Cuatro de Mayo at Linden Street Brewery

Cuatro de Mayo -- Celebrate the Battle of Puebla with beer, tamales and live music at Linden Street Brewery, 95 Linden St. Suite 7/8, May 4th, 5-8pm. Brought to you by Linden Street Brewery, Tina Tamale and Eat Drink Oakland.


Linden Street Brewery


Tina Tamale


Eat Drink Oakland

Berkeley Earth Day 2012 :: Menu

Berkeley Earth Day is an annual event held in April to celebrate the environmental movement and creatively challenge the destruction of our planet. We provide cultural performers, speakers and resources to link individuals and groups with each other in community based ecological activities.

Tina Tamale will be in the Veggie Food Court (across from Berkeley City Hall) with our lard-less yet chock full of Love & Veggie Goodness menu! 

• Potato & Green Bean Tamale (vegan) with mixed greens, local honey & lime vinaigrette 
• Green Chile & Cheese Tamale (vegetarian) with mixed greens, local honey & lime vinaigrette 
• Sauteed Mushroom Sandwich with jack cheese, cilanto & cotija cheese aioli, arugula with honey lime vinaigrette, sliced ripe tomatoes on a soft roll
• Crunchy Tortilla Chips (canola oil) with fresh salsa
• Agua Fresca

Berkeley Earth Day
Saturday April 21, 2012, 12 -5 p.m.
Civic Center Park, MLK & Allston

First Friday: Oakland Art Murmur Great Wall of Oakland Viewing Party

What? FREE Tina Tamale to the First 50 on First Friday: Oakland Art Murmur Great Wall of Oakland Viewing Party at Broadway Grand? Yep...you read correctly. Learn more and RSVP here:    http://firstfridayfirstfifty.eventbrite.com/

A delicious traditional pork tamale served "estilo Americano" con gravy & lardy tortilla chips

New Weekly Pop-up Location & Limited Edition T-Shirt Presales

Every Friday from 12-9pm on 9th Street btwn Washington & Clay in Old Oakland

Fridays at Swan's

Weekly INDOOR pop-up every Friday at Swan's Market in Old Oakland! Look for our NEW Tina Tamale non-traditional menu featuring Taylor's Sausage. We'll post what deliciousness we have in store that am! Don't worry, we will have tamales every First Friday!
 

Chorizo Sausage Sandwich: luscious grilled Taylor's chorizo sausage, sliced tomato, arugula with cotija cheese & cilantro aioli

Look for Tina Tamale, Periscope Cellars, pieTISSERIE , Cosecha & lots of local yummy food from all the storefronts & vendors at this historic building!

1940's Throw-back Tina Tamale Truck Design by Forrealism Version 1

Limited Edition TinaTamale by Forrealism T-Shirts Pre-Sale on IndieGoGo

The actual design by Forrealism for our new transporter is close to being finalized and then we will have a t-shirt design ready.  This will be a limited edition t-shirt, once this batch is printed there will be no more! ¡No Mas! We want to give a final chance to make a purchase. All sizes will be available and we will ship your t-shirt to you if you are not currently near us.

We're keeping this as local as possible.  Oakland Tamale Vendor.  Oakland Artists. These t-shirts will be screen printed by hand in West Oakland by Team Print Shop.  Local, indie & community are not just buzzwords to us; it’s a way of life!  Get'em while they're CALIENTE! http://j.mp/IndieGoGoArte

About Forrealism

A portal to contemporary indigenous American art.  Forrealism is a collective of artists, activists, and educators who view art as education and a key to a peaceful and prosperous future.  The artists represented make paintings, murals, films, animations, and installations as they seek to beautify the world through these creations.  Joaquin Alejandro Newman & Eduardo Pineda are designing & producing the scenes on the Tina Tamale transporter & t-shirt.

Tina Tamale acquires local mobile push-cart and transporter!

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.

