Empanadas Monumental
Empanadas Monumental
Delivery: Yes
Take-out: Yes
Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
Bike Parking: Yes
Good for Kids: Yes
Good for Groups: Yes
Waiter Service: Yes
Caters: Yes
Price range.
$ Price range Under $10
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Great food, friendly staff, and decent price. The Dominican empanadas have flaky crust and drier stuffing, and are quite different from the Argentinian and Colombian ones. The quipe, which is somehow similar to falafels, is very flavorful.
I know you're thinking another empanada place on Roosevelt Ave? What could possibly be different? Well this is totally different than the multitude of Colombian empanada places that are prevalent in Woodside/Jackson Hts. area. Dominican empanadas are larger, and have a flakier crust. At Empanadas Monumental they offer about 20 different varieties, the standard chicken, beef, cheese, but also, spinach, eggplant, shrimp, philly cheesesteak and even a lasagna empanada!.All of which are delicious. They also offer a variety of homemade sauces from the mild to the extremely hot.
But don't just stop at empandas, try some of the other tasty Dominican street food. Here are a few of my favorites:
Yaroa-Think lasagna but made with plantains(you can also choose french fries) and ground beef/ or chicken/ or pork, with a little sauce and cheese. This is a great combo of flavors.
Bola de yucca-Crispy cassava balls stuffed with either cheese, beef, or chicken, the perfect snack
Chimi/Rikitaqui-Dominican burger with cabbage, onions, pink sauce, tomatoes..the Riki has an egg added(yummy)
The fresh juices/ smoothies are all fantastic, and they can made to your liking. Even their cafe con leche is superb…it beats the heck out of DD or *$!!
The staff here are super sweet and patient. Cesar, the owner is always genuine, eager to get feedback and Alfie one of the staff members is very friendly, eager to make suggestions, but never any pressure.
Prices are very reasonable, most items range from $1.75-$5.50 !!
Shop is on the smaller side, but there is seating for about 10 people.
Such a great addition to the neighborhood !
One of the best Quipes I've had in a while, tasted just like the ones from the mother land except it was slighlty larger than usual (this is not a bad thing believe me). The wheat was seasoned perfectly and crunchy just the way I like them, I tried two of them: the one with ground beef and the one with shredded chicken. Both were good but the regular with the ground beef was far more better than the chicken which was a bit dry and even though the wheat had a lot of seasoning there was something missing in the chicken.
Service was great, I asked for the pink sauce (mayo and ketchup) for my quipes and usually the pink sauce is for the pastelitos/empanadas and the lady gave me two of them with no questions asked.
I asked for a small chinola juice (passion fruit) and it tasted too concentrated, it was too heavy and too sour. My least favorite part of the whole experience, if I am ever around the woodside again or one of their other locations I will definitely try them again. For 2 quipes and a small chinola it was just $6.50.