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Orinoco Harvard Square Menu

4.5

(600+ Reviews)

$Latin American

+1 617-354-6900

Antojitos
Little Cravings
- Datiles
  bacon wrapped, almond-filled dates.
  $9.75
- Empanada Single
  traditional corn flour turnover.
- Maracuchitos
  queso paisa wrapped in sweet plantains.
  $7.75
- Tequeños
  guayanés cheese wrapped in crisp dough and served with chipotle ketchup.
  $9.75
- Trio de Empanadas
  queso blanco, domino, and mechada empanadas with signature mojo.
  $11.00
Arepas
Traditional Venezuelan grilled corn-flour pocket sandwiches (gluten-free).
- Arepa Combo
  $10.00
- Arepa Domino
  black beans (cooked with pork) and palmizulia cheese.
  $8.50
- Arepa Jardinera (veg.)
  guayanés cheese, sweet plantains, guasacaca.
  $8.50
- Arepa Mechada
  Venezuelan-style stewed shredded beef.
  $9.00
- Arepa Pernil
  mojo marinated pork, Guayanés cheese, tomato.
  $9.00
- Arepa Pelua
  Venezuelan-style stewed shredded beef with edam cheese.
  $9.00
- Arepa Pabellón
  $9.50
- Arepa Reina Pepiada
  shredded chicken salad (contains mayo), avocado, and tomato.
  $9.00
- Arepa La Gringa
  Edam cheese.
  $8.50
- Arepa La Llanera (Chicken)
  $9.00
- Arepa La Llanera (Steak)
  $9.00
- Arepa Simple
  $5.00
Desserts
- Quesillo
  homemade traditional Venezuelan custard with caramel.
  $7.00
- Torta Fluida
  molten chocolate cake made with 100% Venezuelan dark chocolate.
  $8.00
Empanadas
- Empanada Mechada
  Venezuelan style stewed shredded beef with a fresh greens salad tossed with queso blanco, sherry vinaigrette and mojo criollo.
  $12.00
- Empanada Verde
  made with 100% plantain dough and filled with forest mushrooms, piquillo peppers and Manchego cheese; with a fresh greens salad tossed with sun-dried tomato vinaigrette.
  $12.00
Main Dishes
- Polvorosa de Pollo
  Criollo chicken guiso in a polvorosa (flaky) dough pie served with spring mix and mango chutney.
  $17.10
Pepitos
French bread sandwiches with tostonsitos.
- Pepito Carne
  $10.25
- Pepito Pollo
  $10.25
- Pepito Mixto
  $10.25
- Pepito Costillitas
  $10.25
- Pepito Medianoche
  $10.25
Salads
- Ensalada Mixta
  $6.50
- Ensalada Orinoco
  grilled chicken breast, fresh greens salad with red onions, green grapes, tossed in a sherry vinaigrette, topped with toasted almonds.
  $12.00
- Ensalada Palmito
  heart of palm, fresh greens and red onions, tossed in a Cabrales cheese vinaigrette, with bacon wrapped dates.
  $10.50
- Ensalada Remolacha con Cabra
  roasted beets twith a fresh green salad, red onions, in a sherry vinaigrette with fresh goat cheese and pine nuts (add chicken 3.00).
  $12.00
- Pepito Salad
  $10.00
Salsitas
- Guasacaca
  $2.00
- Mojo
  $1.00
Side Dishes
- Black Beans
  $4.00
- Side Queso De Mano
  $3.50
- Side Queso Guayanes
  $3.50
- Side Queso Rallado
  $1.50
- Side De Pernil
  $4.00
- Side De Reina Pepiada
  $4.00
- Tajadas
  $6.25
- Tostones
  $6.25
- Yuca
  $6.25
Antojitos
Little Cravings
- Cocas
  Spanish flatbread, two types: Champiñones: sautéed oyster & shitake mushrooms with garlic, manchego cheese, arugula, shaved black truffles, porcini glaze; or Guayaba: guava preserve, goat cheese, arugula, fig glaze.
