El Callejon

The pork and green chile pupusas are delicious! This is a gem nestled in downtown Golden, and I am happy to have discovered it.

Google told me it would be a good fit for me. The supreme pork arepa is to die for. The plantains weren't great. The dessert pupusa was good, but not what I expected. It had a lot of corn in it and a very strong corn flavor that doesn't quite fit with the coconut, pineapple, cajeta & lechita flavors. Very much like a Mexican pastel de elote. The truly disappointing piece was that this place is teeny tiny. Callejón is the Spanish word for alley, and that's exactly how this spot was built; by putting a roof over an alley. While there is room for a few tables and chairs, they haven't opened their seating back up from Covid, so you have to sit outside on the sidewalk, in the wind. There's no restroom. Prices are reasonable.

I've tried the carnitas burrito and shredded beef burrito and let me tell you, they were the best burritos I've had in a long time. It's a family owned business so you can tell the food is fresh and made with love. The owner Adriana is super nice and her Colombian food is amazing. If your in golden you have to stop by!