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Traditional Venezuelan cheese sticks with Lucho’s sauce.
Fried white cheese.
Crispy green plantains with grated cheese and Lucho’s sauce.
Queso - cheese; domino - black beans with grated white cheese; Pollo - shredded chicken; Jamon y queso - ham and cheese; griega - sauteed spinach and crumbled feta cheese; Santa Barbara - grated white cheese and sweet plantains; carne - shredded beef; cazon - white fish; pabellon - shredded beef, sweet plantains, black beans and cheese.
Queso con papa – potato and cheese; jamon y queso - ham and cheese; queso con mermelada - cheese and guava preserve; pollo - shredded chicken; carne - shredded beef; queso - cheese.
Bite size crispy arepas, crispy yucca, tostones and four sampling toppings of shredded beef, chicken, Reina peptide and Domino.
Four bite size crispy corn arepas with nata.
Beef, chicken, domino and 2 tequenos.
Fried crispy green plantains with green pepper mojo.
Four bite size crispy sweet anise arepas with nata.
Crispy chicharron crackling pork rind small arepas with nata.
Home style arena chips. Choose topping caraotas – black beans spread or guasacaca – guacamole.
Queso paisa o guayanes - Venezuelan style shredded or soft cheese; Jamon y queso - ham and white cheese; Pollo mecha do - stewed shredded chicken; pernil asado - slow roasted pork; carne mecha da - stewed shredded beef; asado negro - Venezuelan style pot roast.
Grilled Latin chorizo.
Crispy cassava with nata and guacamole.
Fritters of corn flour, cheese, sweet plantain, panela with nata.
Diced triple vegetable soup.
Chicken broth with veggies.
Lentil soup.
Short ribs and veggie soup.
Red or black bean soup.
Crispy calamari over greens, tomatoes, red onions.
Lettuce, tomatoes, onion.
Tuna salad over greens, tomatoes, red onions, cilantro, lime juice.
Marinated hearts of palm over greens, tomatoes, red onions.
Hass avocado over greens, tomatoes, onions.
Grilled chicken breast over lettuce, tomatoes, red onions.
Hass avocado, marinated hearts of palm over greens, tomatoes, red onions.
Potato salad with carrots, shredded chicken, apples, and mayo.
Venezuelan style pot roast.
Stewed young goat in coconut sauce and tomatoes.
Guayanes cheese.
Shredded beef, black beans, sweet plantains and grated white cheese.
Guasacaca, guayanes cheese, avocado and tomatoes.
Catira. Shredded chicken and grated cheddar cheese.
Sauteed choice of: steak, pork or chicken with onions and tomatoes.
Stewed shredded beef and grated cheddar cheese.
Pernil, avocado, cilantro, and tomatoes.
Guasacaca, avocado and tomatoes.
Ham and sliced white cheese.
Chicharron pork crackling rind, avocado, tartar sauce, tomato.
Grated cheddar cheese and tomatoes.
Lucho’s sauce, guarantees cheese, ham, avocado, and tomatoes.
Tuna, tomatoes, red onions, cilantro and lime juice.
Slow roasted pork and green pepper mojo.
Stewed shredded beef.
Arepa cabimera style. Choice of: beef, chicken, pork or vegetarian. Ham, cheese, avocado, egg, tomato, lettuce, ketchup, mayo and tartar sauce.
Guayanes cheese and sweet plantains.
Asado Negro style pot roast and guarantees cheese.
Stewed shredded chicken.
Scrambled eggs with onion and tomatoes, grated white cheese.
Slow roasted pork and grated cheddar cheese.
Stewed white fish.
Reina pepiada. Pulled roasted chicken, avocado, cilantro and mayo.
Shredded beef, grated white cheese and sweet plantains.
Shredded beef, grated cheddar cheese and sweet plantains.
Guayanes cheese and chorizo.
Slow roasted pork, Swiss cheese and avocado.
Black beans with grated white cheese.
Pernil, cheddar cheese, and avocado.
Roasted pork or pork chops with rice, beans, sweet plantains or salad, tostones.
Semi spicy pork ribs in a green tomatillo sauce.
