Villalobos Market — Attraction in Los Angeles

I have been coming g to this market for over 30 years and I have never been soo mis-treated and price gouged. I was trying to buy some meat and poultry. I asked for some spare ribs to cook for my family. The price for a thick cut was for $8.59 a pound. I ask the clerk if he could cut them to a thin slice. Two pounds would have been $21.47. When I went to the register,I was charged $24.97. That was a difference of $3.50. I asked the clerk why was I charged a different price The clerk said thats is the price for that particular meat. I looked at the label and it had a different price and a different meat name. I told the clerk and said that is the wrong label and price for what I asked for. The cleck went to confirm how much the meat cost. The clerk came back and said that because I asked for the meat to be cut into slices,it was considered another meat product. The clerk said if I wanted to talk to the Manager. Unfortunately I had my kids to pickup up and the clerk said that the price cannot be changed. I had commented that this was not good service and had to pay the higher price for my meat. The cleck packed my groceries and gave me to me. Just as the clerk was passing me my groceries my papaya that I purchased fell out of the bag The cleck saw what happened,looked at me and walked away. I had to pick up my papaya and go pick up my kids. Wow! This store use to have friendly and helpful workers. I guess not. I will be looking for another store to shop. I will tell all my friends including my family what happened to me that day. It is a shame! I use to come with my parents to this store. Lots of memories. Guess my kids will not be coming to this...

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I used to live in the neighborhood where this market is located, and moved away about 10 years ago. Some of my family occasionally heads out that way, and recently I asked them to stop by for me and buy some of their Salvadoran chorizo.

I decided to do a bbq with some of my folks, and invited my brother & his kids. Among everything I grilled was this Salvadoran chorizo I had brought for me.

Partway through our dinner, one of the children started choking. My brother quickly sprung to assist his child, and fortunately was able to remove the hazard from his throat and found A LONG STRAND OF PLASTIC FILM IN THE CHORIZO!

At first I thought it might be the casing, but upon close inspection it turns out it was indeed plastic.

But that wasn't all... When we continued to eat, as I cut into a piece of chorizo on my own plate, I pulled A SECOND long strand of this same plastic film from inside of it.

That's times 2 in a single order of only about 3 pounds of their Salvadoran chorizo.

These people are clearly poorly trained and don't uphold adequate food safety & food handling practices.

I can't imagine a more sloppy, careless, and dangerous way of preparing food for the public. Stay away from their sausages or ground meats because clearly they're just blindly chucking stuff into the grinder with wrapping plastic & who...

I have been going to this Carnicería since I remember. I have tried other Carnicerías but none of them get close to the flavor this Carnicería put in the meat. This grocery store might be small and crowded but they have always been neat, clean, and they always keep that A. Their employees make you feel like family and satisfied. They always recieve the clients with a smile and they always tend to satisfy the clients. If you want the meat in a certain way you just have to ask the employees from the carnicería and they will do it for you. There meat is always fresh and delicious but there vegetables and fruits are fresh as well. No other Grocery store has that special touch that this small Grocery store has. I really recommend the Carne Asada and...