Algo Especial Super Market

Love this place. I always find all the Mexican products that I might need.

If you need a hard to almost impossible item or ingredient for your authentic Mexican dish, then you need to head to Algo Especial. This is a store that I have visited with my mom for those family recipes that needed that Especial ingredients and we could only find them here. Their tamales are the best in all southwest Detroit.

I bought the very-best plant pot that I have EVER had at this super market and I HIGHLY recommend to any indoor gardeners. They were selling these beautiful, tall terracotta pots, so I took one home and drilled a hole in the bottom. I have never seen a pot provide such wonderful drainage for my plants. Highly recommend. Photos are from 06/30/2022 and 03/28/2023

They got the best tamales in Mexican town

I love the amazing vast tea, spices and herbs selection! I can always find whatever rare ingredient I need here. They also have beautiful imported mexican garments and pretty things for the home! I always get friendly service too!

I am so disappointed. I love your tamales and always have. Drive from Plymouth Mi just to get the chicken green chili ones. However, this trip I bought a dozen to share with friends here who never tried. So inconsistent....far less chicken on them than use to be....just a bare smear...was more verde chili than chix at all. Some had no chicken to be seen...all corn masa and alot of it. Hesitant to come that far and with prices higher which right now is understandable product should be worth the price. Im sad😥ly disappointed. Maybe just a bad day. It was Wed 3/29/23. God bless🌿

I like this store. It's small,but packed with all kinds of imports of Mexico. I like that they have a butcher shop inside. First the most part they carry everything you want. I like herbal teas and they have a wide variety of teas and spices that only they carry.

Best tamales de rajas (jalapeño & cheese) in town! Beautiful lil gem 💎 in the heart of Mexican town. This lil family owned business has been around since I was a kid when they rented out VHS 📼 movies and cassette tapes. They are an amazing and humble lil family and they work super hard! Nowadays you can find plenty of Mexican candies, fruits/veggies imported products, nopales, a variety of teas, hot foods like beef n pork tamales, along with carnitas or barbacoa. Check this lil place out. It's worth a visit. Keep this family owned business alive and thriving! They've earned their keep 👏🏼

Algo Especial absolutely is "Something Special" in Mexicantown! I love the fresh produce and variety of lunch options available. It is a delight to have a fresh made lunch option on those days, I want to grab a quick health lunch option. I can also pick up a few items for my house like amazing cook ware. Thank you Algo Especial for your meeting my every need on a 30 minute lunch break.

As has been mentioned before, this is a cute little grocery. I came for the tamales, and thought they were just ok. I tried the cheese and jalapeno, pork, and chicken. Overall, I thought all of the tamales could have used more filling, finding the layer of masa too thick. Of the three, I liked the jalapeno and cheese the best, though the filling could have used a touch more cheese.

I would have never known about this small market if it were not for a Yelp search. There are more spices, seeds, and snacks than other larger markets in Mexicantown. I bought a half dozen jalapeño and cheese tamales for $6.99 that were piping hot and delicious. The service is friendly too. This is a must for anyone looking for tamales and Mexican ingredients.

What a fantastic Mexican market. Very fresh fruit and vegetables like jalapeños, tomatillas, guava, cilantro. I visited today specifically for the homemade tamales. Pollo (chicken), carnitas (pork) but I will be back to try the jalapeños and cheese. Make sure to ask for sauce!

Nice grocery selection. Good tamales. But it seems all the piñatas in Detroit are made by the same paper plate fabricator

This is a small, quaint Hispanic grocery store with an excellent selection of spices, very good chorizo, and excellent, excellent tamales. I tend to favor the jalapeno and cheese tamales. Make sure you ask for the salsa to go with the tamales, though -- if you don't ask, you won't get any.

quaint little grocery store that I would have passed by if not for the recommendations to try their tamales from the hourdetroit write-up Small little tamale counter near the back 1/3 of the store, next to the meat counter ****************** A hundred million stars for the chicken tamales with the green sauce. there are no words to do them justice and 4 dollars and change for a bag of 6 ( I ate them so fast I forgot to count how many were in the bag but I think six) The pork and beef in red sauce were good also but the real star was the chicken and heavenly green sauce

Best fresh tamales made every day! (to go only). Great FRESH spices of all sorts. probably at least 50 different herbs and spices. Love this little place.

Without a doubt, the best tamales in town! The store has a great selection and the owners are very nice and helpful. But again, I can't say enough about the tamales - they are the best you'll ever have!