Unimarket

Unimarket is my go to spot in town to eat tacos. I generally get Susanna’s Combo, which is beans and rice with two tacos of your choice for $ 9.99! I usually get my tacos pretty traditional as well, with just onion, cilantro and lime juice squeezed on top, but they have a variety of salsas, guacamole and other veggies you can get. I’ve tried every flavour and they’re all good and juicy.

In the store today. You almost feel as if it’s about to go bust. The butcher counter has been closed for a while. 60% of the space is just floor. There were no chilies. half the shelves were empty.
Yes that’s right no chilies. No ancho, no pasilla, no guajillo.

This store has a great selection of latin products. Unfortunatly the staff isnt very friendly. half of them dont even speak english. I walked in and the girl at the till ignored me and rolled her eyes as she continued to chat in spanish with her co worker.

This review is specifically about the eat in portion of the business. Previous reviews have mentioned a sandwich bar and I do recall seeing one before the renovations, but now they offer a variety of hot Mexican dishes. I tried two of the four or five kinds of tacos and both were delicious. Add some fresh toppings, pick from three or four homemade salsas ranging from no heat to dangerous, and you have an excellent meal. At $ 3 per taco, the size and quality is hard to beat.
My only real complaint is that, with no posted menu, ordering is a bit daunting unless you speak Spanish, which most of the clients seem to do. I ordered the beef and pastor tacos as I was familiar with them, but I’ll have to learn some Spanish so I can go back and try everything else.

Great place to get hard to find items like chiles in adobo sauce. Loads of varieties of fresh and dried chilis, dried and canned beans, masa, as well as a small bakery and meat section.
Definitely authentic, I was the only person speaking spanish in the shop!

Si, Si, Si… muy bien! What a great find. It is about time that there was a great Latin market in Calgary. Here, I can find many of those specialty items that I buy when I am in Mexico or South America. Now I don’t have to sneak them back. Unimarket has a great variety of condiments, spices, herbs, pastes, special treats; you can find produce, cheeses, frozen empanadas and pupusas etc.; they make fantastic home made specialy salsas, though they are not always available; add to that, uplifting fizzy beverages like Ponymalta, Columbiana and Mexican Coke (to name a few), and you have a great store.
They have an eat-​in area with some of the best sandwiches in the city, at very reasonable prices — the trick is, you may have to guess at what you are buying if someone who does not speak English well is working that day, but oh well! That said, most of the staff can communicate well enough, and everyone has always been very eager to help out.
Last time I was there I noticed a renovation under way. It looks like they are putting in some sort of a butcher counter and expanding their prepared food business. I am excited to see what is coming.