The Tamale Pot – A Taste of The Delta

Fresh hot and sweet as pie these ladies rocked the beignets. Great environment for kids to teens awesome is the word

Yummy! The shrimp and green chili rice was just like a dish I would get in New Orleans. The cheesy cheddar biscuits were delicious. The owners are very nice and well deserving of your hard earned money. We have eaten at a lot of the places in the food court of the farmers market and this place is my far the best!!!

Being from the West Coast finding Good Mexican food in Nashville has been really difficult. What attracted me to this stand was a boil that were serving as a special. It has shrimp, potatoes, andouille sausage, corn. It was really good and the sweet ginger tea they serve was out of this world. In the middle of ordering the women sold me on taking home some tamales. They serve a 3 pack which has one chicken, pork, and beef. They are smaller sized ones but perfect. Took them home and served them with a runny egg. They really had great flavor. I would recommend for you to try them next time and get the tea! Thanks ladies I will be back!

Good beignets. It’s nice to get some outside New Orleans without having to fry them up myself. I had pumpkin spice flavored ones.

Grilled stuffed peppers. I don’t like bell peppers all that much. But DAYUM! So good with the creamy rice! Rice is just spicy enough but not «oh my god it’s spicy!» and the peppers are filled to the top with meat and cheese.
The staff is very friendly and helpful.
They also told me that they are nut free, gluten free, and no MSG either!
My wife has a sensitive stomach, but the ingredients taste so fresh that she isn’t scared to walk around an shop for a while (queue the song «I believe in miracles»).

Love, Love, Love this tiny little treasure. It’s the best kept secret in Nashville. My favorite is the chicken tamale. I fell in love with it at first bite. Just when I didn’t think it could get any better I was introduced to the beignet. I have dreams about this delicacy. Can’t wait to place my next order.

Out sampling at the night farmers market, the green chile rice sounded delicious, the execution lacked any chile or seasoning at all, was just a bland soggy blob. However for $ 2.00 still a bargain.

The Tamale Pot is just celebrating their first year in business. You may have seen them out at various street fairs and festivals, or at the Nashville Farmer’s Market. A few months ago, a co-​worker gave me some of their frozen tamales to try and they did not disappoint. The Tamale Pot specializes in the Mississippi Delta tamale, which is different than the Mexican-​style tamale that many are probably more familiar with. According to
, this type of tamale is typically smaller… simmered rather than steamed… and have a «grittier» texture that results from the use of more corn meal and less masa.
Having grown up in southern Illinois, the Mississippi River culture is predominant… so I am not new to this type of hot tamale. I’ve had several versions over the years but I can say that the kind that The Tamale Pot is serving up at the Nashville Farmer’s Market and at other street fairs and festivals across Middle Tennessee is definitively the best that I’ve ever had. I don’t quite understand the «gritty» description because the corn meal and masa in these gems is perfectly blended making them truly light and fluffy. You can’t really appreciate this if you’ve never had a tamale that went down heavy and sat in your stomach for hours.
If you are lucky enough to find The Tamale Pot out and about and purchase them «hot and ready,» you’re eating the very same tamales that are made fresh right here in Nashville and immediately frozen. This is heartening because — aside from the fact that you’d never know that this was a frozen product — you know that when you buy a dozen frozen to take home they will taste exactly the same there. They offer several varieties including beef, pork, chicken, and veggie and serve them with a wonderful salsa verde which adds just the right cooling touch of acidity. They make the salsa verde, too, and it is not overpowering with cilantro like so many varieties I have tried — you can actually taste the char on the tomatillos.
They’ve recently moved into a larger, shared space in the «food court» area of the Nashville Farmer’s Market. Along with the new location, they’ve added a few new menu items including stuffed peppers, a really nice green chile rice, and traditional New Orleans beignets. I had a platter with three tamales, green chile rice, and fresh salsa verde for $ 7. The beignets were a few dollars more: they were fresh, hot… covered with powdered sugar… and definitely worth the extra couple of bucks! I opted to go traditional but they have chocolate, caramel, and other toppings available.
I’m looking forward to see what these two ladies come up with down the road and wish them every success. Definitely worth a special trip to Nashville Farmer’s Market to check them out. Before you go, though, check their website at
, for their latest schedule.