El torogoz pizzería & restaurant | Our Story
Salvadoran soul meets pizzeria craft
El Torogoz brings Salvadoran and Latin American cooking together with pizzeria craft — real ingredients, genuine pride, one neighborhood.
One standard of care
Every item — from a margherita to a plate of birria tacos — gets the same care: quality ingredients, careful prep, no shortcuts.
Handmade from the start
Pupusas are the heartbeat of Salvadoran cooking, and at El Torogoz they're made by hand, just as they should be. They're the kind of dish that tells you exactly who this restaurant is.
A menu that crosses borders
Slow-cooked carnitas, pulled beef short rib birria tacos, and a taco-style pizza topped with seasoned beef, lettuce, and sour cream — the menu moves freely between Latin tradition and pizzeria creativity.
A dish hard to find in Connecticut
The Salvadoran mariscada — a seafood stew with clams, mussels, shrimp, and crab — is a rarity in Connecticut, and finding it here on Burnside Ave is the point.
Proud to be on Burnside Avenue
El Torogoz opened to serve East Hartford with food that's bold, heartfelt, and genuinely different — every plate a statement about what this neighborhood deserves.
