So how did Mom’s Tamales come to be what it is now? Well, it all started long, long ago in a place far, far away. Actually no.  I was a student going to a community college and was about to get a job for the first time in my life. I was blessed for having both of my parents who gave me the opportunity to go to college and not to worry about a job while I was in school.

 Now that school was out, it was time to get a job, the only thing was, I always wanted to be my own boss but really had no idea about what to do. My parents suggested maybe I should try and sell food. They had prior experience in the food industry and thought it would be a good idea for me to give it a shot. But what to sell? After debating for a couple of days, we came up with Tamales. At first I wasn’t thrilled about the idea, but I decided to give it a shot anyways. My mom let me borrow about 200 dollars and with that I bought a couple of steamers, a cooler, and the produce to start production. The first time I went off to sell tamales was on February 11, 2001 out of the trunk of my 1979 Honda Prelude, and I remember I sold close to nothing. Around that time it was raining pretty bad and nobody wanted to buy food from a wet tamalero. A lot of times I came home with my cooler filled with tamales, and so I had to reheat them and sell them the next day, but when I tasted the reheated tamale, it just isn’t the same. After those few times in the begining. I’m proud to say that I have not sold reheated tamales ever again. And even though it was hard and costly, it was the way I wanted to do things to ensure everyone  got the best tamale they could eat GUARANTEED.. It took me awhile before people started to trust me and whenever I went to new places I would end up giving tamales away as free samples, but I didn’t mind because I knew what I was selling was good and that the minute they tried them, they would end up buying more.

  The first time I sold tamales during Christmas I remember I sold only about 500 tamales. Which took me only about 6 hours to cook. After that first Christmas, it grew more and more. To the point where one Christmas I had to stop taking orders from people because there was no way I was going to be able to keep up. That Christmas we had the pot going for like 24hrs straight. Non stop. We were so busy my Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother, Neighbor and of course ME were all making tamales.  Fast forward 4 years later, and thousands of tamales and we arrive at Mom’s Tamales Restaurant. I named it of course after the one person who has helped me the most, my Mom. But not only my mom, but also every mom who has ever made tamales. Thank you Mom’s. Today at  Mom’s Tamales the only things that has changed is our menu. We offer pork, beef, cheese, cheese and spinach, green chicken, mole chicken, sweet corn, pineapple and any other idea our customers can come up with. We have only been open for just a couple of months and our customers are very happy with our tamales the same way we are happy they allow us to be a part of their special occasions. And one thing will always be true. No matter how big we get. You will never eat a reheated tamale at Mom’s Tamales. GUARANTEED.