Slow braized black beans or lentils in tomato based sauce over al dente pasta.
Venezuelan national dish. Shredded beef, white rice, black beans and sweet plantains. Try also with your choice of canon – shredded white fish, vegetariano – vegetarian, Pollo al Horno – shredded chicken, Pollo mecha do shredded chicken.
Orange glazed slow roasted chicken, fried yucca, green pepper mojo, green salad.
Sauteed skirt steak with onions, yucca mash, salad.
Beef stew with veggies in a tomato based sauce. Served with rice, bean, sweet plantains.
Young goat stewed in a coconut, red and green pepper sauce. Rice, sweet plantains and black beans on the side.
Grilled beef, crackling pork rind, fried egg, rice, red beans, sweet plantains, chorizo, avocado.
Grilled 12 oz. NY strip steak with yucca mash, salad.
Slow braised eye round beef cooked in red wine, onions, and panela. Served with rice, beans, sweet plantains.
Sauteed shrimp in cilantro pesto, crispy green plantains tostones, green salad.
Venezuelan style corn tamale. Stuffed with a stew of chicken, beef, pork, olives, raisins, and capers. Wrapped in banana leaves and served with traditional potato salad.
Grilled chicken, sliced avocado, tomatoes, and guasacaca.
Sauteed skirt steak, chicken or pork with onions and tomatoes.
Swiss cheese, ham, tomatoes and Lucho’s sauce.
Roasted pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles and mustard.
Scrambled eggs with onions and tomatoes, Lucho’s sauce.
Paisa white cheese, hearts of palm, tomatoes, and guasacaca.
Paisa cheese, tomatoes, guasacaca.
Choice of meat, Swiss cheese, tomatoes, and mayo.
Shredded beef.
Boiled yucca with green pepper sauce.
Venezuela style guacamole.
White rice and black o red beans.
Fresh avocado.
Venezuelan soft white cheese.
Plain arepa.
Fried sweet plantains.
French fries.
Milky moist sponge cake.
Creme caramel.
Rice pudding.
Cake soaked in coconut milk, topped with coconut cream and coconut flakes.
Extra light black coffee.
Iced American coffee.
Espresso.
Large macchiato.
Mocaccino.
Double espresso.
Regular American coffee.
Iced latte.
Macchiato.
Hot or cold tea.
Latte.
Espresso, steamed milk, and cinnamon.
Coke, diet coke, sprite.
Venezuelan soda pop.
Soursop milkshake.
Banana and strawberry milkshake.
Banana milkshake.
Papaya milkshake.
Sweet coconut milkshake.
Non-alcoholic malt beverage.
Brown sugar cane infused limeade.
Rice milkshake topped with cinnamon.
Hot or cold chocolate milkshake.
Watermelon seasonal.
Fresh squeezed orange juice.
Passion fruit.
Papaya.
Tamarind.
Soursop.
Strawberry.
Perico with onions and tomatoes, arepitas, black beans, nata and grated white cheese.
Chorizo, scrambled eggs, black beans, and arepitas.
Shredded beef, perico eggs, arepitas, black beans, nata and grated white cheese.
Sunny side up eggs cheese, sweet plantains and grated white cheese.
Non-alcoholic malt beverage.
Hot or cold chocolate milkshake.
Brown sugar cane infused limeade.
Sweet coconut milkshake.
Rice milkshake topped with cinnamon.
Fresh squeezed orange juice.
Soursop.
Strawberry.
Passion fruit.
Tamarind.
Papaya.
Watermelon seasonal.
Venezuelan soda pop.
Coke, diet coke, sprite.
Crispy fish, white rice, black beans, and sweet plantains.
Sauteed shrimp in cilantro pesto, crispy green plantains (tostones), and green salad.
Grilled 12 oz. NY strip steak with yucca mash and salad.
Orange glazed slow roasted chicken, fried yucca, green pepper mojo, and green salad.
Grilled beef, crackling pork rind, fried egg, rice, red beans, sweet plantains, chorizo, and avocado.
Bite Size crispy arepas, crispy yucca, tostones and four sampling topping of Shedded beef, chicken, reina pepiada, and domino.
