El Salvadoreño offers a taste of El Salvador in JoCo

RESTAURANT REVIEW To standard pupusas and a hearty breakfast, this cafe adds an array of traditional dishes. By JILL WENDHOLT SILVA The Kansas City Star

By JILL WENDHOLT SILVA The Kansas City Star

Updated: 2012-02-23T01:26:12Z

Keith Myers

A vibrant “Savior of the World” mural watches over El Salvadoreño’s diners in downtown Overland Park.

El Salvadoreño

7926 Santa Fe Drive

Overland Park

913-871-6165

No website

Facebook: Yes

Star rating

Food: ??½

Service: ??

Atmosphere: ??

Hours: 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday

Entree average: $

Vegetarian options: Bean and cheese or loroco (like broccolini) pupusas, boiled and fried yucca, traditional breakfast without beans, enchiladas with no meat or ask your server.

Handicap accessible: Yes

Kids: High chairs are available.

Noise level: Perfect for pleasant conversation.

Reservations: First come, first served. But call for parties of more than six.

Star code:?  Fair, ?? Good, ??? Excellent, ???? Extraordinary

Price code: $ Average entree under $10; $$ Average entree under $20; $$$ Average entree under $30; $$$$ Average entree over $30

Code of ethics: Starred reviews are written after a minimum of two visits to a restaurant. When required, reservations are made in a name other than the reviewer’s. The Star pays for reviewer’s meals.

What to drink

El Salvadoreño does not have a liquor license. Still, the blenders behind the bar get a workout.

The café’s drink menu includes plenty of “liquados,” served in both slushy and milkshake styles. Horchata and fresh-squeezed limeade are popular, as is the tamarindo, an iced drink that tastes roughly like a cross between apple cider and iced tea.

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El Salvadoreño offers a taste of El Salvador in JoCo