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I was craving mofongo when I found this place. Cute & Simple inside, friendly customer service. The guy working the front was attentive. The Alcapurria masa was missing flavor even tho it had a beautiful fry on it. The meat inside wasn't bad. I was disappointed to not be given mayoketchup and the sauce was very runny, I didn't think it enhanced the Alcapurria at all. The yellow rice was also lacking in flavor, it needed more sazón or sofrito. And the cook on the rice itself was off but perhaps they had a bad batch that day. The Shrimp on the Mofongo was the best thing I had and I enjoyed the portion. The mofongo just needed more butter since the juice from the shrimp couldn't cover the whole serving. Overall I want to give them points it did help my craving of missing home, hopeful it was just an off day and they can hit with more sazón next time !
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.
Clean the decomposing food visible on the underside of the glass that covers the tables and I'll remove this 1 star review
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!
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.
They have Amazing Pupusas, great service, great price. I Highly recommend eating at El Boritracho.
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.
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.
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. :)
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!
5 days ago
I came here tonight to pick up some bean and cheese pupusas for dinner. We ordered 5 bean and cheese of masa and 1 bean and cheese of rice to try. The customer service here is great. Everyone is so friendly and energetic. They really make you feel welcomed. The location is well decorated, spacious and clean. The pupusas are next level. 5 stars. They are large, flavorful and really good. The rice one is just as good as the masa ones. The only thing they can improve is to try and higher quality curtido. Like pink curtido. read more
3 months ago
Great experience. The Pupusas were delicious. My favorite was the chicharron. But the item I loved the most and will be coming back soon to get was the alcapurras. Deep fried heaven. Got the beef. Fire! Anyone in the area, this is a must try. read more
2 months ago
7 months ago
I was craving mofongo when I found this place. Cute & Simple inside, friendly customer service. The guy working the front was attentive. The Alcapurria masa was missing flavor even tho it had a beautiful fry on it. The meat inside wasn't bad. I was disappointed to not be given mayoketchup and the sauce was very runny, I didn't think it enhanced the Alcapurria at all. The yellow rice was also lacking in flavor, it needed more sazón or sofrito. And the cook on the rice itself was off but perhaps they had a bad batch that day. The Shrimp on the Mofongo was the best thing I had and I enjoyed the portion. The mofongo just needed more butter since the juice from the shrimp couldn't cover the whole serving. Overall I want to give them points it did help my craving of missing home, hopeful it was just an off day and they can hit with more sazón next time ! read more
1 year ago
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. read more
3 months ago
Clean the decomposing food visible on the underside of the glass that covers the tables and I'll remove this 1 star review read more
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! read more
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. read more
8 months ago
They have Amazing Pupusas, great service, great price. I Highly recommend eating at El Boritracho. read more
9 months ago
1 year ago
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. read more
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Bella E.
Thanks for the review. We have been trying to get coco rico for more…
4 months ago
5 months ago
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. read more
2 years ago
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. :) read more
6 months ago
2 years ago
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! read more
1 year ago
6 months ago
Great service and awesome place to eat authentic Honduras and Puerto Rican food...the employees and owners are very friendly and welcoming read more
2 years ago
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 read more
1 year ago
Came in to order some tamales and an agua Fresca and they had quite a few options. They had some I've never of before so the cashier was nice enough to let me sample it and it was delicious. It was yellow cherry with cashew fruit. The music was very lively and the environment felt welcoming. I bought to go but will have to return for dine in. read more
1 year ago
2 years ago
2 years ago
Stopped here in hopes they had pasteles. They didn't, so I tried something else. Food is so good I stopped after 3 bites to leave this review. 5/5 read more
8 months ago
2 years ago
Fuimos por primera vez al "Boritracho" Un restaurante con comida de Puerto Rico y El Salvador. ¡Dejen y les cuento mi experiencia! Íbamos de camino, cuando notamos que el vehículo que transitaba frente a nosotros iba moviéndose en nuestra misma dirección. Y efectivamente, al llegar al restaurante ellos también se estacionaron frente al lugar. Salimos del carro casi corriendo para que no nos ganaran el turno. Nos recibió Rey, pienso que el dueño del lugar. Una persona muy amable y atenta. Enseguida nos ofreció Malta India, lo que nos llevó a recuerdos de la infancia. Nos dio el menú y en ese momento comenzó el problema, "todo tocaba mi corazón", por lo que la decisión final no fue fácil. Todos escogimos diferentes platos. Al llegar los alimentos pudimos apreciar la presentación y la porción, ambas muy buenas, pero el SABOR... Mmmmm... Pedí, arroz con gandules, mofongo y chuleta. ¡Qué puedo decir, ademas de SABROSO! La chuleta estaba exquisita. Muy bien preparada, de esas que cuando le das la primera probada, cierras tus ojos, suspiras y en un silencio solemne, saboreas y dices: "¡Deliciosa!". El mofongo estaba en su punto y el arroz con sabor auténtico. ¿Qué más puedo decir...? Tengo que volver... hay que probar las alcapurrias, el trifongo, el arroz mamposteado, etc, etc... Pasen por el "Boritracho" para que puedan saborear un poco de sabor Boricua, acá, en Citrus Height California!!! read more
6 months ago
1 year ago
Literally a hidden gem! If you aren't looking you'll drive right by this cute little spot. Glad we found it! We were greeted warmly and seated quickly. We tried a few things but the Pupusas were the star of the show! I've had Pupusas in El Salvador and other places, and these are some of the best! I went easy on the cabbage, salad and salsa until I was sure it wasn't going to be too spicy. Instead, it was perfect! Can't wait to go back for more. read more
Caribbean food I never had it before quite good this place had a monitor business and I was good cuz it's too crowded last time I recommend it if you want to try something new come here. read more
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Bella E.
Was a pleasure to serve you, Peter. Hope the next time you come, we…
1 year ago
2 years ago
I sat down and knew this was gonna be good! I have had fried plantains but never food like this! So fresh we got chicken, beef and shrimp! All meat was cooked to perfection! I was doing a little food dance, bf caught me mid dance! Don't skip this place. read more
I am always looking for my Caribbean food fix, and today I found it less than 10 min away from home , Rey was our server and he was great !! We had yucca frita, carne frita and tostones and all was delicious, main plate was pastelon and the wife had the fried chicken- all great !! Next time, we'll try their Salvadoran popussas! read more
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Bella E.
Thank you Mike, was a pleasure to serve you guys. Hope to see you…
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