They have a good variety for Spanish food but they are too expensive. Plenty of other markets with…read morebetter prices in this area. Service was good and the ambiance is super casual.

I'm actually reviewing the restaurant owned by members of the same family that owns Viva Mexico…read moremarket. It's really great! Homemade tortillas, homemade salsa, good prices, friendly service! We came n because the restaurant we had planned to eat at across tue street wasn't open... and we're so glad we did! Try it. True authentic Mexican food!

I cant say anything less than yummy food and friendly people. Busy place with lots of options to…read morechoose from

This is a latin food super market. Pacoquinha was the best thing I had here. It was a soft peanut…read morebutter candy. Kind of like the filling inside butterfinger. Pan Sobao was a very soft and delicious bread. There was chicha morada in bottle. The one I took was slightly less sweet. I liked the quinoa drink better. The flan I took from here was very buttery, but too sweet. I tried cassava bread for the first time, and didn't became a fan. It was kind of like a cracker, but bland. There is a food counter inside. Price of prepared food is reasonable, but taste is not great. Beef empanada and beef stuffed plantain was ok. Seafood rice was too fishy for me. Barbecue wings didn't have much flavor. Beef curry was also mild in flavors. So overall I wouldn't recommend prepared food.

best tacos in Connecticut , friendly environment and their pozole tastes so fresh my mom was upset…read moreI told her that this pozole was better than hers lol

I seen this place always and heard the food was good even though my train was a few minutes away…read moreyesterday 4:7:24 I tried the fastest food to go and it was the Mexican tacos it was delicious full of flavor each taco was $3.50. Think he was the owner very nice and answered my questions. He made sure my food was up to par but that I made the trai. It's a grocery store one part but a sit area in the other side. Very clean place and ambiance fits the setting I definitely will go going back try other things hope I will have more time. You can eat and shop too

My first visit tonight and I will be returning Food great…read more Service warm and welcoming Location right in the heart Now back to the food I'm huge on quality and They use the good stuff Highly recommended

As a Bronx native, I feel that I am the premier expert when it comes to bodegas. I can proudly…read moreratify and confirm that this place comes close to many of the excellent bodegas are frequented in my lifetime. When you walk in, you are immediately greeted by the sounds of Puerto Rico in the summertime. It reminds me of my days when I was about a boy in the summer, days when I worked up a sweat and appetite and went to my favorite deli to get a bite. I love their Tripletas & Milkshakes. Great eats.

This is a dream come true and a long time coming...1970 to 72 we were Peace Corps Volunteers in the…read morePhilippines. We were stationed in Balayan, Batangas with our two children [for the short time they accepted families with children]. I will always remember the food...pan de sol freshly baked and sold outside your door, banana ketchup, pancit noodles. They are all now available right here at the new Middletown Market on Main Street. Just opening but ready to go! The amount of merchandise, fresh fruits and vegetables, fish and prepared foods is amazing. I was too early to get some pancit but bought a package of noodles to prepare something tonight. Nicest people ever and they seemed to understand my Tagalog which I haven't spoken for years. But it all came back in the midst of a plentitude of food. Welcome to the neighborhood and I will be back soon.

As a Filipino, I am picky about my Filipino food. I was happy when a friend who worked up the…read morestreet from Middletown Market told there was really good Filipino food there! It is a take-out restaurant with grocery store. Went today and had a combo meal with Pancit (noodles & vegetables), rice, and goat curry (not for the faint of heart!). The curry was spicy but the rice was a nice buffer. The Pancit was like what I grew up with! There was also "just like home" pork BBQ sticks, garlicky and flavorful. Also great with rice! The lumpia came with a nice sweet and sour sauce. The best part of the meal, though, was the halo halo for dessert. If you've never tried it, it is a must! Shaved ice with jelly, tapioca, jackfruit and coconut, layered with ube jam and ube ice cream. It's sweet, cold and refreshing. My whole family is so excited to have a local Filipino restaurant nearby. We have told our local Filipino friends and relatives and will definitely be back!

growing up in Hartford and moving out to Middletown, this is the closest thing you'll get to a…read moreactual bodega the vibes are all there good homemade food really good sandwiches. The service is really nice. You can call ahead of time and have sandwiches made so that you can pick them up. They have a whole Nother section filled with juices and sodas. definitely recommend when you're on the go. I need something quick to grab.

