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| - The El Rancho on Arizona Ave is a helluva good time. It is a grocery store and a good time. What is not to like about that? The El Rancho IGA - Independent Grocers Association is in full swing on Arizona Ave.
On the grocery side, it has a great bakery, with excellent sugar cookies, tres leche cakes, and a lot of multi-colored sugary gems I have not had the time to eat my way through. The deli serves burros, tacos, bbq meats and take away. You can sit down in the middle of the store and have a meal and get up and continue to shop! You can get fresh ceviche, salsas, and the like. The meat department has fantastic prices and a nice butcher who will butterfly and de-bone any cut of meat you like. Great beer and produce section. This grocery store is old school, the carts are small, the aisles close together and the store is small and the cashiers do not have scanners. The cashier seems to know everyone and when she comes across me, she just laughs as we talk about my purchases.
What is the fun part? I have not found anyone whose first language is English and I don't speak Spanish. So I get the thrill of leaving my little burb and venturing into a great market of food and interact in another culture - yes, I point at the cases and act out the questions as I talk in Spanglish and I get to do this all before dinner! Try the caso it is really good and ceviche on chips...Mucho Gusto!
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