Lupita Grocery

Great little family owned convenience store. It’s opened ’till 2 AM and even delivers if your purchase is $ 10 or above and you live in the neighborhood. The staff is cordial and friendly. The store is clean. Who can ask for anything more? A pleasure to have in the neighborhood!

The staff is always friendly and helpful. Lupita consistently has the best and the freshest tomatillos in the Ditmars part of town. Way better tomatillos than Key Food. Better than Associated too. Even better tomatillos than the new Farmers Market on 31^st.
Lupita is open late too, which is a plus

If you don’t live in New York, you may not know that good Mexican food is hard to find. It’s there for sure, but it’s not like California (or Texas, if that’s where you’re from) where you trip over good Mexican food with every other step. So when I read that there were good tacos to be had in my neighborhood (and at a grocery store, no less), I figured I should check it out.
At first glance, this does not look like a place that serves tacos, much less good tacos. I went in, looked around and actually had to ask behind the counter, «you have tacos here?» The woman nodded, so I tried one chicken and one pork taco. The verdict?
They were good! Freshly chopped onions and cilantro topped tender meats over two warm corn tortillas, with a little plastic cup of hot sauce on the side. And an added bonus? Mexican Coca Cola (the kind with REAL sugar, not high fructose corn syrup) was in glass bottles in the back.
The one draw back? There are only two kinds of tacos to choose from. However, there are tamales that I didn’t try… but that’s another day.