Christmas Past Vintage Finds, Handmade Gifts & Art

Vintage Finds & Handmade Gifts from Local Sellers & Artists, plus DJs & Food at VAMP, 547 Athol, Oakland BUY LOCAL, HANDMADE & RECYCLED for yourself, family & friends! BRING CASH! - Tons of Vintage clothing, accessories, records, and knick knacks from the 1930s - 80s from Rusty Blazenhoff, Tracy Parker, Alexandra Tyler, Denise Campanero, Karen Finlay, Enid Westberg & more... - Paintings, photos, prints, and mosaics by Momoko Sudo, Luce Lucy, Ken Duffy, and Emily Duffy - see the Vainvan art car! - Vintage slips for bad girls & pin-up boy beer koozies by femme Cartel’s Femily Oakland - Recycled bra purses, vintage china & plate jewelry, key jewelry and charms by Sherry Tobin - Handmade feather and eclectic hats and hairbands from Lisa Aurora for de la lucha - Handmade clothing for toddlers, and punk, mod and rockabilly clothes such as hoods, tankers and bib shirts for little girls by Terrie Livingston-Lau - Beautiful plant gifts from Garden Hortica - Order gifts from Tupperware lady extraordinaire, Karen Finlay - Tasty tacos, tamales, and Mexican hot chocolate by Tina Tamale. Desserts by Semita Dulce - DJS spinning vintage vinyl - buy records for yourself and as gifts ---- Contact Paula Wirth of Eat Drink Oakland for details: paulawirth@gmail.com or call VAMP at510.435.3106 #vintage, #art, #oakland, #event, #food, #dj, #records, #gifts, #shoplocal http://christmaspastsale.eventbrite.com/

Art Murmur Oakland: First Friday Nov 2011 :: Forrealism Exhibition & Firehouse Collective Live Bazaar

 

Forrealism Exhibition

Come on out to Oakland's Art Murmur this upcoming First Friday, November 4th from 6-9pm for an evening of amazing artists sharing their work in this incredible space! 

Featured artists include:

Raymond Patlan, Joaquin Alejandro Newman, Eduardo Pineda, Patricia Rodriguez, Salvador "El Chamuco" Cortez, Daniel Camacho, Ernesto Hernandez-Olmos, Maria Guzman, Tony Coleman, Sean Levon Nash, Juan Domingo.

For more info visit www.forrealism.com

Firehouse Collective Live Bazaar

Also that night, The Firehouse Art Collective Live Bazaar will be featuring an enticing array of over 30 vendors, a cross section of all local arts, such as painting, culinary, healing, sculpture, jewelry, skin care, antiques, collectibles, and more! The Tina Tamale Pop-Up Stand will be serving up tamales, aguas frescas & more that night too!

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! 

 Click here to order in advance: http://j.mp/BoBTinaTamale Let Tina know before noon Fridays!

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.

 

 

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:

Facebook

Twitter

 

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

Days of the Dead Community Celebration

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.

¡VIVA Mexico! ¡VIVA Carnitas!, Bites Off Broadway (including pre-ordering) plus Rockrige Out & About

"El Grito" Mexican Independence Weekend Celebration! 

We'll be serving 
Tina Tamale's Carnitas Street Tacos ($2) 

Friday (9a-3:30p) & Saturday (9a-5p) at La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen (582-7th Street)

The Grito de Dolores ("Cry of Dolores") also known as El Grito de la Independencia ("Cry of Independence"), uttered from the small town of Dolores, near Guanajuato on September 16, 1810 is the event that marks the beginning of the Mexican War of Independence and is the most important national holiday observed in Mexico. Read more: http://j.mp/r2TiOC

 Bites Off Broadway 

Find the Tina Tamale Pop-Up Stand serving up tamales & tacos during the following dates: September 16 & 23 October 7, 14 & 21 from 5:30-8:30pm

NEW Pre-order tamales packed To Go with pick-up at BoB! 

 Click here to order in advance: http://j.mp/BoBTinaTamale Let Tina know before noon Fridays!

