09/24/2025
Throwback to September 2023. Closing up our cozy kitchen space in the Junction, Toronto.
We started Mamey, because we wanted to explore a sacred food that had been such a big part of our lives. We navigated that in the thick of 2020. Living in different cities. Meeting over Zoom for weeks daydreaming, planning and recipe testing. Not knowing just how big it would get and how many people we would introduce to this delicious food. We used to joke that our business was part food and part education. And we really did enjoy sharing stories and history about this food.
Clarissa and I recorded a conversation together just after closing. Musings over how it felt to tie up such a big chapter of running a pop-up tamales shop across 3 and half years and two cities. The ups, the downs and the lessons, which we will share in the near future ;)
Grateful for the journey that was Mamey. And grateful to be here now exploring new ways to share the tamales love through knowledge sharing.
Tickets are still available for our upcoming Cacao Tamales workshop! Click the link in bio for more info.