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Chelito's Pupuseria

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Chelito's Pupuseria in Santa Cruz offers a delicious and authentic dining experience. We specialize in pupusas, prepared with fresh ingredients and a variety of fillings, including vegetarian and vegan options. Customers rave about our flavorful burritos, especially the super shr...

Chelito's Pupuseria

Central american, pupusa · Santa Cruz

4.2 · 755 reviews Google
taqueriasjalapenos.com
Yelp 4.0 (219) TripAdvisor 4.5 (10) DoorDash 4.7 (500) Uber Eats 4.8 (180)

About Chelito's Pupuseria

Chelito's Pupuseria in Santa Cruz offers a delicious and authentic dining experience. We specialize in pupusas, prepared with fresh ingredients and a variety of fillings, including vegetarian and vegan options. Customers rave about our flavorful burritos, especially the super shrimp burrito, and our...

Chelito's Pupuseria in Santa Cruz offers a delicious and authentic dining experience. We specialize in pupusas, prepared with fresh ingredients and a variety of fillings, including vegetarian and vegan options. Customers rave about our flavorful burritos, especially the super shrimp burrito, and our refreshing agua frescas. Our salsa bar and complimentary sides add to the experience. With fast, friendly service and a welcoming atmosphere, Chelito's is a local favorite for lunch and dinner. We offer dine-in, takeout, and delivery, with full wheelchair accessibility. Many customers appreciate our clean restaurant, ample parking, and convenient location.

What Customers Say About Chelito's Pupuseria

Chelito's Pupuseria is a local favorite known for its delicious and fresh pupusas, burritos, and aguas frescas. Customers rave about the friendly staff and generous portions. Some customers have experienced long wait times or slow service.

Popular Dishes

pupusas (11) burritos (6) agua frescas (3) super burrito (3) tacos mole carnitas super burrito super shrimp burrito

Best For

Families Quick Bite Casual Locals Tourists Solo Dining

Tip: The pupusas are best eaten right away. The salsa bar is a plus.

Features

🅿️ Parking 🚗 Delivery Accessible 🌅 Breakfast 🍽️ Lunch 🌙 Dinner 🥗 Vegetarian 🌱 Vegan Coffee
🎯 Casual 🛋️ Cozy 🤫 Quiet 👥 Groups

What to see nearby

Hotel Paradox
A 188m

Hotel Paradox

edificio

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Eastside Park
A 538m

Eastside Park

parque

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Veterans Memorial Building
Heritage
A 557m

Veterans Memorial Building

edificio

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Edificio Octágono
Heritage
A 560m

Edificio Octágono

edificio

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Museum of Art and History
A 624m

Museum of Art and History

museo

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Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
A 655m

Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park

parque

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Explore the area around Chelito's Pupuseria

Chelito's Pupuseria is located in Santa Cruz, surrounded by cultural and historical points of interest. Here are some of the most notable places nearby.

Historical Heritage

  • Veterans Memorial Building (A 557m) — historic building in Santa Cruz, California, United States Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • Edificio Octágono (A 560m) — edificio histórico ubicado en Santa Cruz, California, EE-UU Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos
  • mission de santa cruz (A 794m) — mission in Santa Cruz, California Lugar inscrito en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos

Museums

  • Museum of Art and History (A 624m) — museum in Santa Cruz, California

Religious Buildings

  • Holy Cross Church (A 836m) — church building in Santa Cruz, California

Parks & Gardens

  • Eastside Park (A 538m) — park in Santa Cruz County, California, United States of America
  • Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park (A 655m) — park in the United States of America
  • Grant Park (A 760m) — park in Santa Cruz County, California, United States of America

Other Points of Interest

  • Hotel Paradox (A 188m) — hotel in Santa Cruz, California
  • Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium (A 910m) — concert hall in Santa Cruz, California

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Frequently asked questions about Chelito's Pupuseria

