La Tapatia

this place is chingon!!! dude.

Excellent service. Super friendly and extremely nice. Took time to help answer my questions and give me recipes.

Super Meat Market La Tapatia #2 is the best discovery I have found since I have started Unilocaling. The number two in the title means that the first one was good enough to build a second one.
There are several almost exclusively Mexican mini malls on Powell and many more in Rockwood. Spanish is the spoken language and could be intimidating to Suburban Whitey. However I have heard tales of amazing Carne Asada, Chorizo and various other Latin specialties coming from these little markets and I like adventure.
I stopped in to try a new source for my Tacos Tijuana recipe. The meat case was large and full of delicious look meats and cheeses. I struck up a conversation with Jesus the butcher about what kind of meats I should be using. Even though I was obviously the gringo, he treated me like family, offering advice on Mexican cooking, several samples of his awesome in-​house made beef jerky and grilling techniques for the best asada. This further reinforced my theory that no matter where you are from you can talk grilling with ANYONE. I could make peace in the Middle East with a Webber and some briquettes.
When I went to pick up some off the shelf salsa he stopped me and handed a sample of the homemade salsa they sell. Seriously good.
I left with bag of very reasonably priced meats, cheeses and assorted goodies, and a reminder to myself to step off the beaten path more often.
P. S. The carne asada was the best I ever made. I have turned several friends onto this place and received texts about how good it is.