El Pulgarcito Restaurant

3838 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria
(703) 549-4549

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Ensalada de Pechuga de Pollo Asado
Chips N Salsa Home Made
Enchiladas Salvadoreno
Pupusas Salvadorenas
El Pulgarcito
Asado Latino
Pescado Frito
Plato Tipico
Quesadilla

Menu

Featured items
Sopa de Pollo
Chicken soup. Broiled chicken thigh and leg bone-in with mix vegetables.
Plato Tipico
Carne asada and chicken breast with avocado and Salvadoran cheese, rice, refried beans, and salad.
Carne Asada
Salvadoran style Carne Asada accompanied with refried beans, rice, and salad.
Traditional Salvadorian Juices
Horchata, Tamarindo, Melon and Maranon.
Steak and Cheese
Beef or Chicken topped with Mozzarella cheese on a 6 to 8 inch sub roll. *Served with lettuce tomato, onion and french fried (cook to order
Asado Latino
Chorizo, carne asada, chicken breast, fish fillet, and shrimp topped a sauce over rice accompanied with refried beans and salad.
Tacos Salvadorano
handmade thick tortilla or thin. each taco come with dice tomato, red and yellow and cilantro. other words Chimole. top of that is fresh tomatoe sauce with chopped cilantro. taco also come with salsa verde and lime wedge.
Mar y Tierra
Surf and turf. Shrimps, mussels, and carne asada accompanied with rice, refried beans, and salad.
Pechuga de Pollo Asado
Broiled chicken breast with onions. Served with rice, refried beans, and salad.
El Pulgarcito
House special. Carne asada and broiled chicken with three shrimp sauteed buttery wine sauce topped over rice accompanied with refried beans and salad.
Lomo Saltado de Res
Strips of grilled Steak sauteed with onion, tomato, carrot, green peppers with steak fries accompanied with refried beans, rice, and salad.

Most Popular
Asado Latino
Chorizo, carne asada, chicken breast, fish fillet, and shrimp topped a sauce over rice accompanied with refried beans and salad.
Tacos Salvadorano
handmade thick tortilla or thin. each taco come with dice tomato, red and yellow and cilantro. other words Chimole. top of that is fresh tomatoe sauce with chopped cilantro. taco also come with salsa verde and lime wedge.
Carne Asada
Salvadoran style Carne Asada accompanied with refried beans, rice, and salad.
Sopa de Pollo
Chicken soup. Broiled chicken thigh and leg bone-in with mix vegetables.

Appetizers
Enchiladas Salvadoreno
A handmade tortilla fried then top has layer of refried bean, repollo, tomato sauce,sliced tomato and avocado topped with grated cheese.
Tacos Salvadorano
handmade thick tortilla or thin. each taco come with dice tomato, red and yellow and cilantro. other words Chimole. top of that is fresh tomatoe sauce with chopped cilantro. taco also come with salsa verde and lime wedge.
Pupusas Salvadorenas
Handmade thick tortilla stuffed with unique flavors.
Nacho Especiales
Crisp fried tortilla topped with refried beans, two cheeses, tomato sauce, sweet jalapeno, sour cream, and guacamole.
Yuca con Chicharron
Cassava with delicious large dice fried pork.
Quesadilla
Flour tortilla filled with cheese. Served with guacamole and sour cream.
Cocktail de Camarones
Shrimp cocktail. Chimole, avocado, cilantro, and tomato sauce.

Salvadoran Style Soups
Sopa de Pollo
Chicken soup. Broiled chicken thigh and leg bone-in with mix vegetables.
Sopa de Res (Beef soup)
Sopa de Mondongo
Beef tripe soup. Beef tripe seasoned and boiled with Salvadoran flavor soup.
Sopa de Mariscos
Seafood soup. Shrimps, squid, fish fillet, mussels, clam, and blue crabs.
Sopa de Pescado Frito
Fry fish soup. Fried fish soak in Salvadoran flavor soup.

Salads
Ensalada de Carne asada
Broiled chicken breast with lettuce, sliced tomato, onion, carrot, cucumber, reddish, and green peppers.
Ensalada El Pulgarcito
Pollo con camaron. Broil chicken breast and shrimp bed with lettuce, slice tomato, onion, reddish cucumber, and green peppers.
Ensalada de Pechuga de Pollo Asado
Broiled chicken breast with lettuce, sliced tomato, onion, carrot, cucumber, reddish, and green peppers.
Ensalada en Tortilla Frita
Carne o pollo. Fried tortilla fill with rice chicken or beef topped with sour cream, guacamole, chimole, shredded cheese, tomato sauce accompanied with lettuce, onion, pepper green, and tomato.
Ensalada de Camarones
sauteed shrimp with lettuce, sliced tomato, onion, carrot, cucumber, reddish, and green peppers.

Chicken
Pechuga de Pollo Asado
Broiled chicken breast with onions. Served with rice, refried beans, and salad.
Pollo Encebollado
Sauteed chicken strips with onions accompanied with rice, refried beans, and salad.
Pollo a la Crema
Strips of grilled chicken breast sautéed in cream mushroom sauce accompanied with rice, refried beans, and salad.
Pollo con Salsa Marsala
Broiled Chicken breast topped mozzarella cheese, mushroom and Marsala sauce served with rice and salad

Beef
Carne Asada
Salvadoran style Carne Asada accompanied with refried beans, rice, and salad.
Filet de Carne Asada
Broiled sirloin steak accompanied with refried beans, rice, and salad.
Lomo Saltado de Res
Strips of grilled Steak sauteed with onion, tomato, carrot, green peppers with steak fries accompanied with refried beans, rice, and salad.
Bistec Entomatado
Carne asada sauteed with seasoned tomato sauce accompanied with refried beans, rice, and salad.

