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    Sergio's Empanadas

    4.5 (324 reviews)
    InexpensiveEmpanadas, Argentine, Gelato
    Closed 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
    Updated 3 months ago

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    SERGIO'S EMPANADAS ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Beef Empanada
    Erica C.

    Stopped by to try their empanadas. I ordered the beef empanada. It's a good size and full of filling inside. The beef was flavorful. Be sure to get the chimichurri sauce on the side. It compliments the empanada perfectly!

    Chicken Pot Pie empanada
    Lys G.

    Always a go-to when I'm in the area. I especially love the chicken pot pie empanadas. Definitely not a place to sit and vibe but they're always so kind to us! Accessible

    Gelato
    Cathlyn D.

    I've been wanting to try this place forever and after having a bad breakfast experience, we decided to cheer up with some empanadas. We ordered a spicy pork, beef, beef potato, guava cream cheese, and banana dulce de leche. They came with chimichurri and we also asked for lemon on the side. Pro tip: ask for the lemon!!! It really elevates the flavor. My fave was the spicy pork. I will say that I was expecting there to be a little more flavor and the beef was a little dry. As I mentioned, the lemon helps a lot!!! With the lemon, the flavor of the meat was brought out. We didn't get a chance to try the gelato or the Alfajores, but we'll come back for that. Service was great and restaurant was clean!

    Spicy beef and potatoes empanada
    Christie T.

    So GOOD!! You can smell the empanadas from outside the sidewalk. It is a small place. There's some indoor seating inside along the wall or outdoor seating available. There's a lot of different fillings. I got the spicy beef and potatoes empanada. It was not spicy at all. Nice flavors. Kinda dry inside, but They have a house freshly-made chimichurri sauce that is DELICIOUS!!! They even sell the chimichurri sauce in jars to go! Adding the chimichurri sauce on the empanadas is PERFECTION! There is also a nice selection of gelato. It is pricey ($6 for a small cup), but ... Wow! The gelato is so good too! An added bonus is they also have vegan empanada options. There's something for everyone TIP: check in with YELP for $1 off any empanada.

    Chicken Pot Pie, Beef & Cheese  and Spicy Pork Empanadas.
    Jeff N.

    If you like empanadas, this is a good place to visit. I ordered Beef & Cheese, Spicy Pork, and Chicken Pot Pie. The chicken was my favorite; I wish I had ordered more than 1. The beef & cheese was also really good; I'll definitely order it again. I wasn't impressed with the spicy pork, which I didn't find spicy or very flavorful; that's why I gave 4 Stars. Ordering is fast and easy. The staff very friendly. The food quickly ready and piping hot.

    Banana dulce de leche
    Sokunna F.

    Great serving size and tastes authentic and amazing! This also gives many types of flavors for gelato and the empanadas are crispy and tasty. Behind the building there is parking and the indoors is clean and smells nice with kind staff that can give you samples!

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    Lynn N.

    Sweet potato and samosa veggie are the vegan options. The sweet potato was the better of the two with more flavor. The samosa veggie was more of a potato and pea mixture and I was missing a samosa flavor. The vegan dough was crispy and had a nice flake to it. The empanadas are hot out of the oven and we didn't wait long for them. They also serve gelato, at least ten different flavors.

    This was the sweet potato and being so good
    MaDonna W.

    I love this little empanada shop I used to come here years ago get their steak potato and they used to have a chicken curry empanada which they no longer have. We decided to have the sweet potato with bean empanada the dough was quite different , much thicker than the chicken and mushroom empanada both different both delicious... and piping hot these are some serious empanadas people.... They also have many different flavors of mouthwatering gelato, we didn't get it this time but we would come back just for the gelato... they actually had a dark chocolateI am just dying to try!

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    Nis J.

    I've searched far and wide for a legit empanada place. The empanadas here are amazing! The bread is soft as a croissant, which makes them different from everyone else. The banana Dulce de leche gelato is great too! Overall it's one of those local places you think you didn't need, but turns out to be the best decision of your lunch life

    all the empanadas we ordered minus the mac n cheese one
    Charley T.

    we tried several empanadas and a greek salad. beef and potato was the kids favorite. My favorite was the spicy pork empanada and the chicken pot pie empanada. the salsa was a decent size they thought the mac n cheese one was ok. the only issue with our visit was it was really hot in the shop so we definitely ate outside.

    chicken pot pie empanada with sauce
    Mia G.

    MAD GOOD! for 4.98 mmmm mmm mmmm. the chicken pot pie empanada is fiiire mad fire. the sauce that comes with is really good too, like a nice garlicky flavor. def reccomend for a quick, cheap, filling munch.

    Lily T.

    Empanadas & Gelato, what a fun combo! Their empanadas were still warm & the pastry was pleasantly flaky, almost like a croissant. Che to come back to try their Gelato!

    Meena N.

    Nothing amazing but Good for a quick bite. Had the prosciutto and chicken and mushroom. We ordered the banana dulce le leche and we ube Gelato. Yummy.

    Huge empanada!

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    Food is basic but very good. The folks there are nice. Been going there for the last 10 years. Always a treat highly recommend.

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    Very good empanada. Cool place to hang out. Walking distance to the beach. Baker was nice and humble. Always crowded.

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    Very delicious empanadas and also their home made chimchurri sauce is also very good.

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    Good empanadas, not the best I've ever had, but pretty good nonetheless. I love that they offer chimichurri with the empanadas too.

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    Ask the Community - Sergio's Empanadas

    Are you closed? Just stopped by and closed sign is up.

    Have they changed ownership? Menu has changed completely and even the pastry for the empanadas is totally different, anyone got the scoop?

    We have changed our Empanada recipe including our dough. We were using a pastry recipe (meant only for deserts) and would of had to raise the price of our Empanadas. Charging… Read more

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