Farm fresh

 

Beautiful organic cabbage from a fellow vendor, Greene Earth Farm - Palenville, NY (Saugerties Market). We use it in our lime marinated cole slaw.

 

Delicious strawberries from Greig farm in Red Hook, NY used in our Aqua Fresca. We also used them in our recent dessert tamales at the Beacon Strawberry Festival- Strawberry and Queso blanco! 

July 4th Special

Place your orders for JULY 4TH!

For the upcoming holiday, we would like to offer you the following special:

10 Regular size TAMALES for $40.00

36 Appetizer size TAMALES for $30.00

Orders includes a FREE bottle of our FANFREAKINTASTIC hotsauce AND a side order of our new Vegan Shiitake Mushroom Pesto!

Choose from the following varieties: Vegan Black Bean Chili, Buffalo Chicken with Blue Cheese, Vegan Curried Shiitake with Collard Greens and Pulled Pork BBQ

To place an order, please email us at: blockfactorytamales@gmail.com or call us at 518.860.3319.

We are also pleased to announce that ZABAR's in NYC at 2245 Broadway will be carrying our tamales and other products. We're delivering to them on Thursday, June 28th and can make home and office deliveries in NYC that day. Please place these orders by Monday June 25th. (Delivery fee $7.00.)

Orders upstate can be picked up at the following farmers markets near you.

**Farmers Market Schedule:

WEDNESDAY: Woodstock: 3:30-dusk
SATURDAY: Kingston: 9:00am-2:00pm
SUNDAY: Rhinebeck: 10:00am-2:00pm

Parrothead Festival this Saturday

This Saturday, June 23rd, we are participating in the Parrothead Festival at the Saratoga County Fairgrounds. Come out for "Inspired Island Fun and Jimmy Buffet Tribute Bands."

We'll also be at the Saugerties Farmers Market this Saturday. We're there every other weekend.

And of course, we'll be at Kingston on Saturday and Rhinebeck on Sunday.

Post Clearwater

Great turnout at Clearwater Festival last weekend! Thanks to everyone who tried our tamales. We'll be sure to make extra tamales for you next year! 

Clearwater Music Festival, Croton on Hudson

This weekend,  June 16th and June 17th we'll be serving our tamales and specials at the Clearwater Music Festival at Croton Point Park. Croton-on-Hudson, NY 11:30-8:30pm. 

Here's a list of some of the bands performing:

Ani DiFranco Martin Sexton Béla Fleck Dawes
Preservation Hall Jazz Band Arlo Guthrie & The Guthrie Family
Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band Punch Brothers Featuring Chris Thile
Joan Osborne & The Holmes Brothers Loudon Wainwright III
Balkan Beat Box Alejandro Escovedo Donna The Buffalo
Deer Tick Peter Yarrow Holly Near Joanne Shenandoah
The Klezmatics Tinariwen Tom Paxton David Amram
Raul Midón Tom Chapin Tao Seeger Brass Band

Saturday Markets

Starting this Saturday, Block Factory Tamales will be at the Saugerties and Kingston Farmers Markets.  


In addition to our Tamales, we are offering some special menu items this Saturday: 

The  Saugerties Farmers Market starts at 10am - 2pm.  Since it's an early start, we will be offering a breakfast burrito made with free range eggs, bacon or sausage from Northwind Farms in Tivoli.

At the Kingston Farmers Market, we will be offering for the first time free range Chicken Satay with Peanut dipping sauce. 

We are also offering 2 types of delicious chimichangas! 

One is a cellophane noodle with shredded carrot and mint. 
The other is Slow roasted garlic basil pork.
Served with wasabi dipping sauce and horseradish vegan aeoli.  

 

And don't forget to try our Shiitake Mushroom Pesto and our Block Factory Hot Sauce! 

Vegan Shiitake Mushroom Pesto

We are excited to have you try our new Vegan Shiitake Mushroom Pesto! It is so delicious and contains a vegan cheese substitute called Parma instead of Parmesean cheese. Made using Shiitake mushrooms, fresh basil, walnuts, jalapeno peppers, crushed red peppers, olive oil, salt and pepper.

It's great spread on a bread or crackers. You can also use it in pasta or salads or spread it over fish or steak.

Mother's Day at Rhinebeck

This Sunday, we will be at the Rhinebeck Farmer's Market.

The special for Mother's Day will be free Agua Fresca to any mom! The Agua Fresca flavor will be Yellow Plum and Strawberries.

 

We will have 2 new special Empanadas tomorrow: 

Chipotle Chicken Pot Pie and 

Slow-cooked, basil garlic Pork and Sweet Potato

Served with homemade salsa and sourcream

Don't forget to try our NEW BLOCK FACTORY HOT SAUCE!

