Restaurant Salto Angel
This restaurant is named after the world's highest waterfall, which is in Venezuela. Salto Angel was originally named Yunza Restaurant, also Venezuelan and with basically the same menu. This restaurant serves empanadas and arepas, traditional Venezuelan dishes. Some dishes are similar to Peruvian and Mexican dishes, which is why this restaurant is also classified as such. Parking is easy and the service is good. It is also a relatively inexpensive, family-type restaurant where casual-wear is the norm. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner.
Restaurant Salto Angel
1109 Filmore Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 922-5540
No website
Coupa Café
Beverly Hills was the first location of this Venezuelan restaurant. The Stanford shop, which is popular with students, is the third location. Arabica beans from Venezuela's mountains are freshly brewed daily in the Palo Alto location, which is within a historical building and 33 miles south of San Francisco. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are served daily and a wine list is available. The menu includes dishes such as Pabellon, Polvoroso de Pollo, and Asado Negro, which come from Venezuelan recipes of the Coupal family who own the café. Pastries are popular for "merienda," or snacks in-between meals. WiFi is free.
Coupa Café
538 Ramona Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
(650) 322-6872
coupacafe.com
Pica Pica Maize Kitchen
In Spanish, picapica means bar food and maize means corn. The items available in this bar-restaurant are obviously the reasons for the name of the place. Typical Venezuelan food, cachapas are pancakes made of sweet corn which are folded then filled with meat or cheese. Arepas are grilled cakes crispy outside and moist inside, also made of corn and filled with chicken or steak or beans. Bar food includes ceviche (the specialty of the bar) and arepa bites. Drinks include batidos, or blended fruit juices. Special events are held monthly, while live music is played every Friday. Napa is 47 miles, about an hour's drive, from San Francisco.
Pica Pica Maize Kitchen
610 1st Street
Napa, CA 94559
(707) 251-3757
picapicakitchen.com
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