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Balompie, prized SF pupusa spot, expands into the East Bay

Katherine Langford

Editor-in-Chief · Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 6:58 PM · 1 min read

Balompie, prized SF pupusa spot, expands into the East Bay — Berkeleyside, Monterey Dining news — Image: Berkeleyside

For its first location outside San Francisco, the popular restaurant chose Richmond, where the Salvadoran population is growing fast.

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