E&L Supermercado
6000 W Vernor Hwy, Detroit, MI 48209
The Shooki Review
E&L Supermercado is Southwest Detroit royalty. This Mexicantown market has roots stretching back to the 1940s, and the meat counter is the main event: a massive full-service case, a 24-foot spread of house marinades with over twenty recipes, and prices that have kept families coming back for generations. Add a taqueria cranking out made-to-order tacos, tortas, and tamales that regulars swear by, and you've got a grocery store sitting on a 4.6 with more than three thousand Google reviews. As a market, it's the real deal.
Now, the restrooms. Nobody drives to Vernor Highway for the bathroom, and that's about the kindest way to put it. This is a hardworking, no-frills grocery that pours all its energy into carne asada and produce, not facilities. Reviewers rave about the marinades and the tamales; nobody's raving about the restroom situation. At a decades-old neighborhood market like this, don't expect more than the bare minimum — no extras, no comfort, strictly a get-in-and-get-out stop if you're lucky enough to get in at all.
Come hungry, leave with a trunk full of marinated meat — just handle your bathroom business before you show up. E&L Supermercado lands at a 3/10 on Shooki.
See where E&L Supermercado ranks among Detroit's top grocery stores.
Accessibility & Amenities
- Wheelchair-accessible restroom— unknown
- Step-free entrance— unknown
- Gender-neutral restroom— unknown
- Baby changing station— unknown
- Key or code required— unknown
What Google Reviewers Say
4.6 on Google · 3,231 reviews
A Southwest Detroit supermarket people drive to for one department: a sixteen-foot marinade counter running twenty-odd recipes, with chicken, ribs, and fajita meat already seasoned and waiting. The rest of the store is clean and well kept, the bakery runs in house, and the takeout counter is cheap and good. Bring a cooler and a plan for the grill.