Salva-Mex
Fajita Mixtas
Chicken, beef, and shrimp. Sautéed with sliced onion, tomato and green pepper accompanied with rice, refried beans and salad.
Burrito de Pollo o Res
Veggie Burrito
Filled with rice, refried beans, topped with refried beans, guacamole, sour cream, shredded cheese, tomato sauce accompanied with refried beans, and salad.
Fajita de Res
Sautéed with sliced onion, tomato and green pepper accompanied with rice, refried beans and salad.
Fajita de Camarone (Shrimp)
6 shrimp Sautéed with sliced onion, tomato and green pepper accompanied with rice, refried beans and salad.
Fajita de Pollo
Sautéed with sliced onion, tomato and green pepper accompanied with rice, refried beans and salad.
Veggie Fajita
Sauteed with sliced onion, tomato, green pepper accompanied with refried beans, rice, and salad.

Combinations
Mar y Tierra
Surf and turf. Shrimps, mussels, and carne asada accompanied with rice, refried beans, and salad.
Plato Tipico
Carne asada and chicken breast with avocado and Salvadoran cheese, rice, refried beans, and salad.
Asado Latino
Chorizo, carne asada, chicken breast, fish fillet, and shrimp topped a sauce over rice accompanied with refried beans and salad.
El Pulgarcito
House special. Carne asada and broiled chicken with three shrimp sauteed buttery wine sauce topped over rice accompanied with refried beans and salad.
Lomo Saltado
Strips grilled pork sautéed with onion, tomato, green pepper with steak fries accompanied with rice, refried beans and salad

Seafood
Filet de Pescado Asado
Fish fillet. Season fish fillet accompanied with rice, refried beans, and salad.
Camarones a la Crema
Large Shrimp sautéed in creamy mushroom sauce accompanied with rice, refried beans and salad.
Camarones Emtomado
Sauteed shrimps in tomatoe sauce with green pepper, onion, and tomato accompanied with rice, refried beans, and salad.
Mariscada al Sarten
Seafood sauteed. Sauteed shrimps, squid, calamari, mussels, fish fillet, and scallops in garlic butter sauce with green pepper, onion, and tomato accompanied with rice, refried beans, and salad.
Salmon Filet
seasoned and cooked over the flat grill accompanied with rice, refried beans, and salad.
Pescado Frito
Tilapia pan-fried a whole fish accompanied with rice, refried beans, and salad.
Camarones al Vino
Large shrimp sauteed in butter wine sauce with garlic and cilantro accompanied with rice, refried beans, and salad.

Pastas
Pasta de Camarones
Sauteed shrimps with mushroom sauce. Served accompanied with two tortilla and salad.
Pasta Camarones con Pollo
Broiled chicken breast strips with sauteed shrimps in creamy mushroom sauce. Served over linguine pasta accompanied two tortilla with salad.
Pasta de Carne asada con Crema
Carne Asada strips with mushroom sauce. Served accompanied with two tortilla and salad.
Pasta de Pollo
Grilled chicken breast strips with mushroom sauce. Served accompanied with two tortilla and salad.
Pasta con Mariscos
Mussels, calamari, shrimps, clam, and fish filet sauteed in wine sauce over linguine pasta accompanied two tortilla with salad.

Beverages
Traditional Salvadorian Juices
Horchata, Tamarindo, Melon and Maranon.
Coca Cola
Ensalada de Frutas
Salvadorian fruit juice.
Fanta/Sunkist
Ensalada de Fruta Grande
chop green and red apple, orange, pineapple with Cashew Juicy
Spirte
Diet Coke
Fresco grande
Horchata, Melon, Maranon o Tamarido

Burger and Subs
Chicken Burger w cheese
grill chicken breast, American cheese, lettuce, tomato and mayo. come with fries
Steak and Cheese
Beef or Chicken topped with Mozzarella cheese on a 6 to 8 inch sub roll. *Served with lettuce tomato, onion and french fried (cook to order
CheeseBurger
*Served with lettuce tomato, and American Cheese with french fried (cook to order
hamburger
*Served with lettuce tomato and french fried (cook to order)

Extra side
Platano Frito Solo / only Fried Platains
Extra Handmade Tortilla
Arroz/Rice
Guacamole
Chip y Salsa
Frijoles Frito / Refried Bean
Queso Extra / Slice cheese
Crema / Sour Cream
Sour Cream
Jalapeno Cosinado
French Fries

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Recent Reviews

Food: cheese pupusa, cheese and bean pupusa, plantains, yucca.

The pupusas were decent, but a little thick for my taste. The red sauce wasn't spicy at all, the cabbage didn't taste very marinated which came with the pupusas. The plantains were good enough. The yucca was too hard and overly deep fried. Moreover, I ordered only yucca but the server brought yucca with some type of meat. I didn't complain because I am open to chance, but the...
February 2026
We're visiting family and was craving pupusas so decided to give this place a try. We ordered Uber Eats and waited patiently. IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT, THE PUPUSAS WERE AMAZING!!! We ordered cheese, revueltas (pork and cheese), and cheese with loroco. They were all authentic and delicious. We also ordered the yucca with chicharron (fried pork belly) and it was fantastic. I wish I could take the restaurant home with me! You must try it out!
December 2025
Great little hidden gem in Arlandria-Chirilagua! I didn't realize El Pulgarcito has been around since 1999 and is a family-owned restaurant. Loved the pupusas and tamarindo juice. The pescato frito was wow! Also recommend the Asado Latino.
July 2025

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El Pulgarcito Restaurant

3838 Mt Vernon Ave, Alexandria, VA 22305
(703) 549-4549