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:

Facebook

Twitter

Rockridge Out and About
Sunday, October 9, 2011, 12-6pm
College Avenue between Alcatraz and Manila Avenue

The Tina Tamale Pop-Up Stand will be dishing out tamales, street tacos & aguas frescas! College Avenue will transform into a street festival focusing on the retail merchants, businesses and services located on College Avenue. Live Music, Chef Stage, Market Hall's Picnic in the Street, Wellness Tent, Kid's Area, Rockridge Merchant/Artisan Marketplace, Gourmet Food & Beverage Booths, Street Entertainment

Bites Off Broadway and FiveTen - An Oakland After Pride Fest

Find Tina Tamale serving up tamales & tacos during Bites Off Broadway every 2nd & 3rd Friday through October 2011. 

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:

Facebook

Twitter

We LOVE Oakland and Oakland Pride! We love it sooooooo much that we never want it to end. So we got together to throw a big shindig after Oakland Pride. We call it

FiveTen: An Oakland After Pride Fest

We got a little bit of somethin’, somethin’ for EVERYBODY. We swing open our doors at 6pm to keep the party going all night long! Find Tina Tamale vending tamales & tacos to the masses!

3 Levels, 3 Stages, 8 DJs, 4 Dancefloors, 12 Performers, 15 Vendors, 6 Food Vendors, Art Exhibit, Live Art, All Ages-1st floor

Sept 4, 2011

420 - 14th Street

Oakland, CA

More info: http://www.510oaklandpride.com/

Tamales at Family Fun Day this 4th of July at Jack London Square

 

Monday, July 4th, 2011

Throughout Jack London Square

11am to 4pm

So much to do!

 

Petting Zoo.  Performers from Kinetic Arts: stiltwalkers, jugglers, and face-painters.  Clowns and Balloon Artist.  Conscious Carnival Games.  Hula Hoop Dancing.  Children's Art Activities.  Magic!

 

Two Jump Houses.  The Amazing Bubble Man! Bike, Canoe, and Kayak Rentals.  Enormous Slide. Acrobats.  The music of the Big Cat Tolefree Band and the sounds of Eric Bolvin.  Plus lots of food and drink.  [Sorry, no fireworks.]

 

Find the Tina Tamale Food Booth at the intersection of Broadway & Water Street next to the Enormous Slide!

Our Menu

 

Hand-made Tamales with stone ground masa: Traditional Pork, White Meat Chicken, Green Chile & Cheese (vegetarian) plus Potato & Green Bean (vegan)

 

Cheese Nachos: our delicious lardy tortilla chips smothered in cheese sauce (canola oil chips on request)

 

Drinks
 

Aguas Frescas (All Scratch Made): Horchata (Rice Water), Jamaica (Hibiscus Refresher) & Farmers' Market Fresa (Fresh Strawberry)

Mexican Coca-Cola in the bottle: made with cane sugar

See you there!

June 2011 :: Bites on Broadway, Ignite! Expo and other Tamalerific Events TBA!

So it looks like summertime in Oakland has finally arrived! Long weekends, graduations and Friday special events need those special treats like tasty tamales, nachos made with lardy chips and thirst quenching aguas frescas!


I'm still nailing now the details for many of the special events the Tina Tamale food booth will be at...por please check back for updates. 

http://bitesonbroadway.com/

Bites on Broadway  (BoB)

(45th & Broadway, next to Oakland Tech HS) ongoing every Friday through Oct 2011

Tina Tamale Food Booth:  6/10 (launch) & 6/17

We will be at select dates for this ongoing food pod in the Temescal/Rockridge area. Mobile food & games for kids of all ages. Kudos to organizer Karen Hester for making a lonely sidestreet on Broadway full of life, food, fun and at the debut...long lines! As I told a friend, "It was good and bad...good: we sold out in just over two hours, bad: we sold out in just over two hours!" My next generation staff and I promise to be quicker and have LOTS more tamales & aguas frescas this coming Friday, June 17th.

