El Padrino Restaurant

5020d 17 Ave SE, Calgary
(403) 312-2400

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Pork Beef Chicken Beans Rice and Salad
Huevos Estrellados No Salsa
Pupusas and Tacos De Asada
Pupusas Salvadoreñas
Frijoles Con Queso
Pupusas Revueltas
Pasteles de Pollo
Pork\u0026Cheese
Tamales De Pollo
Jalapeño&Cheese

Quesabirria
Quesabirria
Slow cooked beef folded into a tortilla with melted cheese topped off with cilantro onions, lemon and served with a side of broth for dipping.

Meat on the grill /Steak/Chicken/Pork
Carne asada
8 onz Sirloin Steak Comes with beans rice pico de callo option add on shrimp French fries or salad
Puerco asado
Pork steak bbq style served with rice pico de callo beans option add on shrimp French fries, salad
Pollo asado
chicken breast on the grill served with rice pico de callo beans , option add on shrimp French fries or salad

Mexican
Enchiladas Mexican
Chicken rolled in tortillas topped with sauce and mozzarella. Served with beans and rice. Garnished with cilantro
Burritos
This is our twist on the burrito Beef beans and rice rolled in three flour tortillas topped with sour cream cheese pico de gallo And garnished with a slice of avocado Perfect in every way and satisfying
Quesadilla
Delicious quesadilla choose from chicken or beef both so satisfying . Topped off with sour cream pico de gallo served with beans and rice.
Tostadas
Crispy tortilla brushed with refried beans and topped off with your choice of beef or chicken, lettuce sour cream mozzarella pico de gallo on top
Chilaquiles
Chips with salsa verde queso onions and sour cream add chicken for $4
Quesabirria
Slow cooked beef folded into a tortilla with melted cheese topped off with cilantro onions , lemon and served with a side of broth for dipping .

Tacos
Tacos (3pcs
One order comes with three tacos Salsa verde salsa rojo and a lime enjoy !!

Pozole /and sopas
Pozole Verde Chicken
Shredded chicken and broth Seasoned with poblano,jalapeño tomatillo and various spices Served with shredded cabbage slices and radishes ,minced onions Oregano and a slice of avacado . In-house made chips with a lime
Pozole Rojo Pork
Shredded pork Pork broth seasoned with Chile Gaujillo ,Chile ancho and various spices Topped with shredded cabbage sliced radishes minced onions oregano a slice of avocados and lime
Sopa de res only on Sunday's
Salvadorian beef soup
Sopa de tortilla
Sopa de frijoles
This sopa is so delicious has pork ribs beans avocado's crema and feta

Pescado frito
Deep fried tilapia smaller fish
Deep fried tilapia with rice salad ,two tortillas option add on shrimp French fries ,salad
Pescado frito bigger fish
Deep fried tilapia this one is a monster enough for two people to share , comes with salad and rice option for shrimp for extra cost

Beverages
Horchata
A Salvadorian drink Contains milk vanilla cinnamon And roasted rice 22 onz
Agua de Jamaica
Agua de tamarindo
Tamarin juice freshly made in house 22 onz
Jarrito de piña
Pineapple flavoured soda from Mexico
Jarrito de mango
Mango flavoured soda from Mexico
Jarrito de Guayaba
Guava flavoured soda from Mexico
Cola Champagne
a sugarcane-flavored soda From El Salvador
Jarrito Mandarin
Mandarin flavoured soda from Mexico
Coke Zero
7 up
Ginger ale
Rootbeer
Mexican cola
Cola from Mexico Glass bottle

Appetizers
Platano frito /fried plantain
Fried plantain with sour cream
yuca frita y chicharron
Fried pork belly with fried cassava Comes with a cabbage salad ,tomato sauce
nachos de pollo
chicken nachos comes with in house sour cream and salsa
Shrimp and chips
Deep fried shrimp with western fries comes with mild spicy crema

La Pupusa frita
Deep fried Pupusas
Deep fried Pupusa comes with one deep fried egg, avocados crema and ranchero sauce If u want it to be spicy mention make spicy pls

Desert/Postre
Quesadilla Salvadoreña
Is a pan dolce similar to a pound cake made with rice flour and queso duro blando and topped with sesame seeds very popular in El Salvador
Flan
Creamy caramel flan caramel pudding or caramel custard is a custard dessert with a layer of clear caramel sauce Topped off with whip cream and a cherry

Sides
Choose sides

Pupusa Combos
Combo One
Two pupusas, two pasteles, salsa, and curtido.
Combo Two
Two pupusas, two pasteles, two taquitos, salsa, and curtido.
Combo Three
Two pupusas, two tacos, salsa, curtido, and hot sauce.
Combo Four
One pupusa, one taco, one pastel, one taquito, salsa, and curtido.
Combo Five
Three pupusas, salsa, and curtido.
Combo six
Two Pupusas and one tamal with salsa and curtido
La Pupusa frita
deep fried Pupusas topped with sunny side eggs crema avocados and ranchero sauce
Putaco
Pick your taco flavour the pupusa comes with cheese . Only the birria option will have the caldo with it

Cervezas and Micheladas
Modelo especial
You must be 18 and over with a valid ID, and not intoxicated to order.
Negra modelo
You must be 18 and over with a valid ID, and not intoxicated to order.
Corona extra
You must be 18 and over with a valid ID, and not intoxicated to order.
Heineken
You must be 18 and over with a valid ID, and not intoxicated to order.

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Recent Reviews

We were craving Spanish food and this spot showed up. With the great reviews we decided to try it out. It’s such a cute little restaurant! Since they make all dishes fresh there was a bit of a wait for the food but man it was SO WORTH IT!! The food was AMAZING! The quesabirria is the best I have had in Calgary!! The chicken tacos were so juicy and the salsa verde - chefs kiss!! The bean and cheese pupusa was also very good!! The owner was chatting with us for a bit and he’s...
June 2025
Such a hidden gem!!! We stopped in for a quick snack and this spot is too good! We were lucky to be in first as it then got super busy (well deserved!). Our server was so sweet & kind as we fumbled with our limited Spanish (we were practicing). We got the Al pastor and chicken tacos and they were excellent!!
June 2025
Incredible food in a place that's sadly tucked away, so you have to be looking for it. This is food I know I'll be craving in the future. We had the revueltas pupusas and the birria and al pastor tacos. It was all great, but the pupusas were the highlight
June 2025

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El Padrino Restaurant

5020d 17 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2A 0V6
(403) 312-2400