OB Tamales and Taqueria runs a Wednesday-through-Saturday kitchen at 4921 Newport Ave focused on hand-rolled tamales alongside a short taqueria menu. The tamale-first specialty and four-day operating window stake out different ground from the seven-day burrito-and-combo-plate service down Newport at Sunnie's Ocean Beach Mexican Food. Counter ordering and a small dine-in room handle midday-into-evening service in the noon-to-eight window, with takeout pickup available for tamales sold by the piece and by the dozen. The midweek schedule lines up with the weekly OB Farmers Market on Newport, drawing pre-market and post-market traffic that complements rather than competes with the late-night burrito-window business at Ortiz's Taco Shop further down the strip. Tamale-by-the-dozen phone orders fuel the Christmas and New Year's Eve catering season that drives the bulk of December production.