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Monday 11am - 9pm Tuesday 11am - 9pm Wednesday 11am - 9pm Thursday 11am - 9pm Friday 11am - 9pm Saturday 12pm - 9pm

ElMerkury

Our goal is to deliver an authentic experience of Central American street food. We take inspiration ElMerk is a dream project walking to reality. XOXO

The concept is Central American Street food and the inspiration behind the menu is the Mayan food staples. In case you skipped that history lesson- Mayans were gatherers first, hunters second, and their diet was based on corn, beans, chillis and chocolate (from this choice of foods you can tell they were obvs smart). These staples are also the basis for our Merk menu. The idea behind this concept

is that we can represent the under-represented countries whose perceptions are sometimes shadowed by news that sell (murder, criminals, drugs) and instead shine a different light by showing the awesomeness that they have. In other words we want to represent Central America through food! Everyone eats so. We believe in the age of ON DEMAND- so even before our brick and mortar is open in the City Of Brotherly Love for the full market experience- we'll be selling part of our menu via Uber Eats & Grubhub. In the meantime- have fun with our Spanglish lessons, food porn, and lousy memes.

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

Opening Hours

Monday	11am - 9pm
Tuesday	11am - 9pm
Wednesday	11am - 9pm
Thursday	11am - 9pm
Friday	11am - 9pm
Saturday	12pm - 9pm

Website

http://Elmerkury.com/

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