Avila Arepa has been around for a few years but it’s been on my radar to try. They specialize in arepas and are nearby Spice Grill and SweetHoney Dessert.
We dropped in on a Friday afternoon (around 1:30pm). Service is friendly and genuine. There’s a couple of tables outside on their sidewalk patio.
The menu consists of criollo brunch, sidekicks, yums and arepas (classic and signature). Arepas are in the $9.00 to $16.00 range.
Passionfruit juice ($6.00)
C always orders one of their fresh fruit juices when he comes for a meal.
Yuca frita ($6.00)
Fried cassava sticks with Venezuelan mojito. These came out piping hot.
Good bite but somewhat of a small portion.
Avila ($14.50)
Oven roasted pork, cheddar, tomato and arugula with spicy aurora sauce. This is their signature/OG sandwich. Pork was unfortunately dry and took away from the other flavours.
Pabellon ($14.50)
Pulled beef, black bean, plantain and feta cheese. Easily the better of the two arepas that we tried. Beef was tender and moist.
Our waitress accidentally dropped a piece of plantain but came back with two more. The bean and feta cheese was a fantastic combo. Would get this baby again.
La trinidad ($14.50)
Blackened sirloin steak, cheddar, tomato and arugula. Didn’t get to try this one but it sounded great and C devoured his quickly.
Nice to see AA bring some Venezuelan flair to the city.
Avila Arepa
https://avila-arepa.business.site/
10760 – 82 Avenue
Edmonton, AB
(780) 249-9436
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