Guadalajara Meat Market

I love this place! Best meat market in Palm Desert that I have yet to find! The store is very clean and they have a good selection of meats! They also have the various vegetables, cheese, spices etc. as well as a decent beer selection. I’m a huge fan of the spice Chili Tepins (little round balls of spice). They are full of flavor and spice and also extremely expensive and difficult to find.

I came here for Asada and some Pork Chops for grilling. The Asada looked good and I liked the price. The chops were also priced right but they were frozen.
The store has a cluttered feel to it and I suspect they are not properly situated for the patronage they expect. I have to try Carnicerias in Cat City.
I grilled an we ate but I was not impressed in the least. I was born in East L.A. people.

OUTSTANDING TORTAS AND TACOS!
After moving to Palm Desert two years ago, I must have passed this little market at least 200 times before finally stopping in last Sunday. My local Mexican takeout place, Mamacita’s, was closed, and I was looking for some quick authentic food for guests.
I wasn’t even sure if they served food from their butcher shop, and the market shelves stocked with a lot of –hard-​to-​find specialties don’t make the takeout counter obvious. But after sharing a meal of carne asada tortas, chicken tacos and other very good things with my family, this will be my go-​to place for all things Mex from now on.
We had giant tortas on those great chewy-​soft fresh rolls, with avocados and a lot of high quality steak/​chicken grilled a la plancha. The marinades just highlight the taste of the fresh, tender meat, an ideal balance of flavors. Tacos are simply prepared with fresh sweet onion and cilantro. They’re made with two corn tortillas and pack about twice the filling of most taco shops. Two tortas and four tacos fed four hungry people for 20 bucks. That’s less than what I pay for one meal at the Fresh Agave Grill next door, and the food is far more flavorful.
There is no place to sit down and eat at Guadalajara, and customer service is friendly enough but brisk. It seems like this place just focuses on the food, which is a real blessing. If you are cruising around the refined shops and cafes on El Paseo (located a half-​block south), Guadalajara might look like the northern outpost of Indio on Highway 111, in comparison. I mean that as a compliment, as the hand-​lettered signs outside (Pupusas!) and «normal people» vibe are in some ways the polar opposite of what El Paseo offers. I like both places, and as a resident I’m grateful for the people who invest and spend their vacation dollars on our little Rodeo Drive. But when it comes time to chow down, or especially when I need to feed a group that knows real Mex food, there is happily no comparison to taco shops in the desert.
I am sure that quite a few of my neighbors have discovered this place. Glad that happenstance brought me to the meat counter, and we’ll probably go back today! Based on the obvious attention to quality, the family running Guadalajara Market deserves any business they get. Cheers