Antojitos El Catracho - Detroit

First visit today. Very nostalgic. I lived in Honduras for a few years in the oughts in Tegucigalpa. El Catracho seems focused on more Northern style, so they use a lot of green plantains in lieu of corn tortillas. Nevertheless, their corn tortillas are excellent. Clearly handmade fresh from good masa. They're thick and country-style. The fried chicken was succulent and delicious and came with the best fresh tajadas (sliced, fried green plantains), with salad and salsa I've had even in Honduras. A real treat! The breakfast plate was excellent... beans not too salty, nice fried maduros, cheese, perfectly cooked eggs. I could always use more mantequilla. The baleadas were stuffed with beans, eggs, mantequilla, avocado. Much more elaborate than I was used to, but delicious. They're not doing table service here. It's all order at the counter with disposable flatware, etc. We ordered the refresco de maracuyá. Sadly, you can tell that was from a mix, but that was the only drawback of our meal here. Hard to beat the real thing. Goya sells frozen pulp of maracuyá, but even that is expensive, so I understand. They were sadly out of tamales and no longer have pastelitos on the menu. Hopefully post-Covid, they'll expand their menu, but all in all, a very rich meal and good value for the money. I'll definitely be back. Also loved the decor. All the booths were festooned with the lampo del cielo...cinco estrellas de pálido azul.

A very tasty Honduran/South American restaurant. I had pupusas, a pork tamale, and the yuca fries. Everything was good. Not my favorite pupusas or tamale, but definitely good and worth the price. Very nice waitresses, as well.

AMAZING Honduran restaurant. It’s the only restaurant that serves Honduran food around Detroit. Inside was decorated with Honduran decorations and crafts. Went there to grab some lunch, it wasn’t crowded. Ordered a horchata (drink made out of rice) to start, then ordered a carne asada típica. Had a little wait for the food, however it was amazing and tasty. It reminded me back to real Honduran food. The carne asada típica came with meats with chismol (salsa), refried beans, cheese, and fried plantain and later the server brought me the Honduran pickle made out of onion, cabbage, jalapeño and carrots. Prices here are so cheap compare to other Hispanic restaurant I’ve been to. I was able to ordered some pupusas and pastelitos to bring back home. They were amazing and tasty even thou it was in my car for 6hours. Overall, amazing restaurant for food at a great price! Definitely will stop by once I’m back in Detroit.

4 stars for food 3 stars for atmosphere service Good: Variety of options. Prices are decent. Lunch specials. Good size portions Bad: Building has housed many places, aNd doesn't have a great atmosphere. Some menu items are not available. Service can be a bit slow as they run the taKe out and dining room. Try the pastelitos. Try some breakfast items. The platano campesino was delicious! A soft sweet plantain filled with ground beef, beans, crema. Yuca frita and Chicharron were amazing! Yuca can be tough, but it was crispy and sift in the inside. Balleadas ate huge tortilla like dough filled with items. Pupusa are good. Try the chicken. Winner? The picked onions, beet, carrots mixture in a jar they brought to the table. Just try this place with an open mind.

Food was delicious!!! Central American Cuisine. Friendly and courteous management and staff. Very clean restaurant and is set up for social distancing.