Topacio is great for Pupusas and salvadoran breakfast. I'd say in E.Boston Topacio and Pupuseria Mama Blanca have the best pupusas. I have to admit, I have never eaten anything other than pupusas and the desayuno salvadoreno breakfast plate there because it's always so good for those two things, I can't broaden my scope! great food, great price.
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Mario C.
This place advertises that they deliver...yet the delivery person is never available. The excuse is always that this person's car broken down or that he/she was involved in a car accident. Seriously? Next time I place an order over the phone, I wish they'd just tell me they don't deliver. That way, I can spend the next 15 minutes of my time looking into ordering from a different restaurant.
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Michelle C.
Yummy pupusas!
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Matt P.
Some of the guys that work for me always would run off to this place for lunch, so one day I just invited myself along. Being into Latin american food it was a no brainer. The tacos are probably the best I have had anywhere. Carnitas, fresh avacodo wedge, cream cheese, fresh cilantro, fresh onion, tomato, on a doubled up fresh toasted corn tortilla. Damn I am hungry. I'll literally eat 3-4 of them until I am about to burst, they are that good. Their pupusas are excellent, as well as the pupusa acessories. They usually bring us out some salsa and chips while we wait for our takeout order. I haven't had anything else here, but its a good bet in the area. My only concern that drops it down to a 4 is the lack of effort in the English dept. I can order in Spanish, and am usually with native speakers when i go but a little effort in taking my order in English would be good for other customers. I can see people being less than comfortable in that situation.
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Blake G.
A friend and I tried this restaurant for lunch for no other reason than it looked good and homey. We liked it, but didn't sample enough dishes to justify a higher rating. I had three papusas -- two laroca (a flower bud), one bean and cheese. They were made fresh. In fact, we sat at the counter and watched two women making large batches of papusas, which was entertaining. I thought the cheese in the laroca papusas overpowered the laroca, which was barely noticeable. My friend had some sort of meat tacos, which she liked. The restaurant did a steady business of take-out papusas, likely ordered by phone, which suggests that this restaurant is popular with locals. The grill was filled with cooking papusas the entire time we were there. We were served chips and salsa after we ordered. Both were very good.
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Erika B.
Discovered this place one Sunday morning when I was waylayed picking someone up at Logan and had an hour to burn. Simply the best breakfast I've had in such a long time. Had the Plato Casero, which is fresh eggs, avacado, a jalapeno pepper (whole), sharp cheese, refried beans and a corn torilla. INCREDIBLE! Coffee great. And the price was right - 9 bucks for the whole, huge breakfast. And YUMMY. (Also cute was the people watching, which on Sunday morning included a ton of family/kids in their Sunday clothes.) Been back three or four times since. I so want to get beyond that one dish but it's so good I can't yet! Highly recommend. A+++
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Karen G.
Just stopped in her for a snack and was oh-so-pleasantly surprised! My friends and I had heard about the pupusas they make here and decided to drop in and give it a whirl. We sat down got some menus and ordered 5 pupusas as 1.25 dollars each. We tried one of each and an extra cheese one. The pupusas took a bit longer than I had expected them to, but it our stomachs were appeased with some chips and homemade salsa (quite the kick, I might add). The pupusas then came out, steaming hot with some tomato-y sauce thing and some pickled purple looking cabbage. I must admit, the cabbage thing looked very... interesting, but I gave it a shot and it turned out to compliment the pupusas very well! The cheese pupusa was my favorite. Mmm.. delicious! We got our check and it turned out to be 5 bucks! Aparently, pupusas are 1 dollar on Saturdays and Thursdays. I didn't see it advertised anywhere so t he staff could have easily charged us full price for them but did not! A dollar for homemade pupusa? Delicious.
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Vincent H.
Cute little restaurant hidden inside Eastie. A lot of Central/South American cuisines here and they're super filling!! Ordered the Carne Asada plate and my buddy ordered the Mexican chicken. My plate hit the spot and my friend's Mexican Chicken wasn't bad. Tortillas they had were interesting and definitely would want to come back and try other items. Server and other employees were pretty nice to chat and get to know you along with things going on in the neighborhood.
