Tamale Box | Our Story
A mother's recipe, carried from La Peñita
Tamale Box started with one woman's recipe and a few bicycle deliveries in a small Mexican town. That recipe — unchanged — is what we serve in Spokane today.
Candelaria's recipe, born in the seventies
Enrique's mother taught herself to make tamales exactly the way she liked them — then sent her sons out on bicycles to sell them around town.
Growing up, everyone wanted in
Growing up in California, Enrique watched his mom's tamales win over neighbors, teachers, and coaches. If they were that popular where good Mexican food was easy to find, Spokane would love them.
Five seasons at the farmers market
Tamale Box launched as a farmers market booth in 2019, spending five seasons building a loyal following. The community told us to stick around — so we did.
Brick and mortar, still handmade
We opened our first location in Kendall Yards, then expanded to Liberty Lake — but every tamale is still made by hand, using Candelaria's original recipe. Nothing about that has changed.