Traditional Mexican fare-San Antonio. NOT on river walk

[txduck87 985]

Going to be in San Antonio all weekend for high school band competitions and looking for an authentic Mexican restaurant.

 

Criteria includes

 

1)Not on river walk

2) Locals not tourists

3) prefer not long waits Reservations or advance wait list would be great

 

Gracias.

[Orale 1087]

Rosarios. Sol Luna. Mirasol. Los Barrios. Guajillos. 

[Al Czervik 1229]

Al likes Tito’s. King William neighborhood.  

[txduck87 985]

Thanks to both . I’ll look at all of them. Any thoughts on cuishe cocina? 3 minutes from my hotel.

[Ag with kids 581]

1 hour ago, Orale said:

Rosarios. Sol Luna. Mirasol. Los Barrios. Guajillos. 

We've got the other Guajillos here on N Padre Island.  It's GOOOOD.

But, the caveat.

As they say, it is Mex without the Tex.  Don't expect Tex Mex there.

[Ag with kids 581]

El Chaparral in Helotes is pretty good.

My go to, Jacala, unfortunately burned down a few years ago.

[SuckitKevin 920]

Taco House on San Pedro, order up front, no frills, fantastic food. There should be many pics on this site of some of their offerings. Carne G puffy tacos are one of my faves. 

[thrillhammer 683]

17 hours ago, Orale said:

Rosarios. Sol Luna. Mirasol. Los Barrios. Guajillos. 

you could stop with this list, but i'll add la fogata, el mirador, la fonda on main, mi tierra's.

[MAROON 445]

Cheese Enchiladas at Blanco Cafe will change your life.

 

Blanco Cafe Mexican Food

[Orale 1087]

3 hours ago, thrillhammer said:

you could stop with this list, but i'll add la fogata, el mirador, la fonda on main, mi tierra's.

I feel like the last few times I've gone to La Fonda, the food quality was way below what it was when I was growing up. They used to have the fajitas, for example, come out nice and charred on the searing hot skillet. The most recent time I ordered it, it came out on a plate and the fajias looked so sad. I haven't been back since. 

[BearSchlong 8079]

My wife had dinner there tonight and raved about a butterflied filet with some kinda sauce.

My kids went to keystone so I used to eat there a lot, but that was circa 2000s.

[Helobious 9503]

lol at all the whitewashed suggestions on here. 

El Bucanero - Mexican seafood. Multiple locations 

Pollos Asados Los Norteños - Rigsby location is the best. 

Taquitos West Ave

Taqueria Datapoint

Edited November 8 by Helobious

[Pato del Muerto 52386]

32 minutes ago, Helobious said:

Taqueria Datapoint

Sounds authentic

[Helobious 9503]

9 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Sounds authentic

Datapoint is the name of the street it originated on. It is authentic

[Zepol87 9173]

Yea that place is legit. 

[Braff Zacklin 13478]

On 11/6/2024 at 9:18 PM, Ag with kids said:

El Chaparral in Helotes is pretty good.

[Woland 729]

Thanks to both . I’ll look at all of them. Any thoughts on cuishe cocina? 3 minutes from my hotel.

We enjoyed it and will go back. Interesting menu.

[midtown 3344]

3 hours ago, Helobious said:

 

Taqueria Datapoint

Next to my neighborhood.  If you see an orange Mustang or motorcycle on Dezavala, dont run into me.   

Btw. They recently added a bar like an old wooden mexican bar

Edited November 8 by midtown

[GreenspointTexas 9568]

Mexican or Tex Mex? Most of the places on here are Tex Mex

[SimonBolivar 10949]

6 hours ago, Helobious said:

Taquitos West Ave

Plus you can just lie and say you have 2 tacos when you have 45. 

[Hermanator 6999]

7 hours ago, Helobious said:

 

El Bucanero - Mexican seafood. Multiple locations 

 

3 weeks ago saw a michelada on the drink menu that looked good with the big Coors banquet bottle. No prices listed. Got the check and it was $23

[Hermanator 6999]

If you're on the west side, Sazon

[Ag with kids 581]

9 hours ago, Braff Zacklin said:

Not as good as Jacala...

But it's good.

Of course, I unfortunately spent 30 years in DFW after leaving SA so maybe my taste buds adapted to having to deal with all the subpar TexMex up there.

And now I'm in Corpus so I'm eating MUCH better than DFW but still different than SA.

BTW, go try La Cabana out in Lakehills and let me know what you think.  It's where my dad lives so I go there every time I see him.

[F250 28730]

On 11/7/2024 at 2:52 PM, MAROON said:

Cheese Enchiladas at Blanco Cafe will change your life.

 

Blanco Cafe Mexican Food

I was raised on Blanco Cafe so every Tex-Mex restaurant has been a disappointment ever since.