La Cacerola Café & Restaurant

The food here was authentic, tasty and amazing. Definitely coming back! Supporting small family businesses is what it's about!

This is pretty good Honduran food that's worth a try. I got a bunch of sides, including a pupusa mixta, yucca fries and rice and beans. Yucca fries done perfectly. They're much denser than french fries that are made from potatoes, but what I love about them is that the fries kept their outer crunchiness even in a takeout box. I got the rice and beans together, but I think they'd taste better separately. Pupusa was also good - outer layer made with corn has a pretty mild flavor, which is good, because the stuffing inside rounds it out with a stronger meaty tone and spice.

It was very quiet when I went in - family of owners sitting around the tables, but I still had to ring a bell to get the attention of people in the kitchen to take the order. It was obvious that I wasn't familiar with a lot of the dishes - I asked a lot of questions and the guy taking my order at some point just laughed.

Food is so good and so reasonably priced! Tried the baleada la cacerola, fried chicken and carne asada. Carne asada came with picked vegetables, avocado and steamed yucca. The meat was nicely seasoned. The steamed yucca were a tad bit dry but overall it was a nice dish. Fried chicken had a wonderful crispy skin and was also well seasoned. Baleada was the star of the meal. You have got to try it!

Y'all. This was the best surprise!!!! I was a little weary from the exterior and paper menus, (I know, I know, never judge a book by its cover) but holy cow. The food was INCREDIBLE!

Gambas al ajillo. Yum. Fried yuca. Yum. Sweet plantains. Yum. Guacamole. Yum!!!

I think they made everything completely fresh, which did maybe take a bit longer, but I'd say well worth it.

I came here with three others. We were the only ones in the restaurant for the evening. This shop front is pretty small, just a few tables. The food was good, but a bit dry. I wanted to have their seafood soup, but they were not selling it that night. Another thing that was an issue was that the server didn't bring the correct order for one of us. Instead of waiting, my boyfriend decided to just eat it. His food was dry and there was a strand of hair in one of his bites.

Ignore any review that's not from the past 12 months or so as this once-great, no frills Honduran lunch counter has been taken over by new and inept ownership.

I used to meet a friend whom lives close for lunch every few months at La Cacerola, 6-8 ones in total. The food was always good, especially the chicken in green sauce, the chilaquiles, the carne asada and the pork chop in red sauce. Add in some of their delicious plantains and guacamole (which was more of an avocado salad) and it was always a good meal.

Despite protests from another close friend whom used to get delivery 1-2 times per week that the place had gone down hill, I tried it one more time. Nothing was made to order, the pork was leathery tough and the avocados had seen much better days.

food is delicious !!! the only problem is the time they take to serve the food, the place is clean and they also sell shakes and natural
Fruit juices!

How did I not know about this place?! A latin food place near my house that DELIVERS? Yes, please. Thanks go to Mohamed Noor who told me of this gem.

Since finding out about La Cacerola I've already had food from them three times. The first were the pupusas, tasty and satisfying. They come with a nice slaw. Not the best pupusas I've ever had but very good and nice to have a closer place to get them from.

The next time was Pollo Enceballo, pan fried chicken simmered with onions that was very tasty and seemed like homemade comfort food. Their entrees also come with three sides which is generous and I enjoyed the beans, yucca frieds and guacamole (which was extra) I ordered.

The last time was their seafood soup, which while not cheap was so delicious as many yelpers have mentioned. Ample seafood, tasty broth, great dish.

And did I mention they deliver! If you are lazy like me having more variety with your delivery options is a god-send.

This isn't the best latin food I've had, but it was quite good and I am a big fan of this place. Just wish I knew about it sooner!

"New Honduran restaurant on Guess Rd"

This place has been rebuilt after the tragic end of Kabab & Curry-- so much so that it's hard to recognize from inside that it's even the same restaurant. We enjoyed our visit immensely early on a Saturday night. It's NOT a standard Mexican-fare restaurant (no burritos, enchiladas, etc.)-- instead, it has a clear Central American flair to it. They have an assortment of meals, each coming with three sides-- as another review noted, there are many meat options and not many vegetarian ones on the menu itself. I had the chicken in tomato sauce meal. However, they also had a cafeteria-style area on the side, and noted a special today of $1 per item, including various beef, chicken, and pork dishes. They also put a basket of tortillas on the table as a "bread" alternative. There's not a ton of seating, but the restaurant wasn't particularly busy when we were there either. Unbefitting the menu's theme, they were playing music like Taylor Swift (just slightly louder than I would have preferred) and had Spongebob Squarepants running on the TV.

Positives:

+ Extremely large quantities for a low price! My chicken in tomato sauce meal was HUGE (see picture)... I literally could barely finish it, and I'm a huge eater. Plus, it cost $6.99. The chicken itself was a huge thigh+leg (almost seemed turkey-sized), and the helpings of sides were huge.

+ Quality/ tasty home-cooking. The tomato sauce was clearly fresh, home-made tomato sauce (not jar/ can). The "guacamole" had huge chunks of avocado, not like the "spreads" you get some places. The fried yucca was amazing when dipped into the tomato sauce. The fried plantains were sweet, ripe, and delicious. Even the salads like the potato salad and vegetable salads were quite good/ tasty.

+ Friendly service. Our hostess definitely was eager to ensure that we were happy with our meals. I actually got one incorrect side, but I didn't even report it (the alternative was also good). However, they seemed to somehow figure it out on their own, and they brought me the side I ordered on top of the rest of my meal, so I ended up with a quarter chicken and FOUR sides for under $7.

Negatives:

- If you don't do the cafeteria-style options, it takes a while. This is NOT necessarily a negative-- it is the price for having a fresh-made order. However, it's something to keep in mind if coming and in a hurry-- it may be 30 minutes until the meals are ready.

- Parking in the front, as it was with the previous establishment, is rather challenging... it's very hard to get in given it's a very busy street and a narrow entrance, and getting out scrapes the underside of the car, too.

- Unclear hours. Carpe Durham says they open at 10am. However, the menu says breakfast is served 7am-10am and that they open at 7am. And the one time I showed up at 8am on a Thursday, they were closed. So, I'm honestly not sure what time they open or if/ when they serve breakfast.

Synopsis:

This place is definitely just getting off the ground, but they have a solid start given they're selling quality food at very affordable prices. The negatives here are rather trivial (though I do want to know the answer about breakfast), and the positives are strong, so I anticipate this is a place we'll to which we'll return.

PS-- The dessert options weren't very impressive... eat dinner here, then go elsewhere for dessert.

I had a lunch today.
the food was ok....
Expensive compared to what you get.
the drink normal size (16 oz ) $2:50, I can get same drink in another place $1:20