A coming-soon banner near 43rd Avenue and Roosevelt Street is signaling a new West Phoenix location for Mesa’s Mr. Meats Carnicería & Market. The planned storefront is being promoted as Mr. Meats Carnicería & Tacos, according to the business posts cited by WhatNow.
The company has not publicly announced an opening date or released a precise address for the Phoenix shop. It also has not confirmed whether the new location will include the full grocery and service lineup offered at its Mesa store, so the Phoenix concept should be treated as planned rather than ready to open.
What is known about the expansion
WhatNow reported that Edgar Guerrero operates Mr. Meats’ Mesa location at 1933 E. University Drive, where the business combines a carnicería with a market and prepared-food counter. The store sells meat and other groceries and serves Mexican dishes including tacos and burritos, though those offerings do not establish what will be available in Phoenix. The Mesa business also promoted its second anniversary in an August social-media video.
That distinction matters because the Phoenix branding emphasizes tacos alongside the butcher-shop format. Until Mr. Meats releases a menu, hours, address or opening announcement, it is not clear whether the site will function as a small taco-focused shop, a market with prepared food, or a version of the larger Mesa operation.
A familiar Valley format, with important differences
The combination of a butcher shop and taco counter has precedent in the Phoenix area. Phoenix New Times’ 2015 Best of Phoenix coverage described Mercado y Carnicería Cuernavaca as a separate operator offering a butcher-shop setting and tacos. That example shows the format is not new locally, but it does not indicate how Mr. Meats’ Phoenix location will perform or what services it will offer…