Once upon a time there was a Old Latina Woman and her son that ran this place as "Ortiz", and way…read moreback when she used to cook traditional puerto rican dishes every morning and sell them over the counter at her bodega. Ortiz is long gone, but it's former shell is still operating as "Los Primos" Yes, I said bodega, because essentially this is what Los Primos is. Not only can you get the most incredible latin food, but you can also buy Faygo soda, Lottery Tickets, Cheetos & a "Loosey". Dont be "scurred" by the appearance, and don't let your apprehension stop you from enjoying some of the best latin food around. You'll undoubtedly have to bypass the riff-raff that congregates near the front door, but once you get inside the smells of sweet plaintains and freshly cooked pork waft through the air. A steam table near the back is filled with the delicacies of the day. Roasted Pernil, Chicken Legs in Adobo, and Steak simmered in peppers & onions. Yellow Rice & Beans, and Sauteed Plaintains. Fried Pork, Empanadas & Renello De Papas are in the warming cabinet up front. Lunch containers come in 3 sizes ($4 for small, $6 for medium & $8 for large), and come with rice, beans, plantains and your choice of meat. You can also buy meat by the pound ($6.99). Trust when I say this food is addicting. You WILL crave it again and again, and find excuses to make your way back to middletown for lunch time. Keep in mind that it's lunch time only, and they only make a certain amount of food, so once they're out, you're out of luck. I'm also not sure if they cook on weekends, or if they accept credit cards (i've always gone on a weekday & paid with cash). You can easily get away with lunch for 2 here under $15 and be completely stuffed. Go and enjoy a place that I used to keep in my secret stash...

Something has changed with the hamburger meat. I have been going to public market for the last…read morecouple of years, and my last batch of premade hamburgers was off. The taste was off, as well as the consistency of the meat. I don't know how to describe it but the meat came apart (after cooked). It was like old and new meat mixed together, but not mixed together well enough. My husband said something about his hamburger tasting different, and I told him I felt the same way.

Welcome to the great stuffed shrimp taste-off of 2021!!…read more In search of the best stuffed shrimp in the area to serve on Christmas Eve, I posted on various Facebook pages to solicit recommendations. Of course, I can't just trust strangers on Facebook, so we did what any self respecting Yelpers would do...we did a trial run of five spots over a two day period, ordering 4 stuffed shrimp from each. We sampled them plain, with lemon, butter, and cocktail sauce, critiquing the size, quality of the shrimp, taste and quality of the stuffing, and overall value for the price. With, of course, photos of both the raw starting point and the cooked final product. As Public Market received the most accolades in my surveys, it was our first stop. I had not been there before, it's a cute Italian market with a good selection of stuff. There is no signage for the stuffed shrimp, and they aren't in the case. So I guess it's one of those...if you know, you know. Otherwise, no shrimp for you! I audibly gasped when the woman handed me a plastic container with 4 shrimp and $32 and change noted on top. Was it upside down? Were my glasses dirty? No...at $26.99/lb, these bad boys rang in at $8+ each, the most expensive by far in the taste-off. They also topped the charts in cooking time, needing nearly 40 minutes to cook at 375. Most others were in the 25 minute range at 350. But just look at them - they're beautiful. I so wanted to love them! Unfortunately, the stuffing wasn't appetizing to me. It had chunks of what I think were fresh celery and onion, that remained crunchy even after baking for 40 minutes. It wasn't a texture I appreciated, and the stuffing was otherwise pretty bland. Better with lemon, even better dipped in butter, but for the price, they should shine alone. Hubby was hoping for something more like the ritz cracker type of stuffing, so he was also disappointed. Public Market came in at #2 out of 5 in the great shrimp taste-off of 2021. While I wasn't thrilled about the price or the taste of the stuffing, there's no arguing that the shrimp had a commanding presence, were fresh, perfectly cleaned, and tasty. I knew if we ordered these I'd be broke and figuring out how to amp up the seasoning at home, but my guests would have been visually impressed. And it seems like so many others love these shrimp, so maybe it's just an us problem. I will go back to Public Market to try other things, as the service was friendly and the quality of their ingredients to be top notch.