Pupusas in Silver Spring, MD
Handmade Salvadoran pupusas with curtido and fresh tomato salsa — including a vegan squash-and-spinach version. We're 5 min · 1.6 mi from downtown from Silver Spring, at 8739 Flower Avenue in Silver Spring.
El Golfo sits at 8739 Flower Avenue in the Long Branch end of Silver Spring, five minutes east of the Ellsworth Drive crowds downtown. Flower Avenue is the quieter restaurant row — El Gavilan is two doors up at 8805 — and the lot beside the building holds 30 to 40 cars, which downtown Silver Spring cannot say about anything.
From Silver Spring we're 5 min · 1.6 mi from downtown, 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
Downtown Silver Spring & Ellsworth Drive · Long Branch · Sligo Creek Park · The Fillmore · Piney Branch Road
Pupusas questions
What is curtido?
Are the pupusas gluten-free?
Is there a vegan pupusa?
Pupusas in Silver Spring?
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.