Cesar’s Empanadas
“Everything I've had is good, especially the chicken, sweet plantains, and guava/cheese.”
“come here for a bite before your shopping trip or before your Barclay"s event!”
“Other empanadas including the spinach and cheese, beef, and guava with cheese are also very good (cost $2.50 to $3.00).”
Cesar’s Empanadas
Take-out: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Inexpensive
8 reviews
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I had the spinach and cheese one – a little bland but nice and gooey (not over-salted!), but the fish one was great – big, perfectly stuffed and cooked. Heaven!
Cheap, fresh, fast and piping hot empanadas. What more can a girl ask for? Hot sauce. Yep Caesars got you covered.
I love the variety of empanadas that Caesar provides. My favorite is the fish empanada. Least favorite one would have to be the spinach and cheese one. For some reason it's so damn salty! The green hot sauce that comes with it on request is really f*cking hot. But delicious smothered allllllll over dat hot empanada. I believe this place is cash only but everything is under 5$. I come here every time I'm in the neighborhood. The average empanada is about 3$.
The line that is perpetually outside this truck is here for a reason. Or a few reasons: delicious, fast, CHEAP!
Haven't actually tried the burritos or quesadillas here because I feel like I'm always getting Cesar's on the go and running to my next destination. That makes the empanadas the best food option for those times, but I vow one day to try everything they have to offer.
Have been running out here for a long time to get to this truck and turn all the way around to upper Manhattan and beyond. I mean, there were times a couple years ago when I would find myself craving these empanadas and the hot habanero sauce (the green one is hotter) and then traveling 60-90 minutes to get my fill.
1. Mozarrella–just like a huge mozzarella stick sans marinara sauce, but I suppose if you're so inclined you could bring your own along. This is definitely off the chain and only $2
2. chicken–ground chicken with peppers and some onions fried into crunchy, doughy hot pocket of perfection
3. sweet plantain–omg whose idea was this? I went the other day and they were out of these. I felt like the man behind the counter was honestly trying to break my heart and crush every dream I ever had. Again, this was one of those times that I had taken planes, trains and automobiles with a certain assortment of empanadas in mind.
That said, this truck is always there, the prices cannot be beat, and honestly they're some of the best the city has to offer.
I love this food truck, they are one of the best places to get an Empanada!.
every time me or my mother visits Atlantic Avenue i usually tend to pick up a chicken or beef with vegetables Empanadas. They make other things like Burritos and Tacos but i haven't tried it.
Came by this spot on Friday night with a friend and tried a few of these tasty empanadas.
The cheese one was ehhh really not too good, I mean it had cheese but it wasnt hot. Now the Beef with spinach was muy buen, the Chicken with Spinach was vvv good. I tried a few different ones on two evenings passing by.
The one I really didnt like was Chicken with Mix Vegetables really didnt hit the mark for me. I would definitely try different things from this food truck. Overall you have to see what is good depending on your tastebuds. The crust on the empanadas are not dough heavy just right. The filling to size ratio is perfect and crunchy mama mia…Lol
And the prices were reasonable with plenty of variety. Service was fast and friendly cant wait too try more empanadas.
This place is a dream come true!
Kind of like if I was in a band that was fronted by Paris Hilton, but when we went to perform at the Garden, we couldn't find our bass player. And for some reason I had a full beard. Except that's not really a good dream. And uh…not one I had either.
What I meant to say is that this place is a dream come true in the sense that it's offering the most delicious of empanadas, in the most convenient of locations, at very reasonable prices.
Every empanada I've tried has been damn good. It's pretty telling that once I got one with chicken, and I didn't even miss the cheese that I forgot to order. You read that right: I made one of the classic blunders (the most famous of which is 'never get involved in a land war in Asia'), and the quality is so high at Cesar's that it DIDN'T EVEN MATTER.
(Is a chicken and cheese empanada also fantastic? Of course it is.)
It's also pretty telling that we've been known to grab some empanadas, go take care of some business in the misery that is the Atlantic Terminal Mall, and then come back out and get more empanadas. Even though we'd already eaten lunch, and had imminent dinner plans.
Basically, you should come eat some empanadas because you will be happier than you would be if you didn't.
You can sit on the ledge of the mall, pour tiny amounts of red or green hot sauce (both superb) onto each bite, and fend off the rats with wings* that congregate by your feet, hoping for a small morsel of empanada. Well, I'd sooner lick it off the sidewalk than let you have anything, you disgusting vultures.
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*You may know these as "pigeons."
This food truck has become synonymous with drunk food-binges in the area. Fancied yourself a bit too many beers and need some amazing, greasy empanadas, burritos or tacos to soak it up and get you back on your feet? Cesar's has you covered.
I get the sweet plantain empanada and the black bean empanada. While not made-to-order they maintain consistency and flavor rather nicely. The aforementioned two are completely vegan (I have verified a couple times; no butter, eggs, animal fat, etc)!
Next time you're stopping by Barclay's to catch the Nets or a hockey game, concert / etc after hitting happy hour be sure to come by here and save yourself the 9$ you'd pay for pretzels and use it toward blowing the bank on 11$ Buddy-Weiser cans at the game.
Hi everybody.
My name is Alyssa. I live in Brooklyn. And I'm currently [a little bit] obsessed with Cesar's Empanadas.
Please don't judge me.
Well, at least not until you've had one of Cesar's spectacularly golden chicken empanadas. And by that time I don't think you'll be judging me. In fact you'll probably be standing in line behind me tomorrow as I pick up lunch. After your first bite you will understand.
These empanadas… perfectly fried pastry stuffed with the best combination of spicy, savory, tender chicken. So. Flippin'. Good. You just need to get one. Actually get two. You'll thank me later. Oh and they're only $2.50-$3 (depending on your filling) so you can totally afford to get two. Best $5 you'll spend all week.