Fiesta Mart

Very cool Hispanic market with great pricing on produce and meat.
Great bakery as well. The pineapple empanadas are always delicious.
Pro-​tip: the bakery usually has pretty good samples to try out!

In addition to having great prices on certain items (e.g. 20 limes for $ 1), the selection on some items is better than your local spot (i.e. Kroger). Just recently, I couldn’t find any fresh rosemary at Kroger or Tom Thumb, but low and behold there is was at Fiesta!
Great selection of hard to find peppers, spices, etc. make this a must stop when I’m close by.

Hands down, my favorite supermarket in Dallas. I get everything here. Food, wine, pastries, etc… Their deli is also quite nice too… I love the fried burritos and tamales here. They have a nice beer and wine section also. I find beer here to be cheaper than you would find at your local gas station convenience store… One of my favorite treats is the Elotes Vendor just outside the store. For those of you who don’t know what Elotes is, its simply corn in a cup with lime, butter, cream, and cheese sprinkled on. I always add hot sauce to mine because I like things Spicy. Thats how i roll… Can’t go wrong with Fiesta Mart… Reasonable Prices, and Friendly Service…

Ethnic grocery store with all your Hispanic food needs. The place is a bit dingy, but not dirty.
Nice bakery with cheap pastries (2 for $ 1) including donuts, apple fritters, empanadas, pan de huevo, polveron, and galletas.
Produce section has a pretty decent variety of chili peppers and ethnic specialties like nopales. Fresh cheeses (oaxaca, cotija, queso fresco) & Mexican crema available in a section in the back — have tried several types and enjoyed them all. Meats section offers chorizo sausages, menudo and the usual suspects. Fresh seafood is also available, but never purchased so can’t comment on quality.
In addition to the typical rotisserie chicken, they also sell hot-​n-​fresh carnitas. These help make a great quick meal.
Bottom Line: Shop here mainly for specialty Hispanic items — can get better quality produce elsewhere.

This grocery store is just fine. While it certainly feels a little grungy when you walk in, things are organized well, every employee is polite and helpful, and prices certainly can’t be beat. It’s nice that you can find a variety of items you might not be able to find at Kroger or Minyard’s. And the fact that they have their own little taqueria inside definitely lends some charm to the place.
I read the other reviews about women being cat-​called in the parking lot and didn’t think much of it, but sure enough, as I was leaving the store I was told I was «working that dress» by some random guy on his way in. So there’s that. But I guess you can’t really blame the store for that. So if you’re looking for groceries at very low prices, or items that aren’t easy to find at other stores (hey there, huge bottles of Topo Chico!) this is your place.

You know… I thought I could find a supermarket better than Fiesta in Dallas. And I thought I did. But then I realized what the other supermarkets were missing that I had to go back to Fiesta.
It’s that little bit taste of home that I missed — and not necessarily from Mexico, but from almost ALL countries of the South American continent. Even the other Mexican supermarkets can’t compare since they only stock Mexican things and not the Peruvian, Dominican, Colombian, Argentinian, or even Brazilian products.
For this, Fiesta will always stay in my grocery store rotation. Just gotta cope and remind myself that this isn’t Miami anymore — I’m just not gonna find another place outside of Fiesta in Dallas to get the stuff I love.

UPDATE TO REVIEW @ BOTTOM:
my wife and i, for years, have been huge fans of fiesta.
then this happened:
we’re in the produce section, getting various veggies for the weeks’ cooking. and we happen upon a mom and her children. one of the kids is not only pawing the broccoli with his finger nails, but is also spitting on it. and the mom is just laughing along … so sad.
i looked at my wife, and said, «my lord, my mom would have beat my ass for that.» and she was like, «hell yeah! i woulda got stuffed into the trunk of mom’s car in august!»
and i said, «honey, do not EVER buy produce here again.»
it was truly disgusting. and the mom did NADA to stop it. just friggin ignoring it altogether.
it made both of us sick. and i’m sure others who saw it as well.
i don’t even want to know what goes on at that poor home. you know they got that same kid cuttin up crank with their lonestar cards.
UPDATE:
so wifey was a little upset with me over the negative fiesta review. seems she’d decided that she’d still shop there.
then yesterday she tells me, «well, i guess you were right in writing that review. i can’t go to fiesta any more.» «what happened, i ask?» she goes on to tell the story of walking to her car and being heckled by a very scary man saying things like, «ummm, uhmmm, look at those legs, uhmmmm!!!» and she said she just kept her head down and kept walking and he followed her all the way to the car making grunting noises.
poor fiesta. we loved you so.

