Northgate Gonzalez Markets

It’s a lot smaller and messier than the northgate gonzalez on third. You’ll find things where they don’t belong and bags full of items left anywhere where people don’t want them. 99.9 999 999% of shoppers are Mexican

Bought a Turkey Package for like $ 70 and the stuffing and the Mash potatoes tasted like Throw Up the turkey was good but the rest was nasty almost like if they made it A month before and then just wrap it in a container. Pie was ok.

Usually come in to get the Mexican ingredients that I cannot find at my usual grocery store. Sooo many times I’ve been tempted to load up on my Mexican bread, but I always stand back and look at the shelves behind the glass for a minute… why? I’m looking for the fly that is always feasting on its choice of delicious bread. Yup!!! There he is — and I move on.
Today I bought $ 15 worth of shrimp from butcher area. Brought it home and there was a fly inside the bag of shrimp. Disgusting!!!
From now on I’ll stick to buying only factory sealed products.

This has to be one of the dirtiest grocery stores I ever been to I was recently there in at the carnicería there were so many flying and there are always flies inside the sweet bread if you shop in this store and you are getting sick now you know why

I come to this Supermarket often after work to grab some breakfast to go. I usually get a large container of eggs with salsa. My favorite is the eggs with chorizo, but they hardly make that for sale, but when they do, I’m for sure getting some. I like their Chicharon in green sauce, it has a lot of spicy flavor and it’s quite tasty, if your into that type of food.
They have juicy rotisserie chicken for sale and their Carnitas are tender. They have juices in table top plastic barrels such as pineapple juice infused with spinach, horchata, jamaica, strawberry and cream, and other ones that get limited rotation such as barley flavored drink.
I’ve been describing the to go food section by the entrance. The supermarket has almost everything to make an authentic Mexican meal, but it doesn’t have everything a major supermarket would have. They have friendly people working at the place and I enjoy coming here. The security guard is cool, she often asks me if I’m here to load up on protein lol. She’s funny.
If you don’t feel like cooking and you want some fast, breakfast, Carnitas, Ceviche, or stewed meat goodness, then stop by and try some dishes out for yourself.

Mad house, and usually the only white person in the place. But where else am I going to buy my chiarones?!

I swear it feels exactly like I am shopping in a bodega in Mexico each time I enter this particular NorthGate market. I enjoy it though and only wish I could speak Spanish as well as everyone else, but I’m slowly learning.
The bakery here is busier than any of the other Northgate markets and sometimes they have been known to sellout of the majority of beer during 3-​day weekends and other times of holidays. Still 4 stars for being my supermarket of choice in the area.
This used to be an El Tigre market before but I am happier with a Northgate Gonzales market just because it has more selection and cheaper prices.

Their pan dulce is soo gross it’s just plane nasty and the prices at this store are crazy to me it’s too expensive… I do go here once in a while but I have found another Hispanic store to get my pan dulce and my tortillas… not so good for me zero stars!!!

I’m giving this store 4 stars because the need more cashiers expect a long wait to check out
Other than that good prices great salsa great carneceria and great tortillas

This place has authentic mexican food and everything you could possibly need to cook any mexican dish. Prices are spot on except if your buying american products; they’re pricy. They are often time busy. I try to go in the early mornings.

I really like shopping at our local Northgate market for their inexpensive fresh produce and ethnic products but their bakery really SUCKS! Their sweet Mexican bread has gone extremely downhill. Every single piece of bread, no matter the size, shape or description of the pastry, they all taste the same. There is no dissimilarity in flavors between any of the pastries. I love fruit turnovers and I just recently bought three different flavors: apple, pineapple and pumpkin. OMG! The fillings were so artificial that it almost seemed I was ingesting some sort of chemical. The pumpkin filling was the WORST. It looked like pumpkin filling but it sure didn’t taste like it. I couldn’t even begin to describe it. Quite disgusting! I also love peanut butter and I bought what Northgate calls «polvoron de cacaguate» (similar to a peanut butter cookie). The cookie had the aroma of peanut butter but once again, it sure didn’t taste like it. I honestly think real PB was not used in the batter. Maybe it was PB flavoring. Very disappointing! Oh, one last thing. I know this is unavoidable since consumers aren’t always too careful, but you may see one or two flies flying inside the display case. Yuck! I guess I’m going to look for real authentic and delicious Mexican sweet bread somewhere else in San Diego. Hopefully I won’t have to travel to Tijuana for the real thing. Step up you game Northgate!!!

Came down this way to hit up a restaurant but they didn’t open until 11am. Decided to hang around and check this place out. It was pretty darn nice!
For my bounty, I got some chili peppers, some hot sauces and some pork rinds. Total for about 7 peppers, 3 bottles of hot sauce and a bag of chicharrones was only $ 4.50! Score!
This store has all your Hispanic needs. They have a nice produce section, a hot food section, a nice little bakery section and a huge meat counter. If you were throwing a party or wanted to stock up on some Mexican goodies, this is your spot.
Cashier and bagger were friendly. I doubt I will come back just because it is way far away from where I live, but if I was in the area, I would stop in.

