La Victoria Mercado Y Carceria

Been here once before. Getting tacos right now on my lunch break. Tacos are pretty good. Don’t really come to this store but it’s close to my job & I have no lunch today.

Food is good but, customer services is not. I’ve been coming since the late 80’s but, each time I go… I have to bite my tongue. Some of the ladies could be rude as hell.

Okay, so I went back again for the tacos… still delicious. One of my friends went inside the store and bought carnitas — deep fried chunks of pork meat — from the deli and kindly asked the taco guys to make tacos for us since carnitas is not on their regular menu. Those carnitas were some of the best! Very tender, not dry, and full of flavor. Those taco guys outside should add them to their regular menu of meat choices. I highly recommend the carnitas.
It is actually January 2012 and I am just now finishing up this review. Talk about procrastination, oy vey! Me and a few coworkers hit this supermarket [or rather, the taco stand] pretty much every weekend we were in Sacramento. We are STILL talking about those gosh darned tacos! If you are in the area, go check the supermarket out, and be sure and stop by on a weekend afternoon for some deee-​licious grub!

On FRIDAY & Saturday, this place supports a hot Taqueria style walk up food service that is excellent. It has a huge revolving cientele, I watched as people of all nationalities drifted thru ordering freshly cooked Carne Asada, Carnitas, LaPastor, Lengua, Tripas, and the list goes on. I ordered four tacos for $ 6 bucks. — The salsa bar is exceptional with guacamole and sliced condiments to add to your meal.
This place is awesome!!! It does only a small selection of mexican type food — but it does it very very well.
The general/​grocery store is also very good, offering your typical staples and some home made items.

I started doing something here that I love and I think everyone should try at least once.
Go into this or any other ethnic food store and purchase and item of which you have no idea of it’s use, then take it home, google it or whatever and find recipes that have that product in it, and try to make something.
It’s great fun to have with friends or alone and you’ll be introduced to some amazing foods and dishes from all around the world…
That said, viva La Victoria for there patience with non spanish speakers, the overall cleanliness of the store and those pastries…

They set up a taco stand outside on the weekends 3−9pm, amazing tacos! TASTY! Worth the trip! Good selection inside and they are very clean.

I’ve been going to La Victoria off and on for years. It was my Mexican market of choice before La Superior came to town, but I’ve been back a few times recently and have rediscovered what a great little place it is. The real surprise is how good the food is that they put out in the tiny restaurant area in the back. I’ve had their carnitas tacos and both red and green enchilada plates. The food has a nice, homemade quality to it and the ladies who run the kitchen are very sweet-​the plates were works of art. It’s not quite up to Lalo’s, but it’s better than La Superior’s tacqueria or La Fiesta/​Favorita. Pretty authentic tasting food, but no chips and salsa bar (which makes it all the more authentic).
They also have THE best housemade red salsa de arbol in town – buy some to take home! BTW, you figure out what you want, go up front to pay at the cash register and take the ticket back to order your food.
If you want to experience the whole La Victoria «experience», do a shopping trip combined with lunch. The meat counter is the best looking, spiffiest one in town and the prices are way lower than La Superior. $ 2.49 a pound for the pork cubes I use for pozole. They have greatly improved their produce selection and they have one of the best selections of dried chiles I’ve seen in Sacramento. The grocery aisles are perfectly packed and arranged and look really cool with all the funky labels on the Mexican canned goods (I’m easily amused, folks).
P. S. If you go, be sure to pick up a jar of «De La Suegra» chile oil – both the black and red varieties – it’s da bomb!
They are now housed in a much nicer location next door to the old store in what used to be a great electronics store. The kitchen is expanded and the store is larger. One bummer – they don’t have the De La Suegra chile oil anymore, but I’ve found a good replacement at 99 Ranch Market – Laoganma Chili Oil – I’ve been putting it on everything. We had lunch here yesterday after cruising by Chando’s and laughing at the long lines. I had Beef Soup and my friend had a super burrito that must have weighed 5 pounds! My soup was great and Rodney liked his burrito – especially since it was only $ 4.50!