Rancho Liborio

Great produce and the variety and quality of chili peppers is fabulous.
The little café that they have is one of my favorites — for $ 3.50 you get your choice of three tacos, rices and beans.
If I’m planning a Mexican dinner party or special event I always shop here. The tomatillos are always a good price and again the quality is great.

This store is HUGE and it’s my GO TO store for anything Latin related. I get Mexican cheese here and even some of the ingredients for my Brazilian Cheese Bread (not all of them, unfortunately).
It does get very crowded and I had my cart stolen last time I was there. The parking lot and clientele are not high-​end by any means, but who cares… I’ll still go back. There is no other store that really can compete with the prices and selection here.

Rancho Liborio is one of my favorite supermarkets hands down. First of all, they have some items that my wife needs to make her Brasilian Pao de Queijo. Second of all, their produce section is fantastic with all kinds of fresh fruits and veggies we don’t see in our American counterparts. Thirdly, their butcher has so many different selections and cuts of meat, including the stuff we usually don’t cook. Finally, this is not your typical ethnic market that only has a few items — this is a full-​blown supermarket and you can and will find anything and everything you need on a trip to the supermarket.
Oh, and they have a place to get fresh tacos as well.

LOVE this place. it’s one of the only places I can find oblea de cajetas. They even have them in 2 sizes!
The cafeteria is awesome (barbacoa tacos ftw), as is the bakery. Lots of fun stuff to try if you’re just playing, lots of choices of actual food if you’re not. The butcher/​meat counter will slice your beef really really thin if you’re trying to make bulgogi or fajitas yourself, too.

I was completely turned off by Ranch Liborio. It all started when we arrived and had to scavenger hunt for a cart in the parking lot because there were none to be found. Luckily I didn’t get arrested for stalking people taking their carts out their car so I could snag it from them.
Once inside, I was very disappointed in the produce section. Some of the produce was in terrible condition, the tomatoes in particular were disgusting and were very overpriced at $ 2.99 a pound. I also thought the selection was very inconsistent, and it was difficult to find common items like spinach. While it was nice to see herbs that are not pre-​packaged, most were wilted beyond recognition and I couldn’t find basil for the life of me.
Ended up leaving without buying a thing. Can’t comment on the non-​produce parts, but I will not return.

This place is both awesome and depressing at the same time.
For the awesome. the prices on produce are the best I’ve seen. 4 avocados for a dollar is very common, which is great. Onions and tomatoes for 0.30 a lb? Yes please. Jalapenos 0.33 a lb? Yum. The bakery also has some pretty good stuff, like empenadas and tres leches cake.
Unfortunately, the prices on most things not produce are a bit higher than places like King Soopers. Other than a few hard to find Mexican foodstuffs, I generally only buy produce here.
The place is generally EXTREMELY crowded. The only available shopping carts are HUGE, which doesn’t help, especially since the aisles are crazy small. Navigating this place on a Saturday afternoon is for crazy people. Also, the parking lot is way too small for the number of shoppers. People also drive insane in the parking lot, much moreso than normal every day driving insanity, so beware. The place also smells a little funky inside sometimes.
If you can stand the crowds, the smell, and the crazies… Rancho Liborio has the best deals around on produce, a great bakery, and a lot of cool Mexican foodstuffs.

This place is awesome. It is a Mexican Supermarket. You can get a lot of items that you can’t find in a standard store.

I have no fair opinion about this place. Because I LOVE IT!!!
Boyfriends parents sent us here for avocados (4 for $ 1! and limes 20 mini’s for $ 1) HOLY HEAVEN in a grocery store.
Best prices on veggies, carne adovada de puerco is the most amazing I’ve found at any mexi mart. They sell my favorite green onions with the big bulbs. Fresh tortillas, breads, pastries and everything amazing!
I love to sit and eat, drink and generally be merry as I leave this store! Wish there was one in Arvada or next door to me :(