They have great authentic Mexican groceries and food. Pan Dulce, ceviche, carne asada, tortillas, carnitas, etc… I come here mainly for their sea food if I get too lazy to make it on my own. So you have options between shrimp ceviche, fish ceviche, and Aquachilles which is my favorite. All taste great. The one thing I dislike is I’m Mexican but unfortunately I do not speak Spanish and the staff is all Hispanic. Since I look Mexican I always get responses in Spanish lol

Great prices! Great mexican bread! Great tortillas ! Great produce! Great kitchen! Just everything hére is great Including all the employees they are so nice and helpful !!! I really Needed to buy a mole for my dinner that i was making but there wasnt anymore i asked a gentleman if he had Any moré and he quickly grabbed a ladder and brought Down a box full of them ! And asked if Needed anything else !! That was really nice ! Because i have been to other stores and lazy employees say no sorry we are out with out even checking! the meat hére is really good and fresh ! Also the prouduce is inexpensive and really fresh !!

On several occasions we have gotten food from there that was already spoiled or had mold.
Their fruits and vegetables are overpriced if you think about the price/​freshness.
Has any of you been there when they start washing the fridges where the meat is displayed? They seem to pressure wash with boiling water which splashes around AND causes steam inside the meat displays essentially covering all the meat with layer of dirty water. The smell when they do that is a mix of hot, steamy raw death. If nobody believes me, shop there around 9:30 to 10ish when they start closing the meat section.
A lot of their employees are loud (and obnoxious) but I guess that’s understandable considering they have to communicate over the store speakers playing la cucaracha at max volume.
You’d be surprised how great the northgate down in 3^rd avenue is compared to this one. It’s like shopping at an entirely different store.
I guess here in 92 154 we just got stiffed with a ghetto one.

Great prices! I love coming here for the Mexican candy which is cheaper than any liquor store or even the swapmeet. I just wish their selection was better. I also like coming here for the ceviche! There’s a great variety and it just tastes really authentic and fresh. The best ceviche I’ve ever had! I also like the occasional tamale here but i usually like all tamales:)

If you’re Latin, loves to cook latin, and lives close by, then this is the place to go for your grocery needs. Now don’t expect «certified organic» food here. But what you can expect is over 10 different re-​fried bean brands… get my drift? :)
This place does have a meat department, but it is not the best in the city. Try La Posta instead.
Overall, this place is ok. If you’re a health-​nut, go to Vons instead.

Everytime I come here I ALWAYS and I do mean ALWAYS ! get a rude cashier can’t they hire nice polite cashiers ! One lady was so pissed of to be there that she had the nerve to throw the bag of apples I so carefully had chosen so hard along the counter that the bad ripped open and all the apples fell out ! I told her I didn’t want them anymore and she got even more pissed off she started murmuring things about me under her breath! I only keep coming here because its close

It was xmas eve and the lines were not long at all!!! That means good management to be sure since there were enough cashiers manning the registers. Best of all the cashier I got was in a good mood!
The store is on the smaller side so it’s kind of hard to maneuver around in some spots. My mission was to bring salsa to my brother’s house where we were having our xmas meal. There were a whole bunch of people standing in line in front of the salsas. I had to ask them politely to step aside so I could see where the salsa my father had requested was. This was pretty annoying.
On this day they ran out of red roma tomatoes. All they had were unripened orange and green ones! I had to bring beefsteak tomatoes home.

I’m surprised I don’t see more Filipinos (like yours truly :)) here more often! The produce here is Fresh, and when I am looking for something latino-​specific, this market (formerly known as El Tigre) never does me wrong :) I love the deli with the fresh foods and why is it that I barely found out about delicious mayonnaise with lime?! I heart northgate :)

You can find anything you want here to make a delicious home cooked Mexican meal: D
AND THEIR FREE SAMPLES ARE AWESOME!

This place gets 5-​stars from me because I get my shrimp ceviche fix from here!
This place used to be called El Tigre when I was little and since it’s become a Northgate it’s much cleaner and they have a good array of already-​made Mexican food.
It’s like they knew I would be a regular here and the ceviche display is right at the market entrance. They have 5 different ceviches ranging from $ 5.99-$ 6.99 a pound which is super reasonable. When I buy a 1 ½ pound bucket (about $ 10 bucks) it’s worth 2 days of lunch and a ceviche snack for me.
My favorite is the Agua Chile Verde. WHOLE pieces of shrimp marinated in green stuff (green chile, lime, jalepenos, cucumber, purple onion) SOOOO EFFIN’ GOOD. Depending on the day it’s either on the overly salty or a little bland side so add salt or prepare for you daily sodium intake accordingly.
No tummy aches yet! It’s like I’m living life dangerously buying raw marinated seafood by the pound.
Ceviche by the pound is good for parties too, just bring the chips!