Marites D.
Yelp
Made In Argentina makes incredible empanadas! You'll find them on Valley View and Reno, by Ali Baba. There's good parking available.
Inside is a casual atmosphere with good seating and great music.
Menu offers a nice selection of appetizers, milanesas (breaded meat such as chicken cutlet, beef, and veggie), hamburgers, from the grill, pastas with choice of sauce, pizza, salad, sandwiches, as well as Mediterranean options like chicken kabob, shawarma, schnitzel, and falafel.
They're well known for making savory empanadas ($4.15 each) offering various choices for beef, chicken, pepperoni, ham & cheese, spinach, veggie, corn, and spicy habanero.
I chose Blue Cheese & Mushroom, Fatay, and Onions, and all three flavors are delicious! Traditionally in Argentina, sauce is not served with empanadas, you actually enjoy them as is. When you place an order here, it does come with sauce: chimichurri, spicy chimichurri, and creamy habanero.
Blue Cheese & Mushroom is good and tasty! It has gooey melted cheese and pairs nicely with spicy chimichurri. I love Fatay, savory and hearty, comes with a lemon wedge to brighten the flavor, and complements well with creamy habanero. Onions is a bigger empanada and hollow inside from the melted cheese, it has a very light filling and is good with regular chimichurri.
Sangria (glass, $13) is a great pairing for all three empanadas, it has a lovely sweetness, comes with fresh fruits included in the drink with diced red apple, slice orange, and garnished with fresh strawberry, very delightful and super refreshing!
For dessert, they have flan, alfajor de maicena (cookie sandwich with dulce de leche), mil hojas, helado (ice cream), and medialunas (croissant).
I had Panqueques with ice cream ($10) it's a rolled pancake filled with dulce de leche cream, has powder sugar, side of whipped cream, pancake is thin and very light, and is not too sweet.
Also had a delicious Cappuccino ($4.75) in a nice glass that pairs wonderfully with the sweet vanilla ice cream, so yummy!
Service from owner Pablo, Laura, and Mary is very kind, welcoming, attentive, friendly, accommodating, and helpful!