"Next door, I discovered Sergio’s Empanadas, a trailer owned by Sergio Betancourt and his wife Diana Buitrago that turns out empanadas with either corn- or flour-based pastry filled with shredded or ground beef, pork, chicken, or shrimp; Buitrago, who is Venezuelan, told me they will soon begin serving food typical of Ecuador, where her husband is from." - Serena Maria Daniels