La Reina

This place is the worst. Their meat section smells sooooo bad I wanted to vomit. I went in there thinking they had a mini taqueria in back for some good food and a great carniceria for marinated meat. Yeah. No. It does not seem clean and their freezer section seems to be nonexistent. I don’t know how this place is even in business.

I apparently had 3 heads and 4 arms as I entered this store as everyone stared at me.
I thought that I would extend my search for empanadas and corn tortillas to this store. Empanadas are easy to find in Florida, but apparently, they’re not as available in California. (I guess it’s time for me to learn to make empanadas, but ask me about being a Japanese and making gyoza and why I don’t want to make them again.)
As the store is much smaller than a Mi Pueblo grocery, they didn’t have a deli and the frozen food cases were not functional.
However, they had a large selection of meat, drinks (including refrigerated alcohol), various canned goods, and chips and treats. They also had an aisle of housewares.
I’m not sure about their selection of corn tortillas, never having seen most of the brands there, but they were in quantities of 70 and most of those would be wasted unless I had some sort of party, so I guess I need to find another store with smaller packages.
On leaving the store, my original anatomy was restored thankfully because it’s much easier to find clothes for only 1 head and 2 arms.