Animal encounters in Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Lil Donkeys is a unique and authentic Mexican food institution located at 499 North Main Street in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, United States. Unlike traditional American-style burritos, our burritos are made the way they are in Mexico: with a flour tortilla, beans, your choice of filling, and nothing else - simple deliciousness without the extra fillers. The name "Lil Donkeys" comes from a popular story dating back to the early 1900s during the Mexican Revolution, where a man named Juan Mendez from Chihuahua, Mexico sold food from a cart pulled by a donkey. To keep the food warm, he would wrap it in a homemade flour tortilla. While the exact origins of burritos are debated, the Diccionario de Mejicanismos from 1895 mentions burritos as rolled tortillas with meat or other ingredients inside, popular in Guanajuato, central Mexico.