Tag: Balompie

Balompi-YAY! Beloved pupusa restaurant reopening soon

Missing Balompie Cafe’s amazing pupusas? The wait is almost over. Signs have gone up in the restaurant’s entrance at 18th and Capp Street announcing a reopening date of November 24th. The spot has been closed since late May of 2016 while their building has underwent a seismic retrofit.  

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Ay pupusa! Balompié Cafe shuttering until next year

Fans of Balompié Cafe in the Mission will soon have to look elsewhere to get their pupusa fix. The Salvadoran restaurant, at the corner of 18th and Capp Streets, is closing as of May 29 until next year while their building is retrofitted. Manager Evelyn Figueroa said work is being done to their basement and the […]

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Balompié owner building new housing, restaurant at Capp and 17th

The owner of pupusa staple Balompié Cafe has begun a construction project on 17th Street that will include housing and a ground-level restaurant. Work began earlier this week on 3249 17th St., a squat, formerly residential building that also extends along Capp. According to city planning and building department records, the plan is to add […]

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