The best Mexican food evokes a successful first date: colorful, zesty, and punctuated by piles of beans. Let loose with today’s Groupon: for $20, you get $40 worth of Mexican fare and drinks at Lalo’s. This Groupon is valid at Lalo’s Oak Park and Schaumburg locations.

Set in a bright, color-splashed setting, Lalo's has served up high-quality Mexican cuisine with fresh ingredients to satisfied Chicagoans for nearly 30 years. Much in the way a jockey fondly strokes his steed's mane, diners lovingly pet Lalo’s nachos ($7.95) before voraciously devouring them. Diversify flavor portfolios with the enchiladas suiza— three corn tortillas wrapped tightly with chicken, mexican cheese, tomatillo sauce, and sour cream ($13.95)—or introduce taste buds to the camarones al mojo de ajo—shrimp captured while sleeping, domesticated for several years, taught to read French, and then cooked pink and slathered in fresh garlic-butter sauce ($14.95). Meanwhile, Lalo’s margarita menu enlists a cast of strawberry, raspberry, guava, mango, and peach flavors, each available in small ($6.95), medium ($9.95), or party-pitcher ($23.50) doses.

REVIEWS

More than 40 Yelpers give Lalo’s in Oak Park an average of 3.5 stars. 14 TripAdvisors give the Schaumburg location an average of four owl eyes:

• Great food. Delicious margaritas and not too expensive. – Patrick W., Yelp, 1/3/11 > * I have lived in or near Schaumburg my whole life and any time I want great Mexican food Lalo's is it! The menu, the portions, the employees never disappoint. – Cappy536, TripAdvisor