SO GOOD PUPUSAS
A taste of El Salvador with a side of social justice
HELP US #FUNDTHETRUCK
We've launched a crowdfunding campaign to get help us recover from Covid-19. With these funds, we aim to pay off operational debt from 2020, and re-open the business. We've been closed since summer of last year and we can't wait bring pupusas back to the people!
#pupusasforthepeople
#therevolutionwillbewellfed
Menu
But first... what is a pupusa?
From the homes and streets of El Salvador, pupusas are thick handmade tortillas, traditionally filled with meat, cheese, and beans, served with a side of curtido (pickled cabbage and carrots), and tomato salsa. Pupusas are a meal for any time of day or occasion. For our founders, they symbolize their family and home. The best pupusas are made with a lot of love!
Pupusas
Chicharon (Pork and Cheese): flavorful pork cooked down with veggies and paired with cheese for the perfect combination
Queso (Cheese): classic melty, crispy cheese
Frijoles (Black Beans): refried black beans straight from mama's kitchen
Ayote (Zucchini): also known as ayotillo, pipian, or calabaza, zucchini pupusas are a delicious vegetarian option
Bebidas (Drinks)
Horchata: a traditional Latin American refreshment, this drink can vary by country. Salvadoran horchata is made from the "morro" seed and has a grainy texture.
Location & Hours
WE ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED AND ARE WORKING ON GETTING BACK TO THIS SCHEDULE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH US!
Pupusa Tuesdays
Lakewood Cocoa Cinnamon
2013 Chapel Hill Rd.
Durham, NC 27707
Pupusa Thursdays
Latino Community Credit Union
100 W. Morgan St.
Durham, NC 27701
Lunch 11:00AM-2:00PM
Dinner 5:00PM-8:00PM
Follow us on FaceBook & Twitter for our location and hours throughout the week!
Catering
WHILE WE HAVE BEEN CLOSED FOR A FEW MONTHS, WE'RE EAGER TO GET BACK TO SERVING YOU DELICIOUS PUPUSAS! PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT YOU HAVING COMING UP TO SEE IF WE CAN START CATERING FOR YOU AGAIN SOON!
Email sogoodpupusas@gmail.com with the name and date of your event in the subject line. You can also fill out the catering form found below!
Guidelines:
More catering info:
Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments, please let us know. We're an early stage venture and would love your opinion. Catering inquiries can also be submitted below. Gracias :D
The application period closes at the end of April.
Negocio Con Proposito
In addition to selling our delicious pupusas, we hope to provide a mechanism for local culinary
entrepreneurs to sell their food, too.
Business for Good
The purpose of the “So Good Pupusas” is to provide delicious and authentic Salvadorian cuisine with a side of community empowerment and social change. In addition to selling our delicious pupusas, we hope to provide a mechanism for local culinary entrepreneurs to sell their food, too. Many Latinos in the Triangle make and sell food out of their vehicles, without the means to start a food truck or brick and mortar restaurant of their own. We hope to follow in their immigrant entrepreneurial spirit and create a mechanism for community members to sell their food and make a living by buying and selling their food through our food truck. We also will make our second food truck available to local restaurants for lease. That way brick and mortar restaurants have a food truck when they need it to work mobile events. Profit earned from this partnership will benefit Pupusas for Education.
Contact us below if you have questions or want to get involved, and look out for our crowdfunding campaign coming soon!
The Team
WE'RE HIRING! We're looking for a Food Truck Manager
Cecilia Polanco, CEO
Born in Los Angeles, California to Salvadoran immigrant parents, raised in Durham, NC along with her three older sisters, Cecilia is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she was a Morehead-Cain Scholars and a Global Gap Year Fellow through the Campus Y. She started So Good Pupusas with her family while she was in undergrad in 2015 and the non-profit Pupusas for Education in 2016. She majored in Global Studies with a minor in Geography, received a Business Essentials certificate from Kenan Flagler Business School.
She now runs business operations for So Good Pupusas, including pandemic recovery, research and new business developments, like the new consulting branch So Good Solutions specializing in small business and non-profit strategic consulting. With a strong racial equity and intersectional lens, she believes business can be a force for good and that pupusas can change the world.
Favorite Pupusa: Chicharon con queso, extra crispy
Yesenia L. Polanco-Galdamez, Business Advisor
A practicing attorney in Criminal Defense and Immigration Law, Yesenia was born in El Salvador and emigrated to the United States at the age of 3. She received her undergraduate degree in Romance Languages and Latino/a Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2005, and her J.D. from the University of the District of Columbia School of Law in 2008.
She is also a long-standing community leader, advocate for social change, learning, and all things positive as well as mentoring the next generation of leaders.
Favorite pupusa: Cheese pupusas with with crispy bits of cheese on the outside!
Sandra Polanco, Financial Advisor
A mother of three and superwoman all around, Sandra owns her own Tax and Accounting Business, Taxes Plus + located in Durham and Burlington. She is optimistic, positive, and full of energy as she encourages and supports the pupusa truck business, as well as serving on the Board for Pupusas for Education. Sometimes you can find her on the truck helping make pupusas!
Favorite pupusa: Beans and cheese!
Jeymi Dubon
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Lesly Gonzalez
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