Tamale Boy is a Mexican restaurant chain with multiple locations in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, in the United States.

[2] Initially operating as a food cart, Tamale Boy opened as a brick and mortar restaurant on Northeast Dekum in the Woodlawn neighborhood in 2014.

[2][3] In 2016, a second location opened on Russell Street in the north Portland part of the Eliot neighborhood.

[1] In 2020, owner Jaime Soltero Jr. announced plans to expand into a food hall in Happy Valley.

[4] In 2022, Soltero announced plans to relocate the business's headquarters from Portland to Tigard.