★ Family-owned since 2006 · Villavicencio, Colombia · Coming soon to Sacramento, CA ★
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Pop-art illustration of a giant charcoal-grilled stuffed arepa flying over the California hills and coastline

The best arepa you've never tried is coming to Sacramento

Charcoal-grilled corn arepas, split open and stacked with 20+ fillings. Twenty years of Colombian llanero flavor, straight to Northern California.

Sacramento, CA 3,827 mi from Villavicencio
20years in business
20+ways to fill it
100%corn, milled by us
Charcoalnever a flat-top
How it's made

Not your average sandwich

From the corn kernel to the embers, and from the embers to your hands. Three steps we haven't skipped since 2006.

Corn mill and freshly hand-shaped raw arepas on a wooden board Arepas roasting on a charcoal grill with glowing embers underneath

  1. We start with the corn

    No pre-made dough. We mill the corn ourselves, starting from the kernel, the way it's done back home. That's why the arepa has real body and a flavor of its own.

  2. It hits the charcoal

    No flat-top, no microwave. It goes straight onto the charcoal until the crust toasts and the smoke stays inside. That flavor can't be faked.

  3. Then we load it up

    Here's the difference: more than 20 fillings to build it exactly how you want it. A Salpikitos stuffed arepa takes two hands and a stack of napkins.

Who we are

From the Colombian plains to Northern California

Salpikitos opened on May 5, 2006 in Villavicencio, the gateway to the Colombian plains. We started by doing one thing well: corn arepas milled in-house, grilled over charcoal and stuffed so many different ways that people came back just to try another. Twenty years later, that same grill, that same recipe and that same way of treating people are moving to Sacramento.

  • May 5, 2006 We open in Villavicencio, Meta, with the stuffed arepa as our signature product.
  • More than 20 fillings The menu grows with house chorizo, grilled meats, sharing platters and fresh juices.
  • 2026 · Sacramento, California Salpikitos Parrilla LLC opens its first location in the United States.
Table spread with stuffed arepas, chorizo, grilled beef and chicken, salchipapas and fresh juices

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