I’m sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Denver metro has some horrible grocery stores.
In the southeast United States we have the Publix supermarkets and boy are they nice. Clean, quality products, but not to expensive. It’s truly a shopping experience. No such experience can be had at King Soopers and Safeway.
Luckily for us there is Rancho Liborio.
This place is no Publix, but what it lacks in size it makes up for with a festive yet organized layout and a good selection, with a healthy portion of Mexican flavor sprinkled over the top.
When I stopped in to get a jug of bleach I didn’t expect to be entering such a nice store. Clean, clean, clean, with Mariachi music in the background to boot, I couldn’t help but smile. The deli and fresh foods counter was very inviting, I contemplated scrapping dinner plans and buying something from there, but I decided to wait for the next visit.
I found my bleach and Drano, but I also picked up a tequila flavored ice cream treat thing. It tasted like ice cream or gelato but it was different, in the most amazing of ways.
Simply put, this place is the king of supermarkets for Denver in my book, to bad it’s not closer to my house.

I’d seen a lot of Unilocal reviews about Rancho Libro, and I get the sale insert in the food section of the Post each Wednesday. I was determined to check it out!
Rancho Liborio was not the dive I had expected — in fact, it was quite nice. The produce was fresh and oh so cheap (roma tomato for 47 cents a pound, limes 10 for $ 1) and the meat counter was impressive. When I went, al pastor pork was on sale for 1.97/lb and chicken fajitas were 1.47/lb — I got several 1lb bags of each to throw in my freezer for future grilling. I’ve already had one of each and they were delicious!
Next time I host a big bash, I’m coming back — for meat, for fresh tortilla chips, for some of those amazing Mexican cheeses in the deli, for the bakery — and more.
What a great find — thanks fellow Unilocalers, for leading me here!

If you want cheap citrus, tortillas, or spices, Rancho Liborio is excellent. We headed here to get supplies for a party, and we got all the produce we needed. We also got some papaya and other fruit.
The fresh green onions and cilantro were really poor quality. I don’t mind blemishes and often shop at markets for cheap produce that is about to go. But these onions had no part that was usable. They were not just wilted, but they were slimy.
The meat prices were pretty good; I’d go back for that. But the other shelf-​stable items varied. Some things like pasta and sauce were more expensive than other markets.
Head here for citrus, for Mexican specialty ingredients and prepared dishes, or for meat. But for the rest, you can probably do better elsewhere. And check that produce before you buy it.
It’s not a one-​stop supermarket, but if you choose wisely you can save a load of cash.

Wha, wha, whaaaaaa? I haven’t written a review of this place? Inconceivable!
I was first introduced to Rancho Liborio by Doug Y on a taco tour quite a while ago. I’ll admit, I was a little intimidated when I walked in and saw this huuuuuge market featuring a lunch counter with seemingly limitless options for tacos and burritos. Need a (relatively) fast and tasty lunch? Treat yourself to the .99 tacos or a combo plate for 3.95 and you’ll leave feeling happy and satisfied. Guaranteed! Occasionally they run out of a menu item — like yesterday, when there was no al pastor to be found — but there are so many things to choose from anyway. If you have time when you’re done eating, browse the fruit and veggie aisles, and the meat counters. It’s kind of staggering how much stuff is packed into this place. Enjoy.

For al your Mexican food needs this place is the best one-​stop shopping Denver has to offer. Produce is good quality and fresh, the butcher counter has every different cut of pork you could hope for and then some, and the bakery is awesome. We get the Tres Leches cake all the time for parties, birthdays, etc and it is divine; dripping with milk, fresh fruit on the top and they sell it for like $ 6. Oh yeah, that’s the other thing, sh! t is cheap here. Never come close to spending what I would at Kings or Safeway. That being said, they don’t have the best selection of things non-​Mexican, but it’s a Mexican grocery store, so go figure.
What else? Fresh made tortilla chips, pork rinds, pan dulce, carnitas, salsas… Oh, and theres always a guy in the parking lot on the weekends selling excellent tamales.

