Los Planes De Renderos Restaurant, San Francisco

Sample Menu

• Pupusa de chicharrón y queso
• Plantanos fritos
• Tamal de pollo

When to Go: Pupusas—here served with tangy cabbage slaw on the side—are tasty anytime, but come by for the holidays for a piping hot mug of atol shuco.

Inside Tips

• It’s cash only.
• Wash down pupusas with an agua fresca.

Vocab Lesson
Atol shuco: a Salvadoran comfort food, generally made with dark corn, squash, beans, and spices. Shuco translates to “dirty,” a name that comes from the dark color of this dish compared to other varieties.
Chicharrón: fried pork skins, used in many dishes and preparations across the Spanish-speaking world.
Pupusa: a thick corn tortilla stuffed with ingredients such as beans, meat, cheese, or veggies.

While You’re in the Neighborhood: Get dessert in the form of tres leches cake or guava cookies right next door at Pacita’s Salvadorean Bakery (10 Persia Avenue).