Tamale House No. 3 to Close for Good

Charity food giveaway benefiting employees planned for Tuesday

"...reality. Early Monday morning, a daughter of recently deceased Tamale House No. 3 owner Robert Vasquez confirmed via Facebook..."

May 5, 2014 Food Post by Chase Hoffberger

Learn to Make Tamales From Tamale House East’s Diane Valera

Plus, places to order tamales if that’s more your speed

"...Tamales are a delicious Christmas tradition that is always on..."

Dec. 7, 2022 Food Post by A. Richmond

Where to Get Your Tamale Fix in Austin This Holiday Season

Order now!

"...salsa, nothing warms your tummy like those special-order Christmas tamales we wait all year for...."

Dec. 16, 2020 Food Post by Lilli Hime

This Crispy Taco Brought to You by 50 Years of Tradition

Tamale House East has the Midas touch

"...is difficult to find a longtime Austinite without fond Tamale House memories. Tamale House No. 1 opened on Congress..."

April 18, 2014 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

Services Set for Robert Vasquez

Longtime restaurateur was mainstay of local Mexican food dynasty

"...shocked and saddened to find the doors locked at Tamale House No. 3 (5003 Airport Blvd.) Monday morning due..."

May 1, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

New life at the old Tamale House

"...they are beginning construction on the second Papalote Taco House (13265 Research) location, due to open in early 2015...."

Oct. 24, 2014 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Just Talkin' 'Bout Tacos

Shut your mouth! Around a taco!

"...Tacos by Mando Rayo and Jarod Neece, held at Tamale House East Saturday, was a colossal success...."

July 21, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

City Hall Hustle: Tweetfully Yours

The City Council considers food, names, and form-based code

"...Austin City Limits Fest. Keep Your Plans Off Our Tamales..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

Tamales or Not, It's a Family Affair

Robert Vasquez's breakfast taco empire expands

"...Tamale House5003 Airport Blvd., 453-9842 Monday-Friday, 6:30am-3pm; Saturday, 7am-3pm Tamale..."

May 18, 2012 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

No Chef Coats Here

Two hard-working women from the little Tex-Mex powerhouse called Tamale House No. 3 dream of reopening its doors

"...edgewise when you're sitting with two true legends of Tamale House No. 3. Outside a coffee shop in Hyde..."

June 13, 2014 Food Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Julián Castro, Women of Color, and Texas 2020

The path toward turning the state blue

"...Every seat in the house is taken at Tamale House East on a steamy..."

Oct. 4, 2019 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Know Your Culinary Matriarchs

Meet some of the women who helped shape Austin's culinary consciousness

"...tearoom management. The meals she served at the Tea House on Waller (long since demolished for the school's expansion)..."

July 11, 2014 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

War of Words – and Tacos – on Airport Boulevard

On Tamale House turf at E. 51st. and Airport, a taco is a taco ... or is it?

"...long the domain of an Austin Tex-Mex breakfast institution Tamale House. The property landlord's recent decision to let the..."

May 19, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Ready, Aim, Tacos!

Area restaurant dynasties provide festival food ... and artillery

"...area restaurant dynasty: Carmen Valera, granddaughter and namesake of Tamale House founder Carmen Vasquez. Valera and her siblings now..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Tex-Mex Institution Reopens as an Austin Food Truck

Austin’s newest tamale mavens, Karam’s Tamale Company

"...seasonings, meatballs and breakfast casserole, and homemade ice cream. Tamales are one of the most popular, least standardized seasonal..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Reinventing Airport Boulevard

Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?

"...such as Mrs. Johnson's Bakery ("Quality donuts since 1948"), Tamale House (the enchilada plate is still $3), I Luv..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Hot Tamales, Baby!

Our favorite holiday wrappings

"...Hungry for tamales but you've got no time, no recipe, and no..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Walk Like Cleto

H-town's Chingo Bling slings tamale beats

"...doing the hustle, but this vato raps about slanging tamales, like his parents did, to get ahead. Cocaine, pork..."

June 11, 2004 Music Feature by Joe Nick Patoski

Is Austin's Growing Dance Music Scene in Need of Its Own HQ?

We talk to a dozen members of ATX’s electronic music community

"...Austin feels cheesy. Despite a recent electronic music boom, house and techno sprang far afield from the Third Coast..."

Nov. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Dan Gentile

Food Top Nines

"...4. Omelettes at Blair House. I thought innkeeper Jonnie Stansbury's miraculous salad with Amish..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Holiday Tamales

Unwrap a taste of the holidays

"...since the revered Green & White Grocery stopped selling tamales, readers have contacted me asking about places to buy..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Texas Platters

The Scabs

"...House of Funk (Lordship Entertainment)..."

July 30, 1999 Music Feature

Seven Spots to Get Amazing Tamales in Austin

A fan of masa but a mess in the kitchen? Leave it to the pros.

"...endlessly customizable with an infinite variety of possible fillings, tamales are a crowd-pleasing treat that never gets old...."

Jan. 26, 2019 Food Post by Emily Beyda

A Look at Women Leaders in the Kitchen and at Austin Food + Wine Festival

We chat with the other 25%

"...Carmen Valera runs Tamale House East, the latest iteration of the restaurant started..."

April 27, 2018 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Silo on Seventh Finally in the Home Stretch

Burgers and beers coming to historic old tortilla factory

"...daughter, Carmen Vasquez, went on to operate the legendary Tamale House at the corner of Congress Avenue and W...."

Aug. 2, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

2012 Restaurant Poll Results and Guide

And the winner is ... you, because you get to nom on all these treats

"...Magnolia Cafe, Threadgill's, the Frisco, the Salt Lick, Hut's, Tamale House, Trudy's – show up regularly in the poll...."

May 18, 2012 Food Feature

Fast, Fresh, Portable, Affordable

Hello, hungry traveler. Welcome to the land of the breakfast taco!

"...at Juan's have been a dietary staple in my household for almost 10 years now. I am addicted to..."

March 14, 2003 Food Feature

So, Basically, Breakfast Tacos and Free Beer

Enjoying good food and drink for $10 a day during SXSW

"...Deserving of special mention is the Tamale House at 5003 Airport Blvd. (453-9842). There used to..."

March 9, 2007 Food Feature by Kathy McCarty

Landmark Eateries

Austin landmarks 25-49 years in the making

"...Tamale House (Downtown)..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

The 2002 Austin Chronicle Restaurant Poll

Readers Poll

"...Honorable MentionMalaga Wine & Tapas Bar, Z'Tejas, Trudy's, Ray's SteakhouseBarbecueThe Salt Lick..."

May 24, 2002 Food Feature

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