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Don Alley
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Ley in Constitucion... we get some good filet mignon there, about 125 a kilo, and sometimes a good rib eye. Some of the thin Mexican cuts are good too
and relatively inexpensive, <90 kilo.
City Club...I've bought some really good T-Bone there at a good price, <100 per kilo. Their rib eyes are good too but pricey so I usually pass.
Also decent pork chops.
Soriana La Paz...hit and miss, some good beef for a good price, but sometimes tough.
Dali...this is next to the Damiana Inn on Madero in Loreto. Expensive frozen steaks. Rib Eyes 128 a kilo. Would you believe Kobe beef? 350 kilo. I
haven't tried it.
Last night I had a Shoe Leather Steak from CCC. So-so flavor, must cut into tiny bites. Good for developing jaw muscles.
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UnoMas
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My take on buying beef in Baja is a total crap shoot! I have bought from the Fruitas & Verduras, Mega & Sorianas in San Jose. Also bought from
Ley, Sorianas, CCC And the meat market on Bravo and Prieto in La Paz. I have come to the conclusion that if you buy the whole filet at the market on
Brave in La Paz it is always o.k. Sometimes better than others but over all it will work. As far as the others, may look like a great steak, lot's of
marble and such but can hardly chew it, or very tender. Price of the filet around $100. pesos per Kilo, less than $5.00 per pound.
If you really want the best you must bring it with you. When is the last time they advertised Mexican beef up North where you shop?
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by UnoMas
If you really want the best you must bring it with you. When is the last time they advertised Mexican beef up North where you shop? |
You have obviously never had top quality Sonoran Beef. It's as good as anything you can get in the U.S. The cuts are usually different (except it
catering to gringos), but a steak house in Sonora is something to experience.
P.S. And, if you're up for a new experience try "tripitas". I won't say anything more. 
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UnoMas
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Roberto,
The places I have purchased or ordered Sonoran beef just never quite lives up to the Hype, of course being Mexico you can't be sure it is Sonoran
because it say's so on the package or the menu. Being a carnivor such as I am, I take my chances.
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Roberto
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Yes, I would wager that MOST places in Baja that advertise Sonoran, are not in fact serving it, or if they are, it's not the higher grades.
Mexicans long ago caught on to how sensitive americans are to labeling and advertising, but without the legislature to back it up.
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Paulina
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| Quote: | Originally posted by UnoMas
If you really want the best you must bring it with you. When is the last time they advertised Mexican beef up North where you shop? |
Not too long ago our local market advertised "Baja filets", a grilling favorite...Real Mexican beef? I doubt it, but it was advertised as such.
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UnoMas
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Giving it away.......
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The best fillet, IMHO, on a consistent basis (never a bad or chewy one) has been at the smaller CCC in La Paz. However in the last four years the
price has doubled. We have people going to La Paz stop there first and order ten or so whole fillets and have them frozen to be picked up the morning
we return. We've a name for these tender cuts but it would be totally inappropriate to post it here because it refers to a donkey part and it ain't a
pretty picture.
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are there any Wendy's in mexico?
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Cypress
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Beef? What about some decent seafood at a reasonable price? 
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bajamigo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Cypress
Beef? What about some decent seafood at a reasonable price?
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de Garo in Ensenada, at 6th & Miramar. Great prices, always fresh. The hours are uncertain, because the guy closes the store when the fish is sold
out. It puts the Black market in Ensenada to shame.
BTW, it's a terrific area to shop in. If you forget to pick up something at Trader Joe's, chances are you'll find it in one of the stores on this
street. They kind of surround the Santo Tomas winery.
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Cypress
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bajamigo, Thanks for the info.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajamigo
BTW, it's a terrific area to shop in. If you forget to pick up something at Trader Joe's, chances are you'll find it in one of the stores on this
street. They kind of surround the Santo Tomas winery. |
Calle Miramar has a little [ or large ] something for everybody. Don't make the trip without visiting La Potranca or El Politico Alegre, just to
name two. There are many many more. It's the best street in town for gourmet food as well. I once had not one but two tacos made of cooked cow
brain mixed with raw eyeballs, all mixed up like very hard to describe but, the word slimey comes to mind.
Well, you had to be there.
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Pompano
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Where's the Beef?
I must have got a Ralph's member card a long time ago. On a trip down to Baja from Up North, I suppose. You collect these member cards from all
kinds of stores...The old Price Club, Costo, Sam's Club, etc, etc...and we used to make some terrific savings when shopping large amounts for 6-8
months in Baja. Nowadays, we bring very little, except for specialties.
However, I was in a Ralph's the other morning, buying cold chicken and cole slaw for our Baja road trip, when I saw this ribeye special in the meat
section. Whoa...too good to pass up. $10.99/lb regular price.....$3.77/lb member's price. I saved $25.48 on one package alone...and over $75.00 on
the whole steak purchase.
Good basic marketing psychology, right? The sound that keeps you coming back is the cashier's...'You saved $____ today.'
Well..alrighty, then!
Enough savings to pay for the entire Baja Road diesel expense. ....or...a
half/tank in the USA...
editing note: I just remembered buying beef in Cachinia/Sta. Rosalia back in the 70's when I lived at the Casa Grande at Pta. Chivato. Old Doc and I
would buy beef from a butcher friend for what came to...59 cents a pound....any beef cut, made no difference if it was sirlion, flank, shoulder roast,
hind quarter, hamburger, hoof, lips, etc...anywhere on the critter for 59 cents/lb. What a hoot. We taught our buddy how to cut T-bones and
rib-eyes...pretty chewy stuff, though.
Anyway, I grilled a couple of these Ralph's ribeyes today and they were very tasty and tender. So..in answer to the question...HERE'S the beef! I
have NO idea where the beef came from..but for sure it wasn't prime Dakota-eye.
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[Edited on 5-19-2008 by Pompano]
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Heading south on Hwy 5 just outside Mexicali there is a carneceria on the right side of the highway just south of the toll road overpass. Big yellow
sign, good stuff.
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vandenberg
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| Quote: | . Whoa...too good to pass up. $10.99/lb regular price.....$3.77/lb member's price. I saved $25.48 on one package alone...and over $75.00 on the
whole steak purchase.
Good basic marketing psychology, right? The sound that keeps you coming back is the cashier's...'You saved $____ today.'
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Anyway, I grilled a couple of these Ralph's ribeyes today and they were very tasty and tender. So..in answer to the question...HERE'S the beef! I
have NO idea where the beef came from..but for sure it wasn't prime Dakota-eye.
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Pomp,
If you take off the club sticker, it looks like they belong in the expired bin. 
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Pompano
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Nope, Vandenburg....Not at all. I think you are looking at the plastic wrapper on the frozen steaks. They could be Aged, though...as with most good
steaks. 
But...to each his own. I take it you will not be 3 for dinner?
BURP!...sorry, too late.
[Edited on 5-19-2008 by Pompano]
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shari
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Diver...big news...ASuncion now has a new meat store that carries top quality gringo beef!!!!!!! Canīt wait to try the ribs this weekend...boy we sure
are moving up in the world...first a masseuse, cell service and now gringo meat!!!!
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by shari
Diver...big news...ASuncion now has a new meat store that carries top quality gringo beef!!!!!!! Canīt wait to try the ribs this weekend...boy we sure
are moving up in the world...first a masseuse, cell service and now gringo meat!!!! |
Not to mention idiot tweekers for entertainment.
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In Ensenada I've patronized the Carne Mart on the Reforma. Their prices were negotiable and their staff was very helpful and friendly.
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