Excellent Friendly Customer Service Customizable sandwiches Tamales Salads Fruit Makes for a great small pick me up spot in downtown.

My favorite is the egg salad sandwich! But they have alot of other really good options too. Really nice staff and their other snack selections are good

Nice person, Jenny, at the Cafe. Daily soup options, basic sandwiches and small bakery items. What you need or want on a quick simple lunch. Generous portions for soup, I had the Clam Chowder and it was great. Lots of clams! Worth a visit. Tamales are small and fresh. Very good.

The lady made a warm breakfast croissant for me, fresh eggs. Shes really sweet and the cafe is easy, located inside sutter-stockton garage building near the elevator.

Absolutely love the lady (owner) who makes the soup of the day, different everyday!!! She is not only a fantastic cook, but will always greet u with a smile & that motherly spirit. She always heaps on a generous amount of content of soup! I love that it's a different soup everyday, so far I've tried: Minestrone & Beef/Vegetable soup! Looking forward to trying more!!! Can't wait to try the tamales, too! another reason to run an errand in downtown, now ;)

I've been here a handful of times when I get that craving for tamales on lunch. So this review is for the tamales only. Suffer Cafe is located in the lobby of the parking garage which threw me the first time I visited on my tamale hunt. It's all the way towards the back where the elevators, keep walking past the shoe shop and the florist. The cafe is right across from the elevators. Once inside, the menus are posted behind the counter. They offer coffee, espresso and other beverages, as well as sandwiches. I only have eyes for the tamales, which are $3 a piece. They are served hot and wrapped in a corn husk with no sauce. The tamales are filled with shredded chicken, black olives, and jalapeños. The are decent and satisfy my craving for a tamale and a cheap lunch. Nothing incredible, but somehow just what I want.

Great cafe within the building for the numerous (probably hundreds) of businesses. Prices are reasonable and they have a huge variety of snacks, made to order sandwiches, etc. you can get everything from fresh coffee to pesto turkey sandwiches, to ice cream and snack bars. The staff is friendly and very fast, so it's the perfect place to pick something up on the go. They also have fresh salads and fruit, when trying to be healthy! I just ordered a sandwich online (via yelp) yesterday and it was ready for pickup in 5 minutes! Definitely an efficient working cafe.

Who would think to come to the Sutter Stockton Garage for a homemade tamale? I was on my way back from a medical appointment at 450 Sutter when I decided to stop here based on the little sandwich board on the sidewalk. I quickly looked at the Yelp app and found that people do indeed come to what looks like a little sandwich and candy shop right across from the elevators (photo: http://bit.ly/12cdY0c). And why? Because the owner, a quiet, charming woman named Holly Li, married a Mexican-Chinese man and learned to make tamales from her sister-in-law while living for years in Mexico City. Her tamales caught the appetite of a 7x7 food writer (photo: http://bit.ly/14EnpYh), and now she's developing a cult following through the Yelp gravevine. A sign perched precariously in the corner atop a stack of phone books heralds her Chicken Tamales with a quote from 7x7: "A perfect ratio of masa to shredded chicken and olives" for $2.75 each (photo: http://bit.ly/13exIa8). OK then, two please as I expected them to be small for that price. They are and come steamed in their corn husks (photo: http://bit.ly/14hBz2W). Peeling them off gingerly given the heat, they are perfectly molded with the masa thick and almost gelatinous and with a generous filling of spicy chicken, chopped jalapenos and olives (photo: http://bit.ly/12y6a7X). She came back with a squeeze bottle of siracha gave an even greater kick to every bite. They are definitely delicious and made me want some enchiladas and refried beans on the side. Two more please. FOOD - 4 stars...homemade tamales with panache and flavor and you don't have to take the 14 AMBIANCE - 2.5 stars...looks and feels like an office building business SERVICE - 4.5 stars...Holly is great and steadfast TOTAL - 4 stars...you don't have to park here to get a satisfying tamale