El Tepeyac Grocery

I have never been in the store but I order through the phone all the time, every time I get produce it is fresh and well packed and the wait time is minimal. I love that when I call they give me options about brands and prices to chose from. Good price, good service and fast delivery

All you need
Close to the train
Had amazing pre made green sauce
Nice staff
Authentic

Still the best place for groceries and imported beers in the neighborhood, hours are even better, open till 2 am, prices excellent, thumbs up to the employees!

A great place for Mexican ingredients you can’t find elsewhere!
And the prices can’t be beat! I bought all the ingredients to make a ton of salsa — and it was under $ 4!
I’ll definitely be back.

I made a stop off here because of the reviews, which I think are misleading. To be fair, I came looking for good, cheap produce (because nothing on the Upper East Side is cheap).
While the total came to $ 13 and I did buy a backpack full of veggies, later I discovered that the quality of the produce was pretty bad. They had staple produce items, but nothing unusual (except for some rambutan). The avocados were very good, limes were fine, but mostly everything else I bought (red peppers, cantaloupe, TOMATOES, squash, green onions) turned bad within 2 days. I also had to sift through most of the produce to find anything good.
It is a very tiny, narrow store that’s packed full of other dry goods, some cheese/​milk/​eggs (which I wouldn’t trust), a good selection of beer, and then of course Spanish food staples.
Wouldn’t go back for produce, and wouldn’t make a special trip for it.

I miss my little tienda! I lived around the corner from this store and it made my life so much easier! It is open at all hours and the staff are so friendly and helpful. There is a great selection of beers, juices, and sodas.
I most enjoyed the selection of produce. There were always fresh tomatoes, cilantro, onions of various colors, avocados, and fruits to pick from. I will take this selection over the dirty, crowded larger grocery stores any day!
You can also find smaller household items, snacks, cheeses, cereals, pan dulces, and some Latino specialty items.
Great little store.

All of the previous reviews are dead on, the selection of products including beer is great and the prices are very reasonable. The staff is also very professional. If you are in a pinch for fruit or vegetables I would suggest a stop here because the quality is consistently high.

The store is divided into two on the same block– the meat market and the gracery store. I only know about the grocery store. It has a lot of good Mexican products, and a good selection of beer for low prices.

You will find everything you need here to make an authentic Mexican dinner. Tortillas, frijoles, queso blanco, cilantro and lots and lots of Goya products.
I am addicted to tamarind candy, just can’t get enough it. Every time I go to a Spanish-​speaking country, I stuff my luggage full of all things tamarind. But alas, I always have to refill.
This place carries Pulparindo, which is a tamarind candy popular in Mexico. I bought a box of 20 pieces for $ 3.99. Pretty good deal and now I have plenty of tamarind to last me until my next departure!

I like El Tepeyac for the friendly staff, inexpensive produce, a wide selection of tortillas and cotija cheese by the ounce.

So I decided to cook Mexican one night and I needed to find some Harina De Maiz. I went to my usual UES grocery stores expecting to find it but no one could help. Even the staff at Eli’s looked at me as if I was crazy.
Frustrated, I turned to Unilocal for help in locating the nearest Mexican Grocery and found out that El Tepeyac was very close by.
As the earlier two reviews indicate, this place is a godsend and has virtually everything you would need to create a true mexican feast.
Best of all, this store is located directly outside of the 103^rd Street subway stop so it couldn’t be easier to reach, shop and then jump back on the 6 line.
When you need Mexican Groceries, this is the place to go.

First I want to thank the person that wrote the previous review because that convinced me to go to El Tepeyac looking for all the products my grandma listed. This place is amazing!!! They have all the Mexican chips (Churrumais, Sabritones, Takis…), all the salsas I needed, the best limes and even Oaxaca cheese. The people there are super friendly and make you feel extremely welcome. I actually live far awar and this is totally worth the trip (plus it’s right outside the subway).
By the way, now they have flour tortillas, many sizes and brands.

My first week in New York City consisted of me going grocery to grocery store, looking frantically for flour tortillas, queso fresco, mole, tostadas and cilantro that cost under a dollar a bunch. Needless to say, it was pretty much a lost cause (unless I wanted to purchase Mission tortillas; I would much rather watch Lost than do that, ugh).
After some research online, I found a Mexican grocery store in Hell’s Kitchen, and it was decent. However, the place was a pain in the ass to get to from the UES. On Unilocal I could only find another place in Alphabet City and Brooklyn. Now, I need my Mexican products, but I don’t exactly feel like going all the way to Brooklyn for some pinche tostadas.
As luck would have it, while wandering through East Harlem, I came across El Tepeyac, and my life was (semi) complete. They had pan dulce, Mexican snacks, queso fresco, and cheap ass produce (big bag of carrots is 50 cents, cilantro bunch is 75 cents, tomatoes are about a dollar a pound). The produce is limited, as it’s confined to veggies that are prevalent in Mexican food, but it’s pretty fresh (except for the pepinos; they are kind of soggy and gross), and it’s really cheap.
I will say, however, that most of their products aren’t actually Mexican, but rather they are Goya brand or made in Brooklyn. But hey, you take what you can get up here, you know? Also, since most Mexican immigrants up here are from southern Mexico (I’m from the north), there are no flour tortillas to be found. :(I had to buy them online and that shit cost me $ 24. Yes, I am picky as hell about my flour tortillas and I buy the brand that is uncooked and then you heat ‘em up and cook ‘em on your trusty comal. So whatever, I’ll deal with the $ 24 for my 44 online, uncooked flour tortillas. And I’ll get everything else from El Tepeyac.