Antojitos chapines los panchos

11249 Veirs Mill Rd

guatemalan restaurant

El Quetzal Restaurant

11121 Baltimore Ave

If you want to understand what Guatemalan food actually tastes like—not approximated or Americanized—this is where locals eat. The casual setup means you're here to focus on the food, not the décor.

guatemalan restaurant

Pollo Campero

5852 Columbia Pike

People come here for the rotisserie chicken—charred skin, seasoned right, the kind that tastes like someone's grandmother learned to cook it generations ago. If you want straightforward, honest food that doesn't pretend to be anything fancier than it is, this is the place.