Good Venezuelan food in the Seattle area?

[TravelingBastards]

Hey everyone: my Venezuelan husband, Luis, and I just moved here and we're searching for different types of authentic food, including venezuelan food (arepas, cachapas, queso de mano, desmechada, etc) Does anyone know a good place? Also, he would like to buy some VZ coffee (El Pinon, Fama de America, etc). Thanks!

[paulj]

I've been to a couple of places that had some Venezuelan dishes, but both seemed to disappeared or changed. For a while there was place in Lynnwood that focused on Cuban and Venezuelan food, doing mostly delivery. That has closed. Last year I had lunch at a place in downtown Everett that had a mix of South American food, but I can't find it online.

As for buying items, various Latino shops sell a mix of items from Latin America. The largest up north that I know of is Plaza Latina in Shoreline, 99 just south of 175th.

[elainelena]

@paulj, you are thinking of Marimba in Everett, which recently closed. It has reopened as "Sol Food" but I havent been there to see their menu.

[equinoise]

Apparently Casa del Mojito--name notwithstanding--has some legitimate Venezuelean dishes, but I've yet to try it.

[paulj]

I suspected something like that. The Sol menu was more restricted than what I remembered. Looked like Marimba got most of its business hosting evening dances.

[TravelingBastards]

We went to Plaza Latina today and they had quite a good selection of different foods from latin america, although I thought it was going to be larger (like a mini mall of stores). Not much in the way of produce, but they had a good selection of canned/bottled foods, etc.

[paulj]

They've been gradually expanding, the latest probably doubled the space.

[Luwak]

I understand that Meza on Capitol Hill serves an arepa, but I don’t know of anyplace in the area that actually specializes in Venezuelan cuisine. I only wish there were!