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06/03/2026
We’ve been talking a lot about , but what do they do exactly?
Students Justin and Angie have the answer!
Help us support this great nonprofit by purchasing tickets to our brunch for a Purpose on June 20th. Every dollar goes to Students Run Philly Style!
🗓️ Saturday, June 20th 9am-3pm
📍 El Merkury Chestnut St.
🎟️ Get tickets here (link in bio): https://www.exploretock.com/elmerkury/event/609465/students-run-brunch
06/02/2026
Only one week left for our iced latte specials!
☕️ Guatemalan Dark Chocolate Iced Latte (pictured)
Guatemalan chocolate drizzle, espresso, milk, vanilla cold whip, and dark chocolate chunks
☕️ Tres Leches Iced Latte
Tres leches syrup, espresso, milk, and torched meringue
☕️ Churro Iced Latte
Oat milk, cinnamon syrup, espresso, vanilla cold whip, and a mini churro
Available at Chestnut St. and locations.
06/01/2026
Just because you get your order fast doesn’t mean we made it fast.
Before you hit the order button, our team spent hours simmering beans, marinating meats, hand-pressing pupusas, mixing churro dough, making salsas, pickling veggies, and prepping everything for the day.
Everything at El Merkury is made in-house by our team and served fresh (fun fact: we don’t even have a freezer).
🌮 Pictured: our taquitos served fast to you but made from scratch in advance.
05/27/2026
Three salads perfect for the warm weather that you should be trying right now:
🥗 Mango Salad
Spring greens, green mango, queso fresco, cherry tomatoes, pepitas, yogurt dressing.
🥗 Dorada Salad
Local greens, heart of palm, pickled green beans, toasted sunflower seeds, mustard vinaigrette
🥗 Roasted Carrots Salad
Hearty greens, roasted root vegetables, pickled red onion, raisins, toasted pumpkin seeds, coriander vinaigrette
Add a protein to make it a complete meal: hilacha chicken, pork mechado, or tomatillo jackfruit
Available at our Chestnut St. location along with a handful of other great salad options to choose from.
HAPPY SALAD SEASON!
🥗☀️🍽️✨
05/26/2026
We’re often asked the difference between a pupusa, taquito, and tostada. Here’s the answer. 🌽 👀
05/21/2026
Memorial Day weekend PSA! ☀️
Both El Merkury locations will be closed on Memorial Day (Monday, May 25th), and El Merkury Chestnut St. is always closed on Sundays, so make your pupusa + churro plans accordingly this weekend.
Need catering for the holiday weekend? We can still accommodate last-minute large orders! Visit our website under catering for details: elmerkury.com.
05/19/2026
Like brunch? Like raising money for a great cause?
Mark your calendar for Saturday, June 20th for Brunch for a Purpose: Students Run Philly Style Fundraiser! 🏃♀️🍳🥳☕️🏃♂️🌮
Tickets are $35 and include the following menu served family style based on the number of tickets you purchase:
AM Taquitos
Chorizo, egg and cheese taquito, with salsa and crema.
(Vegetarian option: Cheese & Egg taquito)
Papitas Hashbrown
Cumin Spiced Potato Hash with peppers and onions
AM Pupusas Con Frijoles
Mini Bean & Cheese pupusas with a poached egg & pasilla salsa
House Churros
Fresh made churro, served over Vanilla soft serve and cajeta sauce.
Guatemalan coffee or house drinks
⏰ Once you purchase your tickets, come anytime between 9am-3pm ⏰
This event benefits , an amazing organization our founder Sofia is very involved in that supports local students as they train, build confidence, and work toward accomplishing marathon goals through mentorship and running.
Feel free to come in gym clothes if you want to go for a run first. In fact, it’s encouraged!
🎟️ Get tickets here (link in bio): https://www.exploretock.com/elmerkury/
📍 El Merkury 2104 Chestnut St.
05/18/2026
You know what cools you off when it’s 94° out? Iced lattes!
Lucky for you, we just dropped THREE new iced lattes:
☕️ Guatemalan Dark Chocolate Iced Latte
Guatemalan chocolate drizzle, espresso, milk, vanilla cold whip, and dark chocolate chunks
☕️ Tres Leches Iced Latte
Tres leches syrup, espresso, milk, and torched meringue
☕️ Churro Iced Latte
Oat milk, cinnamon syrup, espresso, vanilla cold whip, and a mini churro
Available for a limited time at both Chestnut St. and locations!
