I have been to this place many times both in the city and in brooklyn, and it's always been good. Arepas are something different than most types of food I've had and they are delicious. When we went on Saturday it was totally packed, but got a table inside pretty quickly (it was a 30 min wait for outside space). The decor is very rustic with lots of exposed wood. The menu is very simple in that it's just arepas or empanadas with 1 or 2 platter dishes. They also have a bunch of sides which as guacamole & chips, a variety of plantains and rice & beans. Drink wise they have rum flights and beer. If you've never had an arepa, I would warn you that the size is very mis-leading. I would say 1 to 1 1/2 arepa per person. You'd think you could hammer down 2 but the flour tortilla expands and fills you up very quickly. We had the A6 (chicken and avocado mix) and then the A17 and A18, which was some fish mix and spicy pork mix respectively. My favorite is the A6, it's amazing with tons and tons of avocado. The other 2 were good with the pork definitely being spicy but the problem with them was that they are more "wet" in filling and that makes the arepa start to fall apart a bit and/or make more messy. Dan got a beer and rum shot to drink. The best part of this whole meal was that it was $29 for 2.
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