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    El Boritracho

    4.6 (106 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 10:00 pm

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    Menu - Breakfast, Appetizers, Snacks, and Pupusa as of 4/17/25
    Belinda C.

    After getting my walk-in haircut the last hour before closing, I noticed several customers still arriving and other people wandering into El Boritracho, the restaurant next door. I had never noticed the unassuming 2 year old restaurant before, but El Boritracho was already on my radar as a pupusa restaurant. El Boritracho is a portmanteau or blended word of Boricua (slang term for a Puerto Rican person) and Catracho (slang term for a Honduran man). The restaurant made up the word for its name. El Boritracho serves primarily Puerto Rican, Honduran, and Salvadorean food. There is a menu section with Mexican food. I decided to order two pupusas, $4 each: - Chicharon y Queso (Pork and Cheese) - Loroco y Queso (Loroco Flower and Cheese) A pupusa comes with Tomato Sauce and Cabbage Salad (aka Cultivo or Curtido). The Loroco and Cheese pupusa was very cheesy. You could do a cheese pull with it! I always order this type of pupusa to compare pupusa restaurants. Sometimes, restaurants don't fill pupusas much given they are flat, so I feel the cheese only pupusa is the best gauge. You could see and taste the pork in the Pork and Cheese pupusa. I would try the Chicken and Cheese pupusa in the future. The manager says they use chicken leg meat in it, so it should be tender. I enjoyed eating pupusas with the tomato sauce and cabbage salad. The menu says the pupusas could be made of either corn or rice. Might be interesting to try a rice flour pupusa someday. Recommended Dishes by Manager: * El Boritracho (beef, chicken, shrimp, rice, beans, trifongo, salad) * Pastelon (plantain lasagna) * Caldo de Mariscos (seafood soup) Manager's Favorites: * El Boritracho * Baleadas Hondurenas (breakfast tacos - meat, mashed beans, cheese, crema in a homemade tortilla) * Tamarind Juice * Maracuya or Passion Fruit Juice The manager was nice to offer me a sample Soursop juice given I didn't know what it was. The taste reminded me of guava nectar, but it's milky in color, not pink. Soursop is a spiky green fruit. If you pay cash, total will be lower, maybe because you avoid the credit card fee. I think the menu prices might include tax, or maybe it's an April tax month promo? Anyway, I thought the pupusas were reasonably priced. While I was there, a few parties dined in, but I suspect more customers order to go since the decor and ambiance are basic. There are about 8 tables of 4 and 2 tables set up for 6. The tables of 6 comprised of 2 tables of 4. I recommend watching the food slide show on the TV monitors for inspiration on what to order. The manager is friendly and helpful to answer questions and make recommendations. I thought the Casamiento, the Salvadoran rice and beans, looked yummy in pics. It is similar to Cajun or Creole dirty rice. From Yelp pics, it appears there are 2 or 3 different rices offered at the restaurant. Read the menu descriptions carefully for which rice accompanies your entree: * Rice (Arroz) * Gandules Rice (Arroz con Gandules - Puerto Rican rice with pigeon peas) * Casamiento (Salvadoran rice and beans) You can order Puerto Rican Mofongo and Trifongo here! I'm happy to have found a friendly and yummy pupuseria without having to drive all the way to Sacramento! Give El Boritracho a try.

    K E.

    They have Amazing Pupusas, great service, great price. I Highly recommend eating at El Boritracho.

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    Julia C.

    Do yourself a favor and try this place!! Very authentic Salvadorian food, I went with my in-laws who are Salvadorian, and everything we had was so delicious. From the pupusas, to the empanadas salvadoreñas, to the boritracho, everything was just delicious. For far too long, we have been searching for a great pupusa place in Sacramento and thanks to this restaurant, we finally have one! The inside of the restaurant itself was very cozy and welcoming. The staff were extremely friendly and the music playing just set such a comfortable vibe. I would easily make a 45+ minute drive just to eat here and can't wait to go back!

    I really got way too excited about this beer from PR.
    Sara E.

    You've got to love a restaurant that serves a little bit of everything, and that's what we found at El Boritracho in Citrus Heights. I brought a couple of friends as I knew I'd want to order several dishes. We started with the Botanas plate with shrimp, beef, casava and plantain to taste a little bit of many things. Highly recommend. I will never, ever pass up tostones so we got an order of these as well. SO good. Next we had empanadas and an alcapurria. These weren't on the menu. The empanadas were good but the alcapurria was a little over done. Of course I had to try the mofongo with carne frita. I usually order my mofongo with shrimp (or conch if available) but one of my friends dining with me doesn't eat seafood, so fried beef it was. Very tasty. We also tried the Sopa de Gallino or Chicken Soup. Not sure how I managed to miss the picture of the broth. But the chicken was wonderfully seared and the broth so flavorful. We also tried the pupusas revueltos and they were delicious. I mean, most of the rest was Puerto Rican, but I can never say no to a pupusa. The highlight for me was Medalla on the menu. When my dad worked in PR in the 90s it was his favorite beverage. I rarely see it in the states and I've NEVER seen it in California. That was a nice and tasty surprise. I normally go into San Francisco for mofongo, but it's nice to know there's a good option closer to home.

    Shrimp cocktail

    Great service and awesome place to eat authentic Honduras and Puerto Rican food...the employees and owners are very friendly and welcoming

    Platanos maduros (sweet plantains)
    Yarissa M.

    Good service, great music and ambience. Alcapurries were sweeter that they should and their dipping sauce was very runny. The flan is a cheese flan. The pollo frito and yuca balls with cheese were really good. A bit pricey, and they didn't have coco rico.

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    Sofia G.

    It's rare to find Puerto Rican or Honduran restaurants in Sacramento and here you get both! This is a small spot with Puerto Rican and Honduran flags proudly hanging all over the walls. They also have Salvadoran food (and flags). We tried the pupusas and two different mofongo plates. I had the mofongo with shrimp on top and the sauce was delicious! We also had a passion fruit juice, guanábana juice, and Salvadoran horchata. (Yes this type of horchata tastes different than Mexican horchata and I love it. ) The servers were friendly. I would come back again.

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    Joelle R.

    I was staying about 45 minutes away but had to try the food when I saw the menu! From the minute I walked in, greeted by very friendly staff (shout-out to Rey who knew what to recommend the minute I mentioned I was from PR!), fun merengue music, and smells of home! Ordered the fried fish with tostones (fried plantains) and they were delicious - and too much for one person but I couldn't resist! The cold malta India on the side was the final touch. If you're thinking about it, try it! You wont regret the mini vacation. :)

    My partners birthday at El Boritracho.
    Sandra M.

    I love this restaurant!!!! Five stars deserved! Thank you for great service and making me more homesick. I'm Nuyorican and this is the food I grew up on in NYC and going to PR as a kid. My partner is Guatemalan-Honduran American. So this is our place. Treated us like Kings. The food is off the hook and typical Latino portions. Come Hungry!! Nade me so happy! Thank you!

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    Great customer service amazing food The person who took our order was very nice and kind, and he told us a little story about his hometown

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    The food is delicious the service is amazing totally worth it prices are very affordable

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    First time here and the food was wonderful. Great service also.I would definitely recommend

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    Excellent service and food very tasty. The place is clean and very friendly. Definitely will go back.

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    Authentic, and clean. Plain food for plain tastes who are interested in Boriquien food - great that they had a cold beer selection!

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