Parky’s Hot Dogs
A tamale boat is a Chicago corn roll tamale, prepared with either Tom Tom or Supreme Tamales, submerged in a cup of chili. I’ve had tamale boats at a few locations, and my favorite version comes from Parky’s. The secret is the in-house chili, tasty enough to balance out a relatively bland tamale, topped with sport peppers, raw onions and cheese. Recently, as we were enjoying our tamale boats, a guy stumbled through one of Parky’s glass windows; we helped him up from all the broken glass, an ambulance came, and we finished our tamale boats, appetites unabated. The tamale boat is that good. (David Hammond)
329 S. Harlem, Forest Park, 708.366.3090
Best of Chicago 2019
