(No longer in business.) Tamales from this Guatemalan vendor are casual about mixing meat and masa, the corn-based dough that usually surrounds the filling rather than cuddles with it. Carrillo's masa is so super-fluffy, however, that a little mess hardly matters. Also shown: atol de elote, a thick corn-flavored beverage also based on masa; chicken-filled flautas, or rolled deep-fried tacos; and a fried, sugar-sprinkled plantain rellenito, or "little stuffed thing" — stuffed, in this instance, with milk custard. At bottom are photos of the Carrillo stand, as it appeared in 2007, and the diminutive cart from which this vendor later did business.
Carrillo stand
Red Hook Ball Fields
Near Clinton and Bay Sts., Red Hook, Brooklyn
Saturday and Sunday, May through October
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