"At Uber Eats we join this great national celebration and take the opportunity to highlight the taste of local food. Thanks to all salvadorans for making us the number one delivery app in El Salvador and thanks to the community of entrepreneurs and merchants who rely on Uber Eats to connect with users in various parts of the country. All this contributes to generate opportunities for more delivery partners to find a way to earn additional profits. Today we highlight our commitment to this beautiful country and celebrate the pride of being salvadoran", said Carolina Coto, communications manager for Uber in Central America and the Caribbean.

Since Uber Eats has been available in the country, among the local dishes most ordered by the app during the month of celebration of independence are: pupusas, tortas, tacos, and burritos. Uber Eats has more than 740 restaurant partners, 60% of which are SMEs.

Local dishes at the touch of a button: When defining the menu to celebrate Independence Day, users in El Salvador can choose from hundreds of active businesses in Uber Eats. But, when it comes to national cuisine, some of the local restaurants and their outstanding dishes in this category are:

• Clavo y Canela can find parrilladas and asados, as well as delicious pastas and traditional salvadoran breakfasts such as the cuscatleco breakfast with huevos estrellados and guacamole, accompanied by plantain, cheese and cream.
• Restaurant El Pariente, serves traditional mexican burritos and tacos, but you can also order delicious pupusas or the typical carnitas with casamiento and toasted tortilla.
• Chico's Restaurant, has a menu composed of typical salvadoran dishes, from atol, nuegados de yuca, pastelitos de carne and fried yucca. But if the hunger is bigger, a fried tilapia served with rice, salad and tortilla will be an ideal option. Promotions to celebrate during the month of independence users will be able to enjoy special promotions through the Uber Eats app with the "Descuentos chivos" of up to 30% off in selected restaurants; also San Martin will have 15% off in salvadoran bakery, El Bendito with Bendito Típico for $4.95, and Pupusería Triple Deli will have 3x2 in traditional pupusas. *

In addition to the independence promotions through Uber Eats, users can also find a promotion when requesting rides with the Uber app during september 15, in this case, the first 1,500 users who apply the promocode UBERESV22 will get a 20% discount on a trip. Uber also joins the celebration by doubling the extra amount that users give to collaborating partners at the end of each trip during this day.

*Terms and conditions apply according to each promotion in the Uber Eats and Uber app.