La Uchirena Coffee Express

Love it. best empanadas and the price is very razonable give the size of them.

As a Venezuelan myself, this is one of the best small food spots I’ve ever been to. The food is so fresh, and it tastes just like.. home! (If you are not from Venezuela, well, it just tastes like what you would eat if you went to Venezuela.) The people are so nice, it is so relieving to have conversations with people that have same tastes and cultural knowledge as you. The tequeños? Perfect. Empanadas? Perfect. Cachapas? Perfect. I love everything about this place! If you are a little nervous to come because you don’t know what Venezuelan food is like, let someone that has been eating this food all his life give you a brief explanation. Oh, that’s me, by the way. If you are not ready to read a lot or you just want to know what I think of the place, stop reading right here so I don’t waste your time. But if you want to know a lot just to make sure everything will be good before coming in, read on! So, empanadas are exquisite and one of my favorite Venezuelan foods and let me explain to you why. It’s grains of corn mixed with water to make a sort of dough. Then, you lay it down as a circle and you put toppings in it! It’s usually Carne Mechada (or ground beef), cheese and/or ham, and much more delicious toppings. Then, after it is filled with goodies, flip it, and close it. Then, you are actually going to fry it. They are delicious! Then tequeños are a little easier to explain. It’s just sort of like cheese sticks but the cheese is inside and on the outside is this beautiful crust of squishy, delicious bread. Then cachapas! I personally don’t like cachapas too much, but that doesn’t mean this place doesn’t make good ones. Since I don’t like cachapas, I can’t really fill you in on how to make them, but they are the same ingredients as empanadas (grains of corn and water.) You just cook them differently and they are like pancakes, almost. They taste best with cheese. That’s it! Sorry if this was too long to read, but I want to make sure people know about Venezuelan food before they try it so they are not nervous or anything. I recommend this place, 110.

The empanadas were fantastic! fresh and hot with great taste. language barrier has messed up my coffee order and was a fight to go my food. can't wait to come back.

Try empanadas for the first time, so fresh and so delicious! a must visit when they are in the neighboring.

Is a pleasure to have this restaurant so close, real Venezuelan food, well cook, the staff is very friendly. Prices standard not cheap not expensive but worth it.