Comments on: Tamales: Shady Restaurant of the Month

By: TxOkie

TxOkie — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 18:22:44 +0000

My wife & I live in Edmond & stumbled unto a great restaurant(hole in the wall) on 2nd St. The name of the restaurant is –Carnitas Michoacan.We were hungry last night & were gonna get some pizza but we saw the sign & thought we would try it.My wife was tired & waited for me in the car & I ordered a to-go menu.The moment I walked into the place I got a whiff of the delicious enticing smell.We’re from San Antonio & dislike some of the ingredient’s in the mexican food here(you can smell it_ & I walk out when I smell it but this place actually smelled very good.They don’t have a written menu on paper, the menu is on the board & you pick what you want from there. I ordered the Chicken gorditas for my wife & the barbacoa tortas for myself & hoped the food was as good as it smelled when we got home.My wifes gorditas were excellent. The chicken actually had a lot of flavor(not blah) & my tortas were very good & filled with beef, I almost couldn’t finish it all but I did.All of that food for only $7.50(you can’t beat that),a bargain for the tasty food we received.I recommend this place if you all are ever in Edmond. I have to check out some other places recommended on this site. By the way I just stumbled unto this site a couple of day’s ago & wish I would have known about it before—it makes it easier for us to chose some hidden places.

By: TxOkie

TxOkie — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:46:42 +0000

I just stumbled unto this website today & thanks for being here.I haven’t been able to find good tamales here in Okc.My wife & I are from San Antonio & they have a few great tamale places but the best tamales are home-made.We have to try this place you mentioned–Tamales–by the comments on here it sounds pretty good.

By: Randy OKC

Randy OKC — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:53:02 +0000

You can stop by Tamales for lunch and get less than a dozen tamales. I have ordered 4 just for myself before with no problem. 4 seems to be a good number for a big guy like me. They pan out to be about $1 each. The spicy chicken can be very spicy based on the jalapenos they are using. I have had extremely hot chicken tamales and just hot chicken tamales. The red pork tamales are very flavorful but just a little on the spicy side. They are always consistant. I’ve never had the cheese and jalpeno because I have never been there on WED or SAT. I hear they are awesome though.
The lady at tamales told me that she cooks these just like she would for her family. I think that say’s a lot.

By: Randy OKC

Randy OKC — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:33:45 +0000

I’ve been going to Tamales now for about 5 months. I usually try to hit it once a week or every other week at least for lunch take-out. When I annouce at work that I’m making a tamale run I usually end up getting at least 2-3 dozen. These are the best tamales in town bar none. I feed a very descriminating crowd from all over the west and southwest. They love them and buy them by the dozens to take home. Tamales also serves burritos for lunch. (Cheese and jalapeno tamales are only available on WED/SAT so plan accordingly.) The place is very spartan and they have a very limited menu and no place to sit and dine. The ladies that run the place are absolute sweethearts and take their trade seriously and it shows.
The carneceria across the street is also very good. Carneceria el Rodeo has great meat. When I go there I usually get 5lbs of their marinated skirt steak and 5lbs of their marinated sliced short ribs. We grill the skirt steak for fajitas and it is awesome. We grill the sliced short ribs and serve them with rice and beans. The people at el Rodeo are very nice and they will get an english speaking person to help you if you are a “no-hablo” like me. My kids and I love their Carne Seca (beef jerky) it’s very tasty and very reasonable at 12.99 a pound.

By: Desiree

Desiree — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:56:30 +0000

YUMMMMMY! Thank you so much for recommending this place! I got a dozen “spicy” and a dozen cheese & jalapeno. My boyfriend prefered the regular spicy tamales but I actually liked the cheese and jalapeno…but be warned LOTS of jalapeno.
I sent my step-father up to get some (after I raved about them at the weekly family dinner) and he also said they had a larger selection that day than just “spicy or uhm….not spicy” and, of course, he thought they were fantastic as well.
Thanks Andrew for a great review! Good luck!

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:50:21 +0000

Just bought my first dozen, and this was indeed good. Brought it to work today and EVERYONE loved them! I think they actually tasted better the day after.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:51:00 +0000

Andrew,you will be missed.. so many great discoveries you’ve treated us to..
Tamales is one we already had under the belt, highly recommended.

By: kim

kim — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:34:31 +0000

Thank you so much! Just got 4 doz spicy for tomorrow night’s pre-skeleton march tailgate party and we have already blown through a few. These truely are the best tamales and they are HOT!

By: Cult of Nobody

Cult of Nobody — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:42:58 +0000

Stopped and got a dozen spicy and a choco-banana on the way home from work….. All I can say is….

MmmmmMmmmmMmmmmMmmmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I also noticed that there is some work going being done on a building at 44th and May (Across the street from the Los Tacos) and the sign said Tamales.

Anyone know if this is being done by the same people?

By: Bizzle

Bizzle — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:38:20 +0000

I just finished eating a tamale and I must say this is the best tamale I’ve had in Okc They are fabulous…even if I’m unsure of whether they are chicken or pork tamales. Get the spicy!

By: Martha

Martha — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:19:50 +0000

I can’t wait to try it.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:41:44 +0000

Nice to have another shady moment via Andrew.
Gotta go try it.

By: dustbury.com » Reader’s digestion

dustbury.com » Reader’s digestion — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:55:02 +0000

[...] Littleton is moving to Nashville, but one thing he’ll never forget about Oklahoma City is the “authentic-ish” Mexican joints along SW 29th Street: Ever since the day I had a $3 breakfast for lunch at Sydney’s and helped to unplug the fan [...]

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:35:33 +0000

Thanks for all the great restaurants, Andrew! I hope someone takes up your passion for the Shadier places here. I ate at Tamales last night and have to completely agree with your recommendation. I’m from West Texas and these are the best tamales I’ve ever eaten. Brought some to coworkers today at lunch and they agree as well.

We’ll miss you!

By: Wimpy

Wimpy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:52:52 +0000

I’ve been going here sice last summer, great tamales, I think now you have to buy a dozen at a time, but that’s no problemo!!

By: JuJuBeans

JuJuBeans — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:19:49 +0000

Have a nice trip, and again.. thanks for the review~

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:57:19 +0000

FINALLY! Can’t wait to finally go check this out. Hope you’re having fun out there in Nashville.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:43:36 +0000

We’ll miss you, Andrew. Thanks for leaving us with a good one!

By: Cult of Nobody

Cult of Nobody — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:59:11 +0000

When I was going to school I delivered tortillas for Nino’s. One of the places I delivered to was a shady little restaurant called Pablo’s near SE 15th and I-35.

Pablo’s is no longer there but Pablo turned me on to several authentic Mexican dishes, one of which was tamales made by a little old Mexican woman that lived near his restaurant.

She made them at home and I never asked what was in those DELICIOUS tamales but as long as Pablo’s was there I would go over at Christmas time and get 4 dozen of those incredible tamales.

I sure hope these tamales are as good as the ones I remember from many years ago because I’ll be going by Tamales later this week and giving them a try.

By: isaac

isaac — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:24:40 +0000

I go on saturday and get tamales and my daughter gets a chocolate banana, extra sprinkles. Great place!!