Street Food Icons Season 1 Episode 8 The $1 Tamale Queen of New York 2018
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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.
- Released: 2019-06-18
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
- Stars:
- Director: Ike Rofe, Bernardo Garcia, Peter Courtien, Bradd Barrett, Dylan Lopez
