La Rosa Foods — Local services in New York

The store is always well stocked and clean. The butchers are all attentive and knowledgeable, and I have received great information on ways to prepare the meat/fish I have bought. Overall though, the store is just fine for calling itself a specialty market. Many prices are not posted or visible, which is inappropriate. The produce is costly for the neighborhood; they are more aligned with organic/non-GMO prices. However, it is just regular produce in most bodegas or street corners in the surrounding area, and at times, they look like they are about to spoil. The dry goods are not unique either, with the occasional Spanish brand you won't find anywhere else. I think the fishmonger, butcher, and cheese counter are the selling points of the store; however, prices are not posted for each department either, so it's hard to decide what you are planning to purchase. The cheese selection is straightforward, nothing that would be hard to find at other grocery stores, but solid. I have purchased fish from here, and its sound quality; is on the pricey end, especially if you do not know if it was sustainably caught or farm-raised. The meat section is well maintained, and the selection is deep; however, no clear description of the items are organic/non-GMO, grass-fed, and price per lbs. Because of this, it could easily be meats and fish purchased from a general...

This place has one of the best meat cuts that you can find around here in Washington Heights. I love that fact that's it's clean and all their produces are fresh. The employees are very friendly and nice. One thing that's very important to me is they don't cross contamination. They have the butcher separate from the fish area, fresh produces and the cashier area!!!! NO CROSS-CONTAMINATION!!! Like other places that I've been that they use the glove to cut the meat and with the same dirty glove, they will...

The meat in this place is outstandingly excellent but this is assuming you get the right meat because no one at this establishment speaks English. Several times they have gotten my meat order wrong or I have to translate for customers because the employees do not know what they are saying or asking for. Other times I have observed employees flirting or 2-3 of them chatting with the same female customer. How can you run a business when customers can’t safely ask what they want because no one...