Chelito's Pupuseria is located at 107 Leonard St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, Santa Cruz.
Near Chelito's Pupuseria you can find points of interest such as Hotel Paradox, Eastside Park, Veterans Memorial Building, Edificio Octágono.
Chelito's Pupuseria offers central_american;pupusa cuisine.
Chelito's Pupuseria has regular opening hours. Check their profile for updated schedules.
Chelito's Pupuseria offers the following services: dine-in, takeaway, delivery.
The most recommended dishes at Chelito's Pupuseria based on customer reviews are: pupusas, burritos, agua frescas, super burrito, tacos.
Chelito's Pupuseria is ideal for families, quick bites, casual dining, locals, tourists, solo dining.
Chelito's Pupuseria is a local favorite known for its delicious and fresh pupusas, burritos, and aguas frescas. Customers rave about the friendly staff and generous portions. Some customers have experienced long wait times or slow service.
The pupusas are best eaten right away. The salsa bar is a plus.
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Chelito's Pupuseria Santa Cruz Reviews

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Gayatri Kannan

Amazing flavors! Best tamalaes and pupusas I’ve had. Salsa bar is delicious

Gideon Butler
Gideon Butler

After 4 years of searching I have found the best carnitas super burrito in Santa Cruz.

Douglas Nichols
Douglas Nichols

This place is really good! My burrito with Carne Asada and shrimp was so flavorful

Jonathan Norton
Jonathan Norton

Awesome burritos, fast service, and yummy chips and salsa. 1000x better than the nearby Chipotle and so good rn. Yum yum in my tum

Purdyxlz l
Purdyxlz l

The food is so good so many people go there friendly staff they give free sides they have agua frescas too definitely recommend going with the family

Angela Magana
Angela Magana

We eat here when ever we go to Santa Cruz. We like the food, the place is clean and that there is parking. The food and agua fresca taste very fresh.

Joseph Urbina
Joseph Urbina

First time here. Love the Pupas and Tacos. This is the best Mexican/ Salvadoran establishment, I’ve been in my entire life.

melialvarez23
melialvarez23

Amazing super shrimp burrito. The flavor was so good. The shrimp was cooked perfectly. delicious salsas. Chips were great. They had a great selection of aguas frescas and pupasas. They have vegetarian options and service is great. They have a small parking lot but we didn't have a problem parking. Highly recommend this place. I remembered to take a photo of the burrito when I was just about done. Whoops!

Nichi Gee
Nichi Gee

The food is the best! The pupusas and all the other food is delicious! We go here everytime we go to Santa Cruz we stop here!

Thomas Joseph Perez
Thomas Joseph Perez

I always end up here whenever I’m in the area. From hiking all day to a day chillin at the broadwalk. I always get a few pupusas to fill my appetite. The salsa bar is a plus.

Jazzy
Jazzy

We were from out of town looking for yummy food. Thank goodness we found this place. Food was delicious and fresh. We ordered the pupusas with jalapeno cheese, zucchini cheese, chicharron and cheese, and a mixed vegetable they were all delicious and the employees were friendly. They offer indoor and outdoor dining but have NO bathrooms. We will definitely be back, next visit.

Kate N
Kate N

So grateful for this spot. Delicious pupusas, which can be hard to find! Also lovely mole, generous burritos, a side of avocado is like a whole avocado! Swift, friendly service and super tasty food.

kate a
kate a

Many vegetarian and vegan options. I came for lunch on a weekday - not many people, most ordered to-go. Large TV had a soccer game on and pupusas are best eaten right away so I grabbed a seat. Ordered 2 vegetarian pupusas which are served with a mild red sauce and pickled cabbage. Pupusas are made fresh so they came piping hot and stayed pretty warm by the time I finished. There's a salsa bar towards the back wall, below the TV, unfortunately chips are not complimentary. I'd come back to try their burritos.

Christopher Ochoa
Christopher Ochoa

I tried pupusas of chicharron and revueltas. They were good, next time I'll try some tacos as well.

Alan Wong
Alan Wong

There's nothing wrong with it. The uniqueness of the pupusa wanes off as it's just a grilled cornmeal cake stuffed with basic meat and cheese. Feels like it needs more intense seasoning or sauces but maybe it's just how it is. The drinks are great, pineapple spinach, and a salsa bar that has some relative basics.

Bre Anna
Bre Anna

The Super Burrito is really good, especially with the meat choice of fried pork. Really good green sauce, and they give you chips with your order too 😋💚

Brianna Garcia
Brianna Garcia

I was raised Hispanic, and this place did not disappoint. We got the super taco which was very satisfying. And we also got the mixed pupusa which was fresh and very flavorful. Overall would return over and over!!