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Briana J.
With all the variety of ethnic restaurants in the Eastie Meridian Street area, I'm glad that we had a local friend recommend Topacio to us so we wouldn't have to pick which one to go to ourselves. Definitely do not miss out on the pupusas-- authentic, inexpensive, and delicious. The cabbage and salsa add a freshness to the warm thick tortillas filled with beans and cheese, so be sure to add the sides on top! I also ordered a refreshing horchata that was perfection! Will definitely make more trips out to Eastie for pupusas from Topacio!
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Cheri R.
Topacio has quickly become an Eastie favorite. As many people say, the pupusas are wonderful; however, their picada is the real star of the show! It's a huge dish loaded with chorizo, beef, chicken, green peppers in a sauce that covers french fries. It is SO flavorful! Ask for it to be a little spicy and you won't regret it. Even better, it only costs $13! I usually split it with my boyfriend and we sometimes have leftovers. One of the waitresses who served us recently was so sweet. It's not usually busy in there but it would be if more people knew about this picada!
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Julie R.
The food here is OK. It's another one of the ethnic cheap eats places with huge portions in the Eastie area. I've been on two occasions. First time I got a fried chicken plate. It had a lot of chicken which was good but could of been spicier. It was served with fries. Most of their entrees also come with salad and pupusas. I watched them make them right at the grill behind the bar. They were super authentic. You can get them with many toppings. The second time I had Pollo Topacio, which was a mix of chicken with onions, peppers, cheese, served with rice and salad. The dish however was extremely salty. I ended up having a few bites to get some food in me, then didn't even bother to take the rest home cause of the salt overload. I was disappointed. My boyfriend had a steak that was enormous. On top it oozed with melted cheese. He too said it was very salty. That again was served with salad and pupusas. I guess the cook that day had some heavy salt shaking. They serve excellent chips and salsa to every table. The chips were thick and addicting. I would recommend you get a side of home made guacamole with it. which was only $3. Both times we sat at the bar and the girl back there was very nice and tried to understand our English. I found the food hit or miss. It is priced extremely low, if I give it another shot, I'll probably ask for easy on the salt.
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Sara S.
I thought Mi Pueblito was the ultimate in El Salvadorian food. While I LOVE MP, Topacio is now #1 in my book. Topacio is a lot easier to get to, located right off the East Boston exit on Meridian Street. They don't have a private lot, but there's lots of street parking. The restaurant is extremely casual, and has an open kitchen where you can watch them cooking which is fun. There's also a TV which plays funny (El Salvadorian?) music videos. Good entertainment for the meal. I got the Chicken Cilantro. I'm OBSESSED with cilantro and know it's a love/hate type of herb, so if you don't like cilantro, don't get it, because it is incredibly flavorful. Served with yellow Spanish rice, the chicken breast is cut up into small pieces and smothered in a cilantro sauce. I believe it's cream based, but it's not a heavy cream sauce. It also comes with a nice side salad. NINE DOLLARS for the meal! I kid you not, the portions are huge. I eat a ton so I finished it, but for most people, it would be two meals. I also ordered a cheese pupusa. For $1.50, it was large and came with a side of coleslaw and sauce. It was great and not as greasy as Mi Pueblito. Mine came with little peppers inside. YUM. Also served are freshly baked chips and salsa. The chips from here are really "thick" and the salsa was freshly prepared. Service is great, food is out of this world, and it is SO cheap. This meal would be at least double the price in Boston. GO HERE. You can get there by the T too. It's easy! Best cheap-eat ethnic food in Boston.
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Surya G.
