The owners of Fuego Nightclub in Tacoma’s West End have opened a casual, counter-service restaurant next door with a menu that weaves between Mexican and Salvadoran dishes with a bent toward the smaller Latin American nation.
The handmade pupusas ($4.49 each) — griddled to order with your choice of either flour or corn — provide a solid reason to visit and return to Comal en Brasa. Options include revueltas (a mix of pork, refried beans and cheese), loca (same but add zucchini), and loroco (the light-green edible flower of a climbing tropical vine essential to Guatemalen and Salvadoran cuisine).
The soft rounds arrive hot and overflowing with their filling, paired with a sharp curtido (a vinegar-based slaw) and a thin red salsa…