Where the tortillas are pressed before the sun comes up

When my grandmother came to Austin in 2005, she carried two things: her cast-iron comal and a notebook of recipes written in pencil. Maria's Kitchen started as weekend tamales sold at the SFC Farmers' Market. Fourteen years later, we opened on South Lamar.

We make everything by hand — the tortillas, the mole, the carnitas that take fourteen hours. Nothing comes from a can, nothing from a freezer.

Every dish made from scratch, every day, no exceptions.