Casa Lucaz 3

Great store has everything you need. From vegi n fruits and meat meat n bake good. Mexican style YEA !!! Only thing they need is great parking for us customers

Thank god for this neighborhood gem! It’s conventional to go to the Safeway a couple of blocks away, but what really should excite you is this small grocery store on the other side of the road.
This is the real reason why the chicken crossed the road. To go to Casa Lucaz 3!
While I will still go to Safeway for items such as bread (more selection), alcohol, grains (barley, farro, rice), and spreads (peanut butter, nutella), I will go to Casa Lucaz for fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, and Mexican snacks! The fruits and vegetables here are FRESH and CHEAP!!!
In their veggie aisle, they had fresh, bright green beans for you to choose from (you can choose however many you want), I personally loved their selection of Brussels sprouts (I’m a sucker, they’re basically mini cabbages). I also bought some onions and tomatoes. Their onions were super affordable! I prefer the tomatoes on the vines, as they taste better, and luckily this place has a large selection of different types of tomatoes. Their stock of avocados rival those at Safeway – buy them here, they taste better.
Their milk selection was very good and they are open pretty late, which made late night cooking possible.

I love Casa Lucas! It’s where I go when I need any special ingredients for Mexican or Central American recipes. Their produce is top notch and way less expensive than the Safeway down the street.

This store is ALWAYS packed! As everyone has posted, their fruits/​vegetables are the freshest/​cheapest around — they even beat the Farmer’s Market at 100 Alemany on Saturdays for freshest/​cheapest. They sell unusual fruits/​veg like cactus, cassava root, etc. For freshest/​cheapest fruits/​vegetables, I usually go here or Pacific Supermarket or Manila Oriental [formerly Cala’s] (although you have to watch out for rotten fruits/​veg when they’re packed in plastic at Manila Oriental). There ARE a few things to be aware of — like buying coconuts that are not in season and that are in the INSIDE of the store. I’ve bought coconuts here that are in the INSIDE near the back of the store near their other vegetables and they can be rotten. If the coconuts are OUTSIDE of the store and there are A LOT of them, then those are usually ok. The freshest in-​season fruits/​veg are usually OUTSIDE IN FRONT of their store OR inside near the FRONT of the store.
Their mexican breads/​bakery items are pretty good and pretty fresh, and I usually buy a variety of them. (There’s also «Panaderia Andrea» a few doors down which serves fresh, tasty reasonably priced bread and bakery items.)
Casa Lucaz’s canned & packaged foods are overpriced and I’d go to Foods Co at 1800 Folsom for those. (The large store across the street called «One Dollar Only» also has the cheapest prices for various select canned/​packaged items as well as stationary, some hardware, birthday/​party event necessities, clothing accessories & household goods/​supplies).
It’s best to go early 8am to 10am to Casa Lucaz to avoid the crowds. Parking is difficult, so I would definitely avoid it if it’s busy
I would NOT go out of my way to go here since there are so many other places to go for fresh fruits/​veg esp all along Mission St and this Casa Lucaz is a VERY TINY store, but if you’re in the area or nearby the Excelsior area, this is a good place to go for your freshest/​cheapest produce.

I was at the airport and out of all conversations in the world, the person in front of me and I both realized we are Casa Lucaz 3 shoppers! We bonded just talking about how all our 30’yr old friends love this store and always head over there because it’s just the cheapest and freshest place around!

The freshest, most affordable produce I’ve ever seen. Living on the East coast, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this place before. Selection is incredible, freshness is tops and price can’t be beat. Friendly employees too. When I’m back in SF, I’ll be sure to stop by!

You might not find absolutely everything you’re looking for at Casa Lucaz, but there’s enough and it’s so low priced that it’s worth a trip of its own. Lines for the meat counter and checkout move quickly. They have a wall of spices that has just about every one for a reasonable price. The prepared/​canned goods can be a little more expensive than the Safeway down the street, but I’m usually happy to pay the convenience tax to avoid having to go there. Like a lot of smaller markets, you have less time to eat the produce than if you bought from the big chains, so buy accordingly.

Yes!
Great neighborhood store. Much better prices than Safeway on produce and meats. Everything is clean and well put together. There are various levels of English spoken by the cashiers and butcher, but the folks here have always been pretty helpful.
But a Gringo like me has to complain-​there are thirty kinds of tortillas here, and only a single kind of bread (BIMBO!). Work on that, and I’ll be a customer for life!

I love Chipotle. Sure, it’s not real mexican food, but it’s still delicious. My boyfriend and I try to be healthy and get the steak bowls without any beans or rice (sometimes I live life on the edge and get half a scoop of rice). I was inspired to save $ 7 bucks and make my own bowls. I search «mexican grocery» on Unilocal and Casa Lucas came up. I live in the Sunset so I didn’t want to venture all the way out to the Mission to pick up some pre-​marinated meat. I ended up buying 2 and a half pounds of marinated beef and chicken and a ton of produce (jalapeños, onions, lime, corn, avocados, bell peppers, cilantro) and everything came out to be under $ 20. I ended up making 7 – 8 Chipotle bowls! While I was there, they had a pint of strawberries for only 79 cents! I’m definitely coming back here for more meat and produce.

