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| - This is the real deal, folks. Plenty of Mexican specialties, brands, sauces, seasonings, candies, etc. I stepped inside this place and was whisked away in a moment to a cluttered, darkly lit carniceria loudly blasting a duel between the Spanish broadcast of a Manchester United game and norteño horns and vocals. Its magical.
This place is a bit smaller than the carnicerias I'm used to in Arizona. But for a gem like this to be found in Brookline is almost unreal. There's several aisles worth of groceries. Here you will find Mexican cookies, candies, sauces, marinades, spices, seasonings, canned goods, etc. Dare to be different, grab something and try it. I managed to nab some salsa verde, carne asada seasoning, horchata mixand these little red/white/green coconut candies my daughter fell in love with. There's a cold case with plenty of beverages, chorizo, eggs, queso, etc. You bet your sweet bippy I grabbed several Jaritos. Piña is my favorite.
There's a small produce area with most of the veggies you'd see at any grocery store here. The only thing I noticed different was the napoles. That and there were literally pounds and pounds of fresh jalepeños. Not the typical half-ass, wilted, dying display you see at most grocery stores here in town.
The butcher's counter is where its at, though. They had about a dozen and a half different cuts of meat. Among those, there were about a half-dozen varieties of marinated pork. No carne asada, which was a bit disappointing. They did have the meat, though. And the guy behind the counter told me what seasoning to buy. Also back here, I found lots of spices, tons of different tortillas (corn, fried, corn, flour), and huge bins filled with dried chilis. They also had these pizza sized chicharones I wanted to grab.
There's a small bakery area with about a dozen different cookies, pastries and buns. Plus they have a large rack of Bimbo products. I got a big three colored triangle cookie for my daughter that tasted like tamarind, vanilla and cinnamon. She loved it. I also bought a package of tortillas. Not the tiny blinding-white tortillas that are flavorless, chewy and almost inedible. No...these tasty hub-cab sized, floury disks of tortilla love. The kind that you can actually build a burrito out of.
All in all, I spent about 20 bucks on various groceries and delicacies. I made burritos all weekend long. I bought a bunch of dried red chilis that I plan on turning into hot sauce. I also plan on coming back next week for another shipment.
They sell street tacos outside, too. They're expensive, $2.00 apiece instead of $.50 apiece. And there's not much of a selection, just carne asada, chorizo and carnitas. But they're tasty and full of meat, probably a quarter pound in each. No cheese on the tacos but there is a salsa bar with about a dozen sauces, plus onions, cilantro, limes, etc. Its pretty rad. Rad enough, for a few moments, to make me pretend I'm back home in America munching on tacos in the sunshine instead of this dump of a city. I'll be coming back often!
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