Arepas de yiya — Restaurant in Santa Marta

This Street food restaurant has been in Santa Marta for near 70 years. First, Grandma Yiya started making arepas in other place in town but later, they chose this house and keep making one of the best cheese arepas I have tried in Colombia.

The arepas are made with corn and cheese over a charcoal grill in the street but if you want to seat, you can have one inside.

They usually open from 5 to 8 PM and keep a line of customers, not only standing but of cars to buy to go.

One of the things you have to eat in...

Some may say the ocean is the best part of Santa Marta, but it's actually Arepas de yiya. For those a bit overwhelmed at street vendors like me, they have regular, con pollo y con chorizo. We liked the regular the best especially when hot off the grill. Be sure to bring cash. The service is great, everyone is friendly and the food is amazing Thanks again for...

This is a sort of hole in the wall place with very local arepas. Super cute and nice people. I didn’t love the cheese that was in the arepas. It’s very typical in Colombia, but I personally don’t care for it. We liked the arepa con pollo the best. The people selling papas rellenas across the street had amazing food as well! I recommend...