Tamale Spaceship makes Bayless-caliber Mexican easy to grab and go For those in the know, it was just the weekly landing of The Tamale Spaceship, one in Chicago’s growing fleet of food trucks. Sofia Vasquez, Pepe Balanzar and Carlos Martinez were manning the back of the gun-metal gray “spaceship” run by Tamalli Space Charros. A yellow plastic chain tied from the truck to a nearby street sign guided the line of Loopers waiting for their weekly tamale fix.. >> Read More
Best of Chicago 2011: Food & Drink The most shamelessly gimmicky of Chicago’s food trucks is also the best: This gritty “tamale spaceship” is helmed by two sci-fi-obsessed Mexican luchadores, who hand out moist, piping-hot masa tubes filled with flavors both authentic (pibil-style shredded pork) and rustic-gourmet (roasted beets and goat cheese). >>Read More
Donning lucha libre masks, the crew delivers flavorful masa concoctions like the "Complicate Tamalli" (flank steak with Oaxacan green mole) and "Picturesque Tamalli" (Yucatan-style roasted pork with tomato habanero sauce). >> Read More
Only in Chicago can you chase down a truck to have tamales served by brawny luchadores. Sending cryptic messages from the tamalespaceship, Tamalli Space Charros is the only stridendist mobile tamaleria, focusing the entire menu around only tamales, with a theme encompassing both Mexican wrestling and sci-fi films. >> Read More
