The business operates in the Greenwood / Phinney Ridge area, and along Alki Beach Park in West Seattle.

[8][9] El Chupacabra's menu has included burritos,[1] nachos, tacos al pastor, rice and beans, tortilla chips with guacamole and salsa, horchata,[2] and margaritas.

[6] The restaurant has also served enchiladas, fried jalapeños, huevos rancheros,[8] pozole with pork, quesadillas, tortas,[1] and black-bean dip.

The restaurant's seating capacity was 200 people and, according to Eater Seattle, had "the same festively dark decor and loud music" as the other two locations.

[14][21] The restaurant operated in Chandler's Cove,[22] a development created from the Lone Star Cement site in and Henry Pier.

[24] The Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle has called El Chupacabra's food and margaritas "frighteningly delicious".

[27] Eater Seattle included El Chupacabra in a 2013 "epic guide on where to take vegetarians out to eat" in the city.

[10] In 2017, the website's Leonardo David Raymundo included the Alki location in a list of "low-stakes" first date establishments in the city.