  $9.95
- Datiles
  bacon wrapped, almond-filled dates.
  $9.75
- Empanada Single
  traditional corn flour turnover.
- Maracuchitos
  queso paisa wrapped in sweet plantains.
  $7.75
- Mini Costillitas
  apple cider, slow-steamed, baby-back ribs with guava BBQ, tapas-style.
  $9.95
- Tequeños
  guayanés cheese wrapped in crisp dough and served with chipotle ketchup.
  $9.75
- Trio de Empanadas
  queso blanco, domino, and mechada empanadas with signature mojo.
  $11.00
- Sopa de Calabaza
  Roasted butternut squash soup with coconut milk and tajada (does not contain cream).
  $9.00
Arepas
Traditional Venezuelan grilled corn-flour pocket sandwiches.
- Arepa Domino
  black beans (cooked with pork) and palmizulia cheese.
  $8.50
- Arepa Jardinera (veg.)
  guayanés cheese, sweet plantains, guasacaca.
  $8.50
- Arepa La Gringa
  Edam cheese.
  $8.50
- Arepa Mechada
  Venezuelan-style stewed shredded beef.
  $9.00
- Arepa Pabellón
  $9.50
- Arepa Pelua
  Venezuelan-style stewed shredded beef with edam cheese.
  $9.00
- Arepa Pernil
  mojo marinated pork, Guayanés cheese, tomato.
  $9.00
- Arepa Reina Pepiada
  shredded chicken salad (contains mayo), avocado, and tomato.
  $9.00
- Arepa Simple
  $5.00
Desserts
- Quesillo
  homemade traditional Venezuelan custard with caramel.
  $7.00
- Torta Fluida
  molten chocolate cake made with 100% Venezuelan dark chocolate.
  $8.00
Empanadas
Traditional Latin American corn flour turnover.
- Empanada Mechada
  Venezuelan style stewed shredded beef with a fresh greens salad tossed with queso blanco, sherry vinaigrette and mojo criollo.
  $12.00
- Empanada Verde
  made with 100% plantain dough and filled with forest mushrooms, piquillo peppers and Manchego cheese; with a fresh greens salad tossed with sun-dried tomato vinaigrette.
  $12.00
Family Meals -Takeout Only
A combo meal for 4.
- Family Meal-Costillita (2)
  Passionfruit babyback ribs and yuca fries with mojo for 2 people.
  $40.00
- Family Meal-Costillita (4)
  Passionfruit babyback ribs and yuca fries with mojo for 4 people.
  $74.00
Main Dishes
- Adobo Smoked Churrasco
  12oz quick smoked strip-steak churrasco, char-grilled with a panela-red- wine-glaze, arugula salad in a balsamic vinaigrette.
  $24.00
- Atun
  adobo-rubbed high-grade yellow-fin tuna seared and served with arugula sun-dried tomato vinaigrette salad and toasted pepitas
  $24.00
- Chuleta
  Dry chile-spiced rubbed Pork Loin chop with orange mermelada and French fries.
  $22.80
- Cordero
  pistachio-panela-plantain crusted NZ lamb chops with mint mojo, arugula/Cabrales cheese salad.
  $25.00
- Costillita
  apple cider juice slow-steamed baby-back ribs with guava BBQ sauce & yuca fries.
  $23.50
- La Primera Burger
  Pork/chorizo patty, Manchego cheese, Peruvian criollo salad. rocoto aioli, chipotle ketchup. On a brioche bun with truffle-salted hand cut fries.
  $19.00
- Panela Salmon
  panela-Rum marinated salmon, cook to order, served over Aji Amarillo creamed quinoa with jicama/arugula salad and broken olive vinaigrette.
  $25.50
- Polvorosa de Pollo
  Criollo chicken guiso in a polvorosa (flaky) dough pie served with spring mix and mango chutney.
