Arepa Ink

Arepa Ink Inspired by Venezuela’s most iconic food, we create a unique, colourful and nutritional experience

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🇨🇦 We have made a decision.            Arepa ink is permanently closed. Today is the beginning of something new. 🙌🏽For u...
01/17/2022

🇨🇦 We have made a decision.
Arepa ink is permanently closed.

Today is the beginning of something new. 🙌🏽

For us, this year has been one we will never forget. It has been a concentrated year of learning, adapting and reinventing. We are very proud of everything we accomplished from the financial stats, the social reach, but most of all the THOUSANDS of Arepas sold and the ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reviews on google!

We set out to introduce London to The Arepa and make you LOVE it 💛💚💖

We know we succeeded in that and there is such satisfaction in that feeling! 🚀

Beginning and operating our business through three COVID lockdowns, filled with uncertainties and restrictions was a challenge we took head on. 💪🏾 We were happy to adapt and celebrated the organic flow of it all. Until its last day, we loved what we did. 💃🏾💃🏾

Now we'd like to take a moment to celebrate some of our accomplishments during our one (1) year in operation. 🍾

✔️12,000+ Arepas sold in 5,467 orders!
✔️$200k+ in gross sales with $0 debt
✔️2,500 customers, 3.3k Instagram followers
✔️5 Stars in Google from 200+ reviews
✔️Featured in major media including The London Free Press: Business London and CBC


01/17/2022

🇨🇦 We are Maria and Carla.
We are Arepa ink.

This is us, raw and unrehearsed, sharing with you one of the biggest decisions we’ve made.

This partnership, this year, all of it has been an intense masters in entrepreneurship for us both. Our skill level when we began vs. today is outstanding. We are ready for the future filled with butterflies, but with the conviction that all possible options will be amazing!

We believe Papá Dios and the Cosmos are always listening and working their magic, so it may be one of YOU who opens the next door for us! So stay in touch with us through Linkedin or IG.

Also keep following this account (post ⅔) as Carla may take Maria’s advice in some way later here…

🇻🇪 Somos María y Carla.
Nosotras somos Arepa ink.

Estas somos nosotras, crudas y sin ensayar, compartiendo con ustedes una de las decisiones más importantes que hemos tomado.

Esta asociación, este año, ha sido una maestría intensa en emprendimiento para las dos. Nuestro nivel de habilidad cuando empezamos vs. hoy es sobresaliente. ¡Estamos listas para el futuro llenas de mariposas, pero con la convicción de que todas las opciones posibles serán increíbles!

Creemos que Papá Dios y el Cosmos siempre están escuchando y haciendo su magia, ¡así que puede ser que sea uno de USTEDES quien nos abra la proxima puerta! Así que manténgase en contacto con nosotros a través de Linkedin o IG.

También continuen siguiendo esta cuenta (post ⅔), ya que puede ser que Carla siga el consejo de María de alguna manera más adelante aquí...

01/17/2022

🇨🇦In Venezuela we say,

“Nadie te quita lo bailado”.

In English; “Nobody can take from you what you’ve already danced”.

We encourage you to adopt this as a life mantra. 🙌🏽 What it tries to remind us (usually at challenging times) is that no matter what hardships await, the moments we have enjoyed and their learnings will always remain. The value of that is to put into perspective the situation, its transitory timing ⏳(nothing is forever) and highlight the positive when a decision turned out to be a double-edged sword.

For us at Arepa ink, this year has been one of growth and learning🌱. It has been filled with adventures, triumphs, choices and opportunities and as most women of the world, we played many roles. 👩🏾‍🤝‍👩🏽We are mother, partner, wife, professional, friend, community member, sister, daughter…while within Arepa ink we were sales, marketing, procurement, operations, clean up crew, development, HR and well you get the idea. We are fortunate to have had the opportunity to go “all in” and also to have the privilege to stop and make the best decision for us, our families and our general well being.

However, after much thought, we have made the decision to permanently close Arepa ink.

Stay tuned, post ⅓, we will post our final video later.


🇨🇦 Today’s Arepa Story is for our Arepa Heroes and Arepa Lovers Guille and Gabi!This is our last Friday of the year and ...
12/31/2021

🇨🇦 Today’s Arepa Story is for our Arepa Heroes and Arepa Lovers Guille and Gabi!

This is our last Friday of the year and thus we have to share the spotlight. Though it seems fitting to do so to celebrate and share about our integral team members Guille and Gabi.

