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El Ranchero
4315 Portage Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49001, United States
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Sa
Review №1

Stopped here to check it out and grab lunch. Very clean, well stocked and friendly staff. Asp amazing and delicious tacos that were super fresh and well presented. Highly recommend for all the specific groceries they offer and the food.

St
Review №2

I love this place! Has all the Latin things I need !! And the tacos amd burritos are amazing!!!!

ch
Review №3

Food was fast and amazing great selection of food inside. Found this place last week and have been back twice already. Store is clean and the workers are friendly definitely recommend to everyone

Je
Review №4

Walking into this amazing smallish yet astonishingly stocked Spanish/Mexican/Central and South American market brought me back to the best places in Los Angeles (where I grew up) and made me feel warm on a cold, snowy (!!!) day. I only had time to run in and out, as I was picking up a very specific ingredient for a restaurant right down the road so they could make the brand-new menu item that debuts today.I will be back again to check out the AMAZING smells coming from the small takeout taco counter in the left front corner of the store (the simmering meat and spices were heavenly) and peep at the multitude of specialty foods they have to offer.Who knows, I might even walk out with a llama piñata....

Re
Review №5

Love this place! My daughter and I are always comfortable going in to the taqueria and getting the most amazing food! We enjoy the atmosphere and the food is worth the short wait for fresh preparation of authentic mexican food for a great price.We got the chorizo tacos, chicken tacos, chicken quesadilla, and creme filled churros made from a local business for our delight! Amazing! Better than I have ever had anywhere else! They go quick, and most days they are sold out by lunch. Lucky weekend score for us!#everydayistacotuesday

An
Review №6

Great place to find groceries from Mexico and other Latam countries! They have packed goods and also frozen foods, meat and produce.

Ti
Review №7

It is a real deal Mexican store they have a wide variety of food and merchandise and although I dont speak any Spanish I was able to navigate this place in part due to the courteous staff I personally love the pre seasoned chicken quarters

An
Review №8

The best hispanic grocery store in my area!

Kr
Review №9

I heard they had the best quesadillas in town, I was told right .

Tr
Review №10

Best tacos in Kalamazoo hands down. Very friendly and helpful workers.

R
Review №11

One of the best chicken burritos of all time in the little restaurant inside.

No
Review №12

Great selection of Mexican spices,food,candies and even has a fresh meat department. I will be back

Jo
Review №13

El Ranchero Super Mercado had their Grand Opening on Saturday, 10-26-2019. Huge place with great products! The best of luck to the family. Revisited on 12-28-2020. Very glad Tamales are now available. Business and service is top notch!

Re
Review №14

Very nice employees and the food in the restaurant there is delicious

Ky
Review №15

Went there for lunch. Hand made fresh, authentic Mexican food! Will go back often!

lu
Review №16

Found items in clean establishment @ fair price.Very Patient associates as Im native English speaker.

Cr
Review №17

Loved this place didn’t didn’t get to try the restaurant but we had been looking for an authentic Mexican supermarket for awhile since I moved from Grand Rapids will def be back to try the taco stand

Jo
Review №18

Today I got steaks tacos at the taqueria inside the market, they were delicious, they also set you up with a little veggies, very good, now the market is expanding and more latino products not just Mexican, I did enjoyed this visit.

Ch
Review №19

Visited on Friday, March 19, 2001. Ordered two asada tacos for $5.00 and $1.00 tip. Should have looked at the product before I left but did not. At home opened the single take-out box and could not believe the mess inside. There were 3 roasted onions, 3 cucumber slices, 3 radish slices, and 3 small pieces of lime on top of two tacos squished down in one corner of the box, and I mean squished. When I finally got everything out on a plate and tried the tacos, one was so full of gristly meat it was inedible. This product is a disgrace. Do not waste your money. If you do decide to try something, be sure to examine the contents of the take-out box before you pay.

Gr
Review №20

Grimm rider almost never gives 5 s but there tacos are the best this side of TJ

Bu
Review №21

Great selection mui bueno

Ti
Review №22

I just picked up four tacos (al pastor) and all I can say is WOW!I had gotten a couple a few weeks back and my wife wanted a taste so, now the order will be bigger whenever I stop. I can’t wait to try their barbacoa (Saturday only)!The store has tons of canned goods, nice selection of fresh produce, interesting meat counter as well.

Ma
Review №23

Go eat there, the grocery stores w/ butchers are always the best. Simple menu but everything is good. Burritos are huge and the tacos are good sized too.

