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    Tita's Pupuseria Lonchera

    3.9 (566 reviews)
    InexpensiveMexican, Salvadoran
    Open 8:30 am - 11:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    What's the vibe?
    Casual
    Moderate noise
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Pupusa
    Cody W.

    This place is awesome! Soup is killer and so are the pupusas! Very easy food to get if you're staying at the motel 6 as well.

    Covered dining area!
    David L.

    Stopped for food in Buttonwillow off the I-5. Tired of the same old fast food joints and saw this place got good Yelp reviews. It did not disappoint! Family got pupusas and I had a carne asada burrito. Hot, fresh and tasty! Definitely an oasis of real food in the fast food dessert that is the I-5 from LA to S.F.

    Pupusa Especial and quesidilla pan dulce
    Grace Y.

    The pupusas are delicious. The beans are super flavorful!! There is a little wait of around 20-30 minutes for your food, but they are making your pupusas right there. From the little window, you can watch the senora making the food fresh. We got the pupusa especial (two pupusas and rice and beans), an extra pupusa, the quesadilla pan dulce, and a jamaica. We got a revuelta (pork and cheese), frijole (bean and cheese), and loroco (squash blossom and cheese). Of the three, the s tier was the loroco. It's has an almost meaty flavor and is super flavorful. The cabbage and salsa were also tasty. The quesadilla pan dulce is like a corn pound cake. It's really yummy!! This is a nice stop on your way between the bay and la. There's a covered picnic area that is nice. There are only hand washing stations, but there are a lot of gas station around it, so you can wash your hands and use the restroom around here!! Highly recommend this as a stop!!

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    Becca D.

    I've seen this spot for a long time over the years coming down to SoCal. Finally tried it and it was really good! This food truck is in a dirt lot with a couple other trucks. It took about 10 minutes to get my food but not too bad. $5 is a bit pricey but the pupusas are a good size. Overall it was a good and might go again but only stop if I had time to wait.

    Carne Asada tacos, lengua taco, and papusas
    Katelyn R.

    I came here in hopes to redeem my poor experience with another papusa place while driving around SoCal and this definitely exceeded my expectations!!!! Love how this spot is off the freeway and closes late. Huge papusas for $5 a piece and I don't even mind because they were delicious. So much cheese, the masa was seasoned like it didn't taste like flour, and above all both of the papusas I ordered were so juicy I can't even explain. Love the curtido & hot sauce, I knew I should've asked for more. The main complain I've been reading about this spot is the flies and that's why people docked stars from their review but hello it's not like the owners released them into the air at the dining table themselves. I don't really order pork and cheese papusas but I'm glad I did. I got one of those and a jalapeño and cheese. Both are delicious. Definitely wish I had ordered some more to eat at home lol Anyway, definitely try this place if you been craving Salvadoran food!!! Tacos were cool too but definitely grab some papusas. Next road-trip I know where I'm stopping at. Tips: order ahead because they take their time cooking their food. They cook to order!!! To avoid the bugs- go eat in your car!!!! Order extra curtido if you love that stuff!!!

    Taco truck
    Sasha S.

    After reading a previous review about the long wait, noticed that there were only two people at the tables so I figured it would be less than about 20 minutes. However, it took us more than 40 minutes to get four pupusas because they took phone orders and did not tell me. I had small kids and we were waiting in 46° weather for over 40 minutes for four pupusas at $5 a piece. Ridiculous. Do not come here. Read the one star reviews.

    Caldo de Res
    Carolyn F.

    Large size Salvadoran pupusa (pork & cheese) filled an 8 inch round plate with cabbage slaw to pile on top and a nice red saucy to drizzle over it. Caldo de Res was a very large bowl of broth with vegetables and a large piece of beef with a marrow bone attached. Both orders were delicious and filling. Definitely 5 stars food. We saw several truck drivers pick up food to go. We had a wait for our order even though there was no line at 12:45 pm on a Thursday. It appeared that there were many take-out telephone orders the cook had to prepare before we placed our order at the window. Outdoor seating under a metal canopy was chilly on a windy, early Spring day. If you want to park on the asphalt area on the north side of the truck, you have to drive around Motel 6 parking to find the opening entrance to the asphalt area, otherwise parking is in a dirt, very deep potholes, dusty lot or park on street.

    Catherine M.

    We came here on a road trip stop! I didn't think the wait was long and the food was just what I needed to get through the rest of my drive to Southern California. Just be careful of the lot. Definitely a lot of pot holes. The pupusas were definitely the best thing we got! The tacos were good but the avocado salsa made them even better! We also tried the quesadilla, which is a Salvadoran dessert! I've had many quesadillas as my husband is El Salvadoran. This one was about a 4/5. A little too much like pound cake but they warmed it up so it was delicious! Stop here and order the pupusas! You will not regret it! I give the cheese and loroco pupusas 5 stars!!

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    Delicious! We ordered pupusas, quesadillas, and lengua burrito- food was fresh and ready fast. Nice stop for our trip up the 5.

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    Very friendly authentic environment. I love a good pupusa and there is another location close by…read morethat wasn't as nice. The pupusas are made fresh and crispy. Pair that nicely with the beans and rice and you can't go wrong.

    Based off the recommendation of a friend, my mom and I came to grab some pupusas at Las Comadres…read more It was easy finding parking in the street upon arrival! When we walked in, we were greeted kindly by the staff in the restaurant. My mom and I admittedly did our research prior and knew what we wanted to order. The gentleman at the front was very kind and helpful whilst taking our order. We took a seat and we were brought some chips and salsa! The salsa was very flavorful and had a slight kick. After a few minutes, our food arrived. We dug in! Everything was sooo delicious. The pupusa had a perfect ratio of everything with the filling and the curtido went perfectly. The side of rice and beans were cooked great and were very yummy. My mom and I tried the plantains and were pleasantly surprised. We weren't surprised they were cooked well but rather that the plantains themselves seemed to be at the perfect state of ripeness too! Overall we had a really pleasant experience at Las Comadres. Admittedly one fault is my mom and I had some acid reflux which we think was due to the curtido. I rarely get acid reflux so it was a surprise. Since we deduced the cause, it doesn't deter us from eating some yummy food here again!

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