Lola's Market — Local services in Healdsburg

I'm used to Lola's in Santa Rosa they are much bigger. For the small size of the Healdsburg market they had a nice selection. I head to Lola's when I want to put together some authentic Mexican cuisine that tastes much better then anything you get outside of a Mexican market. They have every piece of every farm animal and every cut you could want and half a dozen butchers back there working furiously to do it, they have different types of queso fresca ,sour creams , a deli with insane flavorful black or frijole beans or pintos just everything. marinades , wonderful sauces grilled jalapenos and onions all the little things that make a huge difference don't kid yourself real authentic Southwest and Mexican flavorful foods are made by hands with experience and Lola's has it... And all the desserts you can hope for.. it's Valentine's Day I'm going to have my girl in my pocket I make a killer masa for fresh...

Ok, but way too crammed. It looks and smells dirty, most of their produce looked old and wilted. Bought some cucumbers that looked fresh, but upon peeling, were soggy. A few months back, my dad bought a bag of corn husks for tamales, and when I opened it up, I found rat or mice droppings in between some of the husks. About a year ago, my bf bought octopus to make tostadas, but when we went to open up the bag it came in, it smelled way too fishy, well of course it did, it was bad! I myself will not be shopping here, but for convenience and close proximity to his work, my dad continues to shop here, unfortunately. I am not sure how people still shop here, honestly. Sorry for the bad review, I'm just being honest and noting...

God I love Lola's! They have such good stuff in the meat case!!! Get them marinated ribs... one pound per person. Put them in the oven at 300 degrees for 3 hours and them feed them to your friends. They will think you are a genius! When they ask for the recipe, say, "Oh, it's an old family recipe and my Mom told me never to share it." If your Mom is there though, you'd better fess up.

Lola's also has great chorizo. Boil your beans, fry up some of that chorizo and toss into your beans... chop some onion and put in the beans too. Feed it to your friends. They will think you are a genius. "Damn! Where did you learn to cook such good chili beans?!" Just say, "My girlfriend Lola......