El Chalan Restaurant

El Chalan Restaurant El Chalan has been feeding the D.C. community with authentic, delicious Peruvian food since 1975. Our most known dishes are the lomo saltado, causa, and ceviche.
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Permanently closed.

El Chalan Restaurant was founded in 1975 by Pedro and Elsa Espinoza. The Espinozas' immigrated from their native land, Peru, in the late 1960's with a dream to provide a better life for themselves and their family. They quickly acculturated to the customs and traditions of their new land but missed very much their native cuisine. After, a few years in the DC metropolitan area they opened a carry-o

ut in Arlington, Virginia. They initially sold traditional American food such as hot dogs, hamburgers, and fries during the week and Peruvian food was served only on the weekends. Soon, there was increasing demand for the Peruvian menu, and they converted the carry-out to a restaurant and changed the name from Washington Lee Carry-out to El Chalan Restaurant. El Chalan was the first Peruvian restaurant in the DC metropolitan area, and continues to be one of the most recognized in the area, and has received multiple favorable reviews. Located on 1924 I Street, El Chalan serves up delicious Peruvian fare every day of the week. The pisco sours are also very popular.

03/02/2022

There is a rumor going around that El Chalan will be opening again under new management. This is false information. The Espinoza family closed that location on February 12, 2022.

Thank you to all of our wonderful customers that have supported us for 41+ years! It was so nice to see all of you this ...
02/14/2022

Thank you to all of our wonderful customers that have supported us for 41+ years! It was so nice to see all of you this past week. We will miss you all but are very grateful for your love and support. We’ll see you around ❤️

Gracias a todos nuestros clientes por su apoyo en estos 41+ años. Esta última semana sentimos el carino de Uds. Los vamos extrañar y nos volveremos a encontrar algún día ❤️

We appreciate all our customers and we want to thank everyone who has made these 41 years wonderful! Our current close d...
02/05/2022

We appreciate all our customers and we want to thank everyone who has made these 41 years wonderful! Our current close date is February 12th, 2022. Come celebrate DC’s first authentic Peruvian cuisine ONE LAST TIME! If we don’t see you, we wish you all the best.

Sincerely,

The Espinoza Family 🇵🇪❤️

We Will be CLOSED for two weeks! Happy Holidays
12/22/2021

We Will be CLOSED for two weeks! Happy Holidays

Tallarines Verdes
11/11/2021

Tallarines Verdes

Don’t forget! We are open from Tuesday - Saturday
11/07/2021

Don’t forget! We are open from Tuesday - Saturday

Delicious
10/20/2021

Delicious

Name your Saltado and we make it!
10/15/2021

Name your Saltado and we make it!

10/02/2021

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We are OPEN all day until 9pm!
09/03/2021

We are OPEN all day until 9pm!

Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday open from 11am to 4pm. Friday 11am -8pm &. Saturday from 12pm - 9...
09/01/2021

Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday open from 11am to 4pm. Friday 11am -8pm &. Saturday from 12pm - 9pm.

Special for the week! 1. Jalea 2. Arroz con Pollo 3. Our delicious Classico
07/27/2021

Special for the week! 1. Jalea 2. Arroz con Pollo 3. Our delicious Classico

Address

1924 I Street NW
Washington D.C., DC
20006

Telephone

+12022932765

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