La Central Market

I work in the area, and needed a particular hard to find grocery item at the last minute for a special event. First, wonderful that they carry Solar Rain bottled water. Locally produced, innovative bottled water product (check it out). I called ahead, they had it and set it aside for me (2 cases). They have a private parking lot, it was super convenient, and for anyone who knows Barrio, you know what the parking is like. They were so helpful and incredibly friendly, carried everything to my car and just made the whole experience delightful. Happy to have found the market and will come back, and recommend frequently. Thank you La Central!

Foods ok, Best place to cash checks without Ids. Just bring in a bad check and they will cash it.

Love the pizza here (seriously!!)… I think it’s like $.92 for a slice, and my boyfriend and I lived across the street for a couple years and we would regularly grab a slice, a soda and hang in the park or watch the guys play basketball. The whole pizza is $ 5 and AMAZING… my parents came to visit from the midwest and were totally blown away by the price and taste of the food that came out of this little ghetto-​mart. Don’t let the neighborhood freak you out, the people are super friendly and the homeless people are not going to attack you…

Ayy dios mio!
After walking around Chicano Park we worked up a thirst and decided to stop in. Outside they have beautiful art done by local graff artists as well as posters letting you know their special including a 5 $ pizza!
We walked in and I thought I was totally in my tias market in Mexico. They have an assortment of Mexican candies like the De La Rosa marzapan, tamarindo, and a bunch of other goodies! They also have other Mexican snacks like chicharonnes and takis!
They have a large assortment of beverages including Coca Mexicana! A large 1litre was 1.89! Hella cheap!
In addition to the snack and what not they also have a kitchen area that cranks out hella yummy looking pizzas! I saw the menu some what and they have tacos, tortas, and other food. The pizza seriously looked hella bomb alas we were going to eat another place prior to coming home to Vegas. Buuut a slice is .93cents and a full pizza is 5 $!!! I saw a man waiting for his pizza and another man carrying 2 with him to his work truck! They have to be good!
I love local spots so I will def be back to try that pizza, they even have a carne asada one for 10.99!
One cool thing is I saw a couple of people coming in for a single egg! LOL! Customer service is also great, the cashier was super personable!
Yay!

I was really hoping for better. The reviews are pretty solid, especially for the quality of the meat. But that was the most dissapointing part. The carne asada was really dry and flavorless, the carnitas was also flavorless although actually well cooked, and the al pastor was good not great. The tacos are stuffed full of meat so that is good. I guess it was really about what I would expect from a taco shop in a liquor store under the Coronado bridge. I should also mention that most of the Spanish speaking people in there were ordering pizza…

Since my husbands ship is in the yards over there we go to this place a few times a week. We have yet to venture out to the other food… But the pizza slices are REALLY GOOD and under a buck per slice… You can’t go wrong! Looking forward to trying the other stuff after reading the reviews!

You would never guess that in this liquor stoe under the Coronado bridge is one of the best Mexican resturants in town. Everything is amazing and you can eat it in the beautiful park across the street.

Not gonna lie, up until a few years ago I’d never spent much time in Bario Logan/​Logan Heights, but as I started going to 2 Roses I became familiar and comfortable there. Some really cool M/​P Shops and super authenticity because if I recall it’s the oldest of the Mexican Bario’s in SD. La Central Market is centrally situated right across the street from Chicano Park and just under the tail end of the Coronado Bridge.
I know many will read this and see Bario and think shady, ghetto, but I find this place really great, aside from some homeless in the area that occasionally trouble you. First off they just remodeled it and they have a good liquor selection and prices. Everything you’d expect here as well as some knockoff Mexican branded stuff.
Don’t be fooled the food is good. Carne Asada is legit, a tad on the dry side, but it’s the antithesis of San Diego Mexican. Quesadilla could use some polish, but as you realize where your at your not looking for guacamole and a huge salsa bar. Yeah used to have Porkyland down the way along with a slew of Mexican shacks in the area, but unless your craving something more specialized, getting some taco’s or burrito’s here is about as good as it gets. They do a bean and cheese that is the bees knees, but probably too much for the del taco crowd, heck even a bit too much for the El Camino sit down crowd.

OMG best tacos in the entire world! I flippin love this place! The taco man is sweet however the liquor store workers are mean and very unfriendly! All the Tacos make up for it! The carne is BOMB and they give you REAL guacamole choped up with onion and lime! WOOHOO!