Everything worth saying about this place has already been said.
I will just reiterate that if leisurely, stress-​free grocery shopping is your thing, I highly recommend that you avoid Rancho Liborio at 2pm on a Sunday afternoon. Today was my first visit there, and the place was bursting-​at-​the-​seams busy. Whereas I usually like to take my time wandering around a new grocery store, on this occasion I was forced to almost jog around the place. Though I was really impressed by the prices and variety of produce, meat, cheese etc, I was too preoccupied with having to dodge speeding carts to really enjoy myself. Despite this, I left with several bags of ridiculously cheap groceries, including a tray of über fresh crawdads for $ 3 a pound, and a dozen feathery-​light bolillos (4 for a $ 1). Win!

I was in Aurora for work, and drove by this market, and had to stop because we needed some queso fresco for Rick Bayless’ collard green tacos. I was so pleasantly surprised to find an awesome Mexican grocery.
I was like a kid in the candy store. Real sugar coca-​cola! Helado (ice cream) in a bunch of awesome flavors for 99 cents! FRESH flour and corn tortillas! Huge blocks of quesso fresco and Oaxacan cheese (all for really cheap). Avocados for 69 cents each, and cheap papaya!
Oh and the meat department! I got marinated pork abodobo. I was a little skeptical about it at first, probably because of the price $ 1.49 a pound??? But I threw it on the grill, and it turned out amazingly good. The marinade was perfect.
This store is really nice and brand new and super clean. I wish it was closer to my house!

i have to admit i was a little intimidated when i walked in. i mean, the extent of my spanish is si, no, uno, dos, tres… you get the picture. The staff is so friendly and helpful, even to a clueless non-​spanish speaker like me. :)
i have to say this is a BEAUTIFUL store. Super clean, very organized, produce is plentiful and perfect. Not to mention very reasonably priced!! Picked up some masa for tamales and mexican chocolate — yum.
i’m dying to try the tacos and tortas they make to order at the counter!

Fresh veggies and fruits at amazing prices, humungo panaderia.
Large selection of Goya products.
I found myself whistling along to the fun mexican tunes while wandering around this fun and very clean store. That music always makes me feel like I am at a carnival, and allowed me to have a fun browsing adventure.
Do not worry if you do not know much spanish, the people are really friendly here and many do speak english.
I would recommend coming here on a weekday to avoid the weekend rush and make your shopping experience here much more pleasurable.
Enjoy!

I have driven past this place numerous times and always wanted to check it out. However my Spanish is not that great so I was a little leary. Then after looking at their advertising flyer I saw they carry pork steaks and that was the motivation that I needed. Plus with all of the great reviews on Unilocal I figured I couldn’t go wrong, and needless to say I didn’t
Everything that was said by the others is right on the money. Fresh fruits, tortillas made right there, plus the prices can’t be beat! I picked up pork steaks and then some. I will be back!

This place is jaw dropping! They have it all, fresh and really cheap produce, from mouth watering nectarines, mangoes, huge avocados, all sorts of tropical fruits, nopales, everything!
Their meat section is fresh, nice steak cuts, very cheap.
Besides all this groceries/​produce section, they have a cantina, huge machine popping fresh tortillas like crazy, a section where you can buy rotisserie items and warm hot, then, they have a salad/​cut fruit bar which serves ice cream as well.
This is the ONE STOP shop when buying latin-​american goods.

This place is absolutely amazing. You wouldn’t think that this used to be a King Soopers. This store not only carries everything you’d want at a grocery store, but they also have the things that you can’t find anywhere else. Their produce selection is incredible. They currently have Ataulfo Mangoes in stock, which I haven’t been able to find anywhere else, right now (other stores, including Whole Profit, will carry them in the summer). For those of you that haven’t had an ataulfo, go get one now.
They have a wide array of beverages, including coconut juice. Their bakery is beautiful. That make their tortillas in house. Those same tortillas are utilized by their in-​store taquerilla. At the taq, we had some pastor tacos and Guatemalan tamales… yum!
Best part of the experience is, this is the best place for gringos to practice their Spanish.