• El Chupacabra - Greenwood

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Vegan-friendly
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Beer/Wine
Take-out
Mexican
Non-veg

Serves meat, vegan options available. Mission style Mexican food eatery and bar; this one is located on Phinney Ridge and can described as a punk rock cantina. Vegan could get rice, beans, and faux meat, and for an up-charge vegan cheese substitution in enchilada, burrito, taco, and tamale. Jukebox (free til 5pm), house made hot sauces, gluten free upon request. Open Mon-Fri 11:30am-11:00pm, Sat-Sun 11:00am-11:00pm.


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17 Reviews

First Review by Amethystle

LuluGrim

Points +150

Vegan
22 Nov 2023

Vegan Versions of Mexican Classics

Mexican food is my favorite comfort cuisine, and this place offers the possibility for vegan versions of every dish. They have vegan cheese, mock chicken, mock steak, and mock al pastor. Even the beans, rice, sauces, and salsas are all made without dairy or animal products.

Updated from previous review on 2023-11-21

Pros: Vegan refried beans, Multiple meat substitutes, Gooey vegan cheese

seal

Points +108

Vegan
27 Aug 2023

tasty, cozy spot

The vegan chimichangas are so good, I can't get myself to order anything else. They offer vegan sour cream on the side. Our meals here get pricey (by our standards) with all the vegan sub add-ons like cheese and faux meat.

Good atmosphere inside and outside.

SarahMays

Points +1177

Vegan
21 May 2023

So many options!

We enjoyed our lunch at El Chhpacabra - I loved that basically any dish could be made with vegan cheeses, vegan sour cream, and vegan meat. Our waitress was knowledgeable about vegan options as well. My chimichanga was delicious!!! I also loved their outdoor seating options!

Pros: Lots of vegan options , Outdoor seating , Fun atmosphere

Cons: Street parking

Jlin

Points +339

Vegan
06 Feb 2023

Great for everyone

I have been here twice with my family. It was perfect for the vegans and non vegans. Everyone loved their meals. It is a cute place with a nice eating area outside as well as inside.

Pros: Plenty of vegan options-marked clearly, Tastes incredible

pizzybot

Points +634

Vegan
20 Dec 2022

Great vegan Mexican comfort food

Lots of vegan options! Three kinds of fake meats plus vegan cheese and sour cream. Good as takeout and I also enjoy their patio but wish it was dog-friendly. I kind of get why it isn't, though, since the patio tables are packed in pretty tightly. I love the chimichanga and enchiladas.

Pros: Great vegan options, Fun patio, Generous portions

rfkaufer

Points +395

Vegan
21 Aug 2022

Love the food, but the music!

I’ve been here many times and have enjoyed the vegan options. But twice I’ve been seated next to a speaker blaring heavy metal and it’s not pleasant. Both times we asked if the music could be turned down and were told “no.” The second time we opted to take the food to go.

JimBoulter

Points +175

Vegan
11 Aug 2022

Fantastic vegan options

Do yourself a favor and get the steak chimichanga. I love it dry because it comes with beans, guac, salsa, and rice and you can add vegan sour cream too! The pineapple salsa is 10/10 and they sell it by the pint too! This is my favorite Mexican food in the area, for sure.

Pros: Chimichangas to die for, Large servings, Fantastic vegan dairy options, all marked!

Cons: Not all vegan

cjoutside

Points +133

Vegan
19 Jun 2021

Mexican comfort food

So happy to have a belly full of vegan Mexican food. Neatly everything can be made vegan.

Pros: Vegan options galore

Joryh322

Points +49

Herbivore
21 Sep 2020

Delicious Vegan Chimichangas

I love El Chupacabra! I almost always get the chimichanga vegan style and just change up the mock meats each time. I also love the salsas. We buy them to use on everything at home. My two favorites are the chipotle and the pineapple salsas. I love the atmosphere and that they have a nice heated patio.

Pros: Lots of vegan options, Delicious food and salsas, Fun atmosphere

Cons: Sometimes it’s too loud in the restaurant for me

corinal

Points +1617

Vegan
26 Aug 2019

YES!

It is so so rare that I get to eat a vegan chimichanga (who doesn’t love deep fried burritos?!) and theirs was so amazing. Also because vegan sour cream comes with it and amazing guacamole and vegan beans and Spanish rice. WOW! It is also rare that I get to eat a vegan enchilada and they had these as well! They were also amazing :)

Tons of vegan options, apparently almost anything on the menu could be made vegan. There was also a vegan dessert.

Chips and salsa weren't the most amazing (watery, not very spicy).

Great outdoor seating, friendly staff.

