La Usuluteca

Dulce Pan Order: Alemana, Brazo Gitano, Guisano, Oreja, Quesadilla La Usuluteca is an authentic Central American Deli, located near Arlington Heights, off Washington Blvd. & 10th Ave.; you can't miss the bright red name banner & awning. Upon entering, your senses are hit with baking & cooking scents: pan dulces & pupusas? After selecting my Yelp freebie: Alemana (vanilla muffin pound cake), I asked what's their best seller & got the Quesadilla. It's a sweet, dense cheese bread with a texture that mimics a pound cake. It was really tasty if a tad on the dry side. My son picked the Oreja, literally translates as "ear" because it looks like one. This puff pastry is also called a palmier. It's sweet, light, crisp, & flaky. M says they're way better than Costco's. I also added a Brazo Gitano (strawberry & coconut Swiss/jelly roll), & Guisano (pineapple-filled roll). Although I might have mixed up Alemana & Guisano. I figured this is a mom & pop, so a menu is not probable, & requested the server's help; she was kind enough to take the extra time to provide the names of dulce pans. There's no dulce pan menu, but there is an electronic hot foods menu behind the counter. Not sure of price points, but I got 4 items, excluding my Yelp freebie, for $11.00+. There's a 50¢ surcharge with a cc payment. It would be nice to have placards labeling & pricing the items (sometimes pricing dictates my choices & the quantity). Friendly, knowledgeable, & helpful customer service... my server took extra time to provide the names of the dulce pans & describe what's in them. While I'm not likely in this part of town, I'm definitely a fan of this Central American bakery & will stop by if I'm in this neighborhood. Mi pan dulce son muy deliciosos!!

Great place to get your pastries and pupusas. They sell an array of baked goods and savory foods. The parking is ample, the café is clean. The employees helped me get what I needed. Would come again try different pupusas.

I’m so glad I discovered Her Milojas Sweet Bakery! This place is a hidden gem for anyone with a sweet tooth. The pastries are absolutely delicious and always fresh. I especially love their panes con crema and empanadas de leche—they’re so rich and flavorful. The staff is super friendly, and you can really tell they put a lot of love into their baking. Whether you’re stopping by for a quick treat or grabbing something for a special occasion, you won’t be disappointed. I’ll definitely be coming back for more!

Not Authentic. Their Quesadillas taste like Pound cake. Sweet and no flavor. Not your original Salvi Quesadilla you're looking for!

I ordered 2 pupusas, they're big, but no flavor and because I saw the size of the pupusas, I asked for one extra baggy of the sauce, they wanted to charge me $1.50 just for sauce not even extra curtido, I know everything is expensive now, but come on, is a little too much. The pupusas it selves were more than $5.00 because I asked for rice flour with taxes and everything were almost $12.00. I hope management reads this review and consider a better policy for the extra toppings. Also the pupusas had more "masa" than filling.

Pupusas are good.Bakery not done there? I asked how fresh the sweet bread was and they told me it comes every afternoon...Already have some a bit hard.. I read reviews and decided to stop on my way back to San Diego but still questionable if I come back.

I love this restaurant one of the most authentic place in town not only do they have good pastries but my kids also enjoy there breakfast pupusa and sopas not to mention the staff is really friendly. Highly recommend

It’s good just the curtido and tomato sauce wasn’t good…to bland. I love curtido so this was a disappointment