Fons - Plant Based Empanadas

What a South American experience. South India has similar to empanadas, but usually in form of dessert. But this is something out of the world. Got 4 empanadas, Jackfruit Tinga (Bestest), Andean, Smoky mushroom, and sweet potato chilli, with garlic sauce. The flavors so good, had proper heat and spice in each of them. Sad to see it is temporarily closed, but hope they reopen.

Had an assortment of empanadas delivered as a birthday surprise after mentioning wanting to try them. They were delivered fresh and warm and in beautiful packaging (though I think they were supposed to come in a box). Really enjoyed the Jackfruit Tinga, Sweet Potato Chili and Mushroom. Pulled bbq, beyond meat and chocolate banana were ok. The garlic dipping sauce was great! In terms of size they were larger than expected and definitely filling. Can’t wait to try more flavors and visit the shop!

We picked up Fons Empanadas at the South Loop Farmer's Market and loved trying all the flavors. All of them are 100% vegan and 100% delicious! They come frozen are super easy to cook and even easier to enjoy! They are now available on apps like GrubHub and UberEats as well. - Asian Lumpia: Asian style smoked cabbage and carrots wrapped in a palatable sriracha & paprika dough - Jackfruit Tinga: Slow simmered onions and jackfruit in a chipotle and garlic sauce, enveloped in a tasty carrot dough - Corn Poblano: Turmeric scented dough filled with sweet corn and poblano peppers - Smoky Mushrooms: Smoky mezcal-garlic mushrooms in a greeny spinach dough - Jackfruit Ropa Vieja: Aromatic Cuban style shredded beef jackfruit in a mouthwatering chia dough - Andean Beyond Meat & Rice: Yummy beet dough filled with savory andes style ground beyond meat and rice The variety of unique flavors make these empanadas unforgettable! Our favorites were the jackfruit tinga, corn poblano, and Beyond Meat and rice ,although they were all tasty.

Wonderful experience here at Fons Empanadas!! Staff was super friendly and personable when I entered the restaurant. Provided feedback and suggestions on what to order. Even pointed out a new menu item that they were testing out. The empanadas came out quick and we're super HOT! I enjoyed the Tinga and mushroom empanadas. I didn't miss meat for a second while I was there. They were super filling and had the texture of meat. Tinga had a little spice to it which I enjoyed and the crust was super light and airy. As for the mushroom empanada it was a nice compliment, but Tinga stole the show. Awesome time here and will definitely be back to check out more of the menu.

The empanadas were great! We tried a few different ones and my favorite ones were the margherita and smoky mushroom! They’re surprisingly really filling and the garlic sauce is delicious. The shop itself is small and cute (perfect for take out) and the service was really good! They have a couple of tables outside if you are wanting to eat there.

My first time in this empanadas place and I really liked it! You can choice from the big selection of flavors 😋 I personal recommend Jackfruit/ Ropa Vieja, Pulled BBQ and Apple cinnamon delicious 🤩👍🏽

Wow! So so good! The blue matcha lavender lemonade was so refreshing and yummy, perfect amount of sweet, floral, and sour. Did the box of six and each one was so GOOD. Our favorites were the tinga, beyond, and apple. The garlic sauce is also WORTH IT!!! We will be back. INCREDIBLE

I’m stuffed @havingfons empanadas are STUFFED with vegan ingredients. Even their crust is colored because of the natural ingredients. They sent me a box, all of them come frozen ready to be heated up, for a collab with @grabbdapp