Fruteria el Caney

Prices have gone up slightly here, but there are still much better prices on most items then at the grocery store. No more $ 3 boxes of mangoes :(. It’s now $ 7 and you get about 9 mangoes, so still a deal, considering it’s 2 bucks a pop for a mango at the supermarket.
Scored some frozen red snapper from the keys for just under for bucks a lb AND they cleaned it for me. YAY! The fresh seafood (lobster, shrimp, snapper) comes in during the weekend as well. Call ahead to see what’s in.
Also, on Saturdays (at the very least, when I went), there are horse rides for the kiddies (it’s in Horse Country), there’s a guy selling chicken pinchos (kebabs), a taqueria cart, and a lady selling cuban meals (ropa vieja, empanadas, etc). I believe the lady selling the food is the one who works in the fruteria and, if so, her hot plates have to be amazing because her homemade Cuban tamales they sell here are amazzzinng! Strawberries 2 for 4. This isn’t local produce, but likely the stuff from Allapattah (it’s imports). Ripe and ready avocados $ 2 and not quite ready are $ 3.
Some things you can expect to find: farm-​fresh eggs, mango, pineapple (a bit high for me at about 4 bucks), papaya, bananas, apple bananas, garlic in the fishnet rows (+ $ 1.50), white potatoes, American sweet potato, boniato/​batata, platano, coconut, tomatoes, oranges, bitter oranges, mandarins, peppers, onions, cilantro, and sometimes stuff like anon and mamey pop in.
There are also fresh juices available in a wide variety of tropical flavors. My fav is mamey and it’s one of the best in town! Juices come in nice, big cups for 2 bucks and you can also buy a half gallon of fresh juice, including fruit cocktail. Fresh coco frio also available.
They close around 7 or 7:30 PM and open around 7:30 or 8AM.
Staff is very nice and super helpful.
Spacious private lot.