Grub Street: The Best of New York Eating 2018

Factory Tamal 34 Ludlow St., nr. Hester St.; 917-691-5524

Delicious, soulful tamales can be procured throughout New York, from makeshift street carts and secret subway vendors and the massive menus of multitasking Mexican restaurants. But Fernando Lopez has carved out a unique niche for his tamale operation, a tiny Lower East Side kitchen where he goes to the considerable but worthwhile trouble of nixtamalizing corn on-site.

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