Fruit-filled empanadas are widely available throughout much of the US Southwest in Ethnic Mexican bakeries and in the bakery sections of large supermarkets in communities with sizable Hispanic populations. Then there's CubanoFlorida", home of the guava empanada, the finger food of the Gods.

Here we see pineapple, pumpkin, apple, peach, occasionally mango, even cherry (a Gringo flavor). I recall one nearby bakery in which the empanadas and the kolaces occupy adjoining display case position.

A blow for cultural diversity!

Yeah, but the FRY their empanadas, which isn't the same. I won't mention that they charge $3 for sauce...but I did.

Other So Cal Places:

Rincon Aregentino
1375 E Colorado Blvd
Glendale, CA 91205
(good masa, kind of bland fillings, and no sauce provided)

Grand Casino Bakery
3826 Main St
Culver City, CA 90232
(freshly made, can't give too much comment)

Miami Airport:

The empanadas (savory and sweet) at La Carreta/Cafe Versailles stands are cheap and fairly delicious.

I don't know much about Empanadas. But I've always been under the impression that these are part of Filipino cuisines? Or at least those are the only ones I know of.

Empanada just means "embreaded" i.e. sealed in bread/pastry. It's just like using the word "pie" in Castilian/Spanish.

Originally this word came from Spain (and even there there are different kinds of empanadas) but the Spanish empire was pretty extensive. So, yes, it's almost inevitable that empanadas would have been eaten in the Philippines and adopted and adapted there.

That's why it would be nice if el señor OP would actually tell us what he actually means when he uses the word "empanada" :p

Gaucho100K can also find pretty decent empanadas in Los Angeles at Mercado Buenos Aires in Van Nuys on Sepulveda Blvd., baked....not fried. In fact, the Argentine folks I know all swear by the place as the best food outside of their own country.

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One can play the semantics game all you want but pie or no pie, there is in reality only one empanada.

:confused: And I still have no idea what that one kind of empanada you are referring to is.

A shame, I was hoping to actually learn something on this thread.

Empanada Mama on 9th Avenue between 50th and 51st in NYC is decent. Their traditional empanadas are better than their "Americanized" ones, in my opinion. Really like the pernil.

Julia's Empanadas keeps the DC region well-supplied.

I'm not fond of the fruit ones (too sweet), but the meat and vegetable ones are pretty good.

In Southern California
 

Not too far from Ontario Airport (ONT):

TANGO BAIRES CAFE
870 East Foothill Blvd. #2
Upland, CA 91786-4047
Tel: (909) 985-6800

Hey that's not far from another place for good food (though not related to Empanadas):

BUCKBOARD BBQ
1386 E Foothill Blvd # M
Upland, CA 91786-4016
(909) 608-7393

Pretty good empanadas:
 

Berta's Latin American Restaurant
on the edge of Old Town (park) in San Diego

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fruit empanadas....???

:eek:

lots of them in the miami area most are Cuban or Caribbean inspired, not a big fan of them personally, so I don't know where the best can be found.

Also mentioned in post 16.

Before your extraordinary declaration of: "there is in reality only one empanada".

(And, generally, for the empanadas I know, you're not far off the mark - with an empanada there is often only one served, but in portions. It's empanadillas we have a few of. Now that's playing semantics.)

http://www.pastelerialamurciana.es/p...hp?idfamilia=4 It's going to be months before I can have a decent empanada/empanadilla :(:(:(
'Greggs' just doesn't do it for me...