AzucaR Restaurant — Restaurant in Summit

Tucked away gem serving latin buffet with plenty of seating.

AzucaR Buffet feels very new and is very organized, there are only a handful of parking spots in front, the closest spot to the restaurant is handicapped. It also has a ramp up to the the front door if you have a wheelchair.

I really like the sign out front backlit with pink neon and another small neon sign, it felt very welcoming.

Inside has a large mural painting on the wall and you will pass through neat rows of tables and chairs to reach the counter in the back that has several display cases for their food.

They have a fresh orange juice press!

They are not specific about the country or origin of their food only to say it is a Latin Buffet but I sensed there might be a specific country judging by some of the small touches evident in their food. This might be to appeal to a wider audience within Latin America.

Let's start with their preparation of Avena (oatmeal) - it's wonderful but maybe not what you would expect. I'll call it a warm shamrock shack that has mostly melted and it is delicious. It's thin, milky, sweet and served in a coffee cup with lid. You can literally drink it and had me thinking why not ditch the morning coffee for AzucaR Buffet's oatmeal.

100% stopping back for this. The last time I had a similar preparation was on my daily walk to my office on 7th Ave and roughly 26th Street and that restaurant was Cuban.

I also tried the rotisserie chicken, potato salad, and empanadas.

All were very good, the bean empanadas were really tasty. The preparation of the beans, similar to the oatmeal was beans ground down into a liquid like paste, maybe the consistency of mayonnaise, cheese was also combined which had a similar consistency and it was very tasty.

So this wasn't just some beans and cheese slapped together, a ground up preparation that was delicious. Hard to tell but I think the outer shell may have been fried but was nothing special from the outside. Not overly bready either.

I noticed the potato salad had hot dogs in it which I have never seen. It was tasty and again had me thinking was this a preparation specific to a country or just a house style or handed down recipe.

Rotisserie chicken was good for sure but I can't say it was above and beyond other rotisserie chicken as they all taste great to me.

On their menu they mention Columbia and Costa Rica so maybe this is the origin of these flavors.

Either way I am a fan now.

They do have regular/america breakfast sandwiches which I did not try because why would you if visiting Latin America.

If you cozy up to their display cases you can select from any of the hot dishes and they will assemble into a take-out container and I believe the cost is by weight.

This was only my first visit and there are many other items on the...

Delicious food. I have eaten here over 50 times, for both lunch and dinner. The food is so flavorful, and made by someone who really, really knows how to cook.

I mostly eat from the hot buffet selections, and try a little bit of each item. I'm never disappointed, everything is always delicious. Their chorizo sausage is amazing, and I'm not a big chorizo person.

On the cold buffet side, the tuna macaroni salad is ridiculously good.

Their fresh baked items are also delicious, with donut shaped "pandebono" bread a must have on every visit.

Their desserts are also very good, with chocolate "milo" one of my favorites. And their fresh made cinnamon churro sticks are phenomenal.

They also have excellent coffee, with frothy milk on top. Delicious.

The staff is also friendly and helpful. Never a bad attitude, always pleasant.

I eat out a lot, and Azucar has some of the best food around, period. And, they are...

Excellent food that tastes home cooked. Lends itself to both latin and continental taste buds. I tried the pork chops (they were in a sauce and I was half-expecting not to like them) and they were muy delicioso. The potato salad which was latin style (peas, diced potatoes & a little bit of green beans in it) was wonderful as was a tomato, onion salad in some kind of lemon dressing. The baked chicken was a little dry, but everything else was so good that I give it a 5. On another occasion I tried the Colombian empanadas. The beef was better than the chicken version. I wasn't in love with them but I would have again. The place is clean and the service is good. I want to try the smoothies and tacos. The buffet is a great option if you want home cooked at a very reasonable price. I think it is the best of the local colombian/costa rican restaurants in the area. It also has more variety than the...