El Cuscatleco Menu
Introducing El Cuscatleco, a culinary gem located at 4212 Garrett Rd, Durham, NC. This restaurant specializes in vibrant Salvadoran cuisine, offering a menu packed with flavorful, fresh dishes. Diners rave about the cheese and pork pupusas, hailed as the best in town, and the plato tipico, a delightful sampler featuring traditional favorites like tamales and yuca fritas. Patrons consistently commend the generous portions at affordable prices.
While the ambiance can get lively — especially on karaoke nights — the quality of the food shines through. Reviews highlight the chicken breast salad as a standout, so delicious it requires no dressing. The friendly service adds to the welcoming atmosphere, making it a delightful dining experience. With dishes that evoke the heart of Salvadoran culture, El Cuscatleco is a must-visit for anyone craving authentic, comforting food.
Desserts
Cheesecake
Fried Ice Cream
Atol De Elote
Sopapilla
Salvadoran Flan
Cassava Nuts / Nuegados De Yuca
Beef Fajita
Served with tortillas, fried beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and salad.
Combo Fajitas (2)
Beef, chicken and shrimp.
Shrimp Fajita
Served with tortillas, fried beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and salad.
Seafood Fajita
Served with tortillas, fried beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and salad.
Chicken Fajita
Served with tortillas, fried beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and salad.
Combination Fajita
Served with tortillas, fried beans, pico de gallo, sour cream, guacamole, and salad. With your choice of protein.
Sizzling Fajitas
Especialidades De La Casa
Bistec A La Tampiquena
Steak topped with onion, tomatoes, bell peppers, and burrito sauce. Served with rice, beans, and salad.
Mariscos Al Mojo De Ajo
Sauteed shrimp, scallops, and red snapper in sauce of garlic, green peppers, and onions. Served with Mexican rice and beans.
Mi Parrillada
Grilled steak, shrimp, and chicken breast. Served with rice, beans, and salad.
Chilaquiles De Res
Sauteed corn tortilla chips with beef, lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole.
Carne Asada
Beef steak cooked to perfection. Served with rice, beans, and salad.
Mariscos Salteado
Shrimp and scallops sauteed with tomatoes, onions, green peppers, jalapeno peppers, and cilantro. Served with rice and beans.
El Campesino
Grilled beef steak, sunny side up eggs, and hard home style cheese. Served with refried beans, fried plantains, and roasted jalapenos.
Mar Y Tierra
New York strip steak and large shrimp. Served with rice, beans, and salad.
El Migueleno
Fried pork ribs, grilled chicken breast, and shrimp with head and shell on. Served with yellow Spanish rice and salad.
Chilaquiles De Pollo
Sauteed corn tortilla chips with chicken, lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole.
Bistec Ranchero
Grilled steak topped with onion, tomatoes, and peppers. Served with rice, beans, and salad.
El Guadalajara
Grilled steak, chicken tamale, and taquito frito. Served with rice, beans, and salad.
Horchata
Milkshake
Fresa, mango or banana.
Soda
Coca-Cola or Diet Coke.
Orange Juice
Melon
Tamarind / Tamarindo
Pina
Soft Drinks
Chimichangas
Chimichanga De Pollo
Chicken chimichanga.
Chimichanga Marinera
Seafood chimichanga.
Chimichanga De Carne
Beef chimichanga.
House Salad
Fresh lettuce, tomato, carrots, peppers, and house dressing.
Taco Salad
Crispy flour tortilla shell with beef or chicken, rice, beans, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream, and guacamole.
Chicken Breast Salad
Fresh salad with grilled chicken pieces, cheese, tomato, and cucumber.
Salads
Poultry
Arroz Con Pollo
Grilled chicken strips with ranchero sauce on top.
Pechuga De Pollo Frita
Breaded, fried chicken breast.
Pollo Loco
Grilled chicken breast covered with a special sauce.
Pollo A La Plancha
Well seasoned grilled chicken breast.
Chicken With Cream / Pollo Con Crema
Chicken With Onions / Pollo Encebollado
Pollo Ranchero
Chicken breast cover with spicy ranchero sauce.
Taquitos Monterrey
Flour tortilla chicken.
Chicken Fajita Combination
Served with beans and salad.
1 Chile Relleno And One Taco
Huevos Rancheros Combination
Two eggs sunny side up with Mexican salsa and sour cream. Served with tortillas.
Enchilada And 1 Burrito Combination
Served with rice and beans.
Burrito And Taco Combination
2 Eggs And Fried Plantain Combination
Two eggs and one fried plantain served with rice and beans.
Burrito Supreme Combination
One beef and one chicken with lettuce and guacamole.
Chilaquiles De Pollo Combination
Served with sunny side up eggs and yellow rice.
Quesadilla De Pollo Combo
Chicken quesadilla served with rice and salad.
2 Cheese Enchiladas Combo
Two cheddar cheese enchiladas covered with enchilada sauce and more cheese.
Chalupa And Enchilada Combination
Pollo Fundido
Covered with cheese sauce.
1 Pupusa And 1 Chicken Tamale Combination
1 Enchilada And 1 Tamale Combination
One enchilada and one tamale served with rice and beans.
Chile Relleno Combination
With your choice of beef, chicken, or cheese and one chalupa.
Tacos Combination
Bean, chicken or beef.
Speedy Gonzales
One taco and one enchilada.
