La Cocinita Restaurant Menu and Prices

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La Cocinita Restaurant Menu

Last Update: 2025-03-14


Drinks

Jarritos

$2.50

Mexican Coke

$2.50

Made with real sugar.

Bottled Water

$1.50

Canned Soda

$1.50


Brunch

3 Breakfast Tacos

$9.00

Flour tortillas with melted cheese, scrambled eggs and choice of protein.

Breakfast Arepas

$9.00

Venezuelan cornmeal patties stuffed with scrambled eggs and choice of protein.

Costa Rican Breakfast Bowl

$10.00

Rice, black beans, sweet plantains, choice of protein and scrambled eggs.

Venezuelan Chapas Brunch

$10.00

Sweet corn pancakes topped with cheese, choice of protein and scrambled eggs.


Appetizers

Arepa Chips and Pico de Gallo

$3.00

Chips and Guasacaca

$6.00

Venezuelan guacamole.

Dip Sampler

$10.00

Chips with pico de gallo, guasacaca and black bean dip.

Empanada

$2.50

Empanada Trio

$7.00

3 Cheese Arepitas

$5.00

Crispy Venezuelan cornmeal pockets stuffed with queso fresco. Served with a side of spicy or mild sauce.


Entrees

Caribbean Bowl

$10.00

Cuban style black beans and rice topped with sofrito-braised pulled pork, crispy plantain chips, spicy mango-cilantro sauce and cotija cheese.

Veggie Tamale Plate

$9.00

House-made corn tamales topped with chile roasted sweet potatoes, creamy rajas, queso fresco and chipotle crema.

Cuban Sliders

$10.00

Pressed Hawaiian rolls with mojo-braised pulled pork, cured ham, Chihuahua cheese, pickle and mustard crema. Served with yuca fries.


Tacos

3 Carne Asada Tacos

$10.00

With salsa verde on corn tortillas. Stuffed with black beans and rice, and garnished with cilantro, purple cabbage slaw and cotija cheese.

3 Pulled Pork Tacos

$9.00

With chipotle crema on flour tortillas. Stuffed with black beans and rice, and garnished with cilantro, purple cabbage slaw and cotija cheese.

3 Braised Chicken Tacos

$9.00

With roasted jalapeno salsa on corn tortillas. Stuffed with black beans and rice, and garnished with cilantro, purple cabbage slaw and cotija cheese.

3 Black Beans and Queso Fresco Tacos

$8.00

With cilantro-green onion sauce on flour tortillas. Stuffed with black beans and rice, and garnished with cilantro, purple cabbage slaw and cotija cheese.

3 Tofu and Creamy Rajas Tacos

$9.00

With salsa verde on corn tortillas. Stuffed with black beans and rice, and garnished with cilantro, purple cabbage slaw and cotija cheese.


Arepas

2 El Pabellon Arepas

$10.00

Carne mechada (shredded beef), sweet plantains, queso fresco, black beans and crema.

2 La Reina Pepiada Arepas

$10.00

Venezuelan avocado chicken salad with pickled tomato and cotija cheese.

2 El Puerco Arepas

$9.00

Sofrito-braised pulled pork, salsa verde, pickled onions and cotija cheese.

2 El Vegano Arepas

$9.00

Roasted sweet potatoes and black beans with purple cabbage slaw and roasted jalapeno salsa.

2 El Chorizo Arepas

$9.00

Spicy ground pork chorizo, roasted sweet potatoes, Chihuahua cheese, rajas and cremita.


Sides

Rice and Beans

$3.00

Tostones

$3.00

Crispy plantain chips.

Tajadas

$3.00

Sweet plantains.

Yuca Fries

$3.00

Queso and chipotle.

Chipotle Street Corn

$3.00

Grilled and topped with cotija cheese.


Desserts

Quesillo

$3.50

Venezuelan flan.


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