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Shiitake Pesto Tamales

Try our newest tamale variety!  

Shiitake Mushroom Pesto.

 

Cinco de Mayo

HIDDEN KITCHEN RESTAURANT COME CELEBRATE CINCO DE MAYO!   (plus yard sale with books, antiques and art) This Saturday, May 5th Block Factory Tamales will be hosting a 'hidden kitchen' at 15 block factory road, germantown, ny 12526  11:30am-8:00pm  MENU  APPETIZERS:  fried stuff platter includes tempura fried shiitake mushrooms, okra, and pickles,  comes with horseradish aioli and wasabi dipping sauce   $6.00  sweet and spicy black bean bowl with white cheddar, guacamole, sour cream & tortilla chips  $5.00 QUESADILLAS: (comes with spicy mango salsa, and sour cream) $7.00  vegetarian sweet potato  prosciutto, fresh basil, and mozzarella  buffalo chicken with blue cheese  vegetarian garlic roasted vegetables (squash, zucchini, and eggplant) with mozzarella CHIMICHANGAS: $8.00  chicken rice and beans with olives  vegetarian cellophane noodles, shredded carrots, shitake mushrooms, scallions  slow roasted garlic basil pork EMPANADAS: (two) $7.00  chorizo  venison chili  vegetarian/vegan shitake mushroom and spinach  slow roasted garlic basil pork ENCHILADAS: (three) $7.00  shredded bbq chicken  vegetarian garlic roasted vegetables with mozzarella TAMALES: $7.00  tomatillo chicken  vegan/vegetarian black bean chili  peanut chipotle beef  pulled pork bbq TWO FRIED FISH TACOS (with guacamole, sour cream, and spicy mango salsa) $8.00 the above selections come with choice of salad: southwestern potato salad,  lime marinated cole slaw, spinach, orange and fennel salad LIMEADE WILL BE SERVED SO BYOB!

Block Factory Hot Sauce

As I mentioned in the previous post, I'm very excited for you to try our new Block Factory Hot Sauce.

I was getting tired of all the artificial ingredients found in other hot sauces so I decided to make one that didn't have all that junk in it.

I've been experimenting and playing around in the kitchen and have come up with a hot sauce that is.....FANFREAKINTASTIC!

It's made using fresh ingredients with no preservatives or artificial ingredients. It contains roasted poblano chiles, anaheim chilis, jalapenos, fresh bell peppers, garlic, red onions, white balsamic vinegar, mint, cilantro and basil.

Make sure to ask for a sample next time you're at the markets. You'll definitely want to take a bottle home with you!!

Ask to try a sample when you visit us at the markets or with your next order. We know you're going to love it and want a bottle for your kitchen.

Happy Spring

Gearing up for the new season and working on new ideas in the kitchen.

I'm excited to introduce our new all natural BLOCK FACTORY HOT SAUCE! It's made using fresh ingredients with no preservatives or artificial ingredients. It contains roasted poblano chiles, anaheim chilis, jalapenos, fresh bell peppers, garlic, red onions, white balsamic vinegar, mint, cilantro and basil. 

For CINCO DE MAYO, I'm pleased to offer the specials below. Please place orders by this Friday April 27th by contacting us at blockfactorytamales@gmail.com or calling us at 518-860-3319.

Block Factory Tamales will be making a special delivery into New York City on Wednesday, May 2nd*. 
*Delivery to your home or office in NYC $7.00. Minimum order $35.00 (Arrangements can be made for pick-up in locations near Germantown, NY)

CURRENT TAMALE VARIETIES: Your choice of Shiitake Mushroom Pesto, Pulled Pork BBQ, Peanut Chipotle Beef, Vegetarian Black Bean Chili, Buffalo Chicken with Blue Cheese


NEW BLOCK FACTORY TAMALE HOT SAUCE: $6.00/8oz bottle 

MANGO SALSA: $7.00/12 oz 
GUACAMOLE: $7.00/12oz

APPETIZER TAMALES
Special: $35.00
25 appetizer size tamales, your choice from above menu.

REGULAR SIZE TAMALES

Special: $50.00
Your choice of 1 dozen tamales from above menu.
Includes choice of our new hotsauce or 2 additional mushroom pesto tamales.

*Individual tamales can be ordered for $5.00 each.

CHIMICHANGAS

Special: 10 for $20.00

Farm-raised chicken with rice and beans, olives, slow cooked garlic, basil, farm-raised pork, and vegetarian cellophane noodles with shredded carrots, scallions, Shiitake mushrooms and mint. Served with guacamole and salsa.