Venezuelan restaurant opens in former Nicky's Pizza spot in Sheboygan

Alex Garner, Sheboygan Press
The Arepa House, a Venezuelan restaurant, housed in the former Nicky’s PIzza location along Calumet Ave., as seen, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Sheboygan, Wis. The firm is scheduled to open Friday, April 26, 2024.
The Arepa House, a Venezuelan restaurant, housed in the former Nicky’s PIzza location along Calumet Ave., as seen, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Sheboygan, Wis. The firm is scheduled to open Friday, April 26, 2024.

SHEBOYGAN — A Venezuelan restaurant will open in the former Nicky’s Pizza building, 1735 Calumet Drive, April 26.

Arepa House will open at 10 a.m., offering traditional cuisine like arepas (maize flour dough that can be stuffed with different fillings and then baked, grilled or fried), patacones (flattened and fried slices of plantain), and cachapas (resembling pancakes, they are made with maize flour dough and stuffed).

“We want to bring our Venezuelan food to the Sheboygan people,” owner Javier Zavarce said.

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Nicky’s Pizza closed at the end of February after 36 years of business.

Arepa House will be open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., though Zavarce said the operating days haven’t been determined yet. Contact the restaurant at 920-287-7065.

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