Tatiana Smolin
Tatiana Smolin

We waited for 30 min, everyone including people who were behind us got their food. Kept being told that cook was busy. We ended up leaving.

C D
C D

I want to make sure everyone knows first that we felt perfectly fine before eating. Ordered 2 cheesy jalapeno papusas, 2 breakfast burritos, 1 chorizo, 1 bacon (for the next morning because we heard they were fire), 1 chile relleno super burrito & 1 carne asada burrito. I took 3 bites of the chile relleno super burrito (which had no good flavor besides cold tomatoes, shredded lettuce and sour cream). Stopped eating. Started feeling sick as a dog. Packed up the rest of the burrito & put it in our cooler (just in case it turns out it wasnt the burrito). Wife said her carne asada burrito was ok. She tried a papusa- DELICIOUS!!! We ended up going to the free movie at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk, but instead of having fun I was sitting there feeling sick to my stomach worried I was going to be in the restroom all night. Thankfully, we made it back home, an hour and a half drive, safely. The next day, decided to toss the rest of that burrito. Warmed up half the (wrongly labeled) chorizo breakfast burrito. Warmed up the other breakfast burrito, bacon, and...it barely tasted like it had any bacon at all. Wife said the chorizo burrito was nothing great. Besides the food, the service was outstanding.

Genesis Vargas
Genesis Vargas

You can't trust this restaurant to serve you when you need it the most. Tonight Thursday July 24th, 2025 around 8:30pm after a long day of work my 2 coworkers and I were craving for some good pupusas and we decided to visit your restaurant. The lady working there named Rubi made us wait for more than 15 minutes and never took our order. She completely ignored us even though we made obvious and said we were ready to order. She just kept talking to the cooks in the kitchen. Paying customers should not be treated like this. I wonder if ordering over the phone is now the only option because she did gave service to a man who came after us and said he ordered over the phone. If this is the case maybe you should make a visible note on your website or at the entrance of the restaurant so next time we need to give you business we do it over the phone. Very bad customer service.

Mary Fernandez
Mary Fernandez

Out if all the Mexican restaurants/taquerias we have eaten this one ranks at the very low if my list, will not come back here. Does not taste good and they take long to deliver food, one plate at a time so dice of us in a table by the time they brought the third plate the first two persons had finish their food. 👎 Food not tasty, no flavor, chorizo tastes horrible, shrimp a la diabla the worse I've eaten🙈 lengua nachos we ask with no veggies but the lengua had no flavor, the other two meals were burritos but again mising flavor.

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107 Leonard St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

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Good Rating
4.2/5 stars
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Many Reviews
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Budget Friendly
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central_american;pupusa
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Services

🥞 Breakfast
🥐 Brunch
🍽️ Lunch
🍾 Dinner
Coffee
🍰 Desserts
🥗 Vegetarian Options
🌱 Vegan Options
🥡 Takeout
🚚 Delivery
🍴 Dine-in

Dining Options

🍽️ Dine In
🥡 Takeout
🚚 Delivery

Restaurant Info

Status
Verified by owner
🕐 Hours Today
10AM-9:30PM
Rating
4.2/5
💬 Reviews
755
💰 Price Level
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📞 Phone
+1 831-466-6565
🌐 Website
taqueriasjalapenos.com
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Amenities

🅿️ Parking
Wheelchair Accessible
🚻 Restroom
💳 Credit Cards
📱 Mobile Payments
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The Neighborhood

Hotel Paradox

hotel in Santa Cruz, California

A 188m
Eastside Park

park in Santa Cruz County, California, United States of America

A 538m
Veterans Memorial Building Heritage

historic building in Santa Cruz, California, United States

A 557m
Edificio Octágono Heritage

edificio histórico ubicado en Santa Cruz, California, EE-UU

A 560m
Museum of Art and History

museum in Santa Cruz, California

A 624m
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park

park in the United States of America

A 655m
Grant Park

park in Santa Cruz County, California, United States of America

A 760m
mission de santa cruz Heritage

mission in Santa Cruz, California

A 794m
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