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Three hour wait for Amapola customers buying masa
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On the day before Christmas Eve, many people waited in line up to three hours to buy a holiday favorite, masa (tamale dough), at Amapola Deli and Market. Usually we would come like at five in the morning. But we decided to sleep in. It was worst this year because of the pandemic, said Cristina Salinas, an Amapola customer.
Even through a pandemic, there have been long lines of customers at two of Amapola s locations like this one in Downey. At their Florence-Firestone site, the line wrapped around the entire block.
Three hour wait for Amapola customers buying masa
Tamales season is in full swing! The vice president of Amapola Deli & Market said the long wait time is due to COVID-19 safety guidelines.
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DOWNEY, Calif. (KABC) On the day before Christmas Eve, many people waited in line up to three hours to buy a holiday favorite, masa (tamale dough), at Amapola Deli and Market. Usually we would come like at five in the morning. But we decided to sleep in. It was worst this year because of the pandemic, said Cristina Salinas, an Amapola customer.
Even through a pandemic, there have been long lines of customers at two of Amapola s locations like this one in Downey. At their Florence-Firestone site, the line wrapped around the entire block.
What the ‘tamale poll’ says about coronavirus, Christmas and large gatherings By Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times
Published: December 20, 2020, 11:57am
Share: LOS ANGELES-CA-DECEMBER 4, 2020: Workers including Maria Franco, center, and Lucy Torres, foreground, make tamales at Tamales Liliana s in Los Angeles on Friday, December 4, 2020. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times/TNS)
LOS ANGELES – It looked like business as usual on the assembly line.
Four men behind the counter of Tamales Liliana’s in Boyle Heights were scooping up masa with their hands and smearing it on opened corn husks. Six women then filled them with slits of green chile and cheese before folding and wrapping them in baking paper. Nearby, Juan Manuel Santoyo took stock of the ritual.