The pupusas are the hot ticket here, and they would indeed make a Salvadoran chef proud. Fresh corn, seasoned meat, beans, loroco or cheese, grilled toasty and dry. Also enjoyed the taco mixtos - a mix of chicken, beef and pork with fresh veggies and avo wrapped in fresh tortillas, and the carne asada meal - a giant portion of well seasoned, tasty meat if a bit chewy, with beans and rice. The downside here is the salt level - they overdid the salt on the salsa, the beans, meat. Service is friendly but slow. The interior would fit right into a ministry of tourism brochure from El Salvador - green walls, open kitchen, primary color paintings and the requisite TV blaring soaps. If the food was a bit easier on the salt and grease, and they used the grill more to their advantage it would be 5 stars all the way.
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Ria S.
THIS is where you get pupusas in Massachusetts. They are most similar to the original in El Salvador. I'm a regular and the staff knows my fam. I bring new and old friends here all the time. They give you huge portions for a great price. My friends leave here enamored with pupusas and the burritos and enchiladas and seafood plates. Staff are friendly and the owner will chat up with your group. And your friends will stare wide eyed at what's happening on the novelas on TV.
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Nicholas S.
I would like to give this place 2.5 stars. I've had better, but it was still pretty decent. I would give them another chance if I'm around, but it's not a place I'm going to be craving. Contrary to some of the other people here, I didn't actually like the pupusas as much as other places I've been to. They were more mushy and the flavor was not quite right, though I can't really say in what manner. We ordered sides of refried beans and cream to go with the pupusas (which we often do). The beans were on the salty side. So was the cabbage that comes with the pupusas. The cream, by itself, was okay, but when eaten at the same time as the beans or the cabbage the salt brought out a flavor of the cream that I really didn't like. I also felt like the red sauce for the pupusas was watery. Final thing--some of the tortilla chips were "chewy". Enough with all of the negativity though. Some positives: -The guacamole was fresh and tasty. It is a good deal at $3 seeing as how you get some chips and salsa to start. -The chips were the thick "recently fried" kind. They were not very greasy, which was nice. It can lead to the problem above, but I'd rather have these chips and have a few of them not be fully crunchified than to have stale restaurant chips. -The horchata was quite good and not too heavy on any one flavor. -Loroco! Any place with pupusas that doesn't have loroco is not a real pupusa place.
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Lisa D.
I'm on the edge of giving this place 5 stars, but it is pending on my next trip there! This was by far the BEST meal my boyfriend and I had this weekend, which says a lot because we went to a few great places such as my fave super fusion and even tried Silver tone's, but nothing beats such a casual restaurant serving large portions of authentic Salvardorian food. Our meal came out to be $25 for a large entree, a tortas sandwich, a diet pepsi, 2 bottles of water, and 2 pupusas and IT WAS ALL DELICIOUS. I got the polla a la topacio which is a thin breast of chicken with peppers, onions?, veggies on top covered with cheese served with delicious yellow rice with avocado and a jalapeno on the side. I cut up the jalapeno because I love that torturous burning on my taste buds and mixed it in with my rice. Everything was well seasoned, the cheese they use is delicious, and the avocado just melded all the flavors together. It was so yummy. The bf got the carne tortas which is their sandwich with a marinated beef, beans, avocado, tomato, lettuce, mayo and came witha side of fries. When I was eating it, I thought it was better than a burger, at least tastier. The pupusa de queso and the pupusa revueltas were great. I'm wanting one now, It's the perfect little snack for $1.50 each, but I guess I can't really compare the pupusas to anything else because it was my first time having them. I had about more than half my dish leftover (some reason my stomach was not cooperating with the desires of my taste buds to consume like a horse) so I brought it back home at around midnight, approximately 10 hours after our meal and my sister and brother DEVOURED every last bit of it. My sister kept asking to go back the very next afternoon for food!
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Andrea K.
