Columbus has a beautiful mixture of worldwide fare, with dozens of eating places representing quite a few Latin American international locations and areas alone. And right here’s one other one so as to add to your listing: El Pulgarcito, a family-run Salvadoran spot in Whitehall!
You’ll discover El Pulgarcito within the middle of a small strip mall on East Predominant Avenue. It occupies two storefronts, with a good-sized patio out entrance. One room is the principle eating space, whereas the second encompasses a bar.
In case you’re getting a meal there, you can begin with a pair refreshing drinks, just like the pineapple-centric piña and their house-made horchata.
The Salvadoran enchiladas function a pair of open-faced crispy shells layered with refried beans, cabbage, picadillo de verdura, shredded hen, cotija cheese, and slices of greens. Scrumptious, and positively a knife-and-fork affair.
One of many signature dishes in Salvadoran fare is pupusas, griddled cornmeal muffins full of quite a lot of meats, cheese, greens, beans. You’ll discover quite a few completely different combos on the menu, and you actually can’t go mistaken with any of them. If unsure, ask your server for his or her favorites.
Our server additionally insisted we strive some empanadas.
The gorgeous empanadas will be full of beef, hen, cheese, and include pickled onions and a candy cream sauce, described on the menu as a “Salvadoran sauce.”
Our massive entree was the El Pulgarcito asada particular. It’s a beneficiant plate of properly seasoned asada, hen, shrimp, and a very good Salvadoran chorizo, accompanied by black beans, rice, pico de gallo, and a pair of thick tortillas.
We additionally tasted a pair desserts, a few of which have been particular simply to Lent and Easter. The torrejas are ridiculously wealthy and custardy slices of French toast, dowsed in a deeply candy syrup.
The nuegadas de yucca are little fritters of sentimental, doughy yucca, fried crispy and served with syrup as effectively.
And there’s far more to discover on El Pulgarcito’s menu: extra meat platters, seafood, tortas, soups, quesadillas, breakfast (!), even some Mexican specialties.
El Pulgarcito is open Monday-Thursday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday-Saturday, 7 a.m. to 2 a.m., and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.
El Pulgarcito
5133 E. Predominant St.
Columbus, OH 43213
(614) 626-0063
FB: El Pulgarcito Genuine Latin Restaurant
IG: @elpulgarcitocolumbus
