La Arepa

Really yummy flavors. Will be back. We got the pabellon in arepa form and in empanada form. Both were great.

I had a pabellón arepa. It was so delicious and really filing. Definitely worth $10. And the person who took my order was super helpful. He said one arepa would be enough and recommended I try it with the garlic sauce! The garlic sauce was a perfect compliment to my meal. Love the barley pod food carts.

I visited this pod with my wife, and we each shared items from different carts. Being the smart one in the family, my wife chose La Arepa, and went with their Shredded Chicken Arepa as her choice.The wait for her food turned out to be much shorter than the expected few minutes, as a fresh Arepa happened to be immediately available. This meant that I ended up trying to grab more than my share as the other order from a different cart took a bit longer to materialize.This allowed me to appreciate the flavor, and, for me, the wonderful combination of textures in La Arepa's cooking. Between the arepa itself, the chicken, and the cheese (Cotija?) that came on top, every bite told a lovely and varied story.I'm very much looking forward to exploring more of their menu.

Wow. Blew me away. So delicious. Got #9, the avocado, plantains, beans and shredded beef one. Pretty to look at and just wholesome flavors. Tasty, crispy but soft, masa "buns." So yummy all together. Pricy for $9, but the flavors are real! The salad was also pretty good - Venezuelan cole slaw. $3

If you are looking for some authentic Venezuelan food this is the spot to go! Generous sized empanadas and arepas. So delicious and definitely worth a stop.

Wow, what a gem. I've never had anything so simple and flavorful before. The cold chicken salad is wonderful, hot and crispy corn shell and perfectly seasoned chicken, not to mention travels well. 20 minutes later, still warm shell and not soggy. They've got frying down to a science! Food feels light and not greasy. Highly recommend to anyone who likes good food at a crazy reasonable price. Like seriously, you got 7 bucks? You got lunch! Have to give them respect for keeping their prices fair. A lot of carts now are getting really expensive, and while I totally get rising prices and overhead, part of the experience of street food is that it's less expensive because your not paying for atmosphere, and you can try more and different items, in my opinion. Fast and friendly. Some of the menu items may not be familiar to most people, but they make trying new things less intimidating and have a really nice menu with full pictures, really helpful when choosing items. Will be back soon. Dreaming of that chicken salad.

SLAPS. The reina pepiada is so good. I want to move to Portland just to eat these forever, everyday, 24/7. I've never had an arepa like it.

We were here for the ramen cart next door, but unfortunately it was closed (for unknown reason). Frustrated and hungry, we turned to La Arepa for some deliciousness! Since I'd never tried Venezuelan food, I decided to turn to the picture menu for extra information. I ended up getting Pabellón Criollo and my bf got a Arepa to go. My Pabellón Criollo was good, I like the plantains with the rice, bean and pulled beef. I also like my rice topped with the egg. While I do like my dish, I was really impressed by the Arepa! The grilled cornmeal bread has this airy, chewy and crunchy texture that totally surprised me. I was hooked but I didn't want to eat my bf's entire sandwich...Next time I'm going to order 3 Arepa. Yes, that's my plan!

Ultra-flavorful Venezuelan favorites like arepas are served up in the unassuming food cart in a pod in North East. This truck, manned by one guy, who is so friendly and has incredible sweat equity, is dishing out really great options like the #9: an arepa with black beans, plantains, shredded beef, avocado and more. Plus, he can recommend salsa for the different dishes on the menu out of the 4 he makes. Both of the salsas I ate with my arepa, which was huge and initially too hot to pick up, went really beautifully with the components. It was savory, salty, sweet, crunch, chewy, all of the things. I really want to try more menu items like some of the plated meals that I recognized. The wait time is really long during meal times, but just grab a beer at Baerlic and chill out until it's ready.

I'm Venezuelan and those days I've felt homesick...I've ordered from this place.Great food A++People is great and you can feel it.Restauran in SE is perfect to hang out as well.