# Supermercados El Dorado

El Dorado is a supermarket chain from Uruguay, founded in 1929, which has seventy two stores.

## History

Founded in 1929 by Tobías Polakof in Maldonado, it was the first supermarket in the interior of Uruguay. It is a family business with Uruguayan capital, owned by the firm Polakof y Cía S.A.. Tito Polakf brought the idea of the supermarket back from a trip and set up the first one on 18 of July 877 Street, half a block from Plaza San Fernando in Maldonado.
In 2022, El Dorado expanded to Colonia and in 2023 to Montevideo; it also has seventy branches distributed in the departments of Canelones, Cerro Largo, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Rocha, San José, Tacuarembó, Florida, Soriano, Paysandú, Río Negro and Treinta y Tres.
In 2024 El Dorado opened its first hypermarket in Montevideo.

## Branches

As of January 2025, El Dorado supermarkets have a total of seventy-two branches in fifteen departments of Uruguay. These are:
    N.º Branches Location Maldonado 1Dodera 882Maldonado 2Aiguá and Monterroso av. 3Batlle y Ordóñez and Mitre av. 4Tacuarembó and bulevar Artigas 5Lussich and Messina av. 6Tobias Polakof and Joaquín de Viana 7Cuchilla de India Muerta and Tupambaé 8General Leandro Gómez y Lima av. 9Francisco Martínez, corner Cno. de los Gauchos 10Ruta 10 11Francia Parada 2 av.Punta del Este 12Calle 29 and Gorlero 13Ruta 10 and Ruta 12Maldonado 14Ruta 39 and Perimetral 1525 de Agosto and SarandíSan Carlos 16Av. Ceberio and RincónMaldonado 17W. Ferreira Aldunate av., corner Isla Canarias 18Félix de Lizarza 775Pan de Azúcar 19Piria y Tucumán av.Piriápolis 20Simón del Pino y Misiones 21Ruta 10 y Las VioletasLas Flores 22Gral. de la Llana and M. MunizAiguá 23Barreiro parada 28 av.Balneario Solís Montevideo 2318 de Julio de 2006 corner Dr. Pablo de MaríaCordón 2418 de Julio de 1807 corner Dr. Tristán Narvaja 25Yí 1369 corner 18 de JulioCentro 26Ciudad Vieja 27Garibaldi av. corner Monte CaserosLa Blanqueada Lavalleja 28Morales Arrillaga 757Minas 29Luis Alberto de Herrera 515 3018 de Julio and Claudio Williman 31Dr. Podestá Carnelli, corner RiveraJosé Pedro Varela Cerro Largo 32Justino Muñíz y HerreraMelo 33Route 26, corner of General Agustin Muñoz 34Virrey Arredondo y Vapor CebollatiRío Branco Treinta y Tres 35Basilio Araujo 1067Treinta y Tres 36Enrique Rodó 1559 37Manuel Melendez and Juan Rosas Rocha 38Ruta 9 km 207Rocha 39General Artigas 1069 40Nicolás Solari av. and AntaresLa Paloma 41Solari av. and Sirio 42Sagitario av. and Alfa 43Ruta 10 and calle principalLa Pedrera 44Arachanes 559Chuy 4525 de Agosto and RincónLascano Canelones 46Instrucciones del año XIII, 609 av.Las Piedras 47Mario Ferreira between calle D y ELas Toscas 48Charrúas and General ArtigasLa Tuna 49Rivera and ArtigasSanta Lucía San José 50Río de la Plata av. and Ruta 1Playa Pascual 51Ituzaingó between Asamblea and CigandaSan José de Mayo Tacuarembó 52Carlos Berrutti av. between Manuel Oribe y Gral. ArtigasPaso de los Toros 53Florencio Sánchez, corner Ángela B. de López Florida 54Libertad 1034, between Avda. Artigas and Treinta y TresSarandí Grande Soriano 55Carlos Puig and Dr. Adalberto SchusterDolores 56Colón corner Eusebio GiménezMercedes 57Libertad corner Florencio SánchezCardona Paysandú 58General Artigas av. corner SaltoPaysandú Río Negro 59Zorrilla de San Martín, corner Enrique BeaulieuFray Bentos Colonia 60Batlle y Ordóñez av. and Ruta 21Colonia del Sacramento 61Argentina y José Enrique RodóNueva Palmira Durazno 62Dr. Luis Morquio, entre Manuel Oribe y Eusebio PirizCity of Durazno.

## Services

* El Dorado Credit Card
* Gift Card
* Home delivery orders

## Stores

As of January 2025, El Dorado has four branches; one in Maldonado, another in Lavalleja (Minas), another in Treinta y Tres and another in Rocha (Lascano).