Vegan
International
Fast food
Delivery
Take-out
Catering
Fusion
Latin

Fully vegan colorful empanada shop offering a range of fusion fillings from around the world. Examples include smoky mushroom, margherita, sweet potato chili, pulled bbq and more. Open Mon-Thu 9:00am-9:00pm, Fri-Sat 9:00am-10:00pm, Sun 9:00am-9:00pm.


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16 Reviews

First Review by Ps1978

Poundie

Points +13540

Vegan
13 Feb 2024

Not gourmet

This is a hole-in-the-wall place, with minimal places to sit. They offer empanadas that come pre-frozen (i.e., not fresh), which they heat up for you. They also offer acai bowls (from the company Deep Purpl).

The empanadas are merely okay-tasting, small, and pricey. My rating of 3 stars is a bit generous, to be sure (they are more of a 2 1/2 star place). I do appreciate the availability of a vegan fast-food place, however.

Pros: vegan fast food, not terrible tasting

Cons: Not great tasting nor super-heathly, Pricey, small not freshly made empanadas

INTJ_mara

13 Feb 2024

How much are they charging for the empanadas?

Poundie

13 Feb 2024

rtnc68

Points +500

Vegan
27 Jan 2024

Disappointed

Too expensive. Depressing lighting. Mediocre empanadas.

Prajna

Points +4437

Vegan
19 Sep 2023

I wouldn’t go back

The empanadas are frozen and get heated with each order. You’re basically eating frozen food, which makes them very dry. The filling could be better. The marguerita one had mostly tomatoes and almost no cheese.
I ordered three to go and ended up throwing them away, as they tasted horribly dry just half an hour later.
The server was on the phone chatting the entire service. Paid no attention.

Updated from previous review on 2023-09-19

HenrietteJohansen

Points +1492

Vegan
30 Jun 2023

Cute

The empanadas are cute and in different colours and all. Be careful to bite into it as it is very hot after warmed up.

Pros: Friendly staff, 3 for 4

Cons: Expensive

AllyVeganalicious

Points +232

Vegan
17 May 2023

I couldn’t eat there

First there was no one at the counter. Then they greeted me by wiping their nose. I mean, if you work with food and aren’t taking basic precautions and don’t know anything about hygiene, I’m not going to eat there.

theNumberOfTheBeast

24 May 2023

EKALO

Points +124

Vegan
07 May 2023

Tasty!

Good on the go food. It was quick and convenient and tasted really good. Definitely recommend having the garlic sauce with it.

JJones315

Points +2034

Herbivore
04 May 2023

Perhaps it was an off day?

Sadly, the empanada I had was dry and dust. Perhaps it was just a one-off. Will try again.

DawnRice

Points +1103

Vegan
27 Mar 2023

We love Fons!!

What a treat! When Daniel, the founder, opened Fons in Chicago, we discovered it and we’re hooked!! Every trip there included a stop at Fons.
Here on a trip to NYC we were thrilled to see that Fons is growing with Francisco’s location. Same great service and delicious Fons and beverages.
Oh, and the sauce! A must get!

The corn and poblano & the Margarita top our list!!

Pros: All vegan , Created and made with love of good vegan food. , Every bit is delicious.

vegandenis

Points +212

Vegan
12 Mar 2023

Tasty empanadas, but a little bit small for the price

We came across this restaurant while in the area running errands, the empanadas were flavorful, and the dough was pleasing, even though they were very obviously frozen and thawed in a convection oven. There were some flavors we will try next time we are in the area but it's worth noting that each empanada is five dollars and there is not much of a discount for ordering in bulk.

QuisVaughn

Points +552

Vegan
08 Mar 2023

Not mad at all!

Great for a tasty snack. The Smokey Mushroom is the way to go! Tinga was pretty good as well. The crust is satisfying and the garlic sauce is cute.

Pros: Nice selection of Vegan Empanadas , They have dessert empanadas!

Tucker333

Points +513

Vegan
06 Feb 2023

Very good empanadas!

They have excellent flavors that are very creative, many are fun twists in traditional empanada fillings, and overall the food was very tasty. While good, they are pretty expensive. I’d go back for sure!

Cons: Costoso

Nina88

Points +555

Vegan
02 Nov 2022

Tasty empanadas

Only had one empanada to try, and it was very tasty. Hot, fresh and spicy. My boyfriend thought that it was too salty though. So I’d recommend to people who aren’t watching their salt intake.😄Friendly guy at the counter.

Finnte

Points +20

Vegan
25 Oct 2022

Great Food, Good Price

especially for nyc the prices are very reasonable and the empanadas were amazing. the staff and owner were super nice and helpful. sadly nothing gluten free yet and most of the shakes have honey in them. especially the latter is pointless.

Updated from previous review on 2022-10-25

Pros: Great taste, Good price, Lots of options

Cons: honey in drinks

heiputti

Points +365

Vegan
25 Oct 2022

Liked the spicy ones best

Really nice service. We had two empanadas, chorizo and andean. Andean was a bit plain but the chorizo was great. Bit pricey though.

Eli.orm

Points +90

Vegan
24 Oct 2022

Delicious empanadas

Fully vegan shop with great empanadas. The guy behind the counter was lovely and really helpful with the suggestions. We grabbed 12 empanadas and tried all their flavours, they were absolutely delicious and all very different.

Pros: Great options, Can have them heated up or cold , Recycled packaging

Ps1978

Points +138

Vegan
19 Oct 2022

Great empanadas

Awesome to have a fully vegan empanada shop. The two we tried were great; I definitely recommend the garlic sauce and the spicy sweet potato (which is not so spicy but is flavorful). I haven’t tried the açaí bowls or smoothies but will be back…




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