This place is awesome. The best mangoes I’ve ever had and they were insanely cheap and I didn’t even realize until I got home– organic. She fancy huh. I bought a chicken for some stock and the butcher masterfully broke it down and wrapped it up in seconds. $ 1.50 for a box of strawberries. Oh and for you granolas and/​or trendies– bulk chia seeds for $ 10 lb. Oh that reminds me, they just started selling their own packaged chia seed tortilla chips. I bought them because, as I said before, I’m fancy, so I bought them TO BE fancy but they turned out to taste f***in great. The chia seeds give them an extra nutty savory flavor. So whhat in tar-​nation are u waiting for? Get over there! And have some pozole at the taqueria a couple doors to the right.

While not as large as their 24^th Street location, Casa Lucas on Mission is like a smaller supermarket or larger specialty food market. It has a small meat counter, frozen foods (frozen cheese bread and arepas looked interesting), dairy, produce, dried beans, pan dulce, spices, canned goods, sauces, fresh tortillas, paletas, etc. They also had some cookware like tortilla presses and chocolate mixing sticks.
The fruit and veggies looked fresh but they didn’t have many varieties of fruit. For produce, you can find Mexican/​Latino items like cactus, tomatillos, etc. The meat counter had mostly beef but also mole and chicarrons. If you want something from the meat counter, order it there but pay upfront where they’ll have your meat waiting for you.
They had some items from La Palma but not many (just saw some thick corn tortillas).

Like the hundreds of other small, family fun grocery stores in this great city, this little market offers a chance to browse ethnic food offerings you might not find elsewhere.
I especially enjoy their pan dulce (you might get lucky and catch their afternoon delivery of still-​warm pastries!). The checkout line can seem discouragingly long — but believe me, it moves really fast.
Like many, there are choices of plantains from green, ripe to blackened-​overripe. Just right for any plantain recipe.

The number one reason I come here is because the produce is so cheap and so fresh. I’ve never purchased anything from here that I wasn’t immensely pleased with. I’ve had great experiences with customer service here as well– everyone has been incredibly friendly towards me whenever I come. Some of the more processed items tend to be priced closer to on par with other grocery stores, but the produce (and turkey bacon) alone is worth coming for.

I usually make a stop at Mi pueblo super market on the way home from work, So i was thinking why not support a local market instead?
Stopped by here last week for some marinated carne asada which was super tasty and had a nice spice to it. Then we added some mexican candy, bag of limes for the beer, fresh cheese, and my favorite… pork rinds or Chicharrónes!!!
super cheap, clean, friendly fast. love it

They have Arepas de maiz blanco y de chócolo, plus the queso fresco don francisco is killer !
No 5 stars due to lack of variety in their produce and alcohol.
Have I mentioned they have the prettiest cashier in the city?

Bread, produce, and fresh fresh fresh!
OK, also very affordable.
Coming here every week to purchase groceries is amazingly feasible. I walk out each time with two bags full of foodstuffs for under $ 10.
Must buys:
+ Red and green leaf lettuce ($ 0.89/bunch)
+ Fresh corn
+ Dried pasta is so cheap here!
+ Bulk grains and legumes are very good for soups (i.e. barley, split peas, polenta-​like grains, rolled oats, shredded coconut, rock sugar /​sugar cane)
+ Jumex & Kerns (who knew there were so many flavors? guava is the best)
+ Chili peppers –so many varieties
+ Apple bananas

For how inexpensive fresh groceries are, i’m willing to look for parking to come here… or even walk. Madness, I know.
SOOO cheap!
I definitely don’t come here for customer service. Everything is there, you just have to find it. I can’t believe how much money I was spending at safeway! The parking here absolutely sucks and the ladies are the registers are only nice enough to get by… but have I mentioned how inexpensive the food is?

My family always buys groceries down the street at Safeway, then drive down here for produce.
There is always plenty of fresh and cheap produce. I’ve ate the breads and cookies from the bakery and they are also cheap and delicious!
Since my family is Venezuelan/​Colombian, we love empanadas and arepas. We buy our «harina pan» here! You can’t find that good stuff at a crummy old safeway.

I had zero fresh things to eat at home, decided to try Casa Lucas since I pass it every morning while they are unloading the trucks, and by recommendation of my roommate =)
Did I seriously just get 3 apples, 4 roma tomatoes, 3 potatoes, 2 green bell peppers, a pomegranate, a cucumber, and a dozen eggs for $ 12.71?!?
Granted, it’s no Berkeley Bowl, but for a neighborhood market, it can’t be beat! The generic stuff like yogurt is pricier than it would be a target/​costco or something, but everything else is cheap.
Now I need to go look up recipes so I can go back soon and not be intimidated by their amazing selection of Latin American goods!
Knocked off one star cause I think I saw them cleaning the side of produce containers with windex one morning and that just seemed a little bizarre … but it was on the side of the oranges which I guess you peel… and you should wash off your produce anyways =)

Casa Lucas is grocery store that has a unique blend of new and old, American and Latin. It is an experience to shop in this business.
You can find unique household items such as bright green lemon squeezers, wash boards, and clay pots.
I would recommend this grocery store to everyone.
It has unique tropical fruit I’ve never seen anywhere else — and very fresh cheap!
I found Portabella Mushrooms for $ 2.09 Lb!
Although there is always people buying here (You’ll see why when you stop by) those quick cashiers get people out ASAP.
It is by far the best grocery store in San Francisco!