DelSur Empanadas

For some reason I was craving empanadas so, rather than drive down to The Empanada Company in Long Branch, I decided to stop into this little place since I’ve driven by it tons and tons of times. It’s located on The Queensway (between Park Lawn and Royal York) on the south side. There is only paid street parking but you can always park on a side street and walk up a bit.
First, I was pleasantly surprised and excited to see that it sold Sazón Goya as, for some reason, it’s really hard to find. Not to mention, it was only $ 2.00 per box! I don’t know much about Latin or South American food but they appear to have a lot of those types of groceries.
Anyway, I was planning on ordering two empanadas for lunch but I got talked into by the very pleasant lady that was making them to buy six for $ 13 (taxes included). I ordered four beef and two chicken, which I decided I should probably just take home for dinner for my husband and me. The lady was so accommodating by telling me exactly how to heat them up and she packaged them very well with so much pride put into it. I also got a clear view into the kitchen and the floors, counters, etc. were SPOTLESS and that’s a huge plus for me!
We heated them up later that evening and they were quite outstanding; keep in mind though that I’m not an empanada aficionado. I can say, however, that the crust was very soft and I especially liked the chicken breast mixed with the green olives. The beef was well-​flavored too and it even had a bit of boiled egg, which, surprisingly rounded everything out quite well. The highlight though was the kick-​ass chimichurri sauce that accompanied the empanadas — I didn’t know chimichurri was capable of tasting that good — not your supermarket brand at all. I’m actually going to call and see if I can just pick up a tub of that sauce.
The only negative thing I have to say is that one of the beef empanadas was lacking filling. It was at if they scraped the last part of the meat mixture from the bowl and tried to fill the empanada. If I were a relatively new business competing against The Empanada Company, I would pay very close attention not to skimp. I won’t discount a star though because this is very charming little business that I’m hoping will survive.
Again, please support your local Etobicoke businesses so we can keep our economy growing.