DC Empanadas

Fast food restaurant · Capital City Market

DC Empanadas

Fast food restaurant · Capital City Market

1309 5th St NE, Washington, DC 20002

Highlights

This mobile empanada eatery serves up delicious, freshly fried bites with creative fillings that'll satisfy your cravings at Union Market.

1309 5th St NE, Washington, DC 20002 Get directions

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@afar

"The Empanada Mobile DC's first and only food truck offering mouth-watering deep fried pork, beef, chicken, and vegetarian empanadas. The "Traditional" with shredded beef, Spanish olives, roasted peppers, onions, and cilantro is a top seller, but unique fillings representing a variety of cuisines are offered like jerk chicken, chicken tikka, ginger teriyaki, marinara, bacon cheeseburger, and Philly cheesesteak."

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@eater

"District Empanadas, an offshoot of farmers market vendor DMV Empanadas, will sell flaky, Latin American pockets at a separate counter holding a display case." - Tierney Plumb

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Vanessa Guerra

Google

Decent price ($3.50 for one or $9 for three). It lacks the heart of an empanada from Argentina or Peru, but these empanadas try to bring a new taste to this classic dish with crowd pleasing tastes such as BBQ pork or cheese only empanada.

Tom

Google

I visited the shop at DC Market and they had a really tasty vegetarian option! Would definitely visit this place again with no hesitation!

David P

Google

They were excellent as a food truck and still so as a stall at the new Union Market. A great selection of empanadas and a $7, three empanada, mix-and-match lunch special. Service can be a little pokey at lunchtime, but they're frying each batch to order, so that's less of a complaint and more of welcome note. Support good food and local business.

Jessica “Young” Rosenberg

Google

We got empanadas at Union Market and they were indeed A-OK. I got the chicken one and it tasted like a personal chicken pot pie. My fiancé's had andouille sausage in it. Both were warm and tasted nice. They're a little small and they're definitely fried. I wouldn't necessarily send friends to this booth, but if we were passing it I would happily get more!

Schuyler Jones

Google

Mediocre pre-frozen empanadas fried up until overdone. There's a distinct lack of imagination in the fillings, few options, and no side dishes and nothing resembling a vegetable. These empanadas would be totally acceptable as an auxiliary menu option in a fast food fryer restaurant, but they aren't enough to stand on their own, and the price is steep for what amounts to little better than a deep-fried hot pocket. Better options all around in the market.

Amy

Google

Delicious! Kick of flavour and served fresh. Great place to stop for a bite as you walk around the rest of the market. Match it with a beer from one of the beer spots next door!

Keara Sullivan

Google

These are very very very good empanadas. I never give food reviews but I loved these empanadas so much that I had to. You can get 3 pretty big empanadas for 9 dollars and they are so so good if you are ever At union market GET THESE EMPANADAS

Andrew Ortiz

Google

Delicious, consistently. Trust me. For two years empanadas were a staple in my diet. I know empanadas and DC Empanadas are some of the best I have eaten, ever.

@afar

The Best Food Trucks in D.C.

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@eater

"District Empanadas, an offshoot of farmers market vendor DMV Empanadas, will sell flaky, Latin American pockets at a separate counter holding a display case." - Tierney Plumb

A Two-Part Penn Quarter Cafe Plans to Open in May With To-Go Açaí Bowls - Eater DC

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Vanessa Guerra

Google

Tom

Google

I visited the shop at DC Market and they had a really tasty vegetarian option! Would definitely visit this place again with no hesitation!

David P

Google

Jessica “Young” Rosenberg

Google

Schuyler Jones

Google

Amy

Google

Delicious! Kick of flavour and served fresh. Great place to stop for a bite as you walk around the rest of the market. Match it with a beer from one of the beer spots next door!

Keara Sullivan

Google

Andrew Ortiz

Google

Delicious, consistently. Trust me. For two years empanadas were a staple in my diet. I know empanadas and DC Empanadas are some of the best I have eaten, ever.

DC Empanadas

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