Caracas and Central Foodways

Caracas

City

Caracas in its closed valley, with Miranda, Aragua, Carabobo and La Guaira around it — the most populous part of the country and where the national restaurant and panadería culture was made. ASADO NEGRO. The AREPERA, open all night. The PANADERÍA, which in Venezuela is an Italian-descended institution serving cachitos, golfeados, pan canilla, and a MARRÓN or GUAYOYO coffee at the counter. Mercado de Quinta Crespo and Chacao. The pepito and the perro caliente of the late street. And the Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Lebanese immigrant kitchens that are now simply Caracas food.