La Bodega Market Number 4

Marinated Chicken & pork were well priced and tasty! We’ll be back for some more. :)

Delicious grilled chicken, but be careful the salsa is super spicy! The staff here is also very nice!

I come here EVERY week for their carne asada. I have never decided to write a review until now. The carne asada meat is so so delicious and fresh. I buy the unseasoned carne so that I can season/​marinate how I want to, but I have also tried their marinated carne, AMAZING. I wish I could figure out how they season it.
I save a lot of money by coming here and it’s close by for me. Their produce sometimes is a hit or miss but usually a hit, and so cheap it’s unbelievable. Their customer service is always superb. Love you La Bodega!

if you like burnt dried out chicken. go there early… I think the 2 chickens were burnt the night before. not edible! nice little market, fresh salsa and guacamole!. too bad we couldn’t eat the chicken! He had a grill full but pulled two prewrapped chickens from his cooler. AWFUL

Not bad not good … Just lock down a bit above average … Probably a 3.5
Parking is in a small lot in front
Coming from LA you pretty much are spoiled with the best carne you can find in the world
Yes LA tacos are better than the ones in Mexico …
Meat plus fresher ingredients = amazing
So to find this place on Unilocal I was super excited
Reviews said sketchy place which usually means to me BOMB carne … Alas this was not the case but if you are really feigning it I would reccomend going here :)

I came here based on the other reviews of the carne asada.
The neighborhood is sketchy and the parking lot is small but please don’t let that keep you away.
Honestly– my whole life– I’ve never had more delicious carne asada or chicken asada. I’m not sure what they do to make their meats so delicious– but it’s incredibly good.
I’ve also tried their green salsa– looks almost like guacamole– omg omg it’s sooooooo gooooood! BUT it’s extremely spicy so watch out.
It’s all delicious!
I should also add that I’ve been coming here for almost 2 years now

Great carne for home grilling and the outdoor chicken they’re grilling in the parking lot was really good too. The guac was fresh & spicy! The salsa is excellent too.
Don’t be scared of the ghetto location and some of the unsavory characters. Super friendly and helpful staff.

Following other Unilocalers reviews, I ignored my «spidey senses» about neighborhood and the parking lot with transients and gave this place a try. This place is so far the best meat market i’ve found in LBC. they have a wide variety of cuts and preparations.
the inside is clean and well stocked. The staff is helpful and treated me like I’d been going there for years.
The prices were pretty reasonable considering the quality and service.
I’m going back for all of my summer asados.

Don’t be afraid to shop in the hood. This is a family owned joint as far as I can tell. It isn’t organic but it’s clean and the veggies seem fresh every time I go in. The meat counter rocks if you just need something quick and the guys will usually fresh grind meat also. I’d say for the price and location this place is spot on plus the staff is really friendly.

If you want some fresh raw meat this is the place. Can be a bit expensive but worth the extra dollars.
Vegetables are also fresh and fairly priced.
Only thing that Sucks is the parking. Very small and most of the time can’t find any parking.

Great selection of marinated meats to bbq.

This is a very conflicting review, because if I had to rate the store itself, it would definitely be a 1 or a 2 on a fresh day. But on weekends it’s got 4-​star BBQ’d chicken and a 5+ star salsa.
Every weekend been driving by on Anaheim, checking out the plumes of smoke coming from the chicken man, so I decided to stop and check it out. The chicken is very good — hickory chargrilled at $ 7 a whole chicken. But what really got me was the salsa. Three nights in a row I was like «damn, that’s some good salsa.» And I eat salsa all the time. On everything. But this salsa’s something special. Comes ghetto-​style, in a plastic baggie tied off on one end.
As for the market, buy the produce at your own risk. I went in to pay for the chicken and it smelled fuuunkaaay.
I might come back to try the carne asada though and get me some more of that chicken and salsa.

Chicken! Good broasted chicken. You will never do Pollo Loco again. The chix on the weekend are BEYOND delicious. Fussy people need not apply. This is da hood!
The hot red salsa is so addictive I eat it with a spoon, and the guac is fresh.
Love this friendly neighborhood joint.

.., my gf & I frequent La Bodega whenever we wanna bbq something tasty.
This last time however wasn’t as great. We came here yesterday to stock up on our own little Cinco de Mayo feast.
As soon as we try to pull up, a 3 yr. old was walking around the parking lot w/​a grocery bag unattended? WTF? We stop immedietely to avoid hitting him. We wait & look around wondering where his parents were. Then a truck pulls up & blocks us from getting in (probably his family). They were yelling at him through their windows for a few minutes as he was picking up groceries that fell from his bag. Alright seriously, who leaves their kid behind @ the market? I honk because we were blocking the street so the truck moves out of the way & finally lets us in. Those idiots seriously pissed me off.
So we park & walk in excited to do some shopping. My gf & I were in their produce section checking out their watermelons w/​other fruits & veggies. We notice 2 mountains of bad fruit. One was lemons, & the other was oranges. It was embarrassing to look at, I know every store needs to fill their stock, but w/​fruit that was as bad as that, I’d rather had left it bare.
We skipped on the lemons, but we grabbed some corn, green onions, pasilla peppers, & a watermelon. Then we hit their deli for some chicken, carne asada, guacamole, salsa, shrimp ceviche, & sour cream. The guys that work behind the deli are always cool & very helpful. As always everything was priced to our liking & we walked out satisfied.
As soon as we get home, I start to cook everything up. When I unwrapped the corn, about half of what I bought was bad. I had to break half of the cobs of corn in half because the other half wasn’t good, it was dissapointing.
After all was said & done, we enjoyed our little feast. The meat was delicious as always. Guacamole had a nice kick to it, & the salsa was great too. We were stuffed & pleased w/​what we had. Then come to find out, we had forgotten to try our shrimp ceviche! I take it out of the fridge & dip my chips into it, however the shrimp was hard & somewhat difficult to chew? This was a bad idea, because not long after… My stomach was f*cked. I had stomach pains all night & a bad case of, well, you know. Out of all the things we ate, the shrimp ceviche was the only thing my gf didn’t eat & she was fine, so we know something was up.
We really love La Bodega, but from now on we’re staying away from their ceviche. Hopefully the produce is fresher & has a better quality next time.

