Virginia Ramos, aka the Tamale Lady, died at 65 in 2018. Photo: Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images
Pre-pandemic, we all had at least one (or several) of those nights where the Tamale Lady came to save us from our bar-hopping hunger.
Catch up quick: Virginia Ramos, who died in 2018, became a beloved fixture by feeding generations of night owls, musicians and bartenders.
It was a familiar scene: You're shoulder-to-shoulder in a packed Mission bar when Ramos would walk in, lighting up people's eyes as she offered exactly what everyone suddenly realized they needed — a hot tamale.
That late-night ritual will be celebrated once again this Saturday at Zeitgeist with a screening of "Our Lady of Tamale," numerous live bands and, naturally, plenty of tamales.
The annual event honors the woman whose homemade tamales became a rite of passage for so many of us.