  $17.10
- Roasted Portobella Arepa
  portabella-filled arepa made with sweet roasted corn and anise seeds—with sautéed wild mushrooms, sweet corn and spinach and huitlacoche sauce.
  $21.00
Salads
- Ensalada Orinoco
  grilled chicken breast, fresh greens salad with red onions, green grapes, tossed in a sherry vinaigrette, topped with toasted almonds.
  $12.00
- Ensalada Palmito
  heart of palm, fresh greens and red onions, tossed in a Cabrales cheese vinaigrette, with bacon wrapped dates.
  $10.50
- Ensalada Remolacha con Cabra
  roasted beets twith a fresh green salad, red onions, in a sherry vinaigrette with fresh goat cheese and pine nuts (add chicken 3.00).
  $12.00
- Ensalada Mixta
  $6.50
Salsitas
- Guasacaca
  $2.00
- Mojo
  $1.00
Side Dishes
- Black Beans
  $5.00
- Chorizo
  $3.50
- Gnocchi
  $7.75
- Grilled Asparagus
  $7.75
- Espinaca A La Bravaa
  $7.75
- Papitas
  $5.75
- Quinoa
  $8.50
- Side Carne Mechada
  $5.00
- Side Queso Edam
  $3.00
- Side Queso Palmisuli
  $3.00
- Tajadas
  $6.25
- Tostones
  $6.25
- Yuca
  $6.25
Antojitos
- Datiles
  bacon wrapped, almond-filled dates.
  $9.75
- Empanada Single
  traditional corn flour turnover.
- Maracuchitos
  queso paisa wrapped in sweet plantains.
  $7.75
- Tequeños
  guayanés cheese wrapped in crisp dough and served with chipotle ketchup.
  $9.75
- Trio de Empanadas
  queso blanco, domino, and mechada empanadas with signature mojo.
  $11.00
Arepas
- Arepa Chicharron
  Pork stewed with vegetables and spices topped with queso blanco.
  $8.50
- Arepa Domino
  black beans (cooked with pork) and palmizulia cheese.
  $8.50
- Arepa Jardinera (veg.)
  guayanés cheese, sweet plantains, guasacaca.
  $8.50
- Arepa La Gringa
  Edam cheese.
  $8.50
- Arepa Mechada
  Venezuelan-style stewed shredded beef.
  $9.00
- Arepa Pabellón
  $9.50
- Arepa Pelua
  Venezuelan-style stewed shredded beef with edam cheese.
  $9.00
- Arepa Pernil
  mojo marinated pork, Guayanés cheese, tomato.
  $9.00
- Arepa Reina Pepiada
  shredded chicken salad (contains mayo), avocado, and tomato.
  $9.00
- Arepa Simple
  $5.00
Desserts
- Quesillo
  homemade traditional Venezuelan custard with caramel.
  $7.00
- Torta Fluida
  molten chocolate cake made with 100% Venezuelan dark chocolate.
  $8.00
Empanadas
- Empanada Mechada
  Venezuelan style stewed shredded beef with a fresh greens salad tossed with queso blanco, sherry vinaigrette and mojo criollo.
  $12.00
- Empanada Verde
  made with 100% plantain dough and filled with forest mushrooms, piquillo peppers and Manchego cheese; with a fresh greens salad tossed with sun-dried tomato vinaigrette.
  $12.00
Main Dishes
- Cachapa
- Pabellon Criollo
  $17.00
- Huevos Fritos
  2 fried eggs served on an open-faced arepa, Edam cheese and bacon/ham, side of yuca fries (Saturday and Sunday only).
  $9.50
- Resuelto
  Perico (Venezuelan scrambled eggs), black beans, mechada, plain arepa.
  $14.50
- Tortilla Jardinera
  Tortilla Jardinera (Venezuelan omelette) with 3 eggs, asparagus, spinach, mushrooms, garlic/cilantro mojo, side of yuca fries.
