Carniceria Azteca

This place is the real deal if you want Mexican groceries. Walk in, and you’re greeted by a butcher counter that is chockablock with tempting, meaty goodness. I just picked up 2lb of the homemade pork chorizo for $ 10. What a steal. I’m excited for tonight’s dinner already.
There’s more than just great meat here, though. There is a large selection of homemade salsas, pastries, and cotija. The shelves are lined with fare that you’d find in a grocery store in Mexico, but not necessarily at your local Safeway or QFC. It goes without saying that there is an excellent array of hot sauces available; I pounced on the opportunity to take home a bottle of Valentina.
Prices are very, very reasonable, and there are a few devoted parking spots in the alleyway where you enter the store. There’s also free 2-​hour parking on the street adjacent to the store. I’m very glad I finally heeded my friends’ advice and checked this place out – I’ll be back whenever I feel like attempting some homemade Mexican food in the future.

Finally found a place where I can get true Arrachera meat in Seattle. Also I almost cried when I tried their Queso Oaxaca (cheese) and Chorizo, it is the same as the mexican one.
Get meet here if you want to have an authentic mexican grill.

Came back again last week with my friend Paul to get some tasty beef. Owner recommended carne arrachera, a skirt steak. Arrachera beef is a savory Mexican specialty originating in Sonora. We marinated it and it sure was delicious. Good recommendation. I also tried the homemade cerviche again which was amazing and the homemade salsas are not to be missed. They know what they are doing there.

Always great meats, and great prices. The diezmillio and both pork and beef chorizo are kickass. We’ve also bought menudo carne there, not cheap but made for a very nice menudo.
Nice people. The little store has all the mexican food stuff you need, but the veggie selection there is pretty limited.
Now I’m hungry for chorizo tacos. Dammit.

Woo! An awesome Carniceria smack dab in the middle of… little Saigon? Yeah, I know the Unilocal map says this is the CD, but nope. You have a haven of awesome Mexican goodness situated amongst phở and banh mi shops.
And Carniceria Azteca is awesome. Especially the deli area in the back — super fresh meats (hello chorizo!) and tons of awesome cheese for really ridiculously inexpensive prices. You have all sorts of salsas, hot sauces, and snacks here as well. I’ve found myself a fan of their fake hostess goodies, not to mention all their freshly baked. baked goodies as well.
Definitely worth a stop if you are in the area and want access to Mexican/​Latin American foods that may be hard to come across otherwise. I know i’ll keep coming back for the chorizo and cheese.

Inexpensive and the selection’s okay. I really wanted some tacos for dinner and they had basically everything I could ask for. The shelves are half-​empty and they’re not great for produce, but I tend to do my shopping in a few different places anyway. The proximity to Lam’s Seafood Market inspires all sorts of ideas.

This is the same place as the carniceria azteca on Unilocal here. Their ranchera cut meat is kinda pricey but when cooked its absolutely delicious. My husband loved the carne asada i made for him with the ranchera meat here. Pretty small selection you will get the basic needs especially for mexican foods.
The cashier man was very friendly and I will go back whenever I am in need for mexican meat in the area.

I love anything hispanic/​latino – and in times of need, I ran here to save me from my cravings. Wait – no, to to satisfy my cravings. Yeah.
I always drive by but never stop in until finally I needed carne asada «ranchera» and bought some. I believe it is either 5.99/lb or 6.99/lb. I honestly can’t remember. The meat is fresh and tender – however, I find it a bit pricey.
They also have typical Mexican store fixings: candy (like Paleta, Duvalin, Pelon, Rockeletas, etc), conchas, pan, vegetables, to even shampoo, soap, sauces, juice, ice cream, etc.
They are friendly people and very nice. Parking lot is like a side alley that fits like 3 cars. But building has 2 entrances. Parking sucks big time so be careful.
I hear they have carnitas on the weekends – I haven’t tried but am dying to! So if you try it, let me know :)

Wow, great store! I’m happy to have something so close to home with such a great selection of authentic Mexican ingredients. I was able to find goat at the meat counter as well as fresh masa and a homemade queso fresco. I was also impressed with the friendly and helpful people.

best place in town to get everything you need to make any mexican meal. i just picked up all i needed for authentic carne asada taco fixins for twenty and change.

