Abuela’s Empanadas

I bought from their truck by Ikea in Rego Park. If I could give zero stars, I would. I ordered the chicken, chicken with cheese and beef empanadas. It’s a total waste of money!!! Don’t ever buy from here! I will never recommend it anyone. Disgusting! The chicken were just shredded meat with food coloring and no seasoning. The beef empanada filling was sour and the ‘meat’ didn’t seem like meat for human consumption. It was tough, crumbly and had a chemical aftertaste. FYI owner of the food cart- if you’re ‘sanitizing’ your meat with cleaning agents, Don’t! You can’t wash rot away! Your food operator license should be revoked!!

Service with a smile! A quality street food cart stop you'll enjoy visiting. The empanada and passion fruit juice is a perfect brunch combo, not greasy and she's generous with the filling too! Thank you very much for the morning sunshine!

Delicious chicken and cheese empanada. The passion fruit juice is great drink too.

A beef empanada from this cart on Austin Street was the first thing I ever ate when I moved to NYC. Y'all, it was GREAT. The local who insisted I had to grab one as we walked by absolutely knew what he was talking about. Abuela's Empanadas was my introduction to the fat-kid status that would come to describe the entire time I lived in New York City as a Midwestern transplant, lol. I still remember my eyes popping out of my head as I realized how good this was and that if this was what I was getting from a random food cart, I'd want to try every restaurant in the city.

8/22/24- I had a beef empanada. Cost was $3.50, size was equal to a woman’s hand (not the cocktail size), pastry outside was amazing! The empanada was warm not too greasy, definitely fresh and the cart was so clean! It also was nice to be greeted with a smile! Please let me know if you have a restaurant. I would love to have a sit down meal created by you!