The BoB Menu

Tamales: handmade with fresh corn dough, stone ground in house

Traditional Pork 

Green Chicken

Potato & Green Bean (vegan)

Green Chile & Cheese (vegetarian)

Nachos : Our famous Lardy Chips smothered in (wait for it) cheese sauce (yup, the stuff that comes in a can)...Why? Because it's delicious! (jalapeños on the side and canola oil chips on request)

Aguas Frescas (drinks):

Jamaica (Hibiscus Refresher)

Horchata (Sweetened Rice Water with cinnamon & milk)

Farmers' Market Fresa (Strawberry)

Photo: Cooking with the Single Guy

Read more about BoB:

Oakland North (photos) 

East Bay Express - What the Fork

Grubstreet.com

Cooking with the Single Guy 

Cinco de Mayo is next Thursday 5/5 :: Need food for your fiesta?

Need Tamales, Lardy Chips or any other authentic Mexican - American yumminess for Cinco de Mayo next Thursday 5/5? Place your order NOW to guarantee we'll have what you crave!  

La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen & Specialty Shop will be open till 5pm that day to get your panza full & happy!

 

Our traditional pork tamale with gravy & cheese

Call us for orders for today or tomorrow at 510/444.9954 ext 3.

To reach Tina Tamale for a price quote at least 48 hours in advance, please fill out the form found here or call 510/397.TINA (8462). Please allow 24 - 48 hours for a response. 

If you are unsure of quantities, the quote will be adjusted by the number of guests and type of meal. Vegetarian and vegan options are also available, so please ask!

Eco-friendly disposable serviceware and drinks (including agua fresca) available at additional charge. Limited delivery within 15miles of our restaurant during businesses hours may be available at an additional charge.

We're vendors at upcoming events: 

Bike to Work Day Afterparty in Old Oakland :: Thurs May 12 from 5:30-8:30pm

5th Annual Oakland Indie Awards :: Fri May 13 from 6:00-10:00pm

  

8th Annual EndGame Auction :: Sat 4/23

 

8th Annual EndGame Auction
Saturday April 23, 2011
921 Washington Street at 10th in Old Oakland
11:00am-3:00pm 

La Borinquena will be selling tamales, nachos and burritos right outside from 11am to 3pm. The auction starts at 11am and ends when they run out of games to auction! It includes new and used board games, historical games and card games. Sell your old games! Buy different games! Find nifty out-of-print games you've been looking for! More info: http://www.endgameoakland.com/auction or 510.465.3637  

SF’s Fifth Annual A Taste of Tequila & Tamales by the Bay :: Sunday, April 17

I had quite the week after We LOVE Old Oakland and then at the East Bay Vintner's Wine Passport on Saturday. I had a chance to chat with Gene of the Our Oakland blog and meet tons of folks who love wine & tamales while we catered Periscope Cellars at Linden Street Brewery. 

A couple of people asked if we were by any chance going to be at this year's A Taste of Tequila & Tamales at the Galleria at the San Francisco Design Center. We are honored to be participating for the first time, so we're on to this pairing (tamales & tequila) and let's see what festival season has in store for us this year!

Con amor y manteca,

~tina tamale

 

Experience the flavors of tradition and history at San Francisco’s fifth annual A Taste of Tequila & Tamales by the Bay, an exciting feast for the senses, Sunday, April 17, at the San Francisco Design Center.


From Alquimia, Casa Noble, Crótalo, Don Pilar, El Relingo, Jose Cuervo Tradicional and Mañana to Premium Mezcales, agave’s other liquid treasure, you’ll sample from some of the most exquisite artisanal, hand-crafted tequilas available today. Learn the finer points of tequila tasting. Watch mixologists battle to make the best tequila cocktail in our signature competition, Tequila Rocks!, sponsored this year by Casa Noble Organic Tequila.

Sample tamales from La Borinqueña, The Whole Tortilla, Tres San Francisco: Tequila Lounge & Mexican Kitchen and Cocina Poblana. Enjoy chocolate from The San Francisco Chocolate Boutique , salsa from Don Ramon’s Mexican Restaurant, heirloom beans from Rancho Gordo, specialty spices from Spice of Life, and the flavors of San Francisco’s own, El Huarache Loco.