  $12.00
Pepitos
- Pepito Medianoche
  $10.25
Salads
- Ensalada Palmito
  heart of palm, fresh greens and red onions, tossed in a Cabrales cheese vinaigrette, with bacon wrapped dates.
  $10.50
- Ensalada Remolacha con Cabra
  roasted beets twith a fresh green salad, red onions, in a sherry vinaigrette with fresh goat cheese and pine nuts (add chicken 3.00).
  $12.00
- Ensalada Mixta
  $6.50
- Ensalada Orinoco
  grilled chicken breast, fresh greens salad with red onions, green grapes, tossed in a sherry vinaigrette, topped with toasted almonds.
  $12.00
Salsitas
- Guasacaca
  $2.00
- Mojo
  $1.00
Side Dishes
- Black Beans
  $5.00
- Tajadas
  $6.25
- Tostones
  $6.25
- Yuca
  $6.25
- Cheese
  $3.00
- Aguacate
  $2.00
- Queso Rallado
  $1.50
- Side Perico
  $6.50
Antojitos
Little Cravings
- Cocas
  Spanish flatbread, two types: Champiñones: sautéed oyster & shitake mushrooms with garlic, manchego cheese, arugula, shaved black truffles, porcini glaze; or Guayaba: guava preserve, goat cheese, arugula, fig glaze.
  $9.95
- Datiles
  bacon wrapped, almond-filled dates.
  $9.75
- Empanada Single
  traditional corn flour turnover.
- Maracuchitos
  queso paisa wrapped in sweet plantains.
  $7.75
- Mini Costillitas
  apple cider, slow-steamed, baby-back ribs with guava BBQ, tapas-style.
  $9.95
- Tequeños
  guayanés cheese wrapped in crisp dough and served with chipotle ketchup.
  $9.75
- Trio de Empanadas
  queso blanco, domino, and mechada empanadas with signature mojo.
  $11.00
- Sopa de Calabaza
  Roasted butternut squash soup with coconut milk and tajada (does not contain cream).
  $9.00
Arepas
Traditional Venezuelan grilled corn-flour pocket sandwiches.
- Arepa Domino
  black beans (cooked with pork) and palmizulia cheese.
  $8.50
- Arepa Jardinera (veg.)
  guayanés cheese, sweet plantains, guasacaca.
  $8.50
- Arepa La Gringa
  Edam cheese.
  $8.50
- Arepa Mechada
  Venezuelan-style stewed shredded beef.
  $9.00
- Arepa Pabellón
  $9.50
- Arepa Pelua
  Venezuelan-style stewed shredded beef with edam cheese.
  $9.00
- Arepa Pernil
  mojo marinated pork, Guayanés cheese, tomato.
  $9.00
- Arepa Reina Pepiada
  shredded chicken salad (contains mayo), avocado, and tomato.
  $9.00
- Arepa Simple
  $5.00
Desserts
- Quesillo
  homemade traditional Venezuelan custard with caramel.
  $7.00
- Torta Fluida
  molten chocolate cake made with 100% Venezuelan dark chocolate.
  $8.00
Empanadas
Traditional Latin American corn flour turnover.
- Empanada Mechada
  Venezuelan style stewed shredded beef with a fresh greens salad tossed with queso blanco, sherry vinaigrette and mojo criollo.
  $12.00
- Empanada Verde
  made with 100% plantain dough and filled with forest mushrooms, piquillo peppers and Manchego cheese; with a fresh greens salad tossed with sun-dried tomato vinaigrette.
  $12.00
Family Meals -Takeout Only
A combo meal for 4.
- Family Meal-Costillita (2)
  Passionfruit babyback ribs and yuca fries with mojo for 2 people.
  $40.00
- Family Meal-Costillita (4)
  Passionfruit babyback ribs and yuca fries with mojo for 4 people.
