There is a little churro stand in the parking lot that opens around 3PM: They have really good churros, for $ 1.50 each. I got one filled with caramel: It’s not made fresh to order, but it was probably made in the last few hours. Super crunchy style and very good.
Aureliano C.
Place rating: 4 Redwood City, CA
Love’t! Hot tamales! Alfajores! Convenient! Nice people! Not expensive. Sometimes the produce is fresh and sometimes it needsta be thrown out. Ifya like churros, there’s a small trailer right outside. You can get Mexican cheeses, creams, or chorizo! Roasted peanuts, delivered Mexican bread, tortillas, & dried spices!
Ziyan C.
Place rating: 3 San Francisco, CA
Low prices, pretty good quality of produce, though not the most selection(one variety of peach, orange, and tomato. I was looking forward to my white peaches & california navel oranges!). Got all my veggies and fruits for the week for $ 10.80. They take all credit cards, even Amex. Careful when pulling into their parking lot from El Camino! It’s a low dip, and even though I was going 10−15mph, the bottom of my front bumper scraped.
Zin M.
Place rating: 4 Stanford, CA
Fresh fruits and veggies… Love this place! You can leave with bags of stuff without spending a fortune. Great selection of Mexican cheese too! They are *my* go to mom n’ pop grocer.
Justin B.
Place rating: 5 Palo Alto, CA
for a small place, they have a ton of variety, including many peppers you won’t find except at larger groceries like mi pueblo. prices are incredibly low, as is typical for this type of store — i made a giant pot of six pepper relish for under $ 10. the habaneros alone would have been that much at whole foods. and as always pleases me, they laughed with me while i attempted forgotten spanish.
Brenda V.
Place rating: 4 Menlo Park, CA
Good selection CHEAPCHEAPCHEAP but it’s just a bad parking situation. I always have to battle for a parking spot.
Katharine A.
Place rating: 4 Redwood City, CA
good produce and latin products for a good price. this is a small market and it offers a good selection of products. Parking is difficult.
Andrew M.
Place rating: 5 Philadelphia, PA
Over the weekend we learned that empanada dough is really hard to find… and we finally found it here(and not the first tienda latina we tried).
S B.
Place rating: 4 Denver, CO
Fresh produce and great prices. They also carry a locally made brand of masa para tamales in 3 lb bags. They had both the preparada and the simple which can be hard to find. Parking is tough but if I’m in the area, I make a point to stop by.
Kim N.
Place rating: 4 South Bay, CA
Definitely a huge selection of unique produce you won’t find in your normal supermarkets. This place is totally bustling too so parking around the area is tight. However the co-worker and I came here for one reason: Paletas. They had a pretty good selection of them up front but they were about 60% the size of normal ones so I got two. Nance and Eggnog Nance is a weird tropical fruit( ), that actually had pits in them so I was eating and spitting every once and a while. The eggnog was self explanatory, super tasty and super fattening. The nutrition label said it was 29% of my saturated fat for the day. Yikes. Anyways, great little market with good produce and sweets!
Morena T.
Place rating: 5 Olympia, WA
Fresh produce, affordable prices. That’s what this place is all about. We go to El Mercadito once a week and load up on bananas, apples, oranges, lettuce, cucumbers, tomatos, potatoes etc. everything is fresh and cheap! Their parking is tiny though(enough room for 6 cars and this space is shared by multiple stores in the area) and you might have to drive around a while to grab a parking space. I live close by so I just walk there.
Rachel R.
Place rating: 4 Cool, CA
I was delighted to find plantains and assorted other produce at this Latin American market. You should absolutely check it out if you are looking for a hard-to-find spice or seasoning.
Kevin S.
Place rating: 5 San Francisco, CA
As soon as I fondled one of the huge, ripe platanos maduros out front alongside the lovely onions, tomatoes, and other produce, I knew I was gonna love this place. Great prices on a wide array of super-fresh produce, like brand-name sweet seedless mini watermelons for 1⁄3 the price at Safeway. They have every kind of chile and latino cooking ingredient this gringo mind can imagine and the staff are uniformly friendly and welcoming. I got some great queso fresco cut to order, and seasonings for tonight’s dinner.
