Saturday, October 17, 2020

The Wholesome Inspiring Story of Tamale Guy


Communities have their local legends. Whether it's a dude with a weird haircut who's hung out on the same corner for 40 years, or a mythical bringer of late-night tamales, people like this become a fixture of local culture. Even if you don't know the person, their fame can travel by word of mouth and they become a kind of real-life myth. Here's the tumultuous but uplifting recent story on the Tamale Guy. For something nice, here are some wholesome memes for a little boost.

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Text - Charlie Rohrlack ... 1d :0 Allow me to sing you a song of Chicago. For the last twenty years, should you find yourself at a bar drinking late, you stood a chance of being visited by the Tamale Guy. This unassuming hero named Claudio Velez would enter carrying a red cooler, weaving between tables, plying his steaming hot cornpipes with a one-word question: "Tamales!?" Our Tamale Guy suffered the economic effects of COVID-19. No bars, no crowds. This was his families main source of income,

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Text - But soon thereafter, a rightly indignant and much less terrible Chicagoan set up a GoFundMe to help Claudio. It surpassed it's 10k goal in under 6 hours. We ran ran that shit all the way up to $36,000. And thus, with that benediction by the people of this city, he opened 'Tamale Guy Chicago,' at 2018 W Chicago Ave. On opening day they sold out in under an hour. Then, in late August, he contracted COVID-19. The restaurant closed. Claudio was quarantined at Rush. He condition worsened, and

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