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| - Boca Loca comes as a total surprise to me, I have driven on this street so many times and it was only today that I noticed this Mexican market/cafe.
Boca Loca which translates to "crazy mouth" in English has a small take out lunch menu of burritos, empanadas, rice and salads, and maybe a set of 4 tables and chairs if you want to sit and eat inside.
They obviously have many regulars here as people know what they want to order and have some sort of previous relationship with the only person there today who was taking orders, cooking and serving.
The place has authentic products, the Mexican staple of course is chili, and there is a small but good assortment of chilies here to send your mouth reeling into a "Boca Loca"; Chili de Arbol, epazotte, New Mexico, habanera, ancho, and Flor de Jamaica.
There is even a modest selection of salsas here as well, green salsa and my personal favourite Valentina Salsa Picante. There is handmade Mexican salsa which is diced up tomato, onion, cilantro and chili and guacamole which can be bought fresh in plastic containers.
You can buy tortillas in packages here but it was weird because there were only 6 packages left on this huge display shelf to choose from.
In fact the whole place is basically a display of unopened boxes; it is chaotic and sparse in supplies. I will give it 5 stars for authentic ingredients but 1 star for disarray and sparse supply.
The staff guy definitely needed an assistant to serve the customers who were obviously ordering and they definitely need a storage area to hide the unopened and partially opened boxes.
Does this place get a good rating from me, not really, perhaps just an average one as there is tons of room for improvement; but I am happy to be able to get some authentic Mexican products so close to my home.
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