Used to spend a lot of time in Seattle and knew someone who lived around here. The international has a lot of great ethnic markets to offer, and this one should not be passed up. I gave this place 4 stars because it’s one of very few markets like itself in Seattle. I would have given it 3 because of the limited selection had it been in California.
This place is not very big. They have 2 or 3 aisles with half-​full shelves. You can find all of your Mexican spices and dry goods here (almost all anyways). Produce was not that great (but that was in January; off season) but you can find great produce elsewhere (Lam’s, etc). If you’ve never been to a carniceria before, don’t get put off by the unidentifiable odor when you enter. All good Mexican carnicerias have this odor. I really only purchased a couple of chickens and raw ingredients here. Good selection of Mexican chocolate (abuelita, ibarra, others too) and a similar selection of pre-​made moles.
Definitely would go here again if I was in the area.

So happy to find a good Latin market closer to home (I’ve been driving to Lynnwood or White Center). It’s pretty easily accessible off I5 and even has free parking, which is pretty unheard of in the area.
They have a great selection of meat (will marinade upon request), and even a good (but small) selection of produce. They have a large bin dedicated to rice, beans and dried peppers — at very good prices. Check out their fresh salsas next to the meat counter, the green salsa will have you searching for anything to cool your mouth off.
Really nice staff, good selection and close. Not much more you can ask for… except for hand made tortillas, that would be amazeballs.

I’d seen Azteca driving to and from my soccer games but hadn’t stopped in. That is, until I was preparing for a dinner party and I needed 12 lbs of pork. So I visited Azteca and got amazing meat, awesome service, and they even had nopales! Thank the lord. I will do as much shopping in the future here as possible.

This is still one of the better Mexican markets in Seattle. Of course, the meat is good, and there are also some rare things in the produce section like empazote. This time I went there to send some money to my girlfriend in Mexico for a plane ticket. They offered the service of depositing money directly into her account there, a service that Western Union does not seem to offer anymore (though they say that they do online.) I dig this place.

This is a pretty new Mexican grocery store, a little out of place in the Little Saigon section of the International District, but worth checking out.
I stopped by because I wanted some cotija cheese to make my homemade tacos more authentic.
First, the location: since it’s in the ID, the location is closer to the city than similar markets farther south on Rainier.
For a smaller grocery store, it’s kept clean and organized. None of the grime and chaos you’d find farther south.
The shelves are stocked with minimal stuff you’d find at major groceries, and has a great array of stuff that you’d expect to find in Mexico, and perhaps would not find at similar groceries elsewhere in the city.
In the back is a large butcher counter run by a friendly and smiling butcher. While I wasn’t in the market for meat, they looked impeccable. The long spiral of homemade chorizo looked particularly worth returning for. The butcher made my night by selling me as much of the cotija as I wanted. In other stores it is often expensive and must be purchased in a large, pre-​measured quantity.
Also in the cold case were homemade salsas and picadillos, as well as authentic cremas.
In the front, near the register, are an array of cookies and pastries just like you’d find in Mexico as well.
I walked out with the cotijo and crema, and will return to try some chorizo and other goodies next time.

I was suffering from Mexican food cravings. I drive past this Carniceria all the time and one day I pulled a U-​Turn and went in.
I stocked up on all the Mexican candy I ate as a kid. Pulparindos, Pelon Pelo Rico, Duvalin, Mamut, you name it — they had it! I even got my favorite salsa, Salsa Valentina!
Apart from the selection of snack goods and candy they also have soaps, shampoos, veggies, juices, and even soccer jerseys and magazines from Mexico and other Latin American countries. Prices are pretty cheap and there were 4 big parking spaces right up front.