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Among the entrees at Magdalena's Tamales in San Marcos are the tamales con carne.[/caption]
Magdalena’s Tamales
Although Javier Mendez’s food truck, Magdalena’s Tamales, has only been open one year, the recipe for his business’ success dates to the early 1970s when his mother and grandmother would sell their beef and pork combination tamales to workers at a former downtown bank. Magdalena’s Tamales is taking orders for pork and beef blend tamales, jalapeno bean and cheese tamales and chicken tamales through Dec. 17.
Hours: Tue.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Sat. 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m., closed Sun.-Mon. Address: 128 S. Guadalupe St., San Marcos Phone: 512-914-4645
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In addition to selling tamales by the dozen, Don Lorenzo in San Marcos sells masa, which is used to make tamales, by the pound.[/caption]
Don Lorenzo
Shirley DeLeon and her husband, Jesse, share quality time together in the back of their restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in San Marcos making tortillas that accompany the restaurant’s tacos and other dishes. Taco fanatics may appreciate the restaurant’s Taco Happy Hour Mon.-Fri. from 6-10 a.m., when every two-ingredient taco on the menu is $1. The restaurant also offers organic pork tamales for $8.95 per dozen and masa, the cornflour dough used to make tortillas and tamales, for $0.85 per pound.
Hours: Thu.-Tue. 6 a.m.-2 p.m. Address: 307 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, San Marcos Phone: 512-878-1184
