
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