Street-Smart Tamales in Mott Haven

Published on Monday, September 28, 2009, by Mark Hokoda / Edit Post

Of the two cart vendors on bigjeff’s go-to block for tamales in the Bronx, pick the mom-and-son team to the west. The tamales oaxaqueños are the best: chicken in red sauce or mole, or pork in spicy green sauce, all steamed in banana leaf—$2 for “a monster,” jeff promises.

Also on offer: sweet tamales with raisin and cinnamon, and terrific non-Oaxacan tamales with a variety of fillings, including a nice spicy cheese one. The cart is there on the weekends and maybe other days, too.

Tamale vendor [Bronx]
E. 138th Street (between Willis and Third avenues), Bronx
No phone available

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  • Thanks, jeff! I've gotta get back up there.

    Appreciate the details on the business, too. Once they work out the bugs in places 2.0 I'll add a record.

  • "exact" address is 353 East 138th Street, in front of a mexican grocery named "La Merced Mexicana"

  • spoke with Niño, the son recently, the cart is there every day and they set up directly in front of a narrow mexican grocery store (produce like nopale and onions in the front). they can also do large orders and special orders, the name of the operation is Tamales Ebenezer and it is Carmen and her son who run it. I've been eating all the tamales over the past year or so, this is THE one. And,...+READ

    spoke with Niño, the son recently, the cart is there every day and they set up directly in front of a narrow mexican grocery store (produce like nopale and onions in the front). they can also do large orders and special orders, the name of the operation is Tamales Ebenezer and it is Carmen and her son who run it. I've been eating all the tamales over the past year or so, this is THE one. And, still dirt cheap at $1 or $1.25 per, and the oaxaqueños are an amazing deal; this is the type you'd order in a restaurant and it comes out on a pretty plate for $6-COLLAPSE