Guacuco – snack city for Venezuelan-food lovers
Eye On Real Estate
Quick: What’s a cachapa? And don’t Google it.
In cosmopolitan New York City, just about everyone has eaten empanadas, those fried pastries with savory fillings that cooks from several different Latin American countries make. Multiple-location eateries such as Ruben’s Empanadas have helped popularize them among non-Hispanics.
Venezuelan immigrant Leonardo Molina dishes up some tremendous empanadas at his charming restaurant Guacuco at 44 Irving Ave. One scrumptious kind is stuffed with black beans, sweet plantains, toasted coconut flakes and cheese.