I LOVE Fiesta! They’ve got good deals on meats and produce. There’s a small organic section, too. Their shrimp is fresh here and the prices are fair. I also like to go through their international aisle where you can find imported goodies from Germany, Vietnam, Japan, Poland. Things I’ve found here that are hard to find: Peach & passion tea, lingonberry jam, cheap black rice, bulk spices, yummy plantain chips, and vermicelli noodles. They’ve got regular groceries, too. It helps to know Spanish when you’re trying to get specific items from the Fish or Meat department.

I shop here when I’m in a hurry and don’t need a specific selection. Prices are lower due to less selection. Overall, it’s a clean store and less traffic than most grocery stores.

Décor: 2.5÷5
–grungy floors. I wish they replenish the wipes more frequently.
Service: 3.5÷5
Food: 3.5÷5
–The prices are a hit or miss for produce. Not as competitive as I had thought.
–Example: avocados are $ 0.79 per pound. Walmart is $ 0.50 per pound.
–They do carry a certain brand of soy sauce that we couldn’t find at an Asian market so +1 star to Fiesta.

Eighties music playing, while picking fresh produce. fresh meats. It’s a good day.

Sure, I’m from Buffalo. Sure, I’ve only been here three times. But sure as I am about anything, if I am back in the Dallas area and need groceries, Fiesta will be first in my mind.
Prices are reasonable more than reasonable (an absolute steal for some necessities like beans and tuna) and produce quality (fruit especially) was very high with one exception: the heads of lettuce, for some reason sold individually in bags. Huh? Even compared to the Whole Foods and Wegman’s I am used to shopping at, bananas, mangoes, and avocados were impeccable. The array of peppers and root vegetables available made me very happy, will make me yearn wistfully on returning home.
Wide selection of bakery goods, both Mexican-​American and typical American. Useful (almost confusing) selection of miscellaneous and seasonal goods.
Some reviewers have commented on a strange and disturbing smell, but I did not smell one on any of my three visits. Clientele, similarly, was polite. No bratty kiddies hanging off the backs of shopping carts here.

The place has it’s pros and cons…
Pros:
1) Cheap meats
2) New sushi stand
3) Great produce
4) AWESOME seafood selection
5) Friggin’ awesome religious candles section (don’t ask)
6) Caribbean foods — I’m married to a Puerto Rican, this scores bonus points with the in-​laws!
7) Prices are good on most items
8) They FINALLY carry Shiner
9) They have TWO different brands of malta
10) FRESH produce, like straight from the farm fresh
*Lots more, just trying to keep this short
Cons:
1) Sometimes you have to overlook the weird smell, depending on the day/​time you go
2) Limited brands on certain (cough cough) «girlie» items — but hey! CVS is across the street (and what they don’t have, you can go to
and get)!
3) Sometimes you get «damaged» items… even if you’re in a hurry, LOOK at what you’re buying to make sure it’s not broken, burned (like rotisserie chicken), etc. ***Bought a six pack of Shiner (see «pros») last night and well, it turned out to be a five pack due to one bottle having the bottom broken off it. (Sidenote: GREAT to have if I plan on getting into a street fight.)
That’s about all I can think of.
All in all, Fiesta’s come a LONG way in the years, and I’m a fan. Still go to the «hippie store» across the street for organics, and Aldi for basics (sugar, milk, creamers, butter, etc), but all in all this is a great place to shop.
Even if it does smell funny sometimes.

One of the many things I missed about Texas. The produce is cheap and sometimes gross, but it’s worth a shot. Cheap queso fresco, topochico, tapatio, uh-​mazing t-​shirts, etc. I will always come back to you, Fiesta… even though sometimes, you really gross me out.

Typically Fiesta has been my go to grocery store when I just want readily available, non-​specialty food. I know it’s not going to be the best, it’s a little dirty, but it’s convenient and I’m not a hoyty-​toyty type person 100% of the time I go to a grocery store.
That said, CHECK YOUR EXPIRATION DATES.
Last time I went there I got some very suspect «fresh» pico de gallo. Before I had bought the same thing and it tasted delicious. This time, it tasted like something had fermented in the tomato. It had no expiration date so I put up with it and made a point to be more aware of dates on food.
Today, I went there and was shocked. Packaged lettuce that was all expiring on the current date. Then on to the pico and diced onions next to it that were all marked to be used by 2 days ago. I kept moving. the next packaged foods I get to, the cheese/​olives/​pesto kiosk, I start looking at dates, and all of their pestos had expired 20 days ago.
When I brought it up to a manager walking by, she called an employee who was in charge of stocking that section. I wasn’t rude, just wanted to inform them so they knew. The bottom line, this is Fiesta — if you’re going to get up in arms over an expiration date you’re probably at the wrong grocery store. But that doesn’t mean they shouldn’t know and strive to stock better and be called on it.
When the other employee came over, she looked at it for awhile and said to me that it was the 14^th so it was still good. I had to explain to her that that was «Oct 14 11» and it was November now (Nov 6 today).
So you’re looking at some serious issues with food quality here. Whether it’s sheer ignorance, and not understanding the English abbreviations for months, or just laziness and not checking all of the stock routinely… there’s probably quite a bit of spoiled food out on those shelves.
I’ll go back for certain items that are hard to mess up, like canned foods and toilet paper.

