January 5, 2004 New York Magazine - Best Places to Eat 2004 By Adam Platt New York ...Later in the day, I might repair to a cozy slip of a restaurant in the East Village called the Caracas Arepa Bar. Arepas, in case you didn't know, are steamy corn buns with a pleasurable chewy density, and they're served here like burgers, in a plastic basket, and stuffed with classic Venezuelan fillings like mashed chicken and avocados or the aptly name la pelua ("the hairy one"), consisting of shredded beef with a topping of shaved Cheddar cheese...