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    Northgate Market

    3.6 (111 reviews)
    InexpensiveGrocery, Bakeries, Mexican
    Closed 6:00 am - 10:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Leilani M.

    Great stop for prepared foods. Soups, tamales, hot plates all along the left side of the market once you enter from the email entrance. Load up on your favorites and take it to go. Tamales are in the large rice cooker looking pots by the front entrance. A variety of flavors to choose from. There's so much it may be hard to decide what your craving but there's plenty to explore. Service was welcoming and friendly. Free parking right in front.

    Alex D.

    Accessibility: they have a few handicap accessible parking spots in the parking lot across from the entrance of the building, but I did not see any motorized shopping carts here...they may have some and I just didn't see them, so call ahead and ask the store if you can. I did see regular shopping carts. The employees speak Spanish and English. This is a big enough market with spaces plenty wide for wheelchairs. Food taste: amazing! I bought a choco-flan cake here and my girlfriend who is from México loved it! Prices: awesome! Mostly low. Atmosphere: crowded. sketchy customers...lots of regular people and families, then lots of drug addicts and gang members walking through here and hanging outside the store...I definitely watched my back the entire time, and was very worried to see families letting their small children run around unsupervised with really bad looking characters around; sadly it's a scary world. Other than this, all the employees were friendly and it's a cute market with tons of options and great prices.

    Venom colors. Six chocolate and six vanilla.

    The bakery went above and beyond with my son's cake (Spider-Man/venom) and cupcakes as well. She even did the webs. I thought she was only going to do half red and half black. The bakery in RB couldn't even do it and they are extremely popular. Thank you Northgate.

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    Jen L.

    Purchased these rice puddings today and found this. I think the picture explains it all. This is absolutely disgusting. I would be careful when purchasing pre-packaged food

    Fresh pan dulce - the best from a grocery store
    Linda R.

    I love this market! I love the smell of the pan dulce on one side of the market and fresh food on the other. I swear they funnel all the ready made food smells throughout the store to entice you to get some. They have a great selection of desserts and great prices for groceries. Their meat counter is quite impressive. Employees are friendly and helpful. I always forget about their desserts and fresh tortillas. They have coolers around the store with hot ones ready to go.

    Marcus F.

    ~ 3.5 ~ A new remodel makes this Northgate more approachable than before. The changes are subtle in some areas, but it definitely gives it more of an upscale cleaner look. They've expanded some of their hot food "Mexican Kitchen" offerings like upgrading the case of tamales and soups. Many of their case option have been put in convenient grab and go containers which helps you avoid their chaotic lines. I came in for basic supplies on a Saturday afternoon and boy this place was packed. My list consisted of fresh made-to-order guac, salsas, and some of their Mexican desserts like tres leches cake and flan. Overall I was pleased, but a bit disappointed with the tres leches. They used cheap cream on top which is probably how Vons would have done it. It also seemed a little dry, perhaps because it was cut from one of their older cakes. The back of the store (Carniceria) was a madhouse with a guy with a microphone trying to keep order by calling out the numbers... Overall I came away with a better perception of this Northgate and pinpointed several of their newly expanded food offerings to come back for. Know this - Compared to Vallarta where you'll see various different people shopping for Mexican groceries (Asian, White, Black), this is primarily Latino. - The parking situation is the same as before with sketchy people darting in-between parked cars and people riding bikes in the parking lot..

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    Arnel D.

    So I finally made it out to Gonzales's Northgate Market! I stood out like a sore thumb but that didn't matter as the customers and associates were very friendly and eager to help me out. I was surprised to see so many options on food and drink. Everything from fish, meat and produce, this place has it all and at highly competitive prices compared to local grocers. Parking is easy if you can find one without a shopping cart in it lol. All sorts of beers that aren't always available at BevMo or liquor stores. I like that they offer already marinated and seasoned meats for easy cooking and grilling. There's also pre made guacamole and soups! If you don't want to cook, no problem, there's prepared food for sale as well. I took my time trying the horchata and a piece of chicharon. I then walked around and checked out the entire store. The store itself is clean, organized and well spaced out. I didn't feel cramped like other ethnic stores I've been too. I'll definitely be back... Check out my pictures and you'll see why!

    The yogurt expired on 10/01/2020, today is 10/10/2020... wtf

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    I love the smell of the pan dulce on one side of the market and fresh food on the other.

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