The look from the outside of this restaurant may make you a skeptic for going inside and eating at this place but you should! They have great great salvadorian food and the flavors are wonderful. The pricse are great as well and if you live in East Boston they will deliver (even if its right across the street, how I know I wont tell!) My typical dish that I get is the fried fish with rice and a salad and its great. There have been times where the fish wasnt to fresh as I ordered late but it was still really good with full of flavor. They are quick on delivery and the food is always exceptional. There pupusa's are not greasy at all which is good and the slaw that is given with it is not soaked in vinegar which is a plus in my book as well. Another good dish to get is pinchos de carne which is pretty much meat on a stick! The flavors of the peppers, onions and tomatos and the meat that is grilled on a stick is wonderful with the rice its a great meal. This is place to definitely go and try out, the atmosphere is wonderful with the music and the tv going its just a wonderful place and the people that work there are also really great!
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James B.
Went to this Salvadoran restaurant for the first time with a Salvadoran friend the other day. I was extremely impressed. It doesn't look like much from the decor, but the food was excellent and is run by a very nice family. I first had the pupusas revueltas with chicharron. My Salvadoran friend says they are his favorite in all of Eastie, and I might have to agree. I especially liked that they weren't too greasy. I then had the Pollo a la Parilla (sometimes known as Pollo a la Plancha). It is a thin breast of chicken marinated and grilled with 3 shrimp on top. They use the garlic seafood broth to cook the shrimp and then pour it over the chicken. The dishes here have very nice presentation - much better than you would expect given the decor. I look forward to trying some of the other dishes at this restaurant. Apparently, it was one of the first Salvadoran restaurants in Eastie from about 15 years ago. They have a second restaurant in Lynn.
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Enrique D.
good inexpensive authentic fresh. what else do you need? always a good spot when ur craving some huge portions and ur not looking to drop a ton of cash. the food can vary sometimes im guessing the chef changes, but usually delicious. did i mention cheap? i mean food coma for around $10-$15 per person including soda/juice/ and some bottled water anddddd left overs to take home??? come onnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
Takes Reservations : No Delivery : Yes Take-out : Yes Accepts Credit Cards : Yes Good For : Dinner Parking : Street Good for Kids : Yes Good for Groups : Yes Attire : Casual Ambience : Casual Noise Level : Average Alcohol : Beer & Wine Only Outdoor Seating : No Wi-Fi : No Has TV : Yes Waiter Service : Yes Caters : No
beth r.
Topacio is great for Pupusas and salvadoran breakfast. I'd say in E.Boston Topacio and Pupuseria Mama Blanca have the best pupusas. I have to admit, I have never eaten anything other than pupusas and the desayuno salvadoreno breakfast plate there because it's always so good for those two things, I can't broaden my scope! great food, great price.
(4)Mario C.
This place advertises that they deliver...yet the delivery person is never available. The excuse is always that this person's car broken down or that he/she was involved in a car accident. Seriously? Next time I place an order over the phone, I wish they'd just tell me they don't deliver. That way, I can spend the next 15 minutes of my time looking into ordering from a different restaurant.
(1)Michelle C.
Yummy pupusas!
(3)Matt P.
Some of the guys that work for me always would run off to this place for lunch, so one day I just invited myself along. Being into Latin american food it was a no brainer. The tacos are probably the best I have had anywhere. Carnitas, fresh avacodo wedge, cream cheese, fresh cilantro, fresh onion, tomato, on a doubled up fresh toasted corn tortilla. Damn I am hungry. I'll literally eat 3-4 of them until I am about to burst, they are that good. Their pupusas are excellent, as well as the pupusa acessories. They usually bring us out some salsa and chips while we wait for our takeout order. I haven't had anything else here, but its a good bet in the area. My only concern that drops it down to a 4 is the lack of effort in the English dept. I can order in Spanish, and am usually with native speakers when i go but a little effort in taking my order in English would be good for other customers. I can see people being less than comfortable in that situation.
(4)Blake G.
