Tag Archives: Salvadoran

Blanca’s, Falls Church, VA

Blanca’s is a relatively unknown Salvadoran / Tex-Mex restaurant that has been right on S. Washington Street since 1989. It’s dingy exterior conceals an interior with slightly more charm than you’d expect. Note when you walk in, there’s a little … Continue reading

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Pupuseria y Taqueria La Miguelena, Langley Park, MD

There are several Salvadoran-owned food trucks scattered about Langley Park (I saw one hidden behind the place that used to be Fontana Bowl-o-rama). The Pupuseria y Taqueria La Miguelena truck is nominally from Hyattsville, but was parked in the driveway … Continue reading

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Matamoros, Wheaton, MD

It was the end of a really bad, really long day. It was about 9:15 PM, and I hadn’t had a bite of food – I needed sustenance, and found myself driving through Wheaton. I wasn’t in the mood for … Continue reading

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Shorty’s Deli, Fairfax, VA

You can tell there’s a Latino influence at Shorty’s Deli from the outside – the handwritten sign saying desayuno Latino was enough to get me in the door. The vast majority of the menu here reads like typical, strip-mall deli … Continue reading

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Chicken Loco, Annandale, VA

Chicken Loco had been closed for about seven months for renovations, but has reopened as of about three weeks ago. It’s an odd-man-out on the outskirts of Koreatown, serving primarily Salvadoran, Mexican, and Peruvian Pollo a la Brasa. Yet, there … Continue reading

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