(This venue is closed.) The proprietors of this recently opened tamales kiosk — "Jarocho" means "from Veracruz," a large port city in the Mexican state of that name — fashion a half-dozen or so varieties overall. Rarest, in New York, are the two tamales Veracruzanos, with chicken (shown) or with pork, wrapped in and scented by banana leaf, and more substantial than their corn-husk-wrapped cousins. Also shown: atol de nuez, sporting bits of crunchy walnut.
Tamales Jarochos
8814 Roosevelt Ave. (Britton-Elmhurst Aves.), Jackson Heights, Queens
Daily, 8am-2pm