A friend and I tried this restaurant for lunch for no other reason than it looked good and homey. We liked it, but didn't sample enough dishes to justify a higher rating. I had three papusas -- two laroca (a flower bud), one bean and cheese. They were made fresh. In fact, we sat at the counter and watched two women making large batches of papusas, which was entertaining. I thought the cheese in the laroca papusas overpowered the laroca, which was barely noticeable. My friend had some sort of meat tacos, which she liked. The restaurant did a steady business of take-out papusas, likely ordered by phone, which suggests that this restaurant is popular with locals. The grill was filled with cooking papusas the entire time we were there. We were served chips and salsa after we ordered. Both were very good.
(3)Erika B.
Discovered this place one Sunday morning when I was waylayed picking someone up at Logan and had an hour to burn. Simply the best breakfast I've had in such a long time. Had the Plato Casero, which is fresh eggs, avacado, a jalapeno pepper (whole), sharp cheese, refried beans and a corn torilla. INCREDIBLE! Coffee great. And the price was right - 9 bucks for the whole, huge breakfast. And YUMMY. (Also cute was the people watching, which on Sunday morning included a ton of family/kids in their Sunday clothes.) Been back three or four times since. I so want to get beyond that one dish but it's so good I can't yet! Highly recommend. A+++
(5)Karen G.
Just stopped in her for a snack and was oh-so-pleasantly surprised! My friends and I had heard about the pupusas they make here and decided to drop in and give it a whirl. We sat down got some menus and ordered 5 pupusas as 1.25 dollars each. We tried one of each and an extra cheese one. The pupusas took a bit longer than I had expected them to, but it our stomachs were appeased with some chips and homemade salsa (quite the kick, I might add). The pupusas then came out, steaming hot with some tomato-y sauce thing and some pickled purple looking cabbage. I must admit, the cabbage thing looked very... interesting, but I gave it a shot and it turned out to compliment the pupusas very well! The cheese pupusa was my favorite. Mmm.. delicious! We got our check and it turned out to be 5 bucks! Aparently, pupusas are 1 dollar on Saturdays and Thursdays. I didn't see it advertised anywhere so t he staff could have easily charged us full price for them but did not! A dollar for homemade pupusa? Delicious.
(5)Vincent H.
Cute little restaurant hidden inside Eastie. A lot of Central/South American cuisines here and they're super filling!! Ordered the Carne Asada plate and my buddy ordered the Mexican chicken. My plate hit the spot and my friend's Mexican Chicken wasn't bad. Tortillas they had were interesting and definitely would want to come back and try other items. Server and other employees were pretty nice to chat and get to know you along with things going on in the neighborhood.
(4)Briana J.
With all the variety of ethnic restaurants in the Eastie Meridian Street area, I'm glad that we had a local friend recommend Topacio to us so we wouldn't have to pick which one to go to ourselves. Definitely do not miss out on the pupusas-- authentic, inexpensive, and delicious. The cabbage and salsa add a freshness to the warm thick tortillas filled with beans and cheese, so be sure to add the sides on top! I also ordered a refreshing horchata that was perfection! Will definitely make more trips out to Eastie for pupusas from Topacio!
(4)Cheri R.
Topacio has quickly become an Eastie favorite. As many people say, the pupusas are wonderful; however, their picada is the real star of the show! It's a huge dish loaded with chorizo, beef, chicken, green peppers in a sauce that covers french fries. It is SO flavorful! Ask for it to be a little spicy and you won't regret it. Even better, it only costs $13! I usually split it with my boyfriend and we sometimes have leftovers. One of the waitresses who served us recently was so sweet. It's not usually busy in there but it would be if more people knew about this picada!
(4)Julie R.
The food here is OK. It's another one of the ethnic cheap eats places with huge portions in the Eastie area. I've been on two occasions. First time I got a fried chicken plate. It had a lot of chicken which was good but could of been spicier. It was served with fries. Most of their entrees also come with salad and pupusas. I watched them make them right at the grill behind the bar. They were super authentic. You can get them with many toppings. The second time I had Pollo Topacio, which was a mix of chicken with onions, peppers, cheese, served with rice and salad. The dish however was extremely salty. I ended up having a few bites to get some food in me, then didn't even bother to take the rest home cause of the salt overload. I was disappointed. My boyfriend had a steak that was enormous. On top it oozed with melted cheese. He too said it was very salty. That again was served with salad and pupusas. I guess the cook that day had some heavy salt shaking. They serve excellent chips and salsa to every table. The chips were thick and addicting. I would recommend you get a side of home made guacamole with it. which was only $3. Both times we sat at the bar and the girl back there was very nice and tried to understand our English. I found the food hit or miss. It is priced extremely low, if I give it another shot, I'll probably ask for easy on the salt.
