Valley store specializing in tamales gearing up for the cool return of farmers market season

Editor's note: This article first appeared in Sun Life Magazine , a Daily Independent publication .

All taste buds will agree that it’s always fresh tamale season. But go ahead and throw in the beginning of farmers market season as well.

The Fountain Hills Farmers Market returns this month for its annual run through April from its spot on Avenue of the Fountains, and they’re hardly the only ones to return in October and November with the summer heat finally cooling.

Farmers markets, in fact, are the main spots in the Valley – and beyond – that have helped fresh tamale lovers find The Tamale Store.

The family-run business in Phoenix first opened in 2011 in a smaller location than their

See Full Page