La Plaza Market - Mountain View, California

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La Plaza Market is a remarkable find! This compact yet well-organized store boasts cleanliness and a friendly atmosphere that makes shopping delightful. The staff's warmth and helpfulness enhance the experience, while the presence of two parking lots, a rarity for its size, adds to the convenience. With everything neatly arranged and easily accessible, it's a go-to spot for finding all your essentials in one place! ✨

Aiko T

I love their ready to eat ceviche, ensalada de pollo, guacamole etc. they are perfect when you don’t want to spend money at a restaurant and you want a quick and fresh snack. They do have great burritos too. Also recommend the produce and dried spices. Don’t recommend the breads- they are not as flavorful and tend to be dry. There’s some better places for the pan dulces.

K D

Amongst the Mexican/Latin markets in the Peninsula, we have found this to be one of the best for both fresh produce and tacos. (Warning: As with most street tacos, pls exercise caution. Asides from finger sized bone shards that can be dangerously sharp, we have gotten a lot of rocks in our pollo and Al pastor, and have bit down on more than one just so, quite painful, and once cracked a tooth).

Fresh chickpeas, tomatillos, nopal pads, white onions, peppers, purple field corn for making fresh masa, they have it. As always, use common sense and judgement when selecting your purchases. Sometimes I have had to throw out half of the corn I bought bc they are full of holes, and float.

Order at the taqueria and pick up groceries, and your food will be ready by the time you are done.

It's a solid go-to for a quick weekday lunch, when you are busy working and don't feel like cooking.

On Friday afternoons we have seen them smoking chicken outside and have tried them a couple of times. They look great, but taste a bit like chicken ham, due to high salt content. We think they brine them.

Good to know for the tacos:
Go early for chorizo, they sell out if you go too late in the afternoon.
The tacos lack consistency in amount and freshness level, but generally the pollo asado is a safe bet. Sometimes it does have a bit of warmed over flavor, or tastes like their leftover rotisserie chicken heated up.
We have needed between 3-7 tacos per person for lunch. (We only eat one of the two corn tortillas they give you per taco, if you eat the two tortillas per taco, you probably need less.)
Depending on who is assembling that day, you may get more or less meat, and fixings (onion cilantro radish salsa). We just order a couple extra tacos to make sure we have enough.
We think the flavor of Al pastor is spot on. However you get lots of pure fat. See pic for two Al pastor tacos, and the amount of visible pure fat that was picked out (some got spit out in a napkin, so it's not even all of it) So if you really want some, order double the amount, so you can still have meat after removing the huge fat and gristle chunks. Also don't recommend Tuesdays when they are a dollar, you get even less meat than usual. Really wish they would fix this problem, we have tried complaining (in fluent Spanish) but it's met with an 'oh well'.
Carne asada sometimes has gristle but some days is good.
Carnitas have a piggy odor and flavor so we avoid these.

Matthew Bennion

Some of the best tacos and burritos in the area. I love the Al Pastor and the carnitas is fantastic. The best part? The employees are always so nice and happy that it is a delight to stop by for some food. I’ve never had a bad experience here and the food is amazing.

IMPORTANT TIP: The hours on the food window is that it closes at 8pm. The store closes at 9:30, so it can be misleading in the hours section.

Kelly Young

we love coming for taco tuesday’s 50% off al pastor tacos! even without the discount these are really solid al pastor tacos. i love that they warm up the tortillas. they accept credit card too!

Mars Cigarrero

Not bad. Just getting transferred to the taqueria could be a bit challenging.

ashley clark

This review is for the outside pick up window only. We order the al pastor tacos every Tuesday. They are $1/taco and consistently delicious! We have ordered breakfast burritos and the other tacos as well and I'd give those a 3-4/5 stars but the Al pastor gets a 5/5 every time! And the employee who works at the window is SO nice. He speaks minimal English and does his best to make sure he gets your order right every time. Also my kids love the Al pastor tacos just plain with Al pastor and tortilla ( no cilantro or onions) and they are picky eaters!

Graham McColl

When you buy dairy products here you’ve got a 50% chance of it being already spoiled. It has happened 5+ times to me when not even close to the expiry date. I can only assume they’re leaving the dairy items unrefrigerated before they’re put out on the sales floor.

Otherwise the produce selection is good and convenient for boxed/packaged items