Super Pollo Restaurant

Typical Central American chicken place hidden in a strip mall on the west side. I passed it up a couple times trying to find it its that nondescript. I had the typical chicken dinner with rice and got a Honduran soda to go along with it. My meal was pretty average but good. I have had better Honduran food than this but I didn't hate their food her. I took bites from my friends plates and they were OK as well. Because we arrived with a group of around 10 of us the waitress and cook were a little overwhelmed but we didn't have horrible service and when the waitress forgot something and we pointed that out to her they corrected it right away.
If your looking to try out some Honduran dishes and your that far West it wont hurt to stop here and try their stuff out.

Tastes even better the second day. I'd never had Honduran food before and I hadn't spent much time in Belmont-Cragin. Soooo.... it made perfect sense to me to knock two birds out with one stone and get some Honduran grub in the 'hood. To begin with, the restaurant is larger than it seems. Set in a strip mall, form gives way to function, but the function works. Also *extremely* noteworthy: English is not spoken here. You need to come with a Spanish speaker. I spent weeks trying to figure out the menu, hours of operation, etc. by the phone and, finally, just conceded to driving there and poking around. Even though the menu is in English, the service is not and if you don't speak Spanish, you will be frustrated by your experience. You will.

That said, my food was enjoyable. There were some hit or miss items so stick with my picks for hits.

Hit -- papusa with cheese and beans.

Hit -- berry WATER. Don't order your agua fresca con leche. NO! Get it with water and you'll be so much the happier. Every sip I took was refreshing, flavorful and very satisfying. You'll have to take my word on it. Other tried to have a sip, but you know I don't play that. I don't know where your mouth has been. Back up from my beverage. No, not even a new straw will be enough to counter the mystery of your oral history. Sorry. Buy your own. You'll want to. And, you might want to have someone look at *that*. I keed because I love.

Hit -- fried chicken with cabbage, Honduran sauce (the name cracks me up; this is tomato and pepper-based; chunky like a salsa, not thick like a paste) and bananas (not plantains). Don't think KFC or, even, your mom's fried chicken. This chicken has a crispy skin that bears a closer texture/taste resemblance to grilled chicken. The components, on their own, aren't very exciting. When mixed together, though, the dish really comes together in a familiar yet comfortably different way. But, like I said, I actually enjoyed my leftovers more than I did the initial meal. Maybe the flavors had time to settle into each other. And, that brings me to my last point -- leftovers! For $9 or so, I had two filling meals. I like that kind of bang for my buck and I think you will too.

My first experience with Super Pollo was definitely a mixed bag that could easily turn anyone away from future visits; however, I found some of their menu items worth a return trip.

I joined a decent size group of Yelpers for an afternoon delight. I didn't think it would feel like an eternity but yeah it did. The service was not that good but I need to mention that this place wasn't equipped to handle a big table plus their regulars. That being said, it's just about unforgivable to have your patrons dying of thirst and forgetting an order too.

I did enjoy a new treat for me, a papusa. It was quite good and with multiple options which all sounded good. My missing order did eventually show up (graciously for free) and it was very tasty, Honduran pastelitos  aka empenadas. I'll be back to try this same combo with much less of an entourage although the company made this first visit bearable.