Chero's Pupuseria - Panajachel

While there is only one vegan option, it is absolutely NEXT LEVEL!!!! The homemade hot sauce picante pickled veggies really take the meal up a notch. I like to try lots of different places when I travel and normally I prefer to eat at spots where there are more options, but I will certainly be back to enjoy more frijole rojo pupusas before leaving Panajachel. Don’t be discouraged by there only being one option for us veganos it is a DELISH meal! As a side note, be sure to specify that you want your pupusa SIN QUESO!

If you are vegan you really have one option: red bean filling. However, it’s cheap and delicious and with the pickled cabbage and salsa it makes a decent meal with 2-3 pupusas. At the time of our visit it was 12Q each.

I have been eating there forever. Inexpensive and half the pupusas are vegetarian. Two and a beer is a great dinner. Note that chero means friend in El Salvador so it is Friend 's Bar . (The owner is named Ricardo even though people think his name is Chero.

Pupusas are great for filling, inexpensive meals. There are other pupusarías in Panajachel, so why Chero's? Few pupusarías make vegan pupusas--they mix cheese in with the veggies and that's that. Chero's has no problem making pupusas without cheese. There are several fillings to choose from, including black beans, spinach, and mushrooms. You get a lot of food for the price. Pupusas come with curtido, tomato sauce, and spicy pickled vegetables. A pupusa with three fillings costs Q11, or about $1.50 US. Two pupusas makes a filling meal. The ambiance leaves something to be desired. The room is often hot (not much air flow), and it's on a busy corner with loud busses going by. Updated from previous review on 2018-07-07

If you are vegan, you really have an option: red bean filling. However, it is cheap and tasty and with the plastered cabbage and salsa it makes a decent meal with 2-3 pupusas. At the time of our visit it was 12Q each.