If anyone is interested: Duncan to Open Maryland's First Pollo Campero Restaurant International Sensation Opens in Langley Park Monday, November 22, 2004, 10 a.m. 1355 University Avenue, Langley Park, Maryland Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan will join with community leaders to officially open the first Maryland location of Pollo Campero, a Latin American fried chicken franchise that has experienced tremendous growth in the Washington, D.C. region during the past year. The November 22 grand opening will commence with a 10:00 a.m. ribbon cutting ceremony that will include speeches by several distinguished leaders of El Salvador and the Washington, D.C. community, including: Mr. Duncan; René León, Ambassador of El Salvador; and José Barahona, President of Pollo Campero Washington. The grand opening will take place at Pollo Campero, 1355 East University Blvd. in Langley Park. The event will feature an array of public entertainment ranging from magicians to a DC United Player to Mega Radio. The restaurant doors will open to the public at 11:30 a.m. http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/Apps/News/media/DisplayInfo.cfm?ItemID=379 from dcunited.com Who: Christian Gomez What: Pollo Campero Grand Opening When: Tuesday, November 22, 2004; 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Where: Pollo Campero; 355 University Boulevard; Langley Park, MD
Don't know if it's good, but it's about four blocks from where I live. And I could've sworn that would be Prince George's, not Mongomery, County.
my god, that place is god. greasy, but good. many central americans swear by that place. when it first opened in falls church, people lined up at 3 a.m. there is one in the san salvador airport, and people buy a box to bring back to their family in the states. the entire airplane smelled like fried chicken.
According to Mapquest, University Avenue in that area (right around New Hampshire Ave) is the line between PG and Montgomery Cos. So I guess it depends on what side of the street the restaurant is on.
Something wierd happened with that last e-mail to Tim from Christian that I posted... Now I'm getting messages from him. Anyway, he wanted me to post this about the restaurant: The chicken is humid and saboroso, with only one it castrates light of empanar. The flavor comes from I marinate that it is injected in each piece of the chicken before is congealed and it is sent to the licenses, where is fried for above, later it is boxed precise and is packed for the following impatient client. And this one is in fact fried chicken, not the Peruvian chicken roasted rotisserie that you can be familiar with. An assortment of sides, cakes and the rice to tortillas and habas to the empanada one of apple and flan, reflects a fried experience of the chicken with a Latin American twist. There is also wings of chicken with two options of the sauce, nuggets and a selection of the salad, but the fried chicken is the main attraction. Don't is intimidated if you can't speak Spanish. Most of the employees they speak quite English to obtain to him with the process that orders, and the menus are in both languages. Thanks Christian!
They've been one of DCU's local sponsors. Must be why Gomez is heading over, thier food's not bad, its a 'tad' greasy, but a lot more flavorful than KFC, way healthier than Popeyes(now that's an understatement). Of course, nothing IMHO, comes close to that Peruvian Chicken place in Arlington, but Campero's not bad at all. April can't come soon enough
Ahhh the days when I could swing by Wheaton and grab some el pollo rico. I have not tried the Salvadoreño version of pollo frito, but am looking forward to it when I visit the area again. But man I do love that pollo peruano a la brasa. Sorry for that, its one of many things I miss while here in Tokyo... ¡Vamos DC United ************!
Nothing compares to Pollo Campero..... NOTHING... I'm not saying that just because I'm Salvadorean either... OH BTW... Pollo Campero orginiated in Guatemala, not in El Salvador... I know.. I was shocked myself when I found out. Come on April!!!!