Lunch starts at 11, every day
The full menu runs from open, so lunch can be a bowl of sopa de lima and a salad, or the whole carne asada. The patio is open spring through early fall.
In and out on a work hour
Soups, salads and the smaller plates come out fastest. Every price below is off the same menu served at dinner — El Golfo doesn't mark lunch up or thin it down.
Sopas · Soups
- Sopa de MariscosLarge $20.00 · Small $15.00
Succulent seafood broth with shrimp, scallops, squid, and mussels.
- Sopa de ResLarge $20.00 · Small $15.00
Flavorful Salvadoran style beef broth, tender bone-in short ribs, cabbage, yucca, plantain and corn on the cob.
- Sopa de Lima YucatecaLarge $15.00 · Small $10.00
A native Yucatán soup made with chicken broth, fresh lime, carrots, celery, and shredded chicken.
Ensaladas · Salads
- El Golfo Salad$20.00
Crisp mixed greens topped with ceviche mixto, hard boiled egg, tomato, and radish.
- Santa Cruz SaladChicken $18.00 · Beef $20.00 · Shrimp $22.00
A bed of crisp lettuce, tomato, cucumber, avocado.
- Mango Avocado Salad$10.00
Served with light balsamic yogurt dressing.
- Ensalada de Palmito$9.00
Crisp mixed greens, tomato, avocado, hearts of palm, radish, and boiled egg.
- Ensalada Chica$7.00
Spring mix, tomato, cucumber, radish, and red onions. Served with our homemade house dressing.
Entradas · Appetizers
- Ceviche Mixto$19.00
White fish, shrimp and squid in lime juice, red onions, jalapeño pepper and cilantro.
- Pupusas$10.00
Three pupusas with cheese; revueltas (pork and cheese); vegan (squash and spinach). Served with curtido (pickled cabbage) and freshly made tomato sauce.
- Gambas al Ajillo$18.00
Shrimp sautéed with butter, garlic, dry white wine, cilantro, served with hot rolls.
- Mussels al Jengibre$12.00
Fresh mussels in sherry wine, fresh ginger, spring onion, served with hot rolls.
- Yuca con Chicharrón$12.00
Fried yucca/cassava and fried morsels of pork shoulder, served with curtido (pickled cabbage), pico de gallo.
- Nachos$7.00
Corn tortilla chips covered with pinto beans, melted cheese and topped with guacamole, pico de gallo and crema fresca.
The patio's open when the weather is
8739 Flower Avenue, Silver Spring — open from 11am daily. Call (301) 608-2121 for a table.