La Vakita Carnicería — Local services in Four Corners States

I sauntered from the Green Valley Laundromat to La Vakita Meat Market at about 5 in the evening. I'd just crammed some fifty pounds dirty clothing and underclothing into both the huge washing machines they got in there. I was tired. I was hungry. The medicated pastry was starting to kick in. All of a sudden, I felt high and reenergized enough to go for a stroll to La Vakita. I craved a cold one. They had no Mexican beer, but they had everything else: Mexican candy, Mexican sodas, Mexican drinks, Mexican spices, Mexixan canned goods, Mexican baked goods, and they even had honest-to-goodness genuine Mexicans working behind the cash register and cutting up the meat. I heard Mexican music blasting over the speakers hidden somewhere behind the counter. I bought 0.78 lbs of chicharrones for $6.62. Those delicious chunks of fried pork belly sure cured...

Had a bad experience with them today. I am trying to plan ahead for a cookout and wanted 25 lbs of carne asada. It was suggested by a friend to go to Food City to purchase the meat, but I thought since I shop at La Vakita every other week that I would call them first. When I called, I was told they don't give prices over the phone. I called back a second time just to make sure I heard it correctly. I was shocked, this is a great way to drive customers away from your store. Out of loyalty to them, I thought I would call them first, but they didn't care enough about their customers to even accommodate them with a price. Should have taken a few seconds to make a customer happy. Now I release why I was told to go somewhere else first, this left a bad experience that will persuade me to...

We have been fans of this little market place for over a year. We have bought ground beef lean, carne molida several times and amazed at amount of grease left in pan after cooking it down. Yes it’s a very small amount of grease and the flavor is worth the stop. We love the different salsas, all fresh, healthy and yummy! Some like it hot and then the mild is good too. We always get the ground beef when we have out of town guests and they want us to make street tacos. Love this place and the people who work there. Always pleasant and nice. It’s a small market and it is easy to get in and out with out buying...