Veteran tamales?

I was driving down Archer yesterday just south of 31st and saw a funny looking joint called Veteran Tamales, with a neon tamale and a big neon American Flag. Anyone ever been?

bjt

Since they tore down the Ashland viaduct, the once-hidden Veteran Tamale Shop is much more obvious. Here’s a link to an old Chowhound post on Veteran. To summarize, it’s a cool old place but the tamales are nothing special (even in the world of Chicago corn roll tamales).

Veteran Tamale Shop
3133 S Archer Av
Chicago
773-927-1282
Mon-Fri 8am-5pm, Sat 8am-4pm

Rene G wrote:Since they tore down the Ashland viaduct, the once-hidden Veteran Tamale Shop is much more obvious. Here’s a link

"The wrapper has some helpful serving instructions. 'Remove wrapper and serve with crackers.' Conveniently, Veteran sells oyster crackers though I suspect they’d go better with the tamale than the wrapper."

Given all you've said about the tamales, though, that's not a certainty, is it?

I laughed the first time I read that line, and I'm still laughing.

Hammond

If you've ever had a Tom-Tom tamale then you've had a Veteran tamale. Same taste, same texture.

Slats wrote:If you've ever had a Tom-Tom tamale then you've had a Veteran tamale. Same taste, same texture.

Well, not exactly but they are surprisingly close. Tom Tom (and Supreme) tamales contain beef (though I’d prefer not to think about what sort) while Veteran’s is meat free. The “meaty center” is composed of cleverly colored soy.

Veteran Tamale Shop at Night

PantherInTheDen commented on facebook that Veteran Tamales is closing at the end of January, 2017.

I will guess he saw Dave148's link to this article.

A place I pass and never walked into.

Regards,
Cathy2

Slats wrote:If you've ever had a Tom-Tom tamale then you've had a Veteran tamale. Same taste, same texture.

Actually they are labeled Chili Corn Roll and the chili powder flavor is stronger than the other two.



From what I understand the corn roll tamale is another Chicago product.