La Cosecha (w/ Arepazone Inside)

Pabellon arepa was delicious!!! Very tasty and soooo filling. I love the soft sweet plaintains, juicy tender beef, and the refreshing accompanying sauce. The entire arepa was a heavenly combination.

This is a cool Market! Has food and shops also. It was very clean and modern inside with high ceilings and lots of light. It felt more upscale than I expected. There was seating but not very plentiful if they got very busy. There were a lot of food counters, some with similar options but I wish I could've tried a few different ones. I ended up eating at Tacquiera Las gemelas

I 've now been here once in person and tried to order from here twice online. Each time, the food has been DELICIOUS, but they were very slow. First let 's talk about the excellent food here. I love that everything or almost everything here is gluten free. Their arepas are always really good and that 's my standard order. I like the shredded chicken catira and their pabellon arepas the most, but sometimes a simpler one with tomato and queso de mano all you need for a mighty hunger. The gluten free empanadas are also awesome but they 're deep fried so watch out if you 're waistline conscious they 're so good you can 't eat just one. I haven 't tried their perritos hot dogs but they do look pretty tasty.The slow turnaround on food was a problem every time I came or ordered from here and that 's unfortunate because we are huge fans of Mosaico 's sister or is it parent? restaurant Arepa Zone, where in person or delivery orders are done lightning fast. Since then, if I 've wanted Venezuelan food delivery, I 've made it a point to order from Arepa Zone and not Mosaico. I 've been to the La Cosecha food market a couple times since my last visit to Mosaico but haven 't eaten here.

Mosaico is one of several eateries within La Cosecha market hall here in the Union Market neighborhood. It focuses on Venezuelan goodies like empanadas, arepas, perros calientes, and pepitos.After having learned how to make arepas during Covid thanks to a Yelp zoominar (yelp.com/biz/yelp-virtua… , I was curious to see how my creations stacked up to the real thing. By way of background, arepas are pancake-sized cornmeal patties at the core, which are then sliced in the middle to form a pocket that you can stuff with anything you want. So I had to go for the pabellon, which is a favorite variety of arepa in Venezuela. Here, it comes stuffed with shredded beef, sweet plantains, black beans, and queso fresco, and it was every bit as scrumptious as it sounds. The beef was savory and juicy, the plantains sweet and chewy, the beans as, well, earthy as they should be, and the queso fresco an added dimension of savory goodness. Together with the arepa shell, which was beautifully crisped on the outside, soft on the inside, and full of nourishing, comforting corn flavor throughout, this was all a complementary mélange of tastes and textures.Service is a casual as, like most other stands here at La Cosecha, you walk up to order and then receive a buzzer to let you know when to pick things up. A most excellent find among many here at this beautiful, contemporary market hall!

It's a cute market with authentic food. They also had an amazing shop with Latin American inspired decor and jewelry. Bought myself a nice bag from