If ever there was a Bay Area Mint for empanadas, Javi’s Cooking is it: They crank out hundreds of fresh-baked empanadas daily, shiny with egg wash and stamped with the ingredient initials like big, gold coins.

Javier Sandes hails from Buenos Aires and does his city proud with expertly crafted empanadas that pair wonderfully with a zesty, grass-green chimichurri (available to purchase by the jar).

“Most places source the pastry dough,” he says. “We make our own dough, and it makes the empanadas stand out from the rest. We use butter in our pastry dough, whereas most other doughs are made with vegetable oil or shortening.”

Javi’s Cooking started with five varieties 14 years ago and now has more than two dozen, including halibut, sweet corn-bechamel, Impossible Foods substitutes and “La Bestia” — a real-meat mix of buffalo, elk, boar and Wagyu. The shop relies on local sources for its butcher-and-vegetable needs and uses organic, when possible, working with places like Ledesma Family Farm and C & L Produce.

Empanadas are the tip of the Argentinian iceberg on offer. There are Milanesa steak and sausage-pepper sandwiches, alfajores with housemade dulce de leche, Brazilian coffee, traditional mate, local beer and South American wine. Order at the counter and then step into the sun to consume it all in a cute street-side parklet.

The dish >> The carne is an excellent rendition of the classic ($5.85), blending ground beef, red peppers, green olives and hard-boiled egg into a juicy, sweet-savory filling. The acelga ($5.85) is earthy and luscious with chard and ricotta, and the halibut ($6.85) is fresh and piquant with Kalamata olives ($6.85).

There is almost endless variety to pick from — dates/bacon/blue cheese, for example, Caprese salad, and ham and Fontina — plus dessert empanadas in flavors like strawberries and cream or dulce de leche with bananas and walnuts. Can’t decide? Try ordering a six-pack of randoms in a “surprise frozen pack” ($19).

Details >> Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily at 3446 Market St., Oakland; javiscooking.com.