Does anyone know how to reach the famed Arepa Lady other than showing up at her cart in Queens at 10pm on weekends? I hear she may be in South America, but in addition to missing her amazing arepas, I want to contact her about... (2 replies, last updated by 360media March 9, 2008)

ok so i finally made it out to roosevelt and 79th tonight to find the ever-elusive "sainted arepa lady" of chowhound lore. got there around 11:30pm and looked for an old latina woman with a food cart on the northwest corner. sure... (20 replies, last updated by harryh April 6, 2006)

That is awesome that the arepa lady has a myspace. I hope she’s had a wonderful vacation and I look forward to seeing her soon! (4 replies, last updated by WestIndianArchie May 14, 2008)

Where, pray tell, is the Arepa Lady? (14 replies, last updated by keith August 4, 2006)

is the arepa lady still there? (6 replies, last updated by Peter Cuce October 5, 2002)

It’s not like she hides it. The Arepa Lady usually sports an industrial-sized plastic bottle of margarine. (4 replies, last updated by villager September 23, 2004)

I just wanted to alert people that the wonderful Arepa Lady in Jackson Heights was back in action Saturday night. (4 replies, last updated by rose water April 8, 2007)

Would be good to know before shlepping out there. Thanks! bennyt (1 reply, last updated by Joe MacBu March 11, 2007)

I’ve got arepas on the brain (and taste buds!). By scrolling through the board, I can see that when the Arepa Lady is on the scene, she sets up her cart after 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays. But I can’t tell if she... (12 replies, last updated by Eric Eto March 31, 2003)

A friend and I set out for Jackson Heights last night, arriving at what we took to be the northwestern corner of Roosevelt and 79th at about 10:24 p.m. Seeing no arepa lady, and reluctant to patronize some imitator, we explored... (5 replies, last updated by Jim Leff February 7, 2000)

hey, I know there has been a lot of talk about this and I actually already posted a question about the arepa lady...but I was wondering whether she is only there on weekend nights or if there are special events that fall on... (2 replies, last updated by Helen F August 27, 2002)

i am going to queens tonight and want to drag my friends along to experience the sainted arepa lady's wares for the first time. but given that i’ll have non-hounds along, who’ll indulge me but only to a point, i... (9 replies, last updated by Eric Eto October 31, 2005)

This is no joke! I went Friday, and on her grill there were some brown patties that looked like hamburgers; and when I asked what they were one of the onlookers said they were hamburgers (the Arepa Lady herself didn’t know... (6 replies, last updated by Al Botero December 27, 2000)

So Jim posted not too long ago that he encountered the arepa lady complete with a makeover and all that, but I spent the good part of Friday and Saturday nights (between 11:30 – 1:00 am) in search of this mysterious icon. I... (6 replies, last updated by C. Fox June 25, 2002)

I’m thinking about making my first pilgrimmage out to the Sainted Arepa Lady this weekend. But I have a question. The online article and the chowhound book both say she’s there after 10:30 p.m. ... but for some... (7 replies, last updated by HungryPhil May 14, 2005)