It sells out regularly, so lunchtime is the move if a specific filling matters, and a combo of arroz y frijoles with two tamales covers a full meal for not much money.
It's a counter-service, mostly-takeout operation rather than a sit-down destination — straightforward, cheap, and reliably good at the one thing it does.
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