Caraotas

"Venezuela, like neighboring Colombia, boasts a long coastline along the Caribbean — and accordingly shares a number of culinary traditions with the region’s islands and archipelagos. And while Caracas Arepa Bar isn’t necessarily a Caribbean restaurant, it is a fine establishment that sells, like so many other Venezuelan spots, one of the South American country’s signature dishes, the pabellon criollo, a style of beans and rice found throughout the maritime basin. Caracas serves it as a bowl — mixing the rice and beans with the dish’s other staple ingredients: fried sweet plantains, shredded beef, and cotija cheese — or in an arepa, without rice." - Korsha Wilson, Brianne Garrett, Ryan Sutton

"Caracas is fun and lively place. It specializes in the Venezuelan street food – the arepas are very good, comforting, filling and reasonably priced. It's also hard to leave without having at least a few mojitos" - Swords-Smith

"The East Village location of Caracas has the honor of being the first, while the Rockaway outpost has the pleasure of being a few steps from the beach. But this Venezualan spot in Williamsburg has something that the others don’t - a beautiful backyard and a cocktail bar with more than 40 types of rum. Make use of both while sampling their wide selection of arepas any day for lunch or dinner." - matt tervooren