Irene’s Pupusas has opened its newest restaurant in the space most recently occupied by Kat’s Kitchen and formerly home to Dominic’s Italian Grille at 12854 New Hampshire Ave. in Colesville’s Meadowood shopping center. The newest location opened earlier this summer.
The restaurant honors the legacy of the late Irene Cuevas, a Honduran entrepreneur who built a local empire based on her popular pupusas. In 1982, she launched one of the area’s first pupusa trucks, equipping it with a makeshift griddle and parking it near soccer games. Today’s version of Irene’s Pupusas has additional locations at 812 Russell Ave. in Gaithersburg and 12391 Georgia Ave. in Glenmont…