Popoca is a Salvadoran-inspired restaurant in the heart of Oakland. Popoca means “to emit smoke” in Nawat, the language of native people of El Salvador who stoked wood fires to prepare food over a comal for their families. Revered as more than just a means of cooking, smoke represents a prayer or offering to the spirits.
Popoca is a mix of heritage and play. Our food is driven by preserving past, creating something new and uniquely Oakland.
After years of pop-ups, Popoca has its own digs in the Old Oakland neighborhood, where the pupusas, chicken with fermented pineapple sauce, and other Cali-Salvadoran specialties are happily devoured.
We thoroughly enjoyed our dinner with friends before a show. It was fun watching the chef do his thing on the open fire right there among the diners and the food was good across the board.
It’s a limited menu but honestly enough choices for everyone to choose items they wanted. We ate tapas style. The crab was amazing by the way (be ready for a mess).
Service was wee bit slow but hey, you’re meant to enjoy and they responded quickly when we said we needed to get going.
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総合評価 5
料理 5
サービス 3
雰囲気 4
Great experience.
Did the tasting menu and almost everything was a hit.
I would probably not order the pollo en chicha again in the future. Good sauce, but chicken thigh and legs needed to be cooked more.
the lengua pupusa was amazing. The salvi side plate was so flavorful and delicious.
The yuca was amazing!
Really loved pretty much everything.