2024: Queens Voted Mama’s Empanadas Best Empanada!
Mama’s Empanadas
84-17 Northern Blvd, Jackson Heights
(718) 505-9937
A delicious, crispy, handheld snack to-go, the empanada is a wonderful culinary innovation. Filled with beef, cheese, sausage and even broccoli, you won’t want just one, especially if you stop by Mama’s Empanada in Jackson Heights, winner of this year’s Best of the Boro contest for Best Empanada. Just like an empanada, good things come in small packages, and Mama’s Emapandas’ small space is all you need to grab yours and hurry home to enjoy. (If you even make it that far without sinking your teeth in.) Choose from a wide variety of fried corn, fried whole wheat and baked whole wheat empanadas, as well as breakfast and dessert variations. Just be sure to ask for extra green sauce, you won’t be regret it.
2023: Queens Voted Mama’s Empanadas Best Empanada!
Mama’s Empanadas
84-17 Northern Blvd, Jackson Heights
(718) 505-9937
Shredded Beef with Potatoes and Chicken with Potatoes, Peas, and Carrots are starring on the menu at Mama’s Empanadas. Make sure to ask for extra green sauce. This is a small spot with great big flavor packaged deliciously in a neat empanada. Once initiated you’re going to always want to stop in on your way home. You will love their authentic empanadas. Everyone does. Sometimes there’s a wait but it’s so worth every minute. Try the eight empanada special. They will come with beef, chicken, broccoli, and cheese. Who knew broccoli would taste better in an empanada? You need to try these. They are crunchy and delicious. Ask for Red Melon juice, with a real piece of melon to accompany your dish. Whether you live around the block or pass by on your way somewhere, stop in. Don’t walk by.
2022: Queens Voted Mama’s Empanadas Best Empanada!
Mama’s Empanadas
84-17 Northern Blvd, Jackson Heights
(718) 505-9937
Picture fried dough filled with mouthwatering savory and sweet fillings and you’ve got the empanadas at this Astoria eatery. The outside of the empanadas can be made with corn, flour or whole wheat. After that, the options for fillings are endless. Some of the fillings for these empanadas include black beans and cheese, sausage, rice and beans, chicken with potatoes, peas and carrots and mixed vegetables. If you’re in the mood for some breakfast empanadas, you’re in luck! Breakfast fillings include bacon, egg and cheese and egg, tomato and scallion. For sweet options, enjoy nutella and peanut butter filled empanadas or an empanada with figs, caramel and cheese. There are even some value menu options that include your order of empanadas with a side of soda.