(3)Sara S.
I thought Mi Pueblito was the ultimate in El Salvadorian food. While I LOVE MP, Topacio is now #1 in my book. Topacio is a lot easier to get to, located right off the East Boston exit on Meridian Street. They don't have a private lot, but there's lots of street parking. The restaurant is extremely casual, and has an open kitchen where you can watch them cooking which is fun. There's also a TV which plays funny (El Salvadorian?) music videos. Good entertainment for the meal. I got the Chicken Cilantro. I'm OBSESSED with cilantro and know it's a love/hate type of herb, so if you don't like cilantro, don't get it, because it is incredibly flavorful. Served with yellow Spanish rice, the chicken breast is cut up into small pieces and smothered in a cilantro sauce. I believe it's cream based, but it's not a heavy cream sauce. It also comes with a nice side salad. NINE DOLLARS for the meal! I kid you not, the portions are huge. I eat a ton so I finished it, but for most people, it would be two meals. I also ordered a cheese pupusa. For $1.50, it was large and came with a side of coleslaw and sauce. It was great and not as greasy as Mi Pueblito. Mine came with little peppers inside. YUM. Also served are freshly baked chips and salsa. The chips from here are really "thick" and the salsa was freshly prepared. Service is great, food is out of this world, and it is SO cheap. This meal would be at least double the price in Boston. GO HERE. You can get there by the T too. It's easy! Best cheap-eat ethnic food in Boston.
(5)Surya G.
The pupusas are the hot ticket here, and they would indeed make a Salvadoran chef proud. Fresh corn, seasoned meat, beans, loroco or cheese, grilled toasty and dry. Also enjoyed the taco mixtos - a mix of chicken, beef and pork with fresh veggies and avo wrapped in fresh tortillas, and the carne asada meal - a giant portion of well seasoned, tasty meat if a bit chewy, with beans and rice. The downside here is the salt level - they overdid the salt on the salsa, the beans, meat. Service is friendly but slow. The interior would fit right into a ministry of tourism brochure from El Salvador - green walls, open kitchen, primary color paintings and the requisite TV blaring soaps. If the food was a bit easier on the salt and grease, and they used the grill more to their advantage it would be 5 stars all the way.
(4)Ria S.
THIS is where you get pupusas in Massachusetts. They are most similar to the original in El Salvador. I'm a regular and the staff knows my fam. I bring new and old friends here all the time. They give you huge portions for a great price. My friends leave here enamored with pupusas and the burritos and enchiladas and seafood plates. Staff are friendly and the owner will chat up with your group. And your friends will stare wide eyed at what's happening on the novelas on TV.
(4)Nicholas S.
I would like to give this place 2.5 stars. I've had better, but it was still pretty decent. I would give them another chance if I'm around, but it's not a place I'm going to be craving. Contrary to some of the other people here, I didn't actually like the pupusas as much as other places I've been to. They were more mushy and the flavor was not quite right, though I can't really say in what manner. We ordered sides of refried beans and cream to go with the pupusas (which we often do). The beans were on the salty side. So was the cabbage that comes with the pupusas. The cream, by itself, was okay, but when eaten at the same time as the beans or the cabbage the salt brought out a flavor of the cream that I really didn't like. I also felt like the red sauce for the pupusas was watery. Final thing--some of the tortilla chips were "chewy". Enough with all of the negativity though. Some positives: -The guacamole was fresh and tasty. It is a good deal at $3 seeing as how you get some chips and salsa to start. -The chips were the thick "recently fried" kind. They were not very greasy, which was nice. It can lead to the problem above, but I'd rather have these chips and have a few of them not be fully crunchified than to have stale restaurant chips. -The horchata was quite good and not too heavy on any one flavor. -Loroco! Any place with pupusas that doesn't have loroco is not a real pupusa place.
