Tampico Furniture is a furniture store owned by Domingo Molina's father. The store is located on Menaul Boulevard in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The shop is famous for its late-night commercial, running for over 30 years.
History[]
Breaking Bad[]
Walter White bought Walter Jr.'s crib from the store sometime around 1993. Krazy-8 worked in the store until he quit during Better Call Saul ("...and the Bag's in the River"). The lyrics to the store's theme song are as follows:
Don't let shopping Strain your brain-o, Just sing this short refrain-o. Our furniture is bueno, Tampico is the name-o.
Krazy-8 claimed that his uncle, Alex, wrote the song.
Trivia[]
- When Krazy-8 meets with Nacho in Better Call Saul, he is wearing a Tampico Furniture polo shirt ("Gloves Off")
- Tampico is the name of a city in the State of Tamaulipas, Mexico. The name is of Huastec origin, from tam-piko meaning "place of otters"