Guille came to us through a program at LEADS. He needed someone to give him a chance as he could only work a few hours a day. We met him and decided to try. He quickly made us laugh and soon, we looked forward to his arrival at the end of the day with his unique, happy disposition that gets any human out of any dark day. He now works everyday with us and we struggle to imagine our days without him. Thankfully, he is now a friend and an absolute Arepa Lover ordering without fail every week!

Now Gabi helped us out when we first started on Saturdays when we couldn’t do it just the two of us. She then did some training and finished school. Through a program that supports newcomers, we received a grant for her! She started full time in the middle of the madness, with little to no training, but with all the perseverance to make it! We like to think we’ve taught her a thing or two, but the truth is we’d be lost without her. From her crazy razy questions, to her forever love for Ozuna and simple joys, we will miss sharing a 188 sq ft box with her.

These people have been absolutely integral to everything we do and it has been an absolute growth opportunity, and measure of resilience, filled with perspective to learn and work with them.

🇻🇪 ¡La Arepa historia de hoy es para nuestros Arepa héroes y Arepa Lovers, Guille y Gabi!

Este es nuestro último viernes del año y, por lo tanto, tenemos que compartir el protagonismo. Aunque parece apropiado hacerlo para celebrar y compartir sobre los miembros integrales de nuestro equipo, Guille y Gabi.

Guille vino a nosotros a través de un programa en LEADS. Necesitaba que alguien le diera una oportunidad, ya que solo podía trabajar unas pocas horas al día. Lo conocimos y decidimos intentarlo. Rápidamente nos hizo reír y pronto, esperamos su llegada al final del día con su disposición única y feliz que saca a cualquier humano de cualquier día oscuro. Ahora trabaja todos los días con nosotras y nos cuesta imaginar nuestros días sin él. ¡Afortunadamente, ahora es un amigo y un absoluto amante de la arepa que ordena sin falta todas las semanas!

Ahora Gabi nos ayudó cuando comenzamos los sábados cuando no podíamos hacerlo solo nosotras dos. Luego hizo un entrenamiento y terminó el bachiller. A través de un programa que apoya a los recién llegados, ¡recibimos una subvención para ella! Comenzó a tiempo completo en medio de la locura, con poco o ningún entrenamiento, ¡pero con toda la perseverancia para lograrlo! Nos gusta pensar que le hemos enseñado un par de cosas, pero la verdad es que estaríamos perdidas sin ella. Desde sus locas preguntas, hasta su amor eterno por Ozuna y sus simples alegrías, extrañaremos compartir una caja de 188 pies cuadrados con ella.

Estas personas han sido absolutamente parte integral de todo lo que hacemos y ha sido una oportunidad de crecimiento absoluto y una medida de resiliencia, llena de perspectiva para aprender y trabajar con ellos.


🇨🇦 All our Arepas sell well. We do not have any sad bystanders here. However, those who seek comfort, that sense of belo...
12/30/2021

🇨🇦 All our Arepas sell well. We do not have any sad bystanders here. However, those who seek comfort, that sense of belonging, safety and warmth tend to stick to The Camila and The Marcela.

The Marcela is our Arepa filled with our fresh and crisp tuna salad topped with peppery arugula. While The Camila is our take on Venezuela’s most popular Arepa (The reina pepiada) which is filled with our signature chicken salad and topped with avocado slices.

Making every single Arepa for you has been an incredible opportunity to showcase our passion, our flavours and our personality. We hope that each bite has imprinted a permanent memory on your palate and maybe even in your heart.

🇻🇪 Todas nuestras Arepas se venden bien. No tenemos espectadores tristes aquí. Sin embargo, quienes buscan comodidad, ese sentido de pertenencia, seguridad y calidez suelen apegarse a La Camila y La Marcela.

La Marcela es nuestra Arepa rellena con ensalada de atún fresca y crujiente cubierta con arugula. Mientras que La Camila es nuestra versión de la arepa más popular de Venezuela (La reina pepiada), que se rellena con nuestra ensalada de pollo y se cubre con rodajas de aguacate.

Hacer cada Arepa para ustedes ha sido una oportunidad increíble para demostrar nuestra pasión, nuestros sabores y nuestra personalidad. Esperamos que cada bocado haya dejado un recuerdo permanente en su paladar y tal vez incluso en su corazón.


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🇨🇦 Today is the last Wednesday of the year. It is the last Wednesday for us . It is our last  . We loved each one. We lo...
12/29/2021

🇨🇦 Today is the last Wednesday of the year. It is the last Wednesday for us . It is our last . We loved each one. We loved the trend. We will continue it and can’t wait to tell our grandkids .

So remember that today when you order two Arepas or more online at Arepaink.com, we will add a FREE order of Arepa Chips for you!

