La Tapachulteca

Good salvadorean food, platanos fritos, casamiento, pupusas, empanadas, fritada, yuca, chicharrones para pupusas etc, food is on display. The food is really good, customer service is pretty bad. Lots of people working not able to multi-​task. I could give this place a 4 is the customer service was much better.

This place is truly very Dirty and smelly, and the stuff is super expensive, food has taste the soup taste like pure water, if you to the back where the meat is the place smells like a salvadorean public restrooms. owners are disrespectful, saw roaches walking next to the sink by the cooked food counter and informed it to one of the owners the laugh only.
i invite you to not to visit this place it is very dirty and because of us they are still open but we should do something about it, prices are very high. one small portion of sour cream for one or two spoons size 2.00, also a bread with beans and cream $ 3.78 plus taxes. sodas with the manufacturer label says .99 cts and they price it for $ 1.49. it is ridiculous .
Also one lady at the counter complaining about the way owners and supervisors treat them very rude.

On December 24 I went pick up my Christmas dinner. I paid $ 69.99 for two small chicken, small pan of rice and potatoes salad plus 10 pieces of bread I was dissatisfied with the taste of the foods especially the chicken gravy/​sauce– it tasted like water. I want to add another comment about the atol de elote is never the same taste.

NEVER SHOP HERE !!! So sad that this place is so dirty with the people that work here and the place in general is dirty dirty. I came with my mom to get a specific ingredient that I can’t think of anyone eating in this establishment !!! I was paying when my mom looked at an item at the counter and put it back and when I had payed we were on our way out and the woman behind the counter came chasing after us and accused my mom of stealing then my mom showed her and empty her purse it was so humiliating. My mom asked to speak with the manger and said she no longer wants to patronize this Buisness to what the cashier register said you won’t be the last or the first !!! He then told us the manager was that women Araceli and she did not even apologize to my mom … I went back and canceled my order! How can you hire people that are so rude !!! Well I guess where your Buisness is from people are rude but this is United States !!! We have laws and rules !!! You can not accuse some one of stealing just like that !!! I can not believe it ! Well I might not be a important customer to this Buisness but I will make sure that everyone knows about this incident!!!

This place and their food takes me back to my country. Very traditional and affordable! They should just remodel and it’ll be perfect.

Excelentes platillos típicos, a veces el servicio al cliente no es tan agradable como esperas pero al probar la comida se te pasa el mal rato.
El chilate y atol de elote son mis favoritos y de la panaderíà la María Luisa es lo mejor!!!

Delicious food and antojitos Salvadoreños. I really recommend this place to have an authentic pupusa. El pan dulce is really good too, my favorite would be las quesadillas. :)

I have been here only a handful of times in the last 15+ years of living in the area. As a Salvadorean woman myself, I’m kinda picky about the food. I came in this morning to try some of their platanos fritos con frijoles fritos y crema. It’s a very simple dish of fried plantains, mashed beans, and cream. I wasn’t really impressed with what I received but it was simple and cheap. I really enjoy plantains so I’d have to order a large portion next time, but the plantains were cooked perfectly! I hate soggy-​in-​a-​sea-​of-​oil plantains and these were not that! They were sweet, semi firm, and held together great! My mom brought me here so I don’t doubt that the food is good, but I’m a little suspicious of their cleanliness levels too. It doesn’t «look» clean because of the word down décor, but they do have an A in the hot deli section and I spotted hairnets, plastic gloves in use, a box of gloves for immediate use, and I saw specific towels being used for only certain items. Like they only use the same cloths to clean the steam table and not the same cloth for wiping something dirtier, and not food. Anyways, I’ll keep trying the place since they seem to have a good customer base at the deli.

This is a Central American Supermarket/​Hot Deli/​Bakery all rolled up into one. Yes, they have loud music playing in the background always, but if you like cumbias it’s not too annoying. They have various products to make Central American dishes here. I mostly go for the Hot Deli, which is great. They have everything from ready made Pupusas (They are amazing), tamales (so good), pastelitos de carne, yuca frita con chicharon, empandas de platano and so on. The curtido is hands down the best I have ever tried, it really complements the main dishes. They also have very good drinks. TIP: If for some reason you do not have the time or you do not want to cook a turkey for the holidays, they will do it for you, (Salvi style) you just have to order it in advance. The same goes for the Tamales, you can order a ton of those in advance. The place is smack in the middle of down town Van Nuys, the parking is not that clean, but there is ample parking. There are street vendors in the parking lot and outside the place selling hot dogs and green mangos and what not. The place is always busy inside and there is usually a line every time I go, but it is worth it. Whenever I go there, I feel like I have traveled in time to a place that has been transformed into some part of Central America. I usually get my food and baked goods and leave, but if you are courious about some Latin American Culture, this is a good place to check out.

I came here to pick up some groceries for a Salvadorean meal. This was the closest Salvadorean market to my home. I thought it would be much bigger than it is. The market is pretty small, but packed to the gills with all the necessities. There is even a little restaurant inside and a bakery as well. The restaurant looked good, but not all that clean. The bakery had a great selection and really fresh baked goods. A lot of the breads were still warm to the touch. I picked up almost all of what I needed, but they were missing a few items. Reasonably priced…