WHY Perhaps the most beautifully executed Salvadoran food in the city. WHAT The rich golden paint on this corner restaurant on a shabby stretch of Beverly lets you know that the place has ambitions, and boy, does it achieve its ambitions. Inside the even-more-colorful dining room, happy regulars attack plates of expertly made pupusas (try [...]
February 20, 2012 | Posted in
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WHY Wonderful and wonderfully inexpensive Salvadoran home cooking: pupusas, empanadas with cream, sopa de res (a stew-like beef soup) and thick Salvadoran-style horchata. WHAT In a faded cottage on a worn stretch of Beverly lies a wonderful Salvadoran café, staffed with incredibly nice women who deliver hefty pupusas filled with cheese and loroco (flower buds [...]
October 28, 2011 | Posted in
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WHY This is the place to get your fill of pupusas and empanada-like meat-filled pepitos. WHAT Plush booths and Central American art and woodwork create a handsome setting for sampling hearty, tasty Salvadoran specialties like savory chicken sautéed with onions and potatoes. 1306 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena, 626.791.7378 L & D daily. MC, V. Type: [...]
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