I also live right up the block from MT but I do go skipping down the street whenever I get to go there. I love shopping in my neighborhood and although the organic produce seems to sit for a while, the non-organic is generally fresh enough for last minute ingredients. There are several BIG plusses, if the discount mangos are a minus. 1. Fresh pastries every day for like .10 each. 2. The best selection of fresh/packaged tortillas around. 3. Peerless selection of hot sauces. 4. Jerimiah's Pick organic bulk coffee at 60% of the regular price. 5. Keeping my business local. 6 Friendly staff who remember and know you. I can't speak for the meat but my friends come down from Oakland when its time for lingua, menudo, or homemade tacos. read more

This place is great. Has really cheep produce, but not a huge selection. However, if you allow your Latin fiancee to do all of the cooking in your life then this is the place for you. She goes nuts in here. She can get everything from a plethora of chillies to an assortment of butchered meats. No beer or wine, but that's okay. Great spot for chips for dipping too. However, if you are in need of a panaderia skip it. Go further down SP to Casa Latina, they are much better. Have fun! read more

Great selection of delicious and fresh food to take away. Extra delicious carnitas, and fresh corn tortillas are continuously coming off the grill. We often pick up pints of their ceviches for parties, always a favorite. read more

Mi Tierra has come a long way in the last few years, having expanded into the neighboring building. It's a great neighborhood market and they always have more than you'd expect. Definitely a great place to get any Mexican ingredients, although their produce is pretty generic. read more

This review is for their chicken tamales: The meat was dry, but the masa was pretty good quality. Got them back home and realized it would've been nice to have some tamale sauce. read more

Good all around corner store in the neighborhood

I have been to pretty much every place where you can get a burrito in Berkeley and the area near Emeryville and North Oakland at San Pablo and Ashby. I am from Berdoo so I know a good burrito. You can look at my reviews and see. These people have down home authentic Mexican food at the best prices. Large portions and they do not scrimp on the salsa. The menu is "taco truck" , tacos, tamales, tortas, burritos and some of the biggest nachos orders yu can get. Get the large beans and rice and 2 street tacos per person. You can feed a lot of people with really good and fresh food. Been going there for years and have never had a bad meal. The food is better than ever and the people are nice. After they remodeled the place is much better. The guacamole is superb. Try the ceviche. They have a small parking lot. they also are inconsistent as to the tamales. Sometimes they have none and others different types but you don't know what to expect thus a 4 star review. They have groceries and Mexican pastries in the adjacent market. read more

Excellent small grocery and Mexican prepared food shop. The place is somewhat cramped and not at all fancy, but appears authentic, the prices are good, and the prepared food tastes great. read more

The phone service is garbage. I can't call the business because the operator doesn't let me talk to anyone I called 20 times and no one answers. It just asks for extensions and they do not answer the damn phone. I would at least appreciate them to take the time to put on their website what extension to put to contact them if you can't physically be there! read more

This place has been around for quite a while and I've tried them multiple times, but every single time I've been terribly dissatisfied. Probably the absolute worst Mexican food I've ever had, definitely the worst in all of the Bay Area. I've found hairs in my food more times than once, little to no seasoning, and consistently messed up orders. I would not recommend to anyone with taste buds read more

They have organic dairy products, which is nice, but it's the ultra-pasteurized, less happy Horizon-type brands. I keep finding things past it's date, like pretzels. How long do you need to have pretzels on your shelf to have them pass the expiration date? The produce is hit or miss, but reasonably priced. read more

Great place. Good prices on Mexican staples. Staff is polite and friendly in my experience.

Love this place! Great meat market and fresh juices in the morning.

I can find everything I need here for all my Latin American dishes. There wasn't any fresh ají amarillo, but I found several types of bottled and frozen ajies so that helped! read more

I am a big fan of Mi Tierra. I will concede that some of their produce is not always the fresh-est, but with the Berkeley Bowl just a few blocks away it's hard to get too worked up about it. They do a terrific job of meeting the very diverse needs of their shoppers. I go there for specialty stuff like Cuban coffee, Nicaraguan red beans and rocoto salsa, but they've also got reasonably-priced organic produce, Strauss Family yogurt, and whatever else I happen to be out of. More importantly, the people that work there are always incredibly helpful, and- unlike another neighborhood grocery where wheeling your cart down the aisle feels like trying to merge on the New Jersey side of the Holland Tunnel- the shopper vibe here is low-key and friendly. And it's affordable. read more

Just discovered this great market! My family is from Colombia, so I really appreciate that this market carries products from all over South America. I went in looking for freshly cut Nopal (to make a refreshing and healthy juice), and came out with much more. Freshly made salsas and juices, mixes for Colombian breads, and marinated flank steak. They even carry Strauss milk and butter, which is usually only found at Andronico's or Berkeley Bowl. Looking forward to making this a weekly visit. read more

It's a Mexican market plain and simple, but really on a grand scale. You don't see many this big or with such a large variety of product. On top of that, their employees are mighty friendly and helpful. I picked up a big, fat flank steak and can honestly say it was one of the best I've seen; it didn't even look like a flank by the look of the marble. Seriously tasty stuff, I want to shake hands with whoever selects their meat. I'd like to go back and try the carne asada. I also got an avo. Very fatty, must be from down South, where we all know the best avocados come from. While I didn't use it, they had a large parking lot, which is helpful always helpful for those that have a car. Anyway, five stars, I know I'll be back. read more

Love this place. Great organic vegetables. Good meat. Good burritos and tacos. They have Straus milk. They are really nice. Their prices are good. They have all kinds of ingredients for making really great Mexican food. Support them! read more

I had a very bad experience at the taqueria inside Mi Tierra Food on San Pablo Ave. In Berkeley. I ordered the usual, a regular carne asada burrito. I have been enjoying their burritos for a few months now, and they are always scrumptious which is why i keep going back. However, today, October 26, i had a very unpleasant experience. I was watching the server make my burrito ftom afar. I turned away for a few minutes, and when i looked back, i observed the server texting on her cell phone. I figured my burrito must b ready. So i walked up to the counter. Only to see my burrito laying on the counter, completely unrolled. Then the woman realizes Im there, so she puts her phone down and proceeds to add salsa fresca and then rolls my burrito up with her bare hands! She was not wearing plastic gloves or anything the entire time. So if her cell phone had bacteria on it from sitting on the counter behind her, she just passed that bacteria onto my burrito!!! Besides writing this review, i will also write a letter to this location and the main store in Oakland. read more

I've shopped at their sister store in El Sobrante, but they stopped carrying a particular Mexican marinade that I particularly like, so I tried calling here to see if they still had it at the Berkeley location. They don't seem to answer their phone. It just goes to one of those "if you know your party's extension, dial it now" messages, or "0" for the operator .... which always seems to be busy. Easier to order the item online elsewhere than waste time trying to reach them. read more

They have the best meat butchery in Berkeley (Tokyo fish mkt is the best for fish) and give great advice on what cuts to buy for various dishes. The small lunch counter in the back is amazing...homestyle beef, pork and goat stews. The pork and nopales stew is particularly good. Always friendly! read more

Yummy baked goods (croissants, cookies, conchas, danishes) for about 50 cents a piece. They carry soy milk and several organic products. They also have a fresh juice bar that is reasonably priced. There are some good deals on dried goods and Bob's Mill products. The only thing they could have more of is fresh, locally grown produce. read more

I love this store. I live in the neighborhood and it is so convenient. Recently, though, there has been a lot of change with the staff and, perhpas, the management. I find the new cashiers to be very UNfriendly. I am a regular, we are talking 5 to 10 times per week, as well as a caterer, who buys more than your average customer and there is no longer friendly chit chat or even polite communication. SO sad. read more

Will never go again! Saw roaches near the meat counter and flys in the pan dulce!! Don't know when they were last inspected but the place looked super dirty!! read more

Mi Tierra is a great neighborhood market! The place to go for Latin American specialty foods, but I am also always pleasantly surprised by general range and quality of other products they stock, the selection is better and more diverse every time I visit. The pan dulce is the best and freshest I have found around here, the butcher counter is solid and well priced, and the tortillas from La Finca are still sometimes warm when they make it to the shelf! This place has gotten better and better over the past several years. Keep it up! read more

I went and bought a slice of chocolate flan and trusted that it taste good and that they would not sell anything that had a expired date, especially if it involves dairy. Well I bought this flan on Jun 4, 2015. And as I was eating the flan, I get to the bottom of it and there is MOLD ON THE CAKE!!!! GROSSED ME OUT!!!! The label said sell by Jun. 5, 2014. Part of it is my fault. They should be ashamed of themselves. I called the City of Berkeley Food inspector and told them. Oh yeah, they will make a surprise visit so watch out! You already have one major violation on your record and that was just on March 31, 2014! Anyone want to know it was improper holding temperature, inadequate cooking, personal hygiene, contaminated equipment, and unsafe food source. If you don't believe me go to City of Berkeley Environmental Health site.....NEVER GO THERE AGAIN UNLESS YOU WANT MOLDED FOOD!!!! read more

I have missed Supermacado Cardenas which was located @ Sheridan and Dakin near Wrigley Field in Chicago for years. It is now an upscale condo complex. Today, on my first walk around North Berkeley, I ran into its substitute. The prices are reasonable and the entire area reminds me of what the Lake View neighborhood in Chicago used to be like before the gentrification take over, with the addition of a taste of Devon Avenue and Albany Park all in one stretch of San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley, CA. read more

The local secret weapon. Although you may write off from external appearance, if you do so then you will totally miss out. Fresh juices on the spot. Fresh food on the spot. And a whole bunch of the same organic foods you will find in Whole Foods or Berkeley Bowl. read more

good for ingredients you cant find at your local supermarket , but besides that i dont care for the meats or food . i usually just buy the frozen rocotto and aji amarillo in the jar is my shit! read more

This review is about one thing. I won't bog you down with how friendly the entire staff is, or how vast the meat selection is, or how you get this cool "im doing right by my local business feeling" when you shop there. No. this review focuses on Mi tierra's ability to make something so simple so perfect. Mexican rice. $1.50 for an extremely large cup that doesn't seem to end. the rice is without a doubt the only reason I still go to the lunch counter. the taco's are sloppy, but tasty, but nothing you can't get anywhere else. The tamales seemed underwhelmed with chicken. I haven't tried the burritos because it just doesn't look like the lovely woman who work there want you to order it. But let's get back to the catalyst of this review. The rice, Beautifully made to perfection, never over or undercooked, with nice healthy chunks of veggies that make you feel good about yourself. It seems like an odd recommendation but I swear by that sexy ass rice. And it's one of the cheapest places I have found, I feel very heavy in the pockets as I leave. read more

Okay, I love it just for the bakery section. Yeah, it's grocery-store baked goods, which means that it's likely not as fresh as, say, Casa Latina just down the street (which is rather good, by the way). But a seriously awesome variety of sweet bread, cakes, rolls, 90% of which I have no idea what the name is (uh, conchas?!). And seriously, less than a dollar apiece? These prices can't be beat!! read more

This place is great, local,everything is fresh, everyone is helpful. Mi Tierra has done well to provide a lot of variety of products and at great prices. If you need groceries, hit up Mi Tierra, it will change the way you cook. read more

The meat department is one of the little known treasures in Berkeley. The butchers are helpful and the prices are more than reasonable.