  $74.00
Main Dishes
- Adobo Smoked Churrasco
  12oz quick smoked strip-steak churrasco, char-grilled with a panela-red- wine-glaze, arugula salad in a balsamic vinaigrette.
  $24.00
- Atun
  adobo-rubbed high-grade yellow-fin tuna seared and served with arugula sun-dried tomato vinaigrette salad and toasted pepitas
  $24.00
- Chuleta
  dry chile-spiced rubbed Pork Loin chop with orange mermelada and roasted cauliflower-manchego purée.
  $22.00
- Cordero
  pistachio-panela-plantain crusted NZ lamb chops with mint mojo, arugula/Cabrales cheese salad.
  $25.00
- Costillita
  apple cider juice slow-steamed baby-back ribs with guava BBQ sauce & yuca fries.
  $23.50
- La Primera Burger
  Pork/chorizo patty, Manchego cheese, Peruvian criollo salad. rocoto aioli, chipotle ketchup. On a brioche bun with truffle-salted hand cut fries.
  $19.00
- Panela Salmon
  panela-Rum marinated salmon, cook to order, served over Aji Amarillo creamed quinoa with jicama/arugula salad and broken olive vinaigrette.
  $25.50
- Polvorosa de Pollo
  Criollo chicken guiso in a polvorosa (flaky) dough pie served with spring mix and mango chutney.
  $17.10
- Roasted Portobella Arepa
  portabella-filled arepa made with sweet roasted corn and anise seeds—with sautéed wild mushrooms, sweet corn and spinach and huitlacoche sauce.
  $21.00
Salads
- Ensalada Orinoco
  grilled chicken breast, fresh greens salad with red onions, green grapes, tossed in a sherry vinaigrette, topped with toasted almonds.
  $12.00
- Ensalada Palmito
  heart of palm, fresh greens and red onions, tossed in a Cabrales cheese vinaigrette, with bacon wrapped dates.
  $10.50
- Ensalada Remolacha con Cabra
  roasted beets twith a fresh green salad, red onions, in a sherry vinaigrette with fresh goat cheese and pine nuts (add chicken 3.00).
  $12.00
- Ensalada Mixta
  $6.50
Salsitas
- Guasacaca
  $2.00
- Mojo
  $1.00
Side Dishes
- Black Beans
  $5.00
- Chorizo
  $3.50
- Gnocchi
  $7.75
- Papitas
  $5.75
- Quinoa
  $8.50
- Tajadas
  $6.25
- Tostones
  $6.25
- Yuca
  $6.25
- Side Queso Palmisuli
  $3.00
Antojitos
Little Cravings
- Cocas
  Spanish flatbread, two types: Champiñones: sautéed oyster & shitake mushrooms with garlic, manchego cheese, arugula, shaved black truffles, porcini glaze; or Guayaba: guava preserve, goat cheese, arugula, fig glaze.
  $9.95
- Datiles
  bacon wrapped, almond-filled dates.
  $9.75
- Empanada Single
  traditional corn flour turnover.
- Maracuchitos
  queso paisa wrapped in sweet plantains.
  $7.75
- Mini Costillitas
  apple cider, slow-steamed, baby-back ribs with guava BBQ, tapas-style.
  $9.95
- Tequeños
  guayanés cheese wrapped in crisp dough and served with chipotle ketchup.
  $9.75
- Trio de Empanadas
  queso blanco, domino, and mechada empanadas with signature mojo.
  $11.00
Arepas
Traditional Venezuelan grilled corn-flour pocket sandwiches.
- Arepa Domino
  black beans (cooked with pork) and palmizulia cheese.
  $8.50
- Arepa Jardinera (veg.)
  guayanés cheese, sweet plantains, guasacaca.
  $8.50
- Arepa La Gringa
  Edam cheese.
  $8.50
- Arepa Mechada
  Venezuelan-style stewed shredded beef.