Feast your eyes on the eco-conscious jewelry of Yessica’s Creations, the unique tile art of Suha Suha, and exquisite award-winning crafts from Mexico by Hand, while the art and coffees from Mamá Art Cafe revitalize you.

This event benefits Benchmark Institute, a nonprofit organization that teaches advocates in non-profits how to use the law to help low-income communities.

If you love tequila and tamales, you don’t want to miss out. Advance tickets $45; after April 11 $50. Purchase tickets online here or call 415/ 695-9296. For more information, visit www.tamalesbythebay.org Follow us on Twitter @tamalesbythebay

Special Events October 2010: Days of the Dead, Walk/Bike-in Movie Night & More!

The Express' Fall Taste Magazine view it here: http://bit.ly/ebxfalltaste2010

So many events this time of year! The La Borinqueña/Tamale Girl Crew hopes you can join us for one or more awesome going-ons. Check back here for more details or better yet "like" us on Facebook facebook.com/tinatamale and facebook.com/tamalegirl

Don't forget LB does party and holiday food orders since it is after all Tamale Season! Find our menus at menus.tamalegirl.com 

Event titles link to corresponding facebook event listing, please RSVP so we know you're coming!

Locally yours,

~tina tamale

The EVENTS:

Oct 29 & 30  

• La Borinquena's Days of the Dead Celebration  

                                             

• Chicken en mole, tamales including de dulce and champurrado on the menu both Friday & Saturday! Read more about DOD food traditions here.
  

                                                              

Join La Borinqueña at Eat Real Festival 2010 :: Jack London Square :: Sat 8/28 & Sun 8/29

Find us in the La Borinqueña akaTamale Girl booth during Eat Real Festival the last Sat & Sun of August 2010 for Craft Collaborations in the Urban Homesteding Zone near the fountain in Jack London Square. Map here. 

Tamales With La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen, Llano Seco Rancho and Queso Salazar
Three family food crafters come together to focus their collective talents in the form of the perfect tamale. With generations of practice behind La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen’s fresh corn masa, Llano Seco Rancho’s organic, humanely-raised pork and Queso Salazar’s traditional queso fresco, it’s a tour de force in tastiness.

We'll have two delicious varieties of tamales available including:

• Organic Llano Seco Rancho Pork with red chile 

• Queso Salazar's Queso Fresco with fire roasted Anaheim green chiles (vegetarian)

As a third generation Tamale Girl, I'm excited to be collaborating with two family owned companies for this event. All three companies have a legacy going back decades!

66 + 55 + 149 = 270

Collectively, that is how many years La Borinqueña, Queso Salazar & Llano Seco Rancho families have been creating our foodstuffs! Click on the links to read more about our indie business histories. I'm proud to be keeping such company and you will taste the love and care in these awesome tamales.

Stop by say hola, get a tamale and meet Chayito, La Borinqueña's main tamale assembler. She and I will also be hosting Make your own Tamales at the DIY Foods workshop, Saturday 8/28 at 1pm.

See more photos on La Borinqueña's Facebook page here.

Chayito in La Borinqueña's Tamale Room

Hope to see you at this amazing celebration of yummy things to eat & drink, artisan food crafts and the stories behind it all on the waterfront in Oakland!

Tamale Girl at Eat Real Festival 2010
NEW craft collaborations section
Dates & Hours 
Saturday 8/28 & Sunday 8/29
10:30AM - 5PM
Jack London Square, Oakland

From the Eat Real Newsletter:

A few days from today the good times will roll. Tamales packed with queso fresco, burgers, crazy good dogs, tacos of all tipos, curries and chaat, everything delicious and everything under $5. Beer, popsicles, and ice cream to keep the heat at bay, spicy noodles and chili to bring it on.