05/14/2026
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and lucky for you, we serve it at our Chestnut St. location 6 days a week, from 7am to 11am Monday-Saturday.
🌮 Breakfast Taquitos – chorizo & egg or egg & cheese
🍫 Churros & Chocolate Combo – 4 mini churro loops with a Guatemalan hot chocolate
🥪 Guatemalan Breakfast Sandwich – Guatemalan cheese bread, fluffy egg, cheese, avocado, with optional bacon & hot sauce (gluten free!)
🌽 Tostada Ranchera – house-made corn tortilla shell, refried beans, cheese, fried egg, salsa verde & cotija
🍳 AM Pupusa – single pupusa topped with a soft fried egg
Plus, we just dropped a whole new drink menu yesterday! Scroll back. 👀
Bring your laptop and spend your mornings with us. 💻
05/13/2026
NEW ICED LATTES JUST DROPPED AT EL MERKURY. 🧊☕️📣
Available for a limited time at Chestnut St and :
☕️ Guatemalan Dark Chocolate Iced Latte
Guatemalan chocolate drizzle, espresso, milk, vanilla cold whip, and dark chocolate chunks
☕️ Tres Leches Iced Latte
Tres leches syrup, espresso, milk, and torched meringue
☕️ Churro Iced Latte
Oat milk, cinnamon syrup, espresso, vanilla cold whip, and a mini churro
Which are you going to try first?
05/05/2026
HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY TO OUR CHESTNUT ST. LOCATION! 🥳🎉
Visit either of our locations today (2104 Chestnut St. or ) for a Birthday Churro Sundae to celebrate with us!
‼️ BIRTHDAY CHURRO SUNDAE ENDS TODAY ‼️
Fresh-made churro, confetti cake croutons, pink whipped cream, and sprinkles over vanilla soft serve! 🍦🎂🎈🍰
05/04/2026
Tomorrow is our Chestnut St. location’s 8th anniversary (🥳🥳🥳) and THE VERY LAST DAY to get our Birthday Churro Sundae at both locations. Don’t miss it!
05/03/2026
Spring Festival recap. What. A. Day.
Already counting down till next year! 🥳
05/02/2026
starts at noon! Our is in front of Chipotle at 1512 Walnut St. Come get your fave churros, elotes, and chips until 5pm. 🌽🚲
05/01/2026
Catch us tomorrow 12pm-5pm at Spring Festival with our friends!
We’ll be on the 1500 block of Walnut St. serving churros, elotes, and chips from the ! 🌽🚲
04/30/2026
is on The Dish today getting everyone ready for the this weekend! 🏃♀️
Tune in, then come see us to properly carb load before race day (you’ve earned it). 🌽
Thanks for stopping by, , we had the best time!
04/29/2026
🥳 BIRTHDAY CHURRO SUNDAE IS BACK 🥳
El Merkury turned 5 yesterday and El Merkury Chestnut St. turns 8 on May 5th, so we’re celebrating with our fan favorite Birthday Churro Sundae available at both locations for a limited time.
Fresh-made churro, confetti cake croutons, pink whipped cream, and sprinkles over vanilla soft serve! 🍦🎂🎈🍰
04/28/2026
Today is our 5-year anniversary at and next week on May 5th we’ll be celebrating our 8-year anniversary on Chestnut St!
We figured this was the perfect time to remind you who we are, what we serve, and why we serve it. 💙
BONUS: our Birthday Churro Sundae starts today and goes through May 3rd at both locations!
Birthday Churro Sundae
Fresh-made churro, confetti cake, pink cream cheese frosting, and sprinkles over vanilla soft serve! 🍦🎂🎈🍰
04/24/2026
media party recap 🤩
Don’t miss our limited-time Shucked specials at BOTH El Merkury locations running through May 3rd:
🌽 caramel corn churro sundae (mini version pictured)
🌽 sweet corn iced latte
🌽 corn & cheese pupusa
….and go see the show!!! Trust us, we watched it last night and it’s a great performance!
Thanks for the perfect corn partnership, . 💙🌽
04/22/2026
Caramel corn churro sundae: caramel corn, dulce de leche, house-made sweet corn syrup, freshly-made churro with cinnamon sugar and vanilla soft serve 🌽🍦
Inspired by Shucked at the Forrest Theater going on now.
