A while back, a reader named Adrian tipped me off to “the best damn salsa and guac” he’d ever had. Naturally, I was intrigued and excited that such a find was available minutes from my house at Figueroa Produce in Highland Park.
Figueroa Produce is a great little market located in a strip mall at the corner of N. Figueroa and York. Dedicated to offering high-quality food at discounted prices to the local community, they carry harder-to-find international food brands, dairy products, and snacks. Plus, their meat and deli sections include grass fed, organic and free-range options—I’ve heard amazing things about their carne asada.
Much less of a headache than Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s.
But onto the salsa and guacamole. I hear that the owner’s father comes in everyday to make fresh batches of each. It really shows. The salsa is full of tangy flavor, and the guacamole is equal parts smooth and chunky with a nice jalapeño kick. Yeah! Both were so fresh and went really well with my beloved tortilla chips from Superior Market, which also must be applauded because they are, hands down, the best store-bought chips in existence. Just look at them! I served the whole shebang at a recent party, and everyone was blown away.
Thanks to Adrian, and keep the tips coming!
–Valentina
Figueroa Market
6312 North Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90042
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WOW that looks delicious and a great tip! I’ll have to check it out. Are the chips a particular brand we can find at Superior?
They’re the store brand chips–they say Superior on them. They come in regular and spicy, which are shown here. You will not be sorry! Haha.
superior chips are hands down the best chip ever made. we suck down a bag of the spicy in one night. viva superior! now we will have to check out the figueroa salsa and guac! great post. thanks
Jana, I’m dying to make nachos with them!!!
This is really helpful tip! The salsa and guacamole look delicious
I went last weekend and bought some of the spicy salsa and the guac. WOW. so good! and SO cheap!
The store is nice, I lived in Highland Park before moving to Echo Park 3 or 4 years ago. There’s a lot of great new stuff going on there since I moved!
The guacamole at Figueroa Produce is great, but the guacamole at Uno Market up the street on Figueroa at Springvale might be even better.