The Venezuelan restaurant you have to try: Con Salsa

👋🏼 Your neighborhood Venezuelan here. One thing about me? If there's a Venezuelan restaurant, I'm going to find it.

Today I'm taking you to Con Salsa , which serves Venezuelan street food at 3016 Mountain Road in Henrico.

• You can find where its food truck is here .

My recommendations:

• An empanada with carne mechada (think shredded beef but better), $5.
• Cachapas (a half-moon sweet corn pancake stuffed with queso de mano, a white Venezuelan soft cheese), $16.
• Tequeños (fried cheese sticks wrapped in dough. No they are not mozzarella sticks, I swear), four for $11.

Pro tip: Cachapas are $5 off on Tuesdays.

Other Venezuelan restaurant favorites:

• Happy Arepas, a food truck regularly at South of the James Farmers Market.
• Bocata Arepa Bar in Short Pump.

If you need any more convincing, check out this TikTok of influencer Quen Blackwell trying Venezuelan food for the first time.

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