Street Food Icons — Season 1, Episode 8: The $1 Tamale Queen of New York
Documentary • 30 min • 1 season, 12 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
Evelia Coyotzi has been selling dollar tamales in Corona, Queens since 2001. Her team starts every day around 9 PM, cooking through the night, so that by 4 AM, they're outside the Junction Boulevard subway stop selling her tamales. Originally from Tlaxcala, Mexico, Evelia makes a large variety of tamales, like tamales con rajas, mole, pollo verde, Oaxacan tamales and more, which she sells for $1-2 apiece out of a pushcart.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1The Famous Roasted Nut Carts of New York City
- E2The King of Falafel
- E3The Jerk Chicken Queen of the Bronx
- E4The Iconic $1 Pizza Slice of NYC
- E5The Legendary Dosa Man of NYC
- E6The Lechón King of the South Bronx
- E7The Food Truck That is Serving an Embassy
- E9Chemist Turned Street Food King of Peru
- E10Mama Jo is NYC's Official Grandmother of Breakfast
- E11$2 Burgers in Harlem
- E12Filipino Style BBQ for $1 in the Heart of LA