I know I'm very, VERY late to commenting this...but it is awesome that you were able to taste some of the classic dishes from my home country (perceval and therealflaws did you a good one with the recommendation lol).
I guess that they wanted to charge extra for serving something different there, but...$19 for an arepa and a drink??? I'm assuming that the arepa had a well cooked meat, but that still sounds pretty ridiculous, even for what I'd guess that would go here. Though I haven't gone out to a special restaurant here that serves arepas with meat in years lol
That said, as perceval commented in another comment, it is pretty easy to do your own arepas and fill with whatever you want (at home it often used to simply fill them up with cheese or eggs...probably sounds like the same way you'd do a sandwich, but if you can fill it with meat then that's also pretty tasty), and that green sauce gotta be Guasacaca. Oh, and if you do happen to find a less expensive place to try these kind of dishes, try ordering an Empanada next time 😎
(Same flour like arepas, but prepared in a different way, the meat or whatever filler you ask for will be contained inside the shape rather than a visibly-sliced-in-two arepa; now those I did eat a lot on a handful of restaurants here always served with optional guasacaca, even a few weeks ago at my university's cafeteria).
Cheers 😄
I didnt mind the $19 price tag that much considering that just about anywhere you go eat here in the US, you are going to be paying similar prices. The meat in the arepa was really good and seemed to be a higher quality steak than most places. I will have to try and find another place one day to eat at.