Where can I get fresh NOPAL in New York?

Question

Preferably in Manhattan. If no info about fresh Nopal, how about canned?

Answer 1

Hi, The best place to buy fresh Nopal is at the NYC food terminals with the exotic vegetable brokers, it's going to be fresh and right off the truck from our fields. Well Ok, maybe like 7-10 days since its been cut off the Mother plants, but still very tender and crisp. When we export Fresh Nopal to NYC and the surrounding areas, we ship it straight up to the food Terminals. Also another great place is Pasaic NJ, there a couple of good Mexican Vegetable Wholesalers. If you do go to them they are really big wholesale grocery stores (they supply NYC) and give you the feeling that you are in a Mexican Mercado with all the products on Pallets. They have large walk-in refrigeration areas with all the vegetables still in boxes and the Pallets are all the way to the roof. Restaurant chefs and of course the neighborhood supermarkets that carry Mexican and South American food go and order wholesale from there but I am sure you can get away with buying a case of fresh Nopal really cheap. I am sure if you call these guys in Pasaic they will tell you where they deliver Nopal in Manhattan so use your imagination and look in the Pasaic NJ directory for Vegetable Wholesalers ...good luck and hoped this helps and if you want the names of our clients there then send an e mail ..... Saludos from.... Cuernavaca ,