🇻🇪Hoy es el último miércoles del año. Es el último miércoles para nosotros . Es nuestro último Wednesday. Amamos a cada uno. Nos encantó la tendencia. Continuaremos y estamos ansiosos por contárselo a nuestros nietos .

Así que recuerda que hoy cuando pidas dos Arepas o más en Arepaink.com, te regalamos una orden de Arepa Chips GRATIS!


🇨🇦 We love every Arepa we make. However, when it is your first time eating an Arepa we will always advise you to “stick ...
12/28/2021

🇨🇦 We love every Arepa we make. However, when it is your first time eating an Arepa we will always advise you to “stick to the classics”.

Consistently, our top sellers week after week have been The Luciana and The Sofia.

We just love that the top sellers are a vegetarian/vegan and a meat filled Arepa!

The Luciana is our extraordinary sofrito shredded flank topped with old cheddar and The Sofia is filled with our unique caraotas (black beans), fried plantains, avocado slices and feta (or vegan tex-mex) cheese.

These are options that we hope will always make you savour, eat bite and take a moment to enjoy it all.

For us, each time we write those names in your Arepa boxes our hearts skip a beat, since they are (along with The Marcela and The Camila) named after our girls, our fuel.

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🇻🇪 Amamos cada arepa que hacemos. Sin embargo, cuando es la primera vez que comes una Arepa, siempre te aconsejamos que escojas dentro de “las clásicas”.

Constantemente, nuestras Arepas más vendidas semana tras semana han sido La Luciana y La Sofía.

¡Nos encanta que las más vendidas sean una vegetariana/vegana y una arepa rellena de carne!

La Luciana esta rellena de nuestra inigualable carne mechada sofrito con queso cheddar viejo y La Sofia está rellena con nuestras caraotas (frijoles negros), plátanos fritos, aguacate en rodajas y queso feta (o tex-mex vegano).

Son opciones que esperamos que siempre te hagan saborear, disfrutar cada bocado y tomarte un momento para absorberlo todo.

Para nosotras, cada vez que escribimos esos nombres en sus cajas de Arepa, nuestro corazón da un vuelco, ya que llevan (junto con La Marcela y La Camila) el nombre de nuestras hijas, nuestro combustible.


🇨🇦 In Venezuela we say,“A ponerse alpargatas que lo que viene es joropo.” Impossible to translate directly so here it is...
12/28/2021

🇨🇦 In Venezuela we say,

“A ponerse alpargatas que lo que viene es joropo.”

Impossible to translate directly so here it is…
[Put on your dancing shoes, that a party is coming!]

This saying may require a bit of a lesson. “Alpargatas” are special shoes in Venezuela used commonly to dance one of our national dances, Folklore.

Now this is a popular saying that tells us to get ready for the high energy dance that’s coming, serious, difficult things for which to be ready for. It is an alert for the future.

Considering this is the last week of this unique year, we are filled with resilience and ready to dance to whatever tune the DJ may choose for us!

Now let us feed you this week and help us wrap up this year with a bang!

[Random fact, Toms totally borrowed these alpargatas to make millions out here! Also, check out “Pajarillo” on Spotify].

🇻🇪 En Venezuela decimos:

“A ponerse alpargatas que lo que viene es joropo.”

Este dicho requiere una pequeña lección. Las “alpargatas” son zapatos que se usan en Venezuela comúnmente para bailar uno de nuestros bailes nacionales, el folklore.

Ahora bien, este es un dicho popular que nos dice que nos preparemos para el baile de alta energía que se avecina, cosas serias y difíciles para las que debemos estar preparados. Es una alerta para el futuro.

¡Teniendo en cuenta que esta es la última semana de este año único, estamos llenas de resiliencia y listas para bailar cualquier canción que nos lance el DJ!

¡Ahora déjanos hacerte Arepas y ayúdanos a terminar este año con todo!

[Notas curiosas: ¡Toms tomó prestadas estas alpargatas para hacer millones aquí! Además, echa un vistazo a “Pajarillo” en Spotify].


🇨🇦 Arepa Lovers, today we would like to wish you all Merry Christmas!!Regardless of your religion, beliefs or culture th...
12/25/2021

🇨🇦 Arepa Lovers, today we would like to wish you all Merry Christmas!!

Regardless of your religion, beliefs or culture the red and shiny lights everywhere should make even the biggest grinch smile 😊. We see again the uncertainty and the restrictions upon us and we (yet again!) reflect and ponder about all that we have to be grateful for. Even if our big family Christmas dinners had to be adapted/cancelled/postponed, nothing will ever be able to extinguish the power of those things that really matter!

