La Chiquita 3

I read all the reviews and even my niece said they had the best tamales there. So I ordered 3 dozen for the holidays and I was so disappointed and pissed! Hardly any filling! I ordered pork and there was a couple of shreds of pork that’s it. I can’t return them. It’s a crap shoot when you order tamales. You can’t see the filling. Then ends of the tamales had shreds sticking out and I thought «Wow» filling coming out. Wrong! That was all of the filling. Won’t go back again

I’ve been here several times for their tamales and chorizo. Excellent! The staff on the other hand is not. I feel very unwelcome when I come in. I understand they might not know much English but they could cracked a smile and be friendly.

Drove 45 minutes on a Sunday morning to check out this place. It was truly a hole in the wall. There were people lined up to the door. The family of workers were steady replenishing fresh hot tamales, carnitas, menudo and barbacoa. Very impressive. Check out was not bad because mom and daughter were just as fast as all the other employees. Couldn’t wait to get home to try the tamales, carnitas and barbacoa. Had a few handfuls in the car. Yummy! Very nice! Tamale melt in my mouth, carnitas tender and soft, barbacoa juicy and flavorful. This place is definitely worth the trip. Tamales are only $ 7.49 a dozen. They have chicken pork and cheese. They also have the traditional Mexican pantry staples as well as a small meat market. Meat looked good. I bought some arrachera. If you love good tamales you must visit La Chiquita. I will be back!

It’s a typical Mom and Pop Mexican grocery but they are known for their tamales. I have been eating the tamales from here for at least 4 years now and to me they are the best I’ve had. You can get them throughout the week but they make them fresh every Thursday. Buy them Thursday and they’ll melt off the husk.

Had everything a standard mexican mom and pops store would carry the chorizo de casa was bland and I wanted colld tamales to save a buck I wanted chicken, they offered me pork but gave me and old cheese only… la mexicana on chicago ave is better in my opinion