Arepa Cafe
490 Queen St. W.
416-362-4111
arepacafe.ca
Hours of Operation
Mon & Tues - 10 a.m.- 9 p.m.
Wed – Sat - 10 a.m. -10 p.m.
Sun 11 a.m. -7 p.m.
Rating: *****
Price range: $2 - $15
Reservations: For groups more than 6
Low $: Alfajor ($2)
High $: Holiday Platter & Juice ($15)
Licensed: Yes
Venezuelan food - now that’s not something you can get on every corner.
So thank goodness for Arepa Café. They’ve brought the city arepas: corn meal bread that’s grilled and filled like a sandwich which has the most amazing texture - like the outside of an English muffin, and yet, it's surprisingly light. The choices of stuffings range from vegetarian to full-on meat.
We try the Reina Pepiada-The Curvy Queen ($7.50) with chicken, avocado, red onion and coriander all blended into a creamy, luscious concoction, and the Carne Mechada ($7.00) that boasts moist shredded flank steak, tomato, garlic pepper and cumin. Both come with a tiny container of fresh coleslaw. We can’t stop moaning over the genius of these “sandwiches,” their flavours, the textures.
We finish with an Alfajor ($2), a dulce de leche sandwich cookie that is perfection. If only there was an Arepa Café on every corner.
