Eat in North Side, San Antonio

El Mirasol

• ★ 4.0
• Mexican
• $$

Order Enchiladas, chiles rellenos and tableside guacamole.

El Mirasol is a north-side Mexican kitchen where the chiles rellenos and enchiladas are the orders to make and the weekday lunch specials are the value play.

Tommy's Restaurant

• ★ 4.0
• Tex-mex
• $

Order Barbacoa and Big Red, the carne guisada taco.

Tommy's Restaurant is the Tex-Mex spot whose 'Big Red and Barbacoa' sign made the combo a San Antonio shorthand, serving barbacoa tacos on flour tortillas.

Signature

• ★ 4.4
• Mexican
• $$$$

Order The chef's tasting blending French technique with Mexican flavour.

Signature at the Signia by Hilton La Cantera resort is chef John Carpenter's tasting-menu room blending French technique with Mexican flavour.

Tlahco Mexican Kitchen

• ★ 4.2
• Mexican
• $$

Order Breakfast tacos, chilaquiles and birria.

Tlahco Mexican Kitchen serves heart-of-Mexico cooking on San Pedro Avenue, from breakfast tacos and chilaquiles to slow-cooked birria, all day long.

Lucy's Cafe

• ★ 4.0
• $

Order Bean and cheese with bacon, carne guisada taco.

Lucy's Cafe on the north side is a cash-friendly Tex-Mex counter busy at breakfast, where the bean and cheese with bacon taco is the local favourite order.

Rolando's Super Tacos

• ★ 3.9
• $

Order El Gigante, the massive five-ingredient breakfast taco.

Rolando's Super Tacos on West Hildebrand is known for El Gigante, a massive five-ingredient breakfast taco that doubles as a full meal at counter prices.

The Original Donut Shop

• ★ 4.0
• Mexican
• $

Order Bean-and-cheese taco with a fresh donut.

The Original Donut Shop on Fredericksburg Road pairs fresh donuts with breakfast tacos, a San Antonio combination that makes perfect sense once you try it.

Naco Mexican Eatery

• ★ 3.9
• Mexican
• $$

Order Mexico City-style tacos and tortas.

Naco Mexican Eatery on Nacogdoches Road leans Mexico City rather than Tex-Mex, with underrated tortas, proper tacos and house salsas worth piling on freely.

Mama's Kitchen

• ★ 3.9
• $

Order Chilaquiles tacos on thick handmade tortillas.

Mama's Kitchen on West Hildebrand is a homestyle Tex-Mex counter where chilaquiles tacos arrive folded into thick, handmade tortillas the locals love.

Santos Mexican Cafe II

• ★ 3.7
• $

Order Chorizo-and-egg breakfast tacos.

Santos Mexican Cafe II on Isom Road is a no-frills breakfast-taco counter near the airport, where the chorizo-and-egg taco is the order and the regulars.

Taqueria Datapoint

• ★ 3.8
• $

Order Bacon and chorizo breakfast tacos.

Taqueria Datapoint near the South Texas Medical Center is a breakfast-taco staple for hospital workers, with bacon and chorizo tacos that pull a steady line.

Tacos n Salsa

• ★ 3.7
• $

Order Crispy-bacon breakfast tacos with fresh salsas.

Tacos n Salsa on Wurzbach Road is a north-side breakfast-taco counter that leans on crispy bacon and a rotating set of fresh salsas, a reliable everyday.

Los Tacos Gueros

• ★ 3.7
• Mexican
• $

Order Breakfast tacos and tacos de guisado.

Los Tacos Gueros on Huebner Road is a north-side counter for breakfast tacos and tacos de guisado, where the guisados rotate daily away from the tourist core.

The Spin Coffee & Vinyl

• ★ 3.9
• $

Order Espresso among the record bins

The Spin Coffee & Vinyl on the north side lets you flip through record bins while you sip, a fun, low-key alternative to the polished Pearl coffee bars.

Indy Coffee Club

• ★ 4.1
• $

Order House-roasted espresso

Indy Coffee Club near UTSA roasts in house and pulls precise espresso in a punk-leaning room, a north-side cafe that punches above its strip-mall setting.

Qatra Specialty Coffee

• ★ 4.2
• $

Order Single-origin espresso and pour-over

Qatra Specialty Coffee on Louis Pasteur Drive is a Medical Center-area cafe focused on single-origin espresso and pour-over, open late for evening study.

Mas Café

• ★ 4.1
• $