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Specialties
Latin American Products
History
Established in 1964
First Latin American Store in Toronto
Perola Supermarket is the Coke to Emporio Latino's Pepsi. Both stock almost the same mix of hard-to-find fresh, canned, jarred and frozen Latin American products and, come weekends, feature the pupusa ladies at the back of the store whipping up a fresh batch.
This is a comment for Jenny N. who wrote: "This is a pretty big slide down the rungs of Latin specialty stores for Perola. I was saddened by how awful this store seemed compared to the wonderful place that I used to buy all my ingredients for Mexican night!"
Jenny, you are absolutely correct! My ex-husband, Sid Freitas and his father owned that store for almost 40 years. Five years ago, Sid...
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This is a pretty big slide down the rungs of Latin specialty stores for Perola. I was saddened by how awful this store seemed compared to the wonderful place that I used to buy all my ingredients for Mexican night!
The front, which normally houses lots of dried and fresh chilies, tortillas and produce was severely lacking. There were maybe 5 different types of dried chilies, a cooler that was...
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Although you can find all the dry chiles and authentic products, it's way too expensive for me. I think they take advantage of the homesickness we mexicans can have. Yesterday, my husband paid $9 for two Mexican sausages; the product didn't have the price sticker on it, and we got even more upset when we realized that you can find a more amount of product in "Fiesta Farms" for $6... more