Gussie's Tamales & Bakery

Great experience and great recco from Elite Yelpie, Marie G!We dropped by for a quick tamale run after Mass today. They had a variety of flavors, but only sold them at one flavor a dozen. Liz went in, and it wasn't too busy considering the season. She had a choice of pork and red chile, cheese and rajas, chicken chile verde, and may another...The rules for the season are: First come, first serve.One flavor, one dozen.No pre-ordering.No room or tables to dine in. (plan to grab and go)They didn't have menudo on hand. It's pretty much baked goods and tamales, tamales, tamales.Parking could be difficult, but it's manageable. They have a tiny lot in the front, and plenty of street parking.The tamales were pretty good. Next time we will have a plan!

Uuuggghhhh this is gonna be hard to write a review but need to let my fellow El Pasoans know the truth. Ok so I came here with my grandma because she saw on the news that Gussies was one of the TOP #1 places for tamales. Soooo she made me drive all the way across town (24min) to get tamales. It was 3 days before Christmas so you can only imagine the amount of people waiting for tamales. We get here and the line wasn't so bad BUT of course they didn't have the green chile tamales anymore just red. But then apparently while we waited one of the guys in the back said it was the opposite. No red just green so there basically wasn't any communication with the person taking orders it was understandable because it was chaos inside and people waiting for tamales. Ok so my grandma and I took our tamales home to try out and AYE DIOS MIO they were dry. Yup the masa was dry. We were super disappointed and couldn't understand how this was considered one of the best places in El Paso for tamales. Not to mention THEY ARE EXPENSIVE. I would say one place to get some bomb @ss tamales but I'll just write that in another review. I'll probably be back again but not for tamales just for some pan dulce. Enjoy my pics :)

Passing thru El Paso, a friend recommended a must stop at this spot for tamales to go. Ordered a mixed dozen of green chili chicken and red pork. So amazing, delicious!!!

For 50 years, Gussie's Tamales & Bakery has served the El Paso community. Gussie's is located on the corner of Piedras St and Richmond Avenue. Part of Gussies Tamales and Bakery's greatness is their work hours; they are open Monday to Friday, 6 am to 9 pm. So, if you want to stop by and get tamales or pan dulce for everyone in your office, you may arrive as early as 6 am, and they have you covered with their delicious fresh product. Then, if you are on your way to an event or potluck and need to bring something, you may stop before the event, and again, Gussies got you covered with warm tamales, champurrado, menudo, baked goods, and cakes. Gussie's staff never freeze any of their products. Inside, they have a couple of tables and chairs if you like eating in, but most people take their favs to go. My favorite is any of their pan dulce.

Significantly underpriced and bursting with selection, Gussie's is popular. The trouble is knowing when to stop buying: you can easily destroy your diet here for not a lot of money. Tamales are very good and the baked goods vary in that happy range between good and superb.Brush up on your español, although someone there will be bound to be able to assist those limited to ingles.

Green chile cheese tamales are the best! Spicy but not overly spicy. Good amount of cheese. Their empanadas are the best I have tasted. Their crust is perfect. Crisp without crumbling! My favorite is the pumpkin empanada. I also recommend their bolillos and telera bread.

Gussie's is amazing. Tamales are good and pastries are amazing. Good prices and service is good too. Love that all the pastries are on display and labeled, very nice place.

So far, my favorite Tamales in the city.Worth the price, worth the weight. The green chili cheese are my absolute favorite

Is Gussie's under new ownership? Time to find a new tamale place. This place is an unorganized mess and it's only December 16th! First, I'm told I have to wait 30 minutes until 2pm to order. Then, as I'm waiting, they charge a few people for their order, then finally offer to take my order. Definitely not coming back.

Gentleman Rudy working behind the counter was extremely rude. After I waited in line. I asked if I could get a sweet bread he told me to hurry up because I was cutting the line. They I grabbed my sweet bread. He told me you know what never mind get out and kept my debit card and when I asked for it back he threw it to the side. Extremely rude! Very bad service! In the beginning he couldn't make his mind up as to if they had tamales or not