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Tuesday - Wednesday: 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Thursday - Saturday: 6:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Sunday Brunch: 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Monday: Closed


Arepas
Traditional Venezuelan grilled corn pocket sandwiches made just like in any taguarita
back home-- a healthier and more delicious substitute for bread!


Domino: black beans & palmizulia cheese...$5.75
Guayanesa: Venezuelan creamy guayanés cheese...$6.00
La Gringa: sharp cheddar cheese...$4.75

Mechada: Venezuelan-style stewed shredded beef...$6.00
Pelua: Venezuelan-style stewed shredded beef with yellow cheese...$6.50
Pernil: slow cooked pork leg with mojo...$6.00
Queso de Mano: venezuelan hand-made cheese...$6.00
Reina Pepiada: shredded chicken avocado and cilantro...$6.00

Empanadas
Traditional Latin American turnover patties served with fresh tossed salad and our
three special salsitas.


Mechada: Venezuelan style stewed shredded beef...$8.00
Verde: made with 100% plantain dough and filled with wild mushrooms, piquillo, manchego cheese and salsa verde...$8.00


Ensaladas

Palmito: endives, heart of palm, tossed with fresh greens in cabrales vinaigrette with bacon wrapped dates...$8.00
Orinoco: grilled to order chicken breast, watercress, endives and green grapes tossed in a mixed green bed with sherry vinaigrette and topped with feta cheese...$8.00
Remolacha con cabra: roasted beet tossed in a sherry vinaigrette with mixed greens, crispy shallots, fresh goat cheese and pinenuts...$7.50

(add chicken $3.00)

Antojitos
Little Cravings

Trio de Empanadas: Cod, Domino, and Mechada empanadas with signature mojo...$8.00
Tequeños: guayanes cheese wrapped in flaky dough and served with chipotle ketchup...$6.50
Tajadas: fried sweet plantains...$4.25

Principales

Asado Negro: panela and onion slow-cooked beef and sauce with rice and sweet plantains...$13.25
Atún: adobo-rubbed tuna with frisse, raddish and toasted calabaza seeds...$15.00

Pabellón Criollo: Venezuela’s most folkloric dish: shredded beef, white rice, black beans and plantains...$13.50
Pollo Adobo: adobo criollo marinated-halved chicken with mojo and grilled scallions...$14.00
(add malanga gnocchi in a trumpet mushroom cream $5.00)
Polvorosa de Pollo: chicken guiso in a flaky “polvorosa” dough served with mixed greens and panela delicada...$14.50

Especiales
Some of the daily specials we offer at night inlcude...

Mahi-Mahi: Plantain crust mahi with "rabo encendido" and tomato escabeche...$19.00
Beef Tenderloin Churrasquito: Churrasquito-style cut grilled tenderloin, with crab picadillo, grilled asparagus and salsa chimi...$19.00
Parrilla Caraquena: Orinoco's grill plate with seasoned rib eye steak, marinated chicken, grilled chorizo, guasacaca sauce and yuca frita...$19.00.
Adobo Smoked Tenderloin Churrasco: Smoked adobo churrasco with marinated tomato and red wine-panela glaze...$19.00
Cordero Tradicional: Pistachio-panela-plantain crusted NZ lamb chops with mint mojo and a watercress blue cheese salad with dry mushroom vinaigrette...$19.00


Al Lado
On the side

Black beans: black beans in a bowl...$4.25
Tajadas: fried sweet plantains...$4.25
Tostones: crispy green plantains mini-cakes with garlic mojo...$4.25
Yuca: sticks, crispy or steamed with signature mojo...$4.25


Postres

Quesillo: homemade traditional Venezuelan flan with caramel...$4.50
Torta Fluida: molten chocolate cake made with 100% Venezuelan dark chocolate...$5.00












ORINOCO: A Latin Kitchen

Lunch & Dinner   Take-Out   Catering
477 Shawmut Avenue | Boston, Massachusetts 02118 | (617) 369-7075
22 Harvard Street | Brookline, Massachusetts 02445 | (617) 232-9505

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