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Virginia Ramos, Beloved Mission 'Tamale Lady' ~ RIP
[dropcap size=big]S[/dropcap]She was known as the expert tamal vendor in the bar scene of San Francisco's Mission District, home to the city's Mexican and Central American immigrant community. Virginia Ramos spent years selling tamales and dispensing love advice to hungry bar-hoppers, until she was banned from selling inside bars (due to the culture-killing effects of gentrification). Ramos charted a return with a brick-and-mortar restaurant, which was scheduled to open this very year. Ramos, 65, died on Sept. 27, the San Francisco Examiner reported. Read more about Ramos's extraordinary life here; a vigil will be held in her memory in the Mission on October 9. Ramos was known for always telling her customers, "I don't know you, but I love you." Que viva Virginia Ramos!