Chicago Review: November 2009, Cuatro

For November's brunch, the gang headed south to Cuatro.  Here's the scoop:

thumbs up

• Half price sangria on Sundays
• Super tasty house chipotle sauce 
• Good food at reasonable prices.
• The live Brazillian jazz was warm and mellow. Lots of Carlos Jobim and samba -- not so loud that it was distracting. 
• Good pancakes.
• They made their chilaquiles with a delicious fire-roasted green tomatillo sauce.

thumbs down

• Not specifying that the pineapple is baked into the tropical pancakes (for those who have a thing about fruit in breads). 
• No allowing substitutions to leave the cheese out of the French toast to accommodate a dairy issue. 
• The huevos rancheros were a bit tame (but the house chipotle livened it up nicely). 

3 1/2 stars.