Guanaco

BY FAR the BEST selection of Peruvian groceries I have seen anywhere in Dallas. The only thing missing is the pisco, which I assume has to do with the place maybe not having a license to sell bottles of heavy liquor (but I wouldn’t know about this).
But now… the CONS:
1) Identity crisis? In the front, I’m seeing mentions of Honduran products. On the business card, it mentions Salvadoran products. But when I walked in and throughout this store, the products are HEAVILY Peruvian, save for the teeny little bit of a bakery they have which looks Mexican to me and a few other products from all over Latin America (Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela and Brazil). So yeah… identity crisis.
2) There’s no sweet-​talking for this place in regards to its aesthetics (both interior and exterior). So… yeah, it’s not pretty, and it’s certainly a store that has been lifted out of Latin America. But this store seems to have been around for a long time.
So yes, I stopped by here because I did see the word «PERU» under the banner name Guanaco, which came to me as a surprise since I didn’t expect to see something like this in Garland. So, the question is… would I come back? For Peruvian products, I most certainly would — I saw more Peruvian products here than in any of the Fiesta Marts around. They had pisco sour cocktail (no need to make the mix, apparently), wines, picarones mix (fried Peruvian donuts), pannetone, and various seasoning and things to accurately and authentically prepare ceviche, anticuchos, corn, etc.
But would I enjoy shopping here if I was NOT looking for Peruvian products? Probably not — I’d stick with Peruvian stuff here. Don’t both with the Honduran, Salvadoran, or Mexican things here.
Another mention to add — on the business card it mentions that Guanaco has another location on 2309 Gus Thomasson Rd, in Dallas. Upon research (via their Facebook page:
), this Dallas store seems to be a bit newer, but the Garland store still seems to be the main hub.