Family, friends, laughter, joy, health, moments, feelings…

Happy Holidays!

We sure hope we get to feed you all for our last week starting Tuesday!

🇻🇪 Arepa Lovers, hoy queremos desearles a todos feliz navidad!!

Independientemente de tu religión, creencias o cultura, las luces rojas y brillantes a tu alrededor deberían hacer sonreír incluso al grinch más grande 😊. Sentimos de nuevo la incertidumbre y las restricciones sobre nosotros y (¡una vez más!) Reflexionamos y absorbemos sobre todo por lo que tenemos que estar agradecidas. Incluso si nuestra gran cena familiar de Navidad tuviera que ser adaptada/cancelada/pospuesta, ¡nada podrá extinguir el poder de esas cosas que realmente importan!

Familia, amigos, risas, alegría, salud, momentos, sentimientos…

¡Felices Pascuas!

¡Esperamos poder alimentarlos a todos durante nuestra última semana a partir del martes!


🇨🇦  Today’s Arepa Story is for Benjamin!Ben came when he saw a new sign outside. He  spoke to us in Spanish and shyly ap...
12/24/2021

🇨🇦 Today’s Arepa Story is for Benjamin!

Ben came when he saw a new sign outside. He spoke to us in Spanish and shyly apologized for it. We let him know his Spanish was great and he could come practice with us anytime! His first order was The Camila and some Yuca fries. He has since always tried to order something different, but has never betrayed his loyalty to The Camila. He suffered during our Yuca hiatus and has since never passed out on those, affirming their power as they were his fuel during a hike once! Benjamin came to say good bye before he heads to warm, salty and delicious Costa Rica. We will so miss his kind visits!

*We are closed today*

🇻🇪 ¡La Arepa Story de hoy es para Benjamin!

Ben llegó cuando vio un nuevo letrero afuera. Nos habló en español y se disculpó tímidamente por ello. ¡Le hicimos saber que su español era excelente y que podía venir a practicar con nosotras en cualquier momento! Su primer pedido fue La Camila y unas yucas fritas. Desde entonces, siempre ha intentado pedir algo diferente, pero nunca ha traicionado su lealtad a La Camila. Él sufrió durante nuestra escasez de Yucas y desde entonces nunca falla en ordernarlas, afirmando su poder ya que una vez hasta fueron su único combustible durante una caminata! Benjamín vino a despedirse antes de dirigirse a la cálida, salada y deliciosa Costa Rica. ¡Extrañaremos mucho sus cordiales visitas!

*Hoy estamos cerradas*


🇨🇦  If you have never tried our Yuca Fries…You are missing out on something so special. Imagine eating something creamy ...
12/23/2021

🇨🇦 If you have never tried our Yuca Fries…

You are missing out on something so special. Imagine eating something creamy on the inside and golden crunchy on the outside with a subtle nutty flavour. Something that is packed with nutritional things such Vitamins C, B & A as well as calcium, phosphorus, potassium and iron, and it's higher in fibre and potassium than potatoes!

It goes well with ANY of our salsitas and if you love heat 🔥 make sure to add some JL’s hot sauce!

*Please remember this is the last day of the week for us, we’ll be back Tuesday dec 28th!*

🇻🇪 Si nunca has probado nuestra Yuca frita...

Te estás perdiendo de algo tan especial. Imagina comer algo cremoso por dentro y dorado crujiente por fuera con un sutil sabor a nuez. Algo que está lleno de cosas nutritivas como vitaminas C, B y A, así como calcio, fósforo, potasio y hierro, ¡y es más alta en fibra y potasio que las papas!

Va bien con CUALQUIERA de nuestras salsitas y si te encanta el fuego 🔥 ¡asegúrate de agregar la salsita picante de JL!

*Recuerda que hoy es nuestro ultimo dia de esta semana, volveremos el martes Dic 28!*


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🇨🇦  This is a very short week for us, tomorrow is our last day for this week! We really think you should consider hittin...
12/22/2021

🇨🇦 This is a very short week for us, tomorrow is our last day for this week!

We really think you should consider hitting us up on Arepaink.com because today when you order two Arepas or more online at Arepaink.com, we will add a FREE order of Arepa Chips for you!

🇻🇪 Esta es una semana muy corta para nosotras, ¡mañana es nuestro último día de esta semana!

Realmente creemos que deberían considerar visitarnos en Arepaink.com porque hoy cuando ordenes dos Arepas o más en línea en Arepaink.com, ¡agregaremos un pedido de Arepa Chips, GRATIS!


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