El Salchichero is a great local business that offers high-quality meats. The staff are incredibly friendly and knowledgeable. They have a wide variety of sausages, including bangers, and other meats like beef cuts and aged meats. They also carry bones for dogs. Customers love their products, including tortilla chips, house pepperoni, cured meats, smoke meats, and ancestral jerky. The business is a true gem for quality meats and great service. It is the place to go for the best meat in Santa Cruz, with a focus on providing the best meats in a smaller shop. El Salchichero is also a great butcher shop with delicious meats and other products, and the staff are happy to provide recommendations and cooking advice.
Genoa salami and fresh sausages from the cold case are not to be missed. Maybe the best pruh-shoot(prosciutto) I've ever tasted.
November 2025
Great stuff here. Some of the best tortilla chips I have ever had. Great house pepperoni, and lots of other things I haven't gotten around to trying yet :)
