Tepatitlan Bakery

I am so happy I finally stopped to check out Tepatitlan Bakery last year. I highly recommend this bakery!
After figuring out you’re supposed to pick up a tray and tongs to make your selections, I quickly filled my tray up with empanadas, cheese pastries, bread pudding and a most delicious, soft cousin to the bolillo (sorry, don’t know what they’re called, but they make THE best sandwiches). And that was after walking down only one row of the bakery!
While in line to pay for my overflowing bounty, I spotted an unassuming, handwritten sign that said ‘Tamales’ taped to a couple of coolers behind the register area. I LOVE tamales, so I had to buy a dozen of each, not realizing how big they were going to be! A half dozen of theirs looks like a dozen from other places, and are fresh, hot and double-​wrapped securely in foil, so they stay hot on the ride home.
The pastries were all fresh and delicious, and the tamales were the best I’ve ever had. I’m addicted to the Rajas (cheese) and the Pork, but the Chicken is equally good. And they are HUGE tamales at an excellent price.
I brought them to our Christmas party last year and cut them up as appetizers with my own roasted red salsa and queso. My family went nuts. Everyone now drives from all over Houston to this location to buy tamales. We give them to each other as birthday gifts, so we all have a stash of them in the freezer for ‘emergencies’. I’m serving them for Thanksgiving and giving them as Christmas gifts this year.
The bakery is spacious and clean, and the staff is very friendly. I love practicing my Spanish with them. I recommend you special order the tamales for parties, as they often run out, especially the Rajas.
Going there today to stock up again. Writing this review has made me hungry…