This catering food truck is sometimes on the go, which means that you’ll have to follow Sabor Venezolano Express’s Instagram account for their daily whereabouts. But when the truck is parked at its home location in Carrollton, the best arepas in DFW await. Order these arepas fried or freshly griddled and stuffed with lettuce, ham, and cheese, then add even more protein with lomito (steak) or desmechada (shredded beef). Wash all those arepas down with a Frescolita, Venezuela’s favorite red cream soda. 

DFW’s go-to destination for Colombian cuisine, Casa Vieja opened in 1997. Here, arepas feature mainly as an appetizer or side item to be paired with one of the restaurant’s many Colombian classics, and the arepa con carne desmechada (shredded beef brisket) and arepa con queso are excellent. 

A hidden Garland gem, Mi Pueblito Colombiano serves traditional Colombian dishes, and that of course includes Arepas.  Colombian arepas are thin, crispy and topped with ingredients, and here, they can be ordered with queso fresco, sausage or carne desmechada. Also consider the arepas de choclo con queso, or a sweet take on the arepa that’s topped with cheese.

Arepa TX is the only restaurant in Dallas devoted solely to serving Venezuelan-style arepas, both traditional and not. Here, find carne mechada (shredded, spiced beef) tucked inside corn pattied grilled on a panini press, or try one of Arepa TX’s more modern iterations of the dish, like arepas stuffed with Vietnamese chicken or fried chicken and maple syrup. Order a side of tequeños (fried, dough-wrapped sticks of cheese) to round out the perfect meal. 

There are two outposts of La Duni in Dallas — one at NorthPark Center, one in Uptown — and only the latter serves a unique take on arepas. Here, find smoky grilled corn cakes stuffed with reina pepiada (avocado chicken salad) or queso fresco, Cuban ropa vieja, and plantains.

This Colombian coffee bar serves up killer Venezuelan-style arepas—but only at the Baylor University Medical Center location on Gaston Avenue. Be sure to try the arepa vegetariana (filled with queso fresco, avocado and fried sweet plantains). Served with a sour cream and jalapeño salsa, it’s a perfect trifecta of sweet, salty, and creamy. Note: Parking anywhere near Espumoso is extremely difficult, but the food is more than worth the stress.