Great little market in the Heart of the LBC. Like everyone else says don’t be afraid of this place.
They have some of the best carne asada that I have ever had. The marinade is perfect with the right amount of heat and citrus. Salsa! Oh they have salsa. Three or four different homemade salsas. They are all super hot and killer but so much flavor. I have had two kinds and they kill me with the heat but I can’t stop eating it. I tried one when I was there and thought I was going to die. My husband saw my face and started laughing. I was trying to be cool and not let everyone know how bad it burned but I guess it didn’t work. It was so good though that I bought that one the second time around. Oh and the Guacamole, OH so tasty and delicious.
The people who work there have always been really nice and accommodating as well. I always look way out of place when I am there but never feel out of place.
You should make sure you make a trip here if you want some good meat and anything else.

**This place is actually at 1420 E Anaheim** (I updated with Unilocal moderators, but that takes time)
This place rocks! It’s a small but efficient little grocery store. Their produce and fresh meat and seafood is amazing. Puts mainstream, national grocery stores to shame.
I went here for some carne asada, and was not disappointed. For $ 4 a pound, I got some of the tastiest, marinated carne asada ever. I also picked up some fresh chile verde ($ 1.95) and tortillas and chips and miscellaneous other food stuffs. Something I bought qualified me for 2 free 2-​liters of soda. I parked in the lot, but someone still helped me to my car. (Totally unnecessary but nice just the same)
Prices were great, especially on meat and seafood. The produce looked amazing, way better than any of the crap I’ve seen at albertsons. They have a small variety of canned and pre-​packaged goods, but that’s not their specialty.
The parking lot is small and full of pot holes and rough asphalt. You’re lucky if you find one person that speaks english, but if that bothers you, you’re shopping in the way wrong neighborhood.
Overall, this is a win.

If you ever need marinated chicken or carne asada for a bbq/​picnic this is the place to be!
I was rushing on the «Day of» my event of course since I’m a big procrastinator and it just seems like I can just « Unilocal» everything last minute… happily I found out there was this market where I can hopefully buy everything I needed, sure enough I found this market and I bought some marinated chicken… let me just tell you this is why I’m giving it the 5 stars! It was so well prepared and fresh! The chicken didn’t dry out on the grill… lot’s of juicy flavors… I don’t know how the make it or what they put on it… but it’s definitely my new market where I’ll be buying any future chicken and it was a BIG hit at the bbq!
I also bought some asada… it was good too but the chicken still blew it away! The salsa was good, not too spicy which I wasn’t very fond of but considering not everyone eats spicy foods I figured this was good.
Cheap prices… the rest of the produce was as standard as it gets, the market itself had almost all mexican products, just overall a great place!
Parking is a little rough… but then again it’s Long Beach People… Story of our Lives ;)

This place has really good Carne Asada. It needed a little salt; but, u can add that yourself. The produce was cheap and fresh and the salsa was really good. Overall this place was delish! Excellent for bbq’ing on a beautiful day in Long Beach.

Don’t be scared of the Mexican meat market!
I know to a lot of Gringos like myself, this place can look intimidating, inside and out. But let me assure you, its oookay!
La Bodega was my 5^th or 6^th attempt to find a decent Mexican Meat Market in SoCal. In Houston, TX these types of places are popular and have the best marinated fajitas to grill up at home.
La Bodega has the best I could find in SoCal. The Fijitas Preparadas Rancheras are the way to go. Grill em up at home and serve with tortillias and fresh guacamole and salsa from La Bodega and your BBQ is a hit! The mouth watering, falling apart, savory fajitas are as addicting as crack!
Produce is a fraction of the price of the conventional grocery stores, and all the meats are well priced and great looking.
People there are always friendly and enjoy my horrible attempt at their beautiful language. 4 outta 5 times I go I walk out with a gift from them sometimes free salsa, sometimes free 2 liters of Coke.
This place is golden!

I read about La Bodega #4 in The District Weekly (
), but I forgot about it until the other day when we were driving down Anaheim on a Saturday and saw the chicken grilling outside (pic:
). Since they only grill chickens on the weekend, yesterday we decided to come by and get a couple chickens for our family picnic. The chickens were $ 7 each and very tasty. We also got some of their salsa and guacamole, which were fantastic. This was certainly the best salsa I’ve had in recent memory, so I’d happily go back for the salsa alone. Other than that, it’s a pretty standard carniceria and market, but it seemed to have a pretty good selection overall.