Balompié's owner, Amadeo Gonzalez, moved to the US in 1974 from El Salvador's Metapán – known for agriculture and near the Guatemalan border.

Originally, we served Italian food and pupusas after two years he decided to take the Italian food off the menu and expanded to Salvadoran treats. Amadeo soon realized that they were missing the comfort of food from home. Amadeo began adding traditional pupusa combinations to his menu that included cheese and loroco. He was one of the entrepreneurs in San Francisco who had a license to import loroco. He would travel to El Salvador and pick these special ingredients by hand. He found that it was very difficult to keep loroco’s fresh that if he had one bad flower, US Customs would toss the entire batch. He later decided to purchase them frozen from a local market.

Amadeo expanded his menu and started offering flavourful combos like a pupusa stuffed with spinach, mushrooms and carrots, and the Mexicana y Queso, with pork mince, jalapenos and cheese. His authentic and delicious menu attracted loyal customers and kept Balompié afloat during challenging times.

Evelyn is very proud “to give people a taste of my heritage and show them how to eat pupusas.” Balompié Cafe, offers a community gathering space in the Mission District. Everyone can enjoy delicious El Salvadoran food and a fun atmosphere for football fans.

Everyone can walk-in on Wednesday’s through Sunday’s between 10am to 8pm. We’re located at 3349 18th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110. Balompié Cafe is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and they deliver through ,DoorDash, Grubhub, Seamless and UberEats, They offer a catering menu and cannot wait for you to try their pupusas and more! Check-out our menu and please follow us on Facebook, Instagram @balompiecafe.1.

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