The couple moved to the United State 13 years ago from Aguilers, El Salvador. The restaurant business is new to the Portillos, but cooking authentic Salvadorean food is not. An expert pupusamaker, Carmen sold her delicacies as a street vendor. Her dream was to open a restaurant here.
Salvadorean pride is evident throughout the spacious restaurant.
You know you have arrived when you see the blue and white colors of the flag hand-painted on the building. Inside, overhead lights beam in flag colors. There are blue tablecloths and eclectic decorations, from old posters to T-shirts, on the walls. Now back to the pupusas. Pupusas are particularly tasty topped with curtido, another Salvadorean treat made with cabbage, carrots and onion pickled in vinegar and seasoned with pimiento, oregano and chilies.