La Guanaquita Tienda y Restaurante

My boyfriend is from El Salvador and is completely obsessed with pupusas. La Guanaquita ties him over until his mother makes them again. We love all the varieties of pupusas they offer, make sure to top it with the salsa and curtido that comes with it. Pace yourself! Two pupusas for me and three pupusas for him are juuuuuust right. Yum!

Food: 5/5 - we only vouch for las pupusas!
Location: 3/5
Service: 1/5 - Horrible! For the food alone my rating would be so much higher but the service is completely awful so order it to gooo! Pupusas can be easily reheated on a comal/griddle/stove top and actually make them more amazing.

Love this place! They have great pupusas and the plantains with beans & cream are out of this world. I go to this restaurant several times a month. The nice thing about this restaurant is that it has a mix of El Salvadorian and Mexican cuisine. I haven taken several friends there and they all have enjoyed the food they ordered.

Man, it was good to finally find La Guanaquita's new location last weekend! I'd been a long-time fan of their 3107 Lafayette Rd location (now occupied by the equally delicious Guatelinda), and I kept hearing about a new LG spot on 38th Street, but never could find it. The sign is rather small and the new building doesn't look so much like a restaurant on the outside. Of course, 38th is a busy street, so it would be easy to miss. All was restored when my wife and I walked in and sat down to another long awaited El Salvadorean meal. In my opinion, they make the best pupusas and sopes in town. Okay, so I initially ordered platana frita (fried plantains and refried beans) and a sope de lengua (sope with beef tongue), two of my favorites. But, hearing my wife talk about pupusas made me want one, too. So, I added that. Same old story. Each item was plentiful in size and bursting with flavor. Sure, my eyes are always bigger than my stomach at this place, but with so much good food there, I find it hard to say no to my usual overindulgence. So, I left, once again, a very gutbustingly happy boy, having been served delicious comfort food by a smiling, friendly waitress who kindly tolerated my ordering in broken Spanish.