Food Stuff

Stockton Boulevard got a boost recently with the opening of La Superior Mercado y Carniceria. This spacious market sports gleaming, polished-concrete floors and a broad selection of Mexican food products. The meat counter displays lots of thinly sliced cuts of pork and beef well suited to a quick hit in the frying pan or on the grill. Mexican cheeses, tamales and a variety of salsas are also available from the butcher. The produce section includes tables heaped with a variety of hot peppers, as well as fresh epazote, an important herb in Mexican cooking. La Superior has everything you might find at a conventional supermarket, but with a Mexican flavor (instead of donuts you get pan, instead of hot Chinese food you get hot taqueria food). The market is a beautiful bright spot on a struggling boulevard. 4940 Stockton Boulevard, 451-7259, also at 2210 Northgate Boulevard, 929-7095.