Papa Aldo's Peruvian Fusion makes outstanding empanadas! You'll find them at Regal Plaza on Eastern…read moreand Pebble, right next to Buldogis Eatery. There's plenty of parking.
Before opening this storefront, they did catering from home. The shop had its soft opening on April 14, 2025, followed by its grand opening on May 18, 2025.
Inside is a small shop with a couple of tables, plus some outdoor seating, and fantastic background music.
I was listening to several nostalgic 80s songs, including 'Til Tuesday "Voices Carry," Cyndi Lauper "Girls Just Want To Have Fun," The B-52's "Love Shack" and Naked Eyes "Always Something There To Remind Me." The playlist definitely sets a good mood and happy vibe!
Menu offers a nice selection of savory, sweet, and specialty empanadas, as well as combos, Peruvian classic street food for salchipapas (french fries and hot dogs), sides, and drinks. All the savory empanadas are traditionally baked, but you can request them fried. Frying takes a little longer since it's made to order.
Their most popular options are the steak, chicken, and ground beef empanadas. They offer them in two different ways, savory or traditional Peruvian. The Traditional Peruvian Style includes olives and raisins inside, that's what differentiates the savory from the traditional.
They have a combo meal for 1, 2, or 3 empanadas that come with your choice of 1 or 2 sides (rice, beans, potatoes, or french fries). The most requested side is rice and beans.
I ordered Meatlovers Pizza ($4.50) which is their Empanada of the Month for August. The empanada is beautifully baked to a golden crisp, inside has seasoned ground beef, pork sausage, pepperoni, melted mozzarella, and pizza sauce. It even came with a side of pizza sauce for dipping, it's great!
For dessert, I tried Cheesecake Empanada ($4.50) and requested plain cheesecake. It's only available as a fried empanada, and made perfectly golden crispy, lightly dusted with powdered sugar, so yummy, not too sweet, and delightful!
They also have other cheesecake empanada flavors that are worth a try, such as strawberry, white chocolate, raspberry, blueberry, guava, chocolate, and pumpkin.
Service from owner Jose and Kelly is very kind, welcoming, helpful, and friendly! It was my first visit and they are so incredibly nice. I'm happy I got to try the Meatlovers Pizza empanada. It's not currently on the regular menu, but it's absolutely delicious! I really hope they keep it as a permanent option because I would order it again.