Oakland, Calif. (January 5, 2012) – Tina Tamale Ramos of La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen has upgraded her mobile pop-up stand to a push-cart & transporter. In the past few years, the Tina Tamale Pop-up Stand has grown from doing just a few special events a year including the OMCA Days of the Dead Community Celebration to weekly events like Bites Off Broadway, Oakland’s first reoccurring food pod.
In December 2011, Ramos found out that a local mobile pushcart and transporter truck was for sale. Looking at this as the ideal way to expand her mobile food vending business, she secured the purchase from Elisabeth August & Corey Stowe of Guerilla Grub.
The Tina Tamale Pop-up Push-cart will now be able to do lunchtime service for just a couple of hours due to the quicker & easier set-up with the ability to serve tamales with magical ingredients like love and lard more often & in more places!
The transporter currently being transformed with amazing art from Joaquin Alejandro Newman & Eduardo Pineda of Forrealism. With a re-vamped menu, Tina Tamale looks forward to the debut her upgraded mobile set-up in February 2012.
The recent passing of the new Oakland mobile food policy allowing for more food pod events (that’s three or more mobile food vendors congregating) has also opened the window for more opportunity. During the press conference for the new policy, Ramos committed to upgrade her set-up, hire more Oaklanders and generate more tax revenue if given more events to vend throughout the year. This expansion is Ramos keeping her word.
Ramos is honored to be partnering on a couple of Tina Tamale launch events with Chef Peter Jackson as well as neighbors, Steve & Marilee Shaffer of Urban Legend Cellars, located in Jack London District. Look for these events and more throughout the month of February. More information about these events can be found on the IndieGoGo campaign here.
Tina Tamale is excited to continue helping our local, living economy grow stronger. Revenue from mobile sales will be used to purchase many ingredients for their authentic Mexican-American food from local, sustainable vendors. Tina Tamale Ramos and crew will continue to live and work in the amazing diverse city of Oakland. Ramos will continue to volunteer time and other resources to local non-profits. Ramos is not only a member of Oakland Grown, a movement supporting independent businesses & artists; she is also a founding member of the Oakland Gown steering committee. Local, indie & community are not just buzzwords to Tina Tamale; it’s a way of life!
More about Tina Tamale:
The Tina Tamale Pop-up Push-cart and catering serves authentic Mexican American foods. Specializing in tamales with both traditional and fillings with a twist, Tina Tamale strives to showcase local foods both identifying with her cultural roots as well being proud of the diverse place Oakland, her hometown, has become over the years. To find out where Tina Tamale will pop-up next: “like us” on Facebook.com/tinatamale, “follow us” on Twitter.com/tinatamale or subscribe to our blog at TinaTamale.com.
More about Tina Tamale Ramos:
Tina "Tamale" Ramos is a third generation co-owner and spokesperson of her family's business, La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen, in operation since 1944. She is also the owner/founder of Tina Tamale Pop-up Push-cart and Catering. Tina is a resident/merchant of Old Oakland as well as an indie business and community advocate. She is currently active with Old Oakland Neighbors, 10,000 Steps Oakland & the Oakland Grown marketing campaign. Online she can be found at TinaTamale.com.
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Bites Off Broadway Season Finale 2011 & OMCA Days of the Dead Community Celebration
Bites Off Broadway
Find the Tina Tamale Pop-Up Stand serving up tamales, tacos, posole & Mexican hot chocolate October 21 from 5:30-8:30pm
Pre-order tamales packed To Go with pick-up at BoB!
Featuring affordable and delicious food from: Go Streatery, Tina Tamale, Nick Wheely Good Breakfast Truck, Boffo Cart, Breads of India, Sam's ChowderMobile and Doc's of the Bay.
Plus music by American Nomad and Mix It Up String Band. Games with Hoop Play. Bring a blanket or chairs.
We've had a BLAST bringing folks out to our weekly community food pod and can't wait for next year!
Look for major changes in Oakland's mobile food policy at December City Council meeting.
Plus music by American Nomad and Mix It Up String Band. Games with Hoop Play. Bring a blanket or chairs.
We've had a BLAST bringing folks out to our weekly community food pod and can't wait for next year!
Look for major changes in Oakland's mobile food policy at December City Council meeting.
What is Bites Off Broadway? A mobile food pod every Friday thru Oct 21, 2011 in front of Studio One - 365 45th Street Produced by Karen Hester (Hesternet Productions) as a way to highlight Oakland's burgeoning mobile food vending scene and revitalize and activate Broadway as a major Oakland boulevard.
Follow Bites Off Broadway online:
Love & Loss: Días de los Muertos 2011
17th Annual Days of the Dead exhibit explores the stories behind home altars
October 12, 2011 - December 11, 2011
COMMUNITY DAY CELEBRATION
Sunday, October 23 from 12-4:30 pm
Oakland Museum of California
featuring ofrendas, music, and dance performances, arts and crafts demonstrations, activities for children, and a variety of food and arts and crafts vendors. Included with Museum admission. Tina Tamale along with Blue Oak Cafe & Flacos are the food vendors.
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