(2)Lisa D.
I'm on the edge of giving this place 5 stars, but it is pending on my next trip there! This was by far the BEST meal my boyfriend and I had this weekend, which says a lot because we went to a few great places such as my fave super fusion and even tried Silver tone's, but nothing beats such a casual restaurant serving large portions of authentic Salvardorian food. Our meal came out to be $25 for a large entree, a tortas sandwich, a diet pepsi, 2 bottles of water, and 2 pupusas and IT WAS ALL DELICIOUS. I got the polla a la topacio which is a thin breast of chicken with peppers, onions?, veggies on top covered with cheese served with delicious yellow rice with avocado and a jalapeno on the side. I cut up the jalapeno because I love that torturous burning on my taste buds and mixed it in with my rice. Everything was well seasoned, the cheese they use is delicious, and the avocado just melded all the flavors together. It was so yummy. The bf got the carne tortas which is their sandwich with a marinated beef, beans, avocado, tomato, lettuce, mayo and came witha side of fries. When I was eating it, I thought it was better than a burger, at least tastier. The pupusa de queso and the pupusa revueltas were great. I'm wanting one now, It's the perfect little snack for $1.50 each, but I guess I can't really compare the pupusas to anything else because it was my first time having them. I had about more than half my dish leftover (some reason my stomach was not cooperating with the desires of my taste buds to consume like a horse) so I brought it back home at around midnight, approximately 10 hours after our meal and my sister and brother DEVOURED every last bit of it. My sister kept asking to go back the very next afternoon for food!
(4)Andrea K.
The look from the outside of this restaurant may make you a skeptic for going inside and eating at this place but you should! They have great great salvadorian food and the flavors are wonderful. The pricse are great as well and if you live in East Boston they will deliver (even if its right across the street, how I know I wont tell!) My typical dish that I get is the fried fish with rice and a salad and its great. There have been times where the fish wasnt to fresh as I ordered late but it was still really good with full of flavor. They are quick on delivery and the food is always exceptional. There pupusa's are not greasy at all which is good and the slaw that is given with it is not soaked in vinegar which is a plus in my book as well. Another good dish to get is pinchos de carne which is pretty much meat on a stick! The flavors of the peppers, onions and tomatos and the meat that is grilled on a stick is wonderful with the rice its a great meal. This is place to definitely go and try out, the atmosphere is wonderful with the music and the tv going its just a wonderful place and the people that work there are also really great!
(4)James B.
Went to this Salvadoran restaurant for the first time with a Salvadoran friend the other day. I was extremely impressed. It doesn't look like much from the decor, but the food was excellent and is run by a very nice family. I first had the pupusas revueltas with chicharron. My Salvadoran friend says they are his favorite in all of Eastie, and I might have to agree. I especially liked that they weren't too greasy. I then had the Pollo a la Parilla (sometimes known as Pollo a la Plancha). It is a thin breast of chicken marinated and grilled with 3 shrimp on top. They use the garlic seafood broth to cook the shrimp and then pour it over the chicken. The dishes here have very nice presentation - much better than you would expect given the decor. I look forward to trying some of the other dishes at this restaurant. Apparently, it was one of the first Salvadoran restaurants in Eastie from about 15 years ago. They have a second restaurant in Lynn.
(4)Enrique D.
good inexpensive authentic fresh. what else do you need? always a good spot when ur craving some huge portions and ur not looking to drop a ton of cash. the food can vary sometimes im guessing the chef changes, but usually delicious. did i mention cheap? i mean food coma for around $10-$15 per person including soda/juice/ and some bottled water anddddd left overs to take home??? come onnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
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