This 13-year-old Colombian restaurant in Gaithersburg weaves arepas into three appetizers and nine different breakfast dishes. The appetizer portion arrives with either grilled cheese, melted soft cheese or a crispy fried pork rind. One breakfast offering pairs the arepa with grilled steak, fried plantains, and sliced tomatoes.

This family-run restaurant offers several dishes that include arepas. Mini arepas with crema appear as appetizers, while three standalone selections inhabit the tapas menu: the peplada with shredded chicken, avocado and house dressing, the mechada with shredded beef and tomato sauce, and the domino with black beans and imported cheese.

The arepas at this two-year-old Silver Spring restaurant can be grilled, baked or fried and stuffed with over two dozen featured fillings or toppings including seven cheeses, grilled vegetables, tuna salad, bacon, scrambled eggs with onions and more. Prefer to hand off the decision-making process? The restaurant prepares specialty arepas including a traditional pabellon featuring black beans, shredded beef and plantains.

This Venezuelan eatery joined Adams Morgan in 2017, bringing with it nearly a dozen specialty arepas including corn cakes filled with shredded beef, chicken salad, scrambled eggs and more.

Enjoy arepas morning, noon, and night at this LeDroit Park coffeehouse that transforms into a bar and restaurant when the sun goes down. There’s egg-filled arepas at breakfast, while cheese-, beef-, and hearts of palm-filled varieties materialize in the afternoon.

What began as a food truck has grown into a thriving business with not one, but now two physical locations. In addition to running a food stall at Union Market, Arepa Zone opened its first brick-and-mortar spot in late 2017. The new restaurant features individual arepas (cheese; shredded beef; pulled chicken), arepa flights (“meat lovers” or vegetarian), and sweet corn pancakes known as cachapas.

This upscale Latin restaurant stacks its braised short rib arepas with hoisin sauce, achiote, guacamole, serrano peppers and crema. Snag the arepa with the express lunch or on its own during dinner.