Carnitas Uruapan

People Have Been Lining Up to Eat Chicago's Best Carnitas for Over 40 Years

Inocencio Carbajal opened Carnitas Uruapan in Chicago’s Pilsen neighbourhood in 1975. “This area was full of gangs,” he remembers. “It was dangerous. There were fights outside and no one came in. When I started, I might have made four dollars in a day."