Larchmont, Los Angeles · restaurant
A tiny Venezuelan café on Melrose where arepas, golden empanadas, and pabellón criollo share menu space with a passionfruit lime icebox pie that earned the place its first wave of fans long before it had a permanent address. The savory leans Venezuelan, with Sri Lankan-inspired specials (black pork curry, chicken curry) rounding out the rotation, and the dessert case is the last thing you want to walk past on the way out.