Patacones con Frijoles Molidos
$8.50
4 patacones, refried beans, queso & pico tico
Pensacola, Florida · Est. 2026
Authentic Costa Rican Comfort Food
Serving Pensacola with authentic Costa Rican comfort food, homemade recipes, late-night bites, catering, and unforgettable flavors.
Today’s Menu • Costa Rican Flavor
Menú del Día
Authentic Costa Rican comfort food, prepared with bold flavors and served with Pura Vida.
Pensacola Special
All items $8.50
While available • Ask about today’s location
Boquitas Tradicionales
Traditional Costa Rican small plates. Costa Rican street food favorites, fried and plated to order at the truck.
Yuca Frita con Chicharrón
$8.50
Crispy yuca, chicharrón, lime & pico tico
Vigorón
$8.50
Yuca, chicharrón, cabbage slaw & chimichurri tico
Gallo Pinto Burrito
$8.50
Rice, beans, potatoes, eggs, sweet plantain & cheese
Gallitos
Handmade tortillas, filled Tico style. Two warm tortillas per order — the classic Costa Rican bite.
Gallo de Carne Mechada
$8.50
2 tortillas with shredded beef & salsa
Gallo de Pollo Mechado
$8.50
2 tortillas with shredded chicken & salsa
Gallo de Chorizo
$8.50
2 tortillas with chorizo, pico tico & crema
Gallo de Chicharrón
$8.50
2 tortillas with chicharrón & curtido
Gallo de Quesos Fritos
$8.50
2 tortillas with fried cheese & salsa
Nuevos Sabores
New flavors off the flat top. Just added to the Pensacola truck — while they last.
Grilled Corn
$8.50
Butter, cilantro, habanero pepper & Cotija cheese
Costa Rican Hotdog
$8.50
100% beef sausage, cabbage, crushed potato chips or potato sticks & traditional pink salsa
Costa Rican Flavor. Pura Vida Always. — see the full Pensacola food truck menu
Hungry? Let’s Make It Pura Vida.
Choose your favorite Costa Rican bites and place your order today.
Our Story
Family recipes, carried from Costa Rica to Pensacola
Pura Vida started with a simple thought: the food we grew up on — gallo pinto in the morning, olla de carne on a rainy afternoon, empanadas at midnight — deserved a home on the Gulf Coast.
Every recipe on our menu comes from our own kitchen table. We fold the empanadas by hand each morning, simmer the beans from scratch, and season the way Ticos do — with Salsa Lizano, fresh cilantro, sweet chile dulce and no shortcuts.
Costa Rican street food is meant to be shared standing up, late at night, with people you like. That is the feeling we bring to every Pensacola parking lot, festival and neighborhood event we park in.
Family recipesPassed down, never modified.
Fresh ingredientsPrepped daily, cooked to order.
Late-night bitesCantina boquitas until close.
Warm hospitalityHecho con amor, always.
Signature Dishes
The plates people drive across Pensacola for
Seven Costa Rican classics, cooked the way they are cooked at home — slowly, generously, and with Salsa Lizano never far away.
Empanadas
Hand-folded every morning, fried to order and served with our pink sauce.
See it on the menu
Olla de Carne
Slow-simmered beef with yuca, corn, chayote and plantain — Sunday in a bowl.
See it on the menuGallo Pinto
The Tico breakfast: rice and black beans with egg, plantain and queso fresco.
See it on the menu
Chifrijo
Rice, beans, crispy chicharrón, pico de gallo and avocado with warm chips.
See it on the menu
Taco Tico
Crispy rolled tortillas with seasoned beef, cabbage and pico tico.
See it on the menuPatacones
Twice-fried green plantains with black beans and fresh pico de gallo.
See it on the menu
Casados
The full plate — rice, beans, sweet plantains, salad and your protein.
See it on the menuThe Pura Vida Experience
Street food energy, restaurant standards
A family-owned Pensacola food truck where everything is cooked to order and nothing leaves the window unless we would serve it at home.
Fresh ingredients
Produce and proteins prepped the same day we serve them.
Made to order
Nothing sits under a lamp. It hits the fryer when you order.
Authentic recipes
Traditional Tico cooking — gallo pinto, casados, chifrijo.
Late-night service
Cantina bites when the rest of town has closed the kitchen.
Family owned
Run by one Costa Rican family, start to finish.
Friendly atmosphere
You will be greeted with a smile and a ¡pura vida!
Community events
Festivals, markets, churches and neighborhood nights.
Local Pensacola business
Your support keeps a small Gulf Coast business alive.
Catering
Bring Costa Rica to Your Next Event
Trays that serve 10–12, or the whole truck parked at your venue. We cater corporate lunches, weddings, church events and festivals across Pensacola.
- Corporate Events
- Church Events
- Birthday Parties
- Graduations
- Weddings
- Office Lunches
- Family Gatherings
- Festivals
- Food Truck Events
Gallery
A look inside the window
Fresh empanadas, late-night crowds and the truck under string lights.
Reviews
Pensacola keeps coming back
What neighbors, night-shift regulars and catering clients say after their first bite.
"The chifrijo tastes exactly like the sodas back home in San José. I drive across town for it and it is worth every mile."
"Best late-night food in Pensacola, hands down. The empanadas come out screaming hot and the pink sauce is dangerous."
"We booked the arroz con pollo trays for a 40-person office lunch. Early, warm, organized, and everyone asked who catered it."
"Olla de carne on a rainy day is unbeatable. You can taste that it was actually simmered, not opened from a can."
"They brought the truck to our reception and guests lined up all night. Warm, professional, and the patacones disappeared first."
Location & Hours
Find the truck in Pensacola
We move around town for events and festivals — check Instagram for tonight's stop, or call ahead and we'll tell you exactly where to find us.
- Service areaPensacola, Florida and Escambia County — including Ferry Pass, Cantonment, Perdido Key, Gulf Breeze, Pace, Milton and Navarre for catering and truck events.
- Call or text850-291-5744
- HoursMonday – Friday8:00 AM – 1:00 PMSaturday – SundayClosed
Contact
Say hello, mae
Questions about the menu, a catering headcount, or booking the truck for your event? Send a note and we will get right back to you.