Pupusas in Adelphi, MD
Handmade Salvadoran pupusas with curtido and fresh tomato salsa — including a vegan squash-and-spinach version. We're 6 min · 2.4 mi from Adelphi, at 8739 Flower Avenue in Silver Spring.
Adelphi comes over Riggs Road and New Hampshire Avenue, six minutes door to door. It's a neighborhood of long-tenured families and University of Maryland commuters, and El Golfo fills its missing middle: a dressed-up-enough dining room for a birthday that still prices dinner like Adelphi expects.
From Adelphi we're 6 min · 2.4 mi, which makes pupusas a short trip rather than a whole day's errand.
Pupusas done properly
The pupusa platter brings three: cheese, revueltas with pork and cheese, or the vegan squash-and-spinach — each served with curtido (pickled cabbage) and a freshly made tomato salsa for $10. They are griddled to order, which is why the neighborhood two blocks either side of Flower Avenue treats them as a weeknight staple rather than a special occasion.
What's included
- Three pupusas with curtido and tomato salsa — $10
- Cheese, revueltas (pork & cheese), or vegan squash & spinach
- Gluten-free, made on corn masa
- Kids' two-pupusa plate with pickled cabbage — $10
- Vegan pupusa platter on the vegetarian menu — $16
Riggs Road · Adelphi Mill · Cool Spring Road · New Hampshire Avenue
Pupusas questions
What is curtido?
Are the pupusas gluten-free?
Is there a vegan pupusa?
Pupusas in Adelphi?
8739 Flower Avenue, Silver Spring — parking on site for 30-plus cars. Order takeout online, or come in for the version with a sizzling platter and a band.