Delicious Tamales Multiple locations, delicioustamales.com Not many cities have tamal chains, but San Antonio is just like that. With six locations throughout the Alamo City, Delicious Tamales is a super dependable stop for when hunger strikes — and the only cure is tamales. Available by the dozen, you can stock up on fillings like jalapeño bean, pork, chicken and even a Southwest vegetarian option. They even make tamale poppers! Credit: Instagram / delicioustamalestx

Keep Austin Weird? Looks like Delicious Tamales would rather make Austin tasty.

The longtime San Antonio favorite will open its first out-of-town location this month, bringing its old-fashioned tamales to the state capital’s downtown area, Austin Culture Map reports. 


Delicious’ first Austin outpost will offer hot or cold tamales in more than a dozen varieties — including jalapeño cheese, savory pork and tomatillo chicken — just like its predecessor shops in SA, the news site reports.

Delicious Tamales operates six walk-up locations in San Antonio, as well as a 30,000-square-foot factory where it cooks and stone grinds corn to make masa for its storefront operations.

The Austin spot, located southeast of downtown at 1931 E. Oltorf St., will open in mid-November, Austin Culture Map reports.

Yep. Just in time for the holidays.

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This article appears in Nov 17-29, 2021.

Nina Rangel uses nearly 20 years of experience in the foodservice industry to tell the stories of movers and shakers in the food scene in San Antonio. As the Food + Nightlife Editor for the San Antonio...