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Nassau Ave & Manhattan Ave, Greenpoint, Brooklyn
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Grub Street's 2026 Cheap Eats guide advises fans of this Greenpoint tamale cart to "go early — 8 a.m. — before he sells out," signaling that the vendor's daily batch is limited and demand can outpace supply.
The cart, run by a vendor from San Juan Ixcaquixtla, Puebla, sets up daily at the corner of Nassau and Manhattan Avenues offering four tamale varieties, per a supporting local business listing (postcard.inc); with production capped each day, running out functions as the real bottleneck rather than a formal line.
Patterns as reported by press and regulars — not measured by damnlines.
Walk-ins: Cash, walk-up street cart
Daily; arrive by roughly 8 a.m. before selling out, per Grub Street's 2026 Cheap Eats guide
There's no formal posted wait — the real constraint is running out of tamales; Grub Street's 2026 Cheap Eats guide advises arriving by 8 a.m. before the vendor sells out.
No — it's a street cart with no reservation system, per available sources.
Yes, it's a cash, walk-up street cart set up daily on the corner of Nassau and Manhattan Avenues, per postcard.inc.
Sources: Grub Street, 2026 Cheap Eats guide · postcard.inc business listing