El Nopalito Market — Attraction in Encinitas

I can not say enough good things about this store. First of all, I called to preorder some premixed masa and the young lady that answered the phone to take my order was very helpful. She helped me figure out how many pounds of masa I would need to make ten dozen tamales. When I went to pick up my masa it was ready to go as promised. There was also a very helpful young man working that helped me pick out the ground pepper spices and red sauce that I would need for my tamales. I was able to purchase the corn husks as well. I must say that the selection of products was also outstanding. If you need it,...

Everything you purchase is in Spanish, the package food has English translations, all the meats are written in Spanish, it can get crowded very easily especially waiting for singular cashier, it blocks the aisles, also they don’t hand out bags so you need to walk your purchases to your car, no parking, very busy parking lot with...

Don't go here expecting to find all the amenities available in one of those big chain Mexican markets because this is a small mom-and-pop store. What they have, however, is excellent. Service is friendly and their roasted salsa is by far the best store-bought salsa I have ever had. Parking is a bit hard to find, so allow a...