Pros: Almost everything can be made vegan, Great atmosphere, Friendly staff

VeganCuddle

Points +78

Vegan
02 Feb 2018

Vegan Options!

I always get the taco salad and I just ask for no cheese no dairy. They have vegan as well as vegetarian meat options & vegan dairy options. The chips & guacamole is a must! The burrito is really good too, just ask for no cheese/no dairy and choose your vegan meat option or just have the delicious rice & beans burrito. Or veggie tacos. Good size portions & delicious margaritas. sometimes it's very busy and you need to wait to get in. It's a punk rocker/metal style bar & restaurant and they also have a jukebox. Service is sometimes snobby/no smiles.

Pros: vegan friendly, interesting decor, good metal & punk music

Cons: wait to get in, sometimes staff aren't friendly

kfhen

Points +46

Vegan
26 Jun 2017

Solid vegan options

Stellar service, strong margaritas, and solid vegan options on the menu. The last time I was at this location I had the chimichanga with adobo soy curls and holy
smokes, it was amazing.

I would give this place five stars if this platform supported it. For a place that also serves meat, it's great.

The West Seattle location on Alki is awesome too.

kindlizard

Points +1086

Vegan
06 Aug 2014

Some pretty good food

Always fun to have some vegan Mexican food.

The good:
The people were super friendly. The drinks were strong. They have Lagunitas IPA on tap! They sub Gardein and Daiya for all their otherwise non-veg dishes. The food os not too spendy, I think it was just over $5, less than 10 at least for very nice sized portions. The tacos I got were definitely good.
They have nice outdoor patio. The flip side of that is I couldn't see the food I ate, which I enjoy.

The less than good:
Well we stayed outside because the inside was dark and loud. I think it runs late as a bar, which is fine too. The only thing, I didn't exactly vette them to see if they use different pans, boards, etc to see how vegan their vegan was. But if whoever listed this place did all that(?), then this place is pretty good.
(Could someone in the know respond to this point if they see it please?)
Anyone who likes nice people, good drinks, and vegan Mex without spending too much, should go here and have some fun.

*****
After returning it was just edible food on a hungry afternoon, nothing stellar. not likely to go back, unless hungry and right there. not advised to takeout, doesn't hold well.

Pros: cheap, gardein & daiya, nice folks

Cons: takeout backfired

kindlizard

19 Feb 2013

went back once since and it wasn't that good or special, but its cheap. we don't think we'll be back, but maybe if very hungry for lunch in the area, since we know better dinner spots in that area.

clctwl

Points +13

Vegetarian
22 Mar 2014

Why only 4 stars? Because Happy Cow won't allow 5!

The food was *amazing*. My girlfriend and I weren't expecting anything great, even though it had a 4-star rating on Happy Cow, because there are restaurants I don't think are great but which have more than 4 stars.

But the food was amazing and (surprise!) authentic. The empanadas were like my grandmother's.

I've eaten at lots of Mexican restaurants, making due with beans and rice. This place is better than every other Mexican place I've tried in Seattle.

And yes, even the rice was amazing and authentic.

Even though Happy Cow won't allow giving 5 stars to a non-vegetarian restaurant, regardless of how amazing the vegetarian food is, be aware that in my opnion, el Chupacabra is better than some of the higher-rated vegetarian and vegan restaurants.

Pros: Cuisine

Cons: Limited seating

Vetvegan

Points +56

Vegan
17 Jul 2013

Excellent Mexican vegan food!

Great food, very vegan accommodating. Good beers.

Pros: Fun atmosphere!, VERY popular!, Very vegan friendly, fun staff.

Smallu

Points +134

Vegan
29 Aug 2011

Delicious & inexpensive

Awesome tasting mexican food and really reasonable prices. There are a couple of vegan meats and cheeses to choose from. I had a chik'n chimichanga and it was AWEOME. My only beef is that the service is slow (they seemed under-staffed) and the place is dark, dingy and LOUD. Turn down the music, people! Otherwise, a totally awesome place.

Pros: Food

Cons: Parking, Ambiance, Loud

Amethystle

Points +20

Vegan
10 May 2011

Great Mexican Food

I went here this weekend with 3 other vegan friends. This place came highly recommended and I can see why. First off, it has a fun, cozy atmosphere. The place was packed, and it took about 20 minutes before a table opened up for us. Next, *everything* on the menu can be made vegan. They have Daiya vegan cheese and vegan "beef" and "chicken", which both have great texture and flavor. We got vegan chimichangas (both beef and chicken), as well as a wet burrito. Everything was excellent, the server was great, and the price was more than reasonable for the generous portions we got.

Will happily eat here again.




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