Pisao Patacon Pisao · NYC
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Patacon PisaoNYC's original patacón. Maracaibo family recipes since 2005.

Venezuelan Street Kitchen · NYC

La Original · Desde 2005 · Hasta las 6 AM

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The FoodLa comida

Look at the food.

Patacón — smashed green plantain sandwichPatacón
From $9.75

Patacón

Smashed green plantain, pressed and fried twice. The original, since 2005.

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 Arepa stuffed with pulled meatArepa
From $9.75

Arepa

Corn meal, crunchy or grilled — Venezuela's everyday bread.

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 Sweet corn cachapa folded over shredded beefCachapa
From $12.00

Cachapa

Sweet corn crepe, the Zulia way — folded over whatever you love. Watch it made.

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 Yoyo — sweet plantain sandwichYoyo
From $8.50

Yoyo

Sweet ripe plantain, fried till it caramelizes at the edges.

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 The Tacucho pressed burrito, halvedTacucho
From $11.75

Tacucho

A pressed burrito, griddled hard on both sides.

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 Pepito panini, pulled porkPepito
From $7.00

Pepito

Panini bread, pressed hot, built for the counter.

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Real plates, shot at the counter. Since 2005.

Recién hecho, cada día

NYC’s original patacón · est. 2005

Pisao means smashed.

Green plantain, pressed flat, fried twice, stacked with Maracaibo family recipes. Born on a truck in Inwood in 2005. Still on that corner. Still smashing at 3 AM.

Menu What’s a patacón?
Caracas glowing at night beneath the hills
Venezuela→ NYC
Patacones in trays on the counter, natural light
The foodsince 2005
The Patacon Pisao truck glowing under its neon sign at night in Inwood
The truck2 AM
The BasicsClase rápida

What’s a patacón?Qué es un patacón

Maracaibo’s answer to the sandwich. No bread anywhere near it. Two discs of green plantain do the job better, and they have since before we ever rolled into Inwood.

1

Verde

Green plantain, cut thick and fried once. Firm, starchy, zero gluten. The foundation.

2

¡Pisao!

The press comes down. You can hear it from the sidewalk. That sound is the whole brand.

3

Dorado

Fried again to deep gold, then stacked: shredded beef, black beans, fried queso, house nata.

Naturally gluten free · siempre
OvernightLa madrugada

The truck never closed before 6 AM.

In 2005, Liliana parked outside the Inwood nightclubs and fed the whole line coming out. Twenty-one years later the truck is on the same corner, and the last patacón of the night still comes off the press when the sun is coming up.

The truck under its neon Patacon Pisao sign on a dark Inwood street 202nd St · tonight
12 PM
→ 6 AM

431 W 202nd St, Inwood
Every single day
Desde julio 2005

The ReceiptsLos recibos

21 years of receipts.

NY Mag101 Best Sandwiches Bon AppétitBest Meals We Ate, 2022 The Infatuation8.6, Inwood truck The New York TimesThe 2015 truck profile Vendy AwardsFinalist 2010 · All-Star 2019 Grub Street + ThrillistBest of Elmhurst · Best lunch, Inwood

“Others who try to look like us attempt to imitate our artful creation of the classic, but there is only one.”

Locations

Three spots.
One press.

Hasta las 6 AM

El Camion

431 W 202nd St
Inwood, NY 10034
917-971-9828

Every day · 12 PM to 6 AM
Counter only. Same corner since 2005.

Essex St

139 Essex St
Lower East Side, NY 10002
646-678-5913

Sun to Wed · 12 to 11 PM
Thu to Sat · 12 PM to 2 AM

Elmhurst

85-22 Grand Ave
Elmhurst, NY 11373
718-899-8922

Sun to Thu · 8 AM to 11 PM
Fri + Sat · 8 AM to 12 AM
Two floors. Game nights live here.