Arepas House

An Early Look at Arepas House in Edgewater Public Market | Eater Denver

"When the Edgewater Public Market opens this fall, I learned that Arepas House will be among its vendors. Chef and owner Jorge Dominguez said the 3.5-year-old food truck is expanding into a stall inside the market, set to open with the market around Sept. 15, and will offer an expanded menu of arepas and other Venezuelan offerings beyond what he could do from the truck. The stall will include a new line of gourmet arepas made with salmon and other high-quality ingredients that Dominguez says are basically impossible to find in Venezuela but coveted by Denver customers; it will also stock imported Venezuelan soft drinks such as Malta (a sweet, molasses-like carbonated drink made with barley, hops and water that is not fermented) and Frescolita (a red, cream-soda–like soda), plus a large variety of candies imported from Venezuela. The Edgewater stall will continue to offer the truck’s standard chicken, beef, chicken-salad and vegetarian arepas, add two new vegan arepas, and sell the Patacone (a beef-and-coleslaw sandwich made with two fried plantain slices instead of bread); Dominguez says the food truck will continue to show up at events around town such as Civic Center Eats and the Pearl Street Farmers Market." - Paul Albani-Burgio