Beef, chicken, domino, and 2 tequenos.
Fritters of corn flour, cheese, sweet plantain, and panela with nata.
Traditional Venezuelan cheese sticks with Lucho’s sauce.
Four bite size crispy corn arepas with nata.
Crispy chicharron (crackling pork rind) small arepas with nata.
4 bite size crispy sweet anise arepas with nata.
Crispy cassava with nata and guacamole.
Fried white cheese.
Grilled Latin chorizo.
Crispy green plantains with grated cheese and Lucho's sauce.
Lentil soup.
Red or black bean soup.
Chicken broth with veggies.
Short ribs and veggie soup.
Diced triple vegetable soup.
Grilled chicken breast over lettuce, tomato, and red onions. Served with house dressing made of soybean oil, dijon mustard, orange, lime juice, and ground pepper.
Tuna salad over greens, tomato, red onions, cilantro, and lime juice. Served with house dressing made of soybean oil, dijon mustard, orange, lime juice, and ground pepper.
Crispy calamri over greens, tomatoes, and red onions. Served with house dressing made of soybean oil, dijon mustard, orange, lime juice, and ground pepper.
Hass avocado over greens, tomatoes, and onions. Served with house dressing made of soybean oil, dijon mustard, orange, lime juice, and ground pepper.
Marinated hearts of palm over greens, tomatoes, and red onions. Served with house dressing made of soybean oil, dijon mustard, orange, lime juice, and ground pepper.
Hass avocado, marinated hearts of palm over greens, tomatoes, and red onions. Served with house dressing made of soybean oil, dijon mustard, orange, lime juice, and ground pepper.
Potato salad with carrots, shredded chicken, apple,s and mayonnaise. Served with house dressing made of soybean oil, dijon mustard, orange, lime juice, and ground pepper.
Lettuce, tomatoes, and onion. Served with house dressing made of soybean oil, dijon mustard, orange, lime juice, and ground pepper.
Black beans spread or guasacaca, guacamole.
Shredded beef, melted white cheese, black beans, and Lucho’s sauce.
White fish, melted white cheese, avocado, and Lucho’s sauce.
Tuna, melted white cheese, and Lucho’s sauce.
Ham, melted white cheese, avocado, and guasacaca.
Pernil, tomato, melted Cheddar cheese, and Lucho’s sauce.
Venezuelan style shredded or soft cheese.
Ham and cheese.
Stewed shredded chicken.
Slow roasted pork.
Stewed shredded beef.
Slow braised eye round beef cooked in red wine, onions, and panela. Served with rice, beans, sweet plantains.
Venezuela's nutritional dish. Shredded beef, white rice, black beans, and sweet plantains.
Venezuela's nutritional dish. White rice, black beans, and sweet plantains.
Venezuelan style corn Tamale. Stuffed with a stew of chicken, beef, pork, olives, raising and capers. Wrapped in banana leaves and served with traditional potato sala.
Young goat stewed in a coconut, red and green pepper sauce. Rice, sweet plantains, and black beans on the side.
Semi spicy pork ribs in a green tomatillo sauce.
Sauteed shrimp in cilantro pesto, crispy green plantains (tostones), and green salad.
Grilled 12 oz. NY strip steak with yucca mash and salad.
Venezuelan style pot roast.
Beef stew with veggies in a tomato based sauce. Served with rice, bean, and sweet plantains.
Slow braised black beans in special cocotero pesto over al dente pasta.
Lentils in special cocotero pesto over al dente pasta.
Roasted pork with rice, beans, sweet plantains or salad, tostones.
Pork chops with rice, beans, sweet plantains or salad, tostones.
Sauteed skirt steak with onions, yucca mash, and salad.
Grilled beef, crackling pork rind, fried egg, rice, red beans, sweet plantains, chorizo, and avocado.
Orange glazed slow roasted chicken, fried yucca, green pepper mojo, and green salad.
Crispy chicken, choice of salad and arepa topped with Special sofrito.
Crispy fish with tostones and choice of salad.
Crispy fish, white rice, black beans, and sweet plantains.
Paisa cheese, tomatoes, and guasacaca. Served with small green salad.
