El Rinchocito Chapin

I love the chicken soup here, they serve you a grilled chicken breast on the side of your big bowl of soup that includes vegetables. I like to chill here in the early afternoon I enjoy my food peacefully, this spot has very friendly waiters and is clean. I tried the pupusas and they are also very good not greasy. Just right! They also give black bean dip with your tostadas. International blvd has crapy parking that’s why I have 4 stars.

Walked into this place on a Sunday afternoon, the older Guatemalan gentleman waiting tables was friendly and handed me a menu handwritten in Magic Marker. I asked from one tamale which was not listed on the menu but advertised with a sign on the door. The tamale was moist and delicious wrapped in a banana leaf and had some surprising ingredients like a green olive and what I think was loroco.
The TV behind the counter was playing Spiderman in Spanish. For $ 2.50, the tamale was a great deal but I would also love to return and try the lunch plates which most of the other patrons were enjoying.

El Rinchocito Chapin is Guatamalan cuisine, not salvadorean for those keeping score. Guatamala isn’t listed, so. chcked el salvador, their neighbor.
Guantamala is in central america surrounded by mexiso, honduras, belize, and el salvador.
menu: limited to a few items a day. menu on front window. no menus seen inside.
eats: Guatemalan tamale (2)
–melt in you mouth masa (lard?) with red sauce that wasn’t hot and filled with masa and some dry pieces of chicken. size was pretty big.
crumbs:
–located where mi pupersia used to be
–cashier had limited english, surprised i popped in.
–would repeat after 6 when meters aren’t operating