The $1.50 tamale cart outside the Fresno DMV beat every $14 plate I've tried this year

Lisa Murray · 2026-09-10T23:20:03.642123+00:00

Stood in line at the DMV on Van Ness for two hours last Tuesday and grabbed two tamales from the cart parked by the exit, mostly out of hunger and not hope. They cost $1.50 each, came wrapped in corn husks still steaming, and honestly beat a $14 plate I paid for at a sit-down spot two weeks before. What's the cheapest thing you've eaten that quietly outclassed a fancy version of the same dish?

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