Scrambled eggs with onions, tomatoes, and Lucho’s sauce. Served with small green salad.
Swiss cheese, ham, tomatoes, and Lucho's sauce. Served with small green salad.
Swiss cheese, tomato, and mayonnaise. Served with small green salad.
Swiss cheese, tomato, and mayonnaise. Served with small green salad.
Swiss cheese, tomato, and mayonnaise. Served with small green salad.
Shredded beef. Served with small green salad.
Roasted pork, ham, Swiss cheese, pickles, and mustard. Served with small green salad.
Paisa white cheese, hearts of palm, tomato, and guasacaca. Served with small green salad.
Sauteed skirt steak, chicken or pork with onions and tomatoes. Served with small green salad.
Arepa Cabimera style. Choice of beef, chicken, pork or vegetarian. Ham, cheese, avocado, egg, tomato, lettuce, ketchup, mayonnaise, and tartar sauce.
Arepa Cabimera style. Cheese, avocado, egg, tomato, lettuce, ketchup, mayonnaise, and tartar sauce.
Guasacaca, avocado, and tomatoes.
Shredded beef, grated white cheese, and sweet plantains.
Shredded beef, grated Cheddar cheese, and sweet plantains.
Asado Negro style pot roast, and Guayanes cheese.
Pernil, Cheddar cheese, and avocado.
Catira. Shredded chicken and grated Cheddar cheese.
Gusacaca, Guayanes cheese, avocado, and tomatoes.
Reina Pepiada. Pulled roasted chicken, avocado, cilantro, and mayonnaise.
Pernil, avocado, cilantro, and tomatoes.
Tuna, tomatoes, red onions, cilantro, and lime juice.
Stewed young goat in coconut sauce and tomatoes.
Lucho’s sauce, Guayanes cheese, ham, avocado, and tomatoes.
Pernil, Swiss cheese, and avocado.
Sauteed choice of steak, pork or chicken with onions and tomatoes.
Venezuelan style pot roast.
Stewed white fish.
Scrambled eggs with onon, tomatoes, and grated white cheese.
Roasted pork and grated Cheddar cheese.
Stewed shredded chicken.
Grated Cheddar cheese and tomatoes.
Shredded beef, black beans, sweet plantains, and grated white cheese.
Stewed shredded beef.
Black beans with grated white cheese.
Ham and sliced white cheese.
Stewed shredded beef and grated Cheddar cheese.
Guayanes cheese and sweet plantains.
Guayanes cheese and chorizo.
Chicharron (pork crackling rind), avocado, tartar sauce, and tomato.
White rice and black or red beans.
Fried sweet plantains.
Boiled yucca with green pepper sauce.
French fries.
Plain arepa.
Venezuelan style guacamole.
Venezuelan soft white cheese.
Fresh avocado.
Watermelon (Seasonal).
Passion fruit.
Tamarind.
Fresh squeezed orange juice.
Guava.
Papaya.
Mango.
Strawberry.
Soursop.
Brown sugar cane infused lemonade.
Rice milkshake topped with cinnamon.
Hot or cold chocolate milkshake.
Sweet coconut milkshake.
Non alcoholic malt beverage.
Venezuelan pop soda.
Powdered milk and your choice of fruit for a smooth and tasty shake.
Powdered milk and your choice of fruit for a smooth and tasty shake.
Powdered milk and your choice of fruit for a smooth and tasty shake.
Powdered milk and your choice of fruit for a smooth and tasty shake.
Powdered milk and your choice of fruit for a smooth and tasty shake.
Potato and cheese.
Ham and white cheese.
Cheese and guava preserve.
Shredded chicken.
Shredded beef.
Cheese.
Milky moist sponge cake.
Rice pudding.
Creme caramel.
Cake soaked in coconut milk, topped with coconut cream and coconut flakes.
Perico with onions, tomatoes, arepitas, black beans, nata, and grated white cheese.
Sunny side up eggs cheese, sweet plantains, and grated white cheese.
Shredded beef, perico eggs, arepitas, black beans, nata, and grated white cheese.
Chorizo, scrambled eggs, black beans, and arepitas.
Last updated July 1, 2021