Combination Platters
Appetizers
Shrimp Quesadilla
Grilled flour with Monterey Jack cheese and lettuce, served with light sour cream and guacamole.
Ceviche De Mariscos
A good portion of fresh fish, scallops and shrimp marinated in oil vinegar, onion, cilantro, lemon juice, and some spices.
Alitas De Pollo (8)
Eight pieces of fried chicken wings served with Bleu cheese.
Cheese Quesadilla
Pupusas
Fresh handmade tortilla filled with pork cheese or both, beans, and cheese.
Beef Nachos
Fresh crispy corn tortilla chips with hot melted Monterey Jack and cheddar cheese. Topped with beef, sour cream, and guacamole.
Corn Tamal / Tamal De Elote
Platanos Fritos
Fried ripe plantain served with sour cream and fried beans.
Cassava With Pork Rinds / Yuca Con Chicharrones
Nachos
A generous serving of tortilla chips, served with cheddar, Monterey Jack cheese, guacamole, and sour cream.
Quesadillas
Grilled flour tortilla with Monterey Jack cheese and lettuce, served with light sour cream and guacamole. Filled with chicken or beef.
Chicken Tamale / Tamal De Pollo
Scallop Rancheros
Scallops sauteed with special butter, white onion, bell pepper, and ranchero sauce.
Shrimp Cocktail
Shrimp cocktail served with saltine crackers.
Camarones En Salsa De Ostras
Jumbo shrimp with shell cooked with, oyster sauce, garlic, and spring onion.
Seafood Cocktail
Seafood cocktail served with saltine crackers.
Mariscada
Combination of shrimp, scallops, squid, red snapper, and mussels cooked in a casserole with sherry wine herbs.
Camarones A La Plancha
Grilled jumbo shrimp with tomatoes, onions, and green peppers served with rice, beans, and salad.
Camarones A La Diabla
Shrimp served with an exquisite Mexican hot sauce, green pepper, onion, and tomatoes.
Filete De Pescado
Red snapper topped with onion, tomatoes, and green pepper.
Seafood
Salvadorian Dishes
Combinacion Guanaca
Carne asada, eggs sunny side up, and cheese. Served with beans, avocado, and salad.
Camarones Entomatados
Salvadorian-style sauteed shrimp with tomato sauce. All dishes are served with rice, beans, and salad.
Chuleta Entomatada
Grilled pork chips topped with sauteed fresh tomatoes, onions, and green peppers.
Bistec Encebollado
Tender beef steak with onion sauteed with special seasoning.
Camarones En Crema
Jumbo shrimp with tomatoes, onion, and green peppers in creamy sauce.
Mojarra Frita
Whole fried tilapia with seasoning.
Bistec Cuscatleco
Grilled ribeye steak.
Bandeja Salvadorena
Pupusa, beef steak cooked, cheese, eggs, and pork rinds.
Camarones Acajutla
Grilled shrimp with onions and tomato in spice chipotle sauce.
Carne Guisada
A good portion of beef stew, Spanish style.
Plato Tipico
Pupusa, yucca, platanos, tamal, pollo, and pastelito.
Kids Pupusa And Platanos
Kids Chicken Nuggets And French Fries
Kids Burritos And Rice
Kids Chicken Wings (4) And French Fries
Kids Hamburger With French Fries
Kids Mini Cheese Quesadilla
Served with rice & beans.
Children's Menu
Side Orders
Cheese Dip
Corn Tortilla (3)
Enchilada
Flour Tortilla (3)
Quesadilla (1)
Tacos
Order Of Beans
Sour Cream
Order Of Guacamole
Order Of Rice
Botana #2
Shrimp appetizer, grilled meat, cheese, and chicken. / botana de camarones, Carne asada, queso y pollo.
Botana #3
Shrimp snack, hoe meat, cheese, chicken, and pork rinds. / botana de camarones, Carne asada, queso, pollo y chicharrones.
Botana #1
Snack of pork rinds, hoe meat, and cheese. / botana de chicharrones, Carne asada y queso.
Botanas
Soups
Sopa De Mondongo
Beef tripe soup.
Sopa De Res
Beef rib soup.
Sopa De Camarones
Shrimp soup with head and shell on.
Mi Mariscada
Lobster, shrimp, squid, mussels, and scallops in a light creamy tomato soup.
Spinach Quesadilla / Quesadilla De Espinaca
Vegetarian.
Tamale De Elote And Cheese Pupusa
Vegetarian.
Vegetable Burrito, Chalupa, And Beans
Vegetarian.
Bean Pupusa And Cheese Enchilada
Vegetarian.
Bean Burrito
Vegetarian.
Vegetarian Dishes
Tacos & Burritos
Chicken Burrito
Our special chunk chicken stuffed into a fresh flour tortilla covered with ranchero sauce and topped with Monterey Jack cheese. Served with rice and beans.
Burrito Marinero
Seafood burrito covered with seafood sauce.
Tacos Al Pastor (3)
Fresh corn tortilla served with pork in BBQ sauce and pico de gallo.
Burrito Supreme
One chicken and one beef served with rice, beans, and salad.
Tacos Al Carbon (4)
Fresh corn tortilla stuffed with grilled chicken or beef, lettuce, and pico de gallo. Served with sour cream, guacamole, and refried beans.
Taquitos Fritos
Two beef and two chicken taquitos. Served with lettuce, guacamole, and sour cream.
Beef Burrito
Beef rolled in flour tortilla topped with fresh burrito sauce, cheese, rice, and beans.