Best Colombian restaurant in Cincinnati

The Arepa Place specializes in a Colombian and Venezuelan dish known as arepas. It is a business founded in Cincinnati in 2016 by owner Isis Arrieta-Dennis, who is originally from Colombia. The owner and her mother are responsible for all the recipes. The Arepa Place offers stuffed arepas made the traditional way, boiling and grinding the corn, kneading the dough, and grilling the patties before filling them with various ingredients such as mozzarella cheese, black beans, fried plantains, shredded beef, chorizo, and/or chicken. They also make cheese arepas by mixing mozzarella into the corn dough before grilling the patties, and serve delicious empanadas made from freshly ground corn. Each arepa comes with a choice of one of their four homemade salsas. The Arepa Place caters to the people of the Greater Cincinnati area and beyond, offering a variety of options for both food and drink. Their catering service includes napkins, plates, and forks, as well as the option to bring tablecloths and serving tables. They require clients to pay 50% of the invoice in advance, and charge a 20% service fee and a 7% sales tax.