I stopped taking Spanish in 2^nd grade, anything else I picked up from incidental ads for Dora or Muzzy, or walking around home in NY. I managed fine here.
I love horchata and the best one I’ve had in Dallas came from here. It’s good with rum also. I love elotes and the ones here were pretty good. The chicaronnes are alright, very dry and crunchy. The pan dulce was pretty good. I tend to buy a bunch of candy for my friends at home when I’m here. They have a ton of caramels and goat’s milk caramels and all sorts of treats. Cheap chips and stuff too. Soda outside is super cheap. Produce is surprisingly fantastic (well better than Aldi’s).
Anyway, this place is good, if you’re visiting Dallas you should definitely visit.

–You better know Spanish if you’re going to waltz in here in a hurry (thankfully I know what jugo means)
–Be prepared to be honked at in the parking lot (I was wayyy over-​dressed)
–Don’t get in line behind the guy with not enough money who doesn’t speak English OR Spanish…
–I thought this was lower greenville not Nuevo Laredo?
–Avoid lady with 6 kids who uses the grocery store as a sitter
–If you’re looking for a baby bottle shaped piñata you’re in the right place
–Piñatas are for every occasion in this lovely culture
–Pick up some tacos from their taco stand
–Fresh tamarindo? Hijoleeee, dame!

the albertsons supermarket thats close to my apartment offers very little ethnic food. being a miami boy, you know you gotto have your tostones every now and then but plantains at albertsons are expensive. so i thought about fiesta mart. the nice thing about this market is that they carry a lot of ethnic products. lots of latin american products. peruvian spices, including aji panca, rocoto, aceitunas. colombian arequipe, coffee, sodas, argentinean dulce de leche, yerba mate, etc. i found great plantains for .64 cents per lb. needless to say, i bought a few. so guess what? mangu action for me all week long. if you do not know what ‘mangu’ is, well… google it, son. i also found a great deal on limes. 15 for $ 1, so you know what that means? limonada everyday, cause i like to keep it real.
their cafeteria is very good too. i ate there a few months back and i remember liking it a lot. its pretty much homemade mexican food. way better and cheaper than anything you could potentially find in uptown minus the douchebags! if you do go fiesta mart, do not be afraid of the monolinguals, especially if youre one yourself.
i wish there was a fiesta mart in uptown so bad.

You’re damn right, I’m giving this baby five stars. Wanna know why? I mean come on, peeps. The place is named PARTY. And you know I lurve a good party.
I came in here to pick up tickets for the Flickerstick show tonight. Yes, they have a Ticketmaster booth inside the store. You can buy tickets to any show here. Awesometown. Know what else you can buy?
Tacos, menudo and pinatas! Pinatas people! Man I love a good piñata.
Anyway, I was in a super big hurry to grab my tickets, buy another ticket for a friend I forgot about (oops – please don’t read this.) so I didn’t have a chance to walk down every isle. My man friend PROMISED that we could come back here tomorrow and get a piñata for his dad’s BBQ. Hi. Nice to meet you. I like your son. AND PINATAS!
Rest assured I will get back to you mañana (ya like that?) with full deets of everything my grubby hands touch. I plan on walking down every isle in this amusement park of grocery stores. Watch out Fiesta. I’m comin’ fer ya! Oh and one more thing? This:
Man, I lurve me a purple dinosaur.
Viva fiesta!

HARSH… so very harsh. I was hungry and Fiesta Mart looms big and ominous – okay, maybe not so ominous with the big giant tropical bird and all the twinkle lights – but it was looming something… maybe looming fruity? Either way, I didn’t want to go home and graze in the fridge, so I stopped off to try their taco window.
Screw that, it was cold so I went inside. There was brief wait before I ordered four tacos, two barbacoa and two carnitas. You can see all the meats in the display window so you can pick what you like. And I liked these. They were way bigger than traditional taco stand tacos. I could only eat three. The meat was juicy where it was supposed to be and crispy where it was supposed to be. I liked them. Four big tacos will run you almost $ 8.
It’s no Fuel City, but it was good.