La Chalupa Taqueria & Pupuseria
3501 Clayton Rd
Concord, CA 94519
(925) 682-8176
Category: Mexican
3.5 star rating
Step into the striking yellow walled Salvadorian pupuseria and find yourself a seat along the open counter. You can watch the ladies making the pupsas that you just ordered. Tender chewy corn pillows stuffed with traditional cheese filling, oozing melted cheese and crusty cheese bits- as well as pork, pork , pork-revuelta (pork & cheese), loroco ( squash flowers & cheese), and refried beans & cheese- topped with the curtido-crunchy , tangy, zesty pickled cabbage and hot sauce. One is enough for lunch. Especially if you're ordering other goodies to share like the fried plantain with sour cream or the tamal (creamy and delicate, wrapped in a banana leaf). The meat is fresh, fresh, fresh (walked over in bare hands ) from the adjacent market's meat counter. Skip the burritos, tacos and mole (bleh) as not up to the same gold standard. Popular and supported by the local crowd of working guys on lunch break and families with kids, it can get busy, with long waits for the delicious pupusas. But well worth it