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| - I was really excited to finally try my local Venezuelan restaurant. Unfortunately, it seems that they've skewed the dinner more towards the mediocre Bloomfield Italian side of things. I really wanted some arepas with beans or cheese, cachapas with queso a mano (in photos on the website - but not on the menu), jugo de parchita, maybe some rice and beans and platanos.
But, what I got was overpriced $18 mediocre ravioli. :-/ We had some fried arepas as an appetizer, which were fine, but not what I wanted. I guess the lunch menu is a bit more Venezuelan.
Pittsburgh has plenty of amazing Italian food - and an even stronger over-abundance of mediocre Italian food. It really doesn't need more of that. It does, however, need an authentic Venezuelan restaurant because there really aren't any others in the city. Even if they specialized in *just* arepas, perhaps with more varieties of fillings, and offered some fresh tropical juices - that'd be a big attraction to come here. It'd be a great alternative to a quick/cheap lunch or dinner at, say, Chipotle.
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