Big E Cafe

Had an amazing experience at this Peruvian empanada café! The empanadas were fresh, flavorful, and perfectly cooked—crispy on the outside and packed with delicious fillings. You can really taste the care and authenticity in every bite. A special shout-out to Laura for her outstanding service. She was warm, attentive, and made us feel truly welcome from the moment we walked in. Her recommendations were spot-on and made our visit even better. Great food, great atmosphere, and even better service. We’ll definitely be back and highly recommend this place to anyone looking for a fantastic Peruvian bite!

***WARNING WARNING*** On12/30/25 it was my first time giving this place a try. I could not wait to taste their food. After I ordered 2 empanadas I decided to give them a $2 tip when I saw their tip jar. Because of giving them cash I did not except to tip it when the girl cashier rang it up. She saw me put the money in her tip jar. When I got my $17 bill for 2 empanadas I was surprised to see she added a $2.43 tip. I did not want to cause a scene bc there was a lot of customers in the shop. That is not like me!! I also told her that I wanted them cold, yet I got them hot not to mention one of them was burnt. Because she did not tell me she was also adding a tip, I will not frequent this place again. There are lots of places to get delicious empanadas that do not deceive you.

Found this gem listed on a reddit thread and I am so glad I went on a little early morning adventure. Looking for some breakfast, checked out the menu, downloaded the app, and jumped in my car. Service was great, my order was ready and just as hot (you get to pick) as ordered it on the app. Started with the the sides. Potato salad is an excellent deviled egg style but the coslaw could use some Granny Smith apple. Leaving my breakfast for last, i dug into the Panzerotto Special. Puts every calzone I have ever had to shame. Then went for dessert with the with the Granny's Apple Empanada. Perfect apple pie flavor with a tart twist. Last was the Bacon Eggs and Cheese. The thin hard shell was a interesting twist on hand held breakfast to-go. Loved the bacon crumbles baked into the shell! The pr

Big E Cafe is conveniently located in a Safeway shopping center with plenty of parking. Big E Cafe serves delicious empeñadas, coffee drinks, salads and more. I enjoy the friendly service and tasty food/drink personally and occasionally will order breakfast empeñadas for work meetings; usually two dozen empeñadas. During my latest experience, I called two days early to place my multiple empeñada order for a work meeting and was told to use the Big E website to order. I was quite surprised the cafe would decline a significant order over the phone and potentially turn away business. My initial thought was to order from another empeñada cafe down the street from Big E but my work partner stayed the course and placed the order online. The process was fairly easy and the order was ready as prom

Big E Cafe is my favorite place to buy coffee and empanadas. Their coffee is the best I’ve ever had! I love their homemade empanadas! They have a wide variety of empanadas and make them fresh everyday. They are DELICIOUS! The service is always fast. The staff is very professional and friendly. They are a small, family-owned business and the owner is usually there and waits on customers as well. I would give this business more than 5 stars if they were available. Very highly recommended!