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Under all that delicious sauce, Buendia’s poblano pepper ($10.99 at breakfast from 8-11 a.m., $15.99 for lunch from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.) is stuffed with a fresh green corn tamale.

 Ellice Lueders, Arizona Daily Star

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Buendia Breakfast and Lunch

Location: 2530 N. First Ave.

The best tamales I’ve had in a restaurant in Tucson are stuffed in a poblano at Buendia. The owners source the tamales from a local artisan and are the closest to Matilde Santa Cruz’s you can get over the counter.

Honorable mentions: The iconic Lerua’s tamales are still made at El Torero.

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