El Rey Food Mart

I love El Rey. In particular, I am a fan of their cheap, but most importantly FRESH produce, as well as their meat deli. They also have hot food, such as tamales (pork, chicken, bean and cheese/​chiles), «mexican rice» and other latino specialties. They have a ton of things pre cut in the meat deli, including seafood, and I guarantee you will be surprised not only by their selection, but also the price and freshness of everything.
The staff are always super nice and helpful, and make sure you are attended to, which I appreciate from small stores like this one (small as in, it isn’t a big marketed name).
There is an elote (corn) cart outside of the store, and they also sell an assortment of fruit and chicharrones, which are always yum.
I can’t say enough good things about this place.

This location is not the nicest but it works for me, they are little more pricey on some items, but its worth the trek for me. This is my favorite location now here are the reasons:
–They have my favorite sliced cakes my personal favorites are the Oreo cake and mocha cake.
–Dole Paradise Blend Juice
–The BIG ONE I don’t get followed and harassed. YES!!! Trust me I get harassed by security at S.16^th Street location. I will save my story for my review of that location.
The cold deli seems a little more expensive to me. I still have to go to the 16^th st location for my salsa its cheaper there.

this place is great! i never thought i would taste a tortilla chip as good as el milagro in chicago but el rey’s tostaditos are to die for. delicious.

What can I say about this El Rey versus the other one closer to my house? Well, this is close to my work. There is no gringoization (is that even a word?) of this location. They have all the traditional foods you would expect to support their main clientele: Latino families. Yes, sometimes this means you may need to speak a little Spanish to order things at the deli counter or speak with the checkout employees but hey, who doesn’t like the amusing gringo trying to speak their language? I’m only being half serious since most of their employees English is far better than my Spanish. And yes, their produce section is quite amazing and I agree that this is the best out of all the locations for that. Getting fresh juice made from all manner of fruit? No problem. Want traditional Mexican candies? No problem. Are you looking for a gigantic bag of dried red peppers? Again, no problem. And lest we forget, the sweet 1970’s rock and roll that plays on the overhead speakers for your shopping pleasure.

They have a nice variety of produce but they lack on friendly costumer service.

I think this particular El Rey is the best grocery store in Milwaukee. It is definitely my favorite of all the El Rey stores. I like it particularly because of the produce section. The selection is awe inspiring and the prices are always reasonable. They have more types of cactus than I knew that you could even cook.
Actually, the selection in everything is better at El Rey. They have more spices, cuts of meat, types of pop, and probably other things that I just don’t buy. I really like the Salsa Rojo near the deli, it is just ground red chilis but it is great thing to have a tub of in your fridge. The guacamole is super strange, smooth but full of cilantro and what I think might be cheese or something white. If you like cilantro, that would probably be your jam.
Another thing I love is that they have Coke products from Mexico which means it is made with real sugar, in bottles, and delicious. Once again, it is really cheap too.
I think that El Rey’s house brand tortilla chips are the best on the market, I can get enough of the plain kind. What I would recommend is these tostada that are Lemon and Spice flavored. Not only are they vegan (all of the flavored chips have some kind of milk products in them) but they have a different texture than the ordinary chips. I usually just smash the bag and eat them like chips. I am not vegan, I just think that putting dried sour cream and shit on chips is unnecessary. I know a lot of people i know like there hot, red colored chips.
I’ve gotten pork tamales from the deli before and they were pretty good. For some reason they were a little too greasy, but if you aren’t into making your own tamales they are a pretty good bet. I froze most of mine and just resteamed them to warm them up. Because they hold together so well, they are actually good for dipping. I haven’t really tried anything else from their hot deli, but I bet it is good if you get before it has sat around to long.
The vending machine selection is not as good at this location as it is for the El Rey on Burnham. They have more temporary tattoo and shit like that.

Awesome place to go. Excellent FRESH salsa. Quite possibly the best chips in Milwaukee and their «house» sour cream is good enough to eat as a dip with chips. They have an extensive hot foods deli with a ton of ready made choices. The bakery is equally extensive with of course tons of churros to choose from. They have a nice produce department with some harder to find produce. Also the best part is their small restaurant serving up freshly made food.