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    El Pulgarcito

    4.3 (107 reviews)
    InexpensiveSalvadoran
    Open 10:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    EL PULGARCITO ATMOSPHERE

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    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Revuelta Pupusa, Beans and Rice
    Brie P.

    Pretty good! I ordered the combination plate (D.) which is two pupusas with rice and beans. Pupusas were amazing! Rice and Beans are just okay. Beans were on the salty side and there was a burnt taste to them. I also ordered a horchata, which was good. Ordered to go and the food is made FRESH so it did take about 15-20 mins before I got the order. Please be aware that it does take sometime. It's very quite and calm inside. I went when they weren't very busy. I'd definitely come again. It was $17.

    Pupusas revueltas

    Forgot to take pictures cause we dug in but this place is delicious and affordable. I got the pupusas revueltas, carne asada tacos, and platanos Fritos (aka platanos maduros). All of it was delicious and only cost $33 before tip. The service was great. It's not too big, kind of a hole in the wall type place. Will definitely be coming back here often. Happy I found this place (: ETA: went back again cause it's so good and took pictures to add to my review

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    Diana H.

    Really good food but the service is really slow. It took forever for our order to come out

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    Authentic and delicious. We have been back many times. Be patient - all made to order!

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    Nice little place, got some tacos and the 2 Hermanos plate (shrimp and carne asada). Love the refried black beans! We'll be back.

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    Great papusas. Good selection of drinks available. Quiet clean and friendly. It is a little slice of the nice side of el salvador

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    3 years ago

    Always so delicious! I love to get the espinaca pupusas and they always taste great from Pulgarcito.

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    El Pulgarcito III - Legit. Really good. Masa is moist.    Bean and Cheese, Zucchini and Cheese papusas  Calabaza con queso Frijol con queso

    El Pulgarcito III

    4.4(187 reviews)
    18.9 mi
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    I had written a review on the original location. I heard they sold the place. We stopped by here…read moreafter many years of being away... and wishing, missing this food badly. This is the best burrito in all of Tacoma/Lakewood!!! I tell everyone to try them. People don't know what they are missing, because they are just getting pupusas. Who would think they would have great burritos. So, these are not like any other burritos, because they are not Mexican. They use their delicious black beans, their white rice with a few little veg, sour cream, onions, cilantro, you can get really good chile sauce if you want it spicy. The sauce is so good. No cheese... can you believe it? Cheese is not even needed. You can get chicken or carne asada, or like we got, no meat and they will add avocado slices. I really wanted no meat, and platano frito added. This is what we used to get, and it's great. They should add a no meat option to the menu, and also the platano option. Everyone that loves unique delicious burritos, come check this place out. The guy that took my order was friendly, and even made our burrito half no cilantro. Thanks! They get busy.

    Pupusas tasted great and the staff was nice when they took down my order, but genuinely :/ because…read morevery little napkins given and only a plastic fork in my bag? I ordered to-go, and I am genuinely surprised that they do not have more condiments available, especially with the salsa as I got 4 pupusas. No wet wipe, which may be asking for a lot, but at least make it up with the paper napkins. I love that it is near base, but u might as well order to eat-in the restaurant. That way u get all that u need. Better inspection on my end could have been done, but just :o at the...stinginess. That sounds like a harsh word, I know, but how else do I describe it...?

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    El Pulgarcito III - Steak burrito

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    El Pulgarcito III - Molcajete mixto $29.99 (as of July 2022)

    Molcajete mixto $29.99 (as of July 2022)

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    La Salvadorena Restaurant - Last bite of a scrumptious, generously stuffed chicken and cheese corn pupusa.

    La Salvadorena Restaurant

    4.2(205 reviews)
    46.9 mi
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    My daughter and I ate here for lunch and had the birría tacos, spinach & cheese and bean & cheese…read morepapusas, platanos, and Tamal de Elote. Everything was wonderful, but the platanos and tacos were especially yummy. Everything was very affordable and the menu was set up small-plates/combo style, so you can try a couple dishes for a good price! It was pretty busy while we were there, but the young lady who helped us was killing it! She was there alone, but we were impressed by her hustle and work ethic. She spoke fluent Spanish with other customers as well. 100% recommend this place. We were just passing through Aberdeen, but if we lived closer I have a feeling we would eat our way through the menu in no time!

    Food: 4/5 Service: 4/5…read moreAmbiance: 4.5/5 For the food, we had the quesobirria tacos, a slew of papusas, carne asada tacos, and an adobada taco. The best bite, the quesobirria tacos, BY FAR. My daughter said it was "the best birria I've had in a long time." The meat was tender and (not to sound too cliche) the consommé was packed with flavor. The papusas the chicken and cheese was the best one, followed by the jalepeno and cheese, the rest were not bad, just nothing to write home about. As far as the tacos go, the carne asada was fine, the adobada had great flavor and a decent char on it. This made for a great post-crab fishing meal and will likely come back next time we're in town. Oh! This place is on the pricier side, just so there's no sticker shock. The service was decent, but I'm pretty sure our papusas were dished up wrong, but such is life when they all look the same, the inside of the restaurant is all of we the place but super clean.

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    La Salvadorena Restaurant - Get the pork bean cheese pupusa plate, and douse with the red and green salsas!

    Get the pork bean cheese pupusa plate, and douse with the red and green salsas!

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    El Pulgarcito - salvadoran - Updated June 2026

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