Holy wow!
The food here is AWESOME.
Seriously, if any Yelper wants to come here to try it for the first time and they have no one to try it with, please send me a message ahead of time just so I can join you and have an excuse to eat there multiple times. Yeah, I'm serious.
I've never been to El Salvador and have never eaten Salvadoran food. I had no idea what "pasteles" were, but they remind me of India's samosas and I would've stuffed myself silly with them if I had an endless supply. I was actually secretly mad that my friends looked at what I ordered and took away huge chunks of it to "sample". Doesn't "sample" imply "tiny little bite"? Since when did its definition change to "help yourself to a huge chunk that's up to one-third of the whole piece"... times two for both the friends I was with? Jerks.
I don't even remember the name of my main entree. It had chicken and onions sauteed in a delicious sauce, some really unique-looking and tasty bean dip thing, and rice. A tiny cup of soup preceded each of our meals. All of this was accompanied by a thick, Salvadoran-style tortilla thing that I also forget the name of.
Nothing fancy here in terms of atmosphere/vibe. The decor is interesting enough, but it's basically like a no-frills typical Phoenix Mexican dive except nothing is even remotely Mexican. No liquor either, which kind of irked my friends at first when I dragged them here and forced them to try it.
They thanked me later.