San Jose Mexican Foods (tacos Specialty Store)

While at the Mississauga Festival of Trees we saw San Jose Mexican Foods. We saw that they had empanadas so we ordered two. They were kept warm in resealable plastic sandwich bags in an instant pot like appliance. They came with a plastic bag of salsa. In my mind I was picturing the empanada to look more like a calzone. These were very soft and broke apart easily. The outer layer was quite thick. There was a good amount of cheese though. They were okay but not what I had expected.

San Jose Mexican Foods was one of the vendors at the Culinary Market at the Festival of Trees in Mississauga. I was pretty excited to see this there as it was advertised as carrying authentic Mexican food. They had empanadas at 2 for $8. I'm assuming this was because the empanadas needed to be portable but they were stored in pairs within zip top bags inside of what look liked a big slow cooker. This meant that there was a lot of moisture locked into the bags. I can't say I've ever had an empanada like this. I've tried Colombian and Cuban ones, both which had a hard pastry like texture on the outside like a pie shell almost. These ones were verrry soft. Almost like a cornbread or something but softer. The pluses were that the dough had a very nice corn flavour and the inside was pretty much solid cheese and we very much like cheese! The downsides were that...that was kind of it. A soggy exterior pastry and just cheese. The cheese was kind of in a rough paste and not of a melty type. This wasn't bad but it definitely wasn't good. I was super happy that I was able to go 1 and 1 with a friend because I definitely couldn't have made it through another one of those.

Wow, if I could give 10 stars I would! We had the opportunity to try their tortilla chips and salsas (Verde, pico de Gallo and habanero) at the Islington Village Community Market. My gosh, all so good! The best chips I've had in so long, I can't remember better and the salsas were all excellent. We are so excited to find such great quality Mexican food and can't wait to try their other products!! Please come back next week!!!!

Not expensive but not cheap either. The meat is always cooked perfectly. Best Tacos in the area hands down. Look for their day specials on FB or Insta. Its a small family business worth supporting!

I stopped by on a whim and left with my arms full of goodies. The keto platter was amazing as were the friendly staff. I was so surprised by how large the gluten free section is, very impressive