W
Review №24

I love this places so much 💕

An
Review №25

Best Mexican store is town there are lots of items and even ones that you wouldn’t find anywhere else is you are looking for to authentic Mexican ingredients, snacks, food, and drinks this is the place to go. On top of all that they even added a small little restaurant that makes wonderful tacos

Ma
Review №26

So many great grocery options! The restaurant is delicious. Best beans and rice around! Super affordable and so tasty. They have amazing tortillas also! Staff is extremely friendly and helpful. The cook was very patient to explain the different meats available to my husband who doesnt know any Spanish. I was very happy with the friendliness and time he took to help us!

re
Review №27

They have pretty much i big selection of Mexican products that you wont find in regular markets

ch
Review №28

Awesome Mexican store and food

Ro
Review №29

Great food! Also has a nice little grocery store. Best quesadilla in town.

Ma
Review №30

Good tacos

me
Review №31

Awesome tacos, very good service, good prices.

Ed
Review №32

Great mexican and hispanic products store, amazing food good pricing

Br
Review №33

Great place! Wonderful service, has anythung you could want in store, will be going again!

Em
Review №34

Excellent variety of products and good service

GM
Review №35

Good selection of Mexican foods and big selection of meat cuts.

sa
Review №36

Very good

Do
Review №37

Decent food, very nice waitress.

Ma
Review №38

Love the tortillas and chipotle sauce in the grocery. Treated my husband and his Mom to lunch for takeout and they loved their dishes!

Ca
Review №39

Good food and great store

Da
Review №40

Terrific food and service throughout the store. Definitely recommend!

Da
Review №41

The dinner inside has good hispanic food, have lots of love for it. The Grocery part is clean and lots of choices.

An
Review №42

Great selection of products, great prices.

Ja
Review №43

Just like visiting a market in Mexico. Except cleaner, less crowded, more spacious and no market smell. Good selection of Mexican ingredients and supplies.

Ed
Review №44

The Tamales are the greatest 😋 mum mum 😋good

An
Review №45

Great original Mexican food and friendly employees

Wh
Review №46

Awesome place

Cl
Review №47

Being from Venezuela, we regularly buy certain products (corn flour, casabe, smoked plantain leaves, plantains, raw cane sugar, etc.) from the several Latin shops in the Kalamazoo region, of which El Ranchero is the bigger and best. They recently moved to a new and flashy place on Portage Road by the I94 with a larger parking lot. So they now look more like a regular supermarket rather than your actual shop. However, they usually have only a single cashier working, so the queue can be longer than most other food outlets in town.

La
Review №48

I always find everything I need. Good costumer service. Few visitors use race masks though.

Jo
Review №49

Very disappointed. High prices and dont even get me started with the amount of products that were expired. Will not be coming back nor will I recommend it to anyone

Ki
Review №50

Authentic Mexican grocery store great prices

sa
Review №51

Fast and good food for a decent price.

Iv
Review №52

Friendly staff, fair prices, and a little bit of everything Caribbean, Central, and South American.

Be
Review №53

Great tortas and tamales. Very nice staff.

Je
Review №54

Pretty neat they selling good stuff and you will be a fan once you try their food.

Ke
Review №55

First time into the new location, very large & clean. Got al pastor tacos from the food counter, very good!

Ro
Review №56

Great customer service and food.

ma
Review №57

I love this store!

Be
Review №58

Very fast svc. Nice folks

La
Review №59

Good food

Ca
Review №60

Called to put in a to-go order and was put on hold. I waited 15 minutes and no one ever took my order. Tried calling back and the phone was left off the hook. This is not the way to run a business. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS PLACE!!!!

Ke
Review №61

We were hoping to get some tamales, but they were out, so we opted for chicken burritos. They were simply amazing! Very authentic, and the salsa roja is out of this world! The selection of dried chiles is huge. Will definitely be visiting every week.

Ke
Review №62

They have some of the best authentic Mexican food in Kalamazoo... the tacos are my favorite...

An
Review №63

The takeout food is delicious.

Ae
Review №64

Have a variety of Mexican goods from fruits and vegetables to imported goods from different places really great place.

Ba
Review №65

All of your Hispanic grocery needs including fresh meets and cheese as well as produce. Recently added take out restaurant located in the back of the store has a variety of authentic Mexican food, the steak tacos are amazing!

Ca
Review №66

Good Tacos very unique style

ce
Review №67

AWESOME tacos and tamales!!! Huge grocery store with fresh meat counter, produce and so much more! Friendly employees and always clean!!!!!

