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Before we went to the New Children's Museum downtown, we went to check out a new Spanish market that opened last month. It's a small place on Bonita Road in a tiny little strip mall. Unfortunately I wasn't able to take any exterior shots of the place because the sun was in the way.I was curious to check it out to see if it compared with Pata Negra, the Spanish market that's right next to Costa Brava in PB. It's pretty small in there. There are a few shelves on the left side, a display table in the middle, more shelves on the right and a small cold case of meats and cheeses in the back.
There's that cold case, plus some pre-packaged paella and tortilla mixes. There were also canned items like octopus, squid, and tuna.
These were the shelves on the left (when you enter). There's olive oil, pickled olives, peppers, spices, and other canned items. Sorry for the crappy photos - I was trying to take them on the sly. I didn't see any cameras though.
One thing I liked was a wall at the back with explanations of the different food items they carry (sausages, cheeses, meats and signature dishes of Spain).
More of the shelves on the left. Look on the bottom - they had different sizes of cazuelas there. I bought two small ones and a medium sized one.
Here's a few items I picked up. We've never tried these sausages before.
Here's some Jamon Serrano:
T his was only $2.49 - you add four eggs and pour the canned stuff over the eggs, mix it and pour it into a skillet. I can make a Spanish tortilla without a mix, but I just wanted to try it.
This was a can of Spanish almonds that the guy gave us on the house. Those were his words. Maybe he was happy because I dropped a load there, having bought meat, cheese, mixes, and cazuelas.
Before we went to the New Children's Museum downtown, we went to check out a new Spanish market that opened last month. It's a small place on Bonita Road in a tiny little strip mall. Unfortunately I wasn't able to take any exterior shots of the place because the sun was in the way.I was curious to check it out to see if it compared with Pata Negra, the Spanish market that's right next to Costa Brava in PB. It's pretty small in there. There are a few shelves on the left side, a display table in the middle, more shelves on the right and a small cold case of meats and cheeses in the back.
There's that cold case, plus some pre-packaged paella and tortilla mixes. There were also canned items like octopus, squid, and tuna.
These were the shelves on the left (when you enter). There's olive oil, pickled olives, peppers, spices, and other canned items. Sorry for the crappy photos - I was trying to take them on the sly. I didn't see any cameras though. 
One thing I liked was a wall at the back with explanations of the different food items they carry (sausages, cheeses, meats and signature dishes of Spain).
More of the shelves on the left. Look on the bottom - they had different sizes of cazuelas there. I bought two small ones and a medium sized one.
Here's a few items I picked up. We've never tried these sausages before.
Here's some Jamon Serrano:
T his was only $2.49 - you add four eggs and pour the canned stuff over the eggs, mix it and pour it into a skillet. I can make a Spanish tortilla without a mix, but I just wanted to try it.
This was a can of Spanish almonds that the guy gave us on the house. Those were his words. Maybe he was happy because I dropped a load there, having bought meat, cheese, mixes, and cazuelas.
Well, whatever the reason, that was pretty nice of him.
I was running out of my smoked paprika, so I bought more. It's $2.49 at Pata Negra and $3.80 here, so it was more expensive. I bought the hot kind too - can't wait to use it. The smoked paprika tastes really good in my Gambas al Ajillo recipe.
The man who helped us turned out to be the owner's husband. His wife wasn't working that day. He was Mexican and said that they hope to carry more food items based on the community's deman and itnerest. They wanted to have a Spanish food store in the South Bay because there wasn't one and also because Spanish food is different than Mexican food. You can get Mexican food anywhere in Chula Vista (and San Diego for that matter), but there aren't a lot of places that specialize in Spanish food. They wanted to fill that niche. They're just starting out and hopefully their shop will be arranged in a more appealing way.
I was running out of my smoked paprika, so I bought more. It's $2.49 at Pata Negra and $3.80 here, so it was more expensive. I bought the hot kind too - can't wait to use it. The smoked paprika tastes really good in my Gambas al Ajillo recipe.
The man who helped us turned out to be the owner's husband. His wife wasn't working that day. He was Mexican and said that they hope to carry more food items based on the community's deman and itnerest. They wanted to have a Spanish food store in the South Bay because there wasn't one and also because Spanish food is different than Mexican food. You can get Mexican food anywhere in Chula Vista (and San Diego for that matter), but there aren't a lot of places that specialize in Spanish food. They wanted to fill that niche. They're just starting out and hopefully their shop will be arranged in a more appealing way.
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