Pupusas in White Oak, MD
Handmade Salvadoran pupusas with curtido and fresh tomato salsa — including a vegan squash-and-spinach version. We're 9 min · 4.1 mi from White Oak, at 8739 Flower Avenue in Silver Spring.
White Oak rides New Hampshire Avenue down past the FDA's headquarters campus, nine minutes to Flower Avenue. For the office crowd that empties out of the federal campus at five, El Golfo's 3-to-7 happy hour is timed exactly right — and it beats every option in the White Oak Shopping Center for a sit-down client lunch.
From White Oak we're 9 min · 4.1 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
FDA White Oak campus · White Oak Shopping Center · New Hampshire Avenue · Paint Branch stream valley
Pupusas questions
What is curtido?
Are the pupusas gluten-free?
Is there a vegan pupusa?
Pupusas in White Oak?
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.