Jo
Review №68

Good product

He
Review №69

Awesome spot full of cool hispanic goods. Everything from achiote paste to banana leaves. Basing this on smell alone, I really need to try the tacos.

Da
Review №70

Great food like goat oxtails and more

Er
Review №71

I love the foods and treats but felt pretty unwelcome. Not very friendly to non-hispanic peoples. I still go in on occasion. They just ignore me when I ask something or have a question. We are all people. No hate on my end. I grew up eating Mexican candies and foods.

Pr
Review №72

The tacos they make there are fire!!! This market has a large selection of goya products! Alot of ingredients for PR and DR cooking too!! Glad this market is here in kzoo!

Me
Review №73

Nice, clean, not cluttered. Ill definitely be back!

Ed
Review №74

Love

Ar
Review №75

Smashed on the that gordita like a mofo

Ve
Review №76

I have high standards for tamales, and their chicken tamales were on point! Spicy.Omg their churros are like no other!!

Tr
Review №77

Horrible service. The food is expired and the carnitas are in an open cooler that everyone reaches in to grab there pork. Talk about unsanitary! And the cashier doesnt greet u with a simple hello or even say thank you or have a nice day. I thought maybe it was due to a language barrier but I heard him speak to another employee in perfect English. Save your money and time and shop elsewhere.

Te
Review №78

Nice little store, very good place to shop always go when I can

pe
Review №79

Best tamales in town.

Br
Review №80

Great authentic mexican food, reminds me of back home, now they have a taco stand inside, double bonus, only thing is that the prices are never right, ticketed 2.99, and rings up 3.89 and so on, watch the register

Ch
Review №81

Great quality authentic products.

Pe
Review №82

They have stuff from any country in latinamerica, always find something from yours own, and the guys there are super Kind

Be
Review №83

Best meats, best tamales, and over all the best place to get things for cooing Mexican from scratch

Re
Review №84

Clean, priced well... Most things are in English AND Spanish.

Ch
Review №85

I bought 3 packs of chicken tamales and there was noooo chicken in not one tamale. I am disappointed i will not buy from them again. I did not want vegetarian tamales. Im going to spread the word. EL RANCHERO DO NOT PUT CHICKEN IN THEIR CHICKEN TAMALES! They took the money though.

Ry
Review №86

Favorite Mexican grocery store. Nice staff. Quality butcher counter.

Je
Review №87

I bought chorizo and great corn tortillas and everything was priced very reasonably here. 5/5.

Ka
Review №88

The cashier He was Kool with the capital K....Fair prices on meat ....and vegetables....since its more Authentic Hispanic market....Nice

ol
Review №89

Good place to shop for authentic Mexican groceries. Good meat counter as well.

Gw
Review №90

The store is perminatly closed now.Whaaaaaa

Ra
Review №91

Good variety, perishable foods can be of varying quality, like the spice selection!

Ca
Review №92

Youre looking for authentic mexican. You found it. Price for meats is to damn high.

Ri
Review №93

Best Mexican grocery store in town. Has the cleanest carniceria Ive ever seen, with seriously great deals on meats you wont find anywhere else. Also has low prices on their Mexican food supplies. Great produce with excellent hot pepper selection including red jalapenos, fresh ripe habenero and serrano peppers. I included some pics of the peppers I got there. On Saturdays they feature home made tamales, barbacoa and menudo for take out. Awesome and my favorite Mexican market!

Ch
Review №94

Great food !

Da
Review №95

Great variety and the cashiers are very nice.

Ma
Review №96

Clean and has a decent amount of Mexican products.

Ha
Review №97

Great Mexican food products some other Latino productos

Pe
Review №98

Good variety of latino foods. Butcher shop inside

Te
Review №99

Dont eat there.

Wi
Review №100

I love shopping here.

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  • Address:4315 Portage Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49001, United States
  • Site:http://elrancherokzoo.com/
  • Phone:+1 269-381-4841
Categories
  • Mexican grocery store
Working hours
  • Monday:9AM–9PM
  • Tuesday:9AM–9PM
  • Wednesday:9AM–8PM
  • Thursday:9AM–9PM
  • Friday:9AM–9PM
  • Saturday:9AM–9PM
  • Sunday:9AM–9PM
Service options
  • In-store shopping:Yes
Health & safety
  • Mask required:Yes
  • Staff required to disinfect surfaces between visits:Yes
Highlights
  • Great produce:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance:Yes
Planning
  • Quick visit:Yes
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