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| - Delicious empanadas! Located just west of Mavis Road and Rathburn Road, about 5 minutes from the Mavis Rd. Hwy 403 exit, this place has a very divey, basic, unassuming exterior (and interior) but their empanadas are pretty impressive.
First, the parking. Lots of parking available in this plaza, and on the Thursday afternoon I visited, it was virtually empty.
Second, the food. I ordered 3 chicken empanadas and 1 beef empanada. I'm more accustomed to Filipino empanadas where the exterior is much softer with texture similar to bread. But, Todo Rico's empanadas are way different, and it's a good different - the exterior is super, super crunchy and crispy. Oily, but scrumptious, and came with some delicious hot sauce. The filling is generous, stuffed with meat and potatoes, and if I had to choose - get the beef over the chicken. It's tastier.
The place is small and acts as a restaurant-bakery-takeout spot-mini grocery store (there are some small grocery items behind the cashier). They sell some pastries, empanadas and a couple of other items from a hot table at the front. Selection is pretty small. Note that there are only a couple of tables if you want to eat in. Visually, the place is pretty basic, but the empanadas are what the lines here were made of.
For 4 empanadas, I paid around $6.00. Note that if you want to pay by debit or credit, there's a minimum spend of $5.00.
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