Gaithersburg, MD

DMV Empanadas

Find this merchant at

Ballston
By The White House
CityCenterDC
Downtown Silver Spring
Dupont Circle
Foggy Bottom
Monroe Street
Mosaic
Mount Vernon Triangle

established

2014

miles to DC

products

Prepared Foods

DMV Empanadas has been serving delicious empanadas, saltados, and chicharones to DC, Maryland, and Virginia since 2014. After launching as a pop-up at a FRESHFARM market in 2015, DMV Empanadas quickly became a favorite in the area and in 2019 opened a storefront in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

Brothers Nacho Almaraz and Marco Almaraz source local ingredients for their products and make everything from scratch using family recipes. Their mother, a passionate cook, shared her recipes and techniques with her sons, inspiring them to go into business. To this day, her chicken empanada remainds their best-seller, a happy reminder to the Almaraz family, after their mother’s passing.