By Sarah Bennett – LATimes.com – Photo: Sarah Bennett.
Photo: Sariñana’s Tamale Factory in Santa Ana, California, is known for its tamales and tacos, which aren’t wrapped in soft corn tortillas typically found at most taquerias, but are deep fried to order and loaded with iceberg lettuce and shredded cheese.
At this moment, there is likely a line outside Sariñana’s Tamale Factory in Santa Ana. It runs from the single register inside the nearly 80-year-old pocket-sized restaurant, out the teal-painted security gate and (at the right time of day) through its parking lot in a sleepy industrial tract of Fifth Street, reaching past the mercadito next door.
