Empanada Maker Opens In Mission Viejo

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • November 27, 2013
There were previously just two Empanada-centered eateries in Orange County–Empanada Man and Empanada Place. Now there are three. The Empanada Maker has opened in Mission Viejo and it serves the half-moon shaped, way-better South American...
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