Available for a limited time at both El Merkury locations. Mug not included, but if you BYO Shucked mug from the show, we’ll fill it.
04/17/2026
Head to our Instagram page for this giveaway: https://www.instagram.com/elmerkury/
SHUCKED TICKET GIVEAWAY! 🌽🌽🌽
ICYMI our three Shucked specials are available at both of our locations STARTING TODAY to celebrate Shucked at the Forrest Theatre from April 21st - May 3rd, and as promised, we’re giving away 2 tickets to the 🌽April 23rd🌽 performance thanks to our friends at !
Here’s how to enter our giveaway:
1️⃣ Follow and
2️⃣ Like this post
3️⃣ Tag a friend (every new comment/tag = 1 entry)
We will pull a winner on Tuesday, April 21st at 9am and announce on this post and in stories.
Thank you to for partnering with us... and don’t forget to try our specials at El Merkury at 2104 Chestnut St. and now through May 3rd!
04/16/2026
We teamed up with to celebrate Shucked — a show about our favorite thing in the world: CORN! 🌽 — coming to the Forrest Theatre April 21st – May 3rd.
To mark the occasion, we’re rolling out three specials at both our locations starting tomorrow (Friday, April 17th) through the end of the show, May 3rd:
🌽 Caramel corn churro
caramel corn, dulce de leche, house-made sweet corn syrup, freshly-made churro with cinnamon sugar and vanilla soft serve
🌽 Sweet corn iced latte:
house-made sweet corn syrup layered with milk, ice and Guatemalan espresso topped with sweet cream
🌽 Corn and cheese pupusa:
pupusa stuffed with queso blanco and a mozzarella blend with corn kernels. Super cheesy! Gluten free and vegetarian. Comes with the usual salsa, curtido & pickled onion.
Available at at 2104 Chestnut St. and .
Stay tuned tomorrow, we’ll be giving away a pair of tickets to the show. 😉
04/09/2026
PARTY WITH EL MERKURY! 🥳🥳🥳
Did you know we started out as a catering company?
We love being part of your events! Whether you need catering dropped off for a meeting or want our at your next big gala, we’ve got you covered.
We only need 24 hours for most orders.
Inquire on our website or send us a DM.
04/06/2026
STARTING TODAY: Restaurant! 🥳
‼️ For every two combos you buy today through Sat 4/11, you get a free churro or side. ‼️
Combos feature your choice of two mains (taquito, pupusa, and tostada) and two sides (cheesy jalapeño rice, refried beans, guacamole, and plantain chips).
Our special is available at our Chestnut St. location only, for dine-in only.
03/31/2026
Pssst… here’s a little hack with our new spring specials. 🤫
Add a shot of espresso to our strawberry horchata for a caffeinated treat you didn’t know you needed. ☕️🍓
Address
2104 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
To get to Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, you can take public transportation by hopping on the Market-Frankford line and getting off at the 13th Street stop. From there, walk towards Chestnut Street and turn left. Alternatively, you can drive and park in a nearby parking garage such as the one located on 12th Street between Walnut and Chestnut Streets.
Opening Hours
| Monday |
11am - 9pm |
| Tuesday |
11am - 9pm |
| Wednesday |
11am - 9pm |
| Thursday |
11am - 9pm |
| Friday |
11am - 9pm |
| Saturday |
12pm - 9pm |
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What people say
ElMerkury is a must-visit local business in Philadelphia for anyone who loves Central American street food. The menu is inspired by Mayan food staples, which include corn, beans, chillis and chocolate. These ingredients are used to create an authentic experience of Central American cuisine that is both delicious and unique.
What sets ElMerkury apart from other restaurants is their commitment to representing under-represented countries through food. They want to show the awesomeness of Central America that is often overshadowed by negative news stories. This dedication to showcasing the best of Central America shines through in every dish they serve.
Even before their brick and mortar location opened, ElMerkury was already delivering their mouth-watering menu items via Uber Eats and Grubhub. This shows their dedication to providing an on-demand experience for customers who crave their delicious food.
Overall, ElMerkury is a dream project come true for lovers of Central American street food. Their commitment to authenticity and representation makes them a standout local business in Philadelphia that should not be missed.
