Elva's Restaurant Reasonable prices and good food the specialities of the house Eating at Elva's Restaurant is like sharing a meal in the kitchen of an old friend.
Customers sit in red, worn chairs around a few dozen unremarkable brown tables.
The waitresses, many of whom have worked there for years, walk briskly on the tile floor, efficiently taking orders and delivering food. And at the back of the restaurant is the grill, with Elva Gonzalez and her husband, Luis, busily cooking as if preparing a family feast. As each order is filled, they slap an old-fashioned bell and plunk down a plate of food, which is quickly snatched off the counter by a waitress. Located on Staples Street near Carroll Lane, Elva's is the kind of neighborhood restaurant where customers go to read the paper, escape with a loved one or chat with friends over bottomless cups of coffee. But it's also a place sure to please Mexican-food fans looking for a deal and there are plenty of them here.