Arepa Bite in Mounds View looks so polished and slick inside, I asked at the counter if it was a national chain. It’s not! Vannessa Fazio and her husband, Felix Perez, opened the restaurant right off of Highway 10 in Mounds View in a repurposed fast food joint.
Fazio and Perez moved to Mounds View directly from Venezuela in early 2015 and opened Arepa Bite in 2016.
I ordered the Rumbera ($6.27) with thick, juicy slices of pork tenderloin topped with an enormous mound of cheddar cheese.
I added a side of crispy yuca and a drink and had a meal for under $10. Arepa Bite has a delicious drink called a Papelón, which is made of sugarcane juice and lemon juice—sweet but not sugary, if that makes sense. Very refreshing, and perfect to cut the heaviness of the pork.
You can read the whole article here:
http://www.minnesotamonthly.com/Blogs/Twin-Cities-Taste/Holy-Arepa-Two-Awesome-Suburban-Arepa-Spots/
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