Adding to the delicious mix of 80+ authentic street food vendors, we've put together craft collaborations where local foodmakers (coffee roasters, cheesemakers, jammers, pork magicians, and more) serve their products with style. Eat Real is your portal to food skills in 2010, with everything you need to know to feed yourself good food in the urban jungle. Get ready for goats & chickens on site, hands-on workshops on jamming, curdling and all sorts of fermentation, butchery competitions, noodle pulling demos, and more.

More info about the entire event here

La Borinqueña's 66th Birthday Fiesta during Oaklavía :: Sunday 6/27/10

La Borinqueña is Oakland’s longest continuously family-owned and operated retail Mexican food store

Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm
Location: La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen
Address: 582 7th Street btwn Jefferson & Clay
City: Oakland, CA
RSVP on La Borinqueña's Facebook Event Listing

Celebrating 66 years of business in Oakland, La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen invites the public to a huge birthday fiesta from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 27, 2010. The fiesta honors the legacy started in 1944 by family matriarch and business founder Mama Rosa Lopez. “It’s a party not only to celebrate our business but also our community,” says Tina “Tamale” Ramos, third generation owner. La Borinqueña’s fiesta coincides with the Oaklavía street festival which will transform downtown Oakland, through temporary traffic closures, into a recreation zone with car-free city streets. By enjoying these two events revelers will celebrate the spirit of comunidad y familia.

Since opening its doors in 1944, La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen and its family owners have witnessed great changes including the transformation of this Old Oakland neighborhood. The one constant has been the restaurants wonderful customers, friendly staff and supportive neighbors. The fiesta will encourage everyone to come together to eat, drink, dance and enjoy each others company. Visit with Nati Ramos, Tina Tamale and special guests as well as live music by The Bomba y Plena Workshop from Noon to 1:30 p.m.

At 11:45 a.m., a special Proclamation presentation by Carletta Starks of Oakland Councilmember Nancy Nadel’s office will honor La Borinqueña Mex-icatessen and recognize the restaurant’s longevity and ongoing contributions to the Old Oakland neighborhood and Oakland. Special guest speakers will also take the microphone.

Community information tables will add an informative element to the festivities. Learn more about the Oakland Grown movement supporting Independent businesses & artists. Meet the founders of 10,000 Steps Oakland who are developing the walking tour: “Walking the Invisible City.” Shop with Oakland jewelry artist Gabrielle Lessard of Mangosteen. Listen to an artist talk by Oakland-based Joaquin Alejandro Newman of Forrealism whose work is currently on display in the restaurant. Sports fans can purchase tickets for Old Oakland Neighbors Day at the Raiders on September 19, 2010, when the Silver and Black attack the St. Louis Rams and greet Raiderettes.

Brunch items including chorizo and eggs, huevos rancheros as well as the full lunch menu with sangria and aguas frescas will be available for purchase during the event. For further information, contact Tina Tamale Ramos (510) 839-3854 or tina@tinatamale.com.

I'm ready for a resolution!

¡Feliz Año Nuevo!

Tamale Season 2008 is over and done. This brings me to my resolution for 2009, to write more here.

Aside from my usual community updates, events, rant & raves, I'm planning on writing a business review every now and then. Occasionally, I'll describe my adventures in marketing and politics here in Oakland. I'll also continue writing my nostalgic and historically correct small business profiles at TheOakBook.com and update the list on the right side of this page.

Locally yours,

Tina Tamale

Tamale Season is in Full Swing

Hola Everyone,

Tamale Season is in Full swing and I'm already up to my eyeballs with tamales! Some of these tamales could be yours. There is still time to place your food and tamale pre-order for Christmas week pick up with no problem! Renee made up a easy to read condensed menu or go to menus.tamalegirl.com for our full menu.

Want to know more about Tamale Season? I wrote a Yelp review a couple of years ago giving the full story here.

Give us a CALL at 510/444.9954 ext 3 to place your order and get your confirmation number! We prefer to actually speak to our customers to give more personalized service since email just isn't the same. Please call no later than December 17 to place your order.

Feliz Navidad y Prospero Ano Nuevo,
from mi familia to yours...

Locally yours,

Tina Tamale