  $9.00
- Arepa Pabellón
  $9.50
- Arepa Pelua
  Venezuelan-style stewed shredded beef with edam cheese.
  $9.00
- Arepa Pernil
  mojo marinated pork, Guayanés cheese, tomato.
  $9.00
- Arepa Reina Pepiada
  shredded chicken salad (contains mayo), avocado, and tomato.
  $9.00
- Arepa Simple
  $5.00
Desserts
- Quesillo
  homemade traditional Venezuelan custard with caramel.
  $7.00
- Torta Fluida
  molten chocolate cake made with 100% Venezuelan dark chocolate.
  $8.00
Empanadas
Traditional Latin American corn flour turnover.
- Empanada Mechada
  Venezuelan style stewed shredded beef with a fresh greens salad tossed with queso blanco, sherry vinaigrette and mojo criollo.
  $12.00
- Empanada Verde
  made with 100% plantain dough and filled with forest mushrooms, piquillo peppers and Manchego cheese; with a fresh greens salad tossed with sun-dried tomato vinaigrette.
  $12.00
Family Meals -Takeout Only
A combo meal for 4.
- Family Meal-Costillita (2)
  Passionfruit babyback ribs and yuca fries with mojo for 2 people.
  $40.00
- Family Meal-Costillita (4)
  Passionfruit babyback ribs and yuca fries with mojo for 4 people.
  $74.00
Main Dishes
- Adobo Smoked Churrasco
  12oz quick smoked strip-steak churrasco, char-grilled with a panela-red- wine-glaze, arugula salad in a balsamic vinaigrette.
  $24.00
- Atun
  adobo-rubbed high-grade yellow-fin tuna seared and served with arugula sun-dried tomato vinaigrette salad and toasted pepitas
  $24.00
- Cordero
  pistachio-panela-plantain crusted NZ lamb chops with mint mojo, arugula/Cabrales cheese salad.
  $25.00
- Costillita
  apple cider juice slow-steamed baby-back ribs with guava BBQ sauce & yuca fries.
  $23.50
- La Primera Burger
  Pork/chorizo patty, Manchego cheese, Peruvian criollo salad. rocoto aioli, chipotle ketchup. On a brioche bun with truffle-salted hand cut fries.
  $19.00
- Panela Salmon
  panela-Rum marinated salmon, cook to order, served over Aji Amarillo creamed quinoa with jicama/arugula salad and broken olive vinaigrette.
  $25.50
- Polvorosa de Pollo
  Criollo chicken guiso in a polvorosa (flaky) dough pie served with spring mix and mango chutney.
  $17.10
- Roasted Portobella Arepa
  portabella-filled arepa made with sweet roasted corn and anise seeds—with sautéed wild mushrooms, sweet corn and spinach and huitlacoche sauce.
  $21.00
Salads
- Ensalada Orinoco
  grilled chicken breast, fresh greens salad with red onions, green grapes, tossed in a sherry vinaigrette, topped with toasted almonds.
  $12.00
- Ensalada Palmito
  heart of palm, fresh greens and red onions, tossed in a Cabrales cheese vinaigrette, with bacon wrapped dates.
  $10.50
- Ensalada Remolacha con Cabra
  roasted beets twith a fresh green salad, red onions, in a sherry vinaigrette with fresh goat cheese and pine nuts (add chicken 3.00).
  $12.00
- Ensalada Mixta
  $6.50
Salsitas
- Guasacaca
  $2.00
- Mojo
  $1.00
Side Dishes
- Black Beans
  $5.00
- Chorizo
  $3.50
- Fufu
  $6.00
- Gnocchi
  $7.75
- Papitas
  $5.75
- Quinoa
  $8.50
- Tajadas
  $6.25
- Tostones
  $6.25
- Yuca
  $6.25
- Side Queso Palmisuli
  $3.00
- Side Queso Edam
  $3.00

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