Old men lean on the outside windowsill, ordering cortados (espresso with milk) and empanadas to go.
Here, they welcome their visitors with open arms, uncorking fabulous wines to pair with seafood empanadas and lamb and beef cuts.
Conveniently, you can fill up on street eats like Jamaican patties, empanadas, arepas and burgers with a bit of pocket change.
Along with a hefty dose of local vibe they serve a very traditional mofongo (my favorite here is the seafood filled), tostones and empanadas.
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The Versailles bakery next door does great empanadas, fruit juices and Cuban coffee, which is an entirely different beast from the regular American filter variety.
Determined to keep the pura vida alive in New York, I tried using different cheeses, flours and oils, but over time my empanadas got worse and worse reflecting, in some ways, the distance that was growing between Costa Rica and me.
Food stalls dish out hearty country dishes like locro (a meaty stew from northwest Argentina), deep-fried empanadas, and humitas (lightly sweetened corn meal wrapped in corn husks), all washed down with sweet patero wine - this is La Feria de Mataderos, an authentic celebration of Argentine country traditions.
Winding through the hills, the surrounding forest enclosed the road in a verdant canopy, with roadside kiosks sprouting out of it to sell empanadas (meat and potato-filled fried pastries), mofongo (mashed plantains filled with meat and vegetables, served in savoury sauce) and beach towels bearing graphics of bikini-clad women.
As a traditional feast got under way, with festival organisers baking enough fish to feed 1, 500, a makeshift community sprang up: an accordion band played under a gazebo, families sold empanadas, Corona and Sprite from the back of their Jeeps, and kids played Polynesian pop music through portable speakers.
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