La Española Meats, Inc - Harbor City, California

Joaquin M.

Great Spanish products distribuitor. They have a nice gourmet store selling cheese, charcuterie, spives and paella pans.

Erika B. N.

If you’ve had authentic Spanish food you won’t be satisfied with this. The biggest dissapointment was the tortilla - it was frozen! They took it out of a box and just heated it in the microwave. Incredibly dry and essentially unedible. In Spain, you will NEVER be served boxed/frozen tortilla at a restaurant. The sandwiches were okay. They were not generous with the meats and they were pricey ~ $9. Churros and especially the chocolate were probably the best bite we had.

Armando V.

The most delicious home made PAELLA dish only Saturdays

Christopher M.

If you are looking for salvation then you have found the place. This weekday-wholesaler-cum-weekend-restaurant is simply fantastic. Love cured Meats? Done. Want to drink quality Sangria for $6 on a Sunday morning? You got it. Never had a churro with olives? It's your world.

Come experience La Española meats and everything in life will be all right.

Fake R.

In a corner of their warehouse lives a small market full of real Spanish food and wine. Jamón iberíco, jars of squid ink, great wine and cheese selection. At the takeaway food counter, their jamón sandwich is simple perfection. Really excellent.

Jared C.

🇪🇸 SPAIN
Excerpt from Eat the World Los Angeles:
Despite only taking up a very small percentage of the overall building, the market at La Española is overwhelming the first time you open the door. A gift to lucky citizens of Southern California, a wonderland of everything Spanish you could want. The shelves are lined with bottles of wine from every region of Spain, big jars of capers and olives, and boxes of Spanish tortas to start.

Beyond this, you cannot enter the factory of course, but most of the dried and cured offerings are in the refrigerated case for all to buy. Cheeses and beers are in another. But behind all this is something even more amazing, the employees beyond are hurried in the back, putting together orders for pickup and takeout, for there are many prepared foods you can come here for as well.

Saturdays are busiest here at the market because of the availability of many different paellas. A tented area seats people and parties in better times, but even before the pandemic a paella to go would be served in a styrofoam container. Some may consider this "truck stop" paella, but there is a charm to getting such quality fare from a gas station, no?

Cecilia G.

As you approach you will think you’re lost, but then you’ll be greeted by a wonderfully authentic experience of Spanish foods and wines. Eat in their informal patio and also take many goodies home. Un poquito de España en el sur de California.

Tony A.

A taste of Spain in LA, with Saturday lunches extra special.