Carniceria La Tapatia — Attraction in Littleton

Saw a sign for this place & popped in. Everything is in Spanish unless it has a label with English. Everyone was speaking Spanish & no one even acknowledged I walked in. Not necessarily a bad thing, just a heads up. Lots of spices and dried peppers. I saw a few things I haven't seen before, like a jar of yellow peppers from Peru for $4.99 (I watch a lot of cooking shows & this is something I wanted to try). Packages of corn (dried) remember seeing in Ecuador (big kernels) they wouldn't let me bring back. Could be a fun ethnic shop for the curious & adventurous. Not everything was marked in smaller plastic packages & not everything had prices. Next time I will be buying& asking questions. Oh yes, BIG meat counter when you...

I love coming here and have never had unfriendly service. The meat is excellent and fairly priced. The pre-made items are delicious, I am always in here grabbing a pint of refried beans to go. The red salsa is HOT I mean really hot, and they warn you of such. We like the pico.

Sometimes the produce isn't the best but it's a small family market, and it's not waxy fake looking gmo fruit like Wal mart. I would shop here any day over Wal mart. I always grab handfuls of the assorted Mexican candies for my kids. If you're lucky or come before noon they have fresh tamales and sometimes...

I wouldn't buy fresh produce from here (as others mention, too overripe and I bought something that had mold). But it has Peruvian imports that I use frequently (canned ají amarillo as well as the paste), rocoto, ají panca especial. So I appreciate that very much because that means I won't have to drive too far :) most other small stores don't have anything but Mexican products, so the variety is great. I haven't tried their meat, so no comment...