Arriero
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Colombian coffee country in Antioquia at dawn
Cocina paisa · Milford, CT

Arriero

Follow the road down from the mountains to the table.

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El camino

How dinner gets here

The same road the arrieros walked — from the hills, through the kitchen, to your table.

El mercado

What's fresh, first

Tomatoes, scallion, cilantro, corn — the market run that becomes the hogao under everything.

Overhead of fresh Colombian cooking ingredients
El fogón

The griddle stays hot

Arepas pressed and grilled on the budare all day, char marks and a little smoke, the way a paisa kitchen sounds.

Hands grilling an arepa on a hot budare griddle
Los platos

La bandeja paisa

The full mountain plate — steak, chicharrón, beans, rice, egg, plantain, avocado, chorizo, arepa. Come hungry.

A traditional Colombian bandeja paisa
La olla

Sunday sancocho

Chicken, yuca, plantain, and corn in a broth cooked slow in a pot built for a crowd.

A bowl of sancocho antioqueño
El café

Poured dark

A tinto to finish, or café con leche with a warm buñuelo. Coffee is the reason these mountains are farmed.

Dark Colombian coffee being poured
La sala

Pull up a chair

Wood, clay, warm light, and a room that fills up loud. Stay as long as you like.

The warm interior of Arriero
La puerta

Come find us

128 Broad Street, Milford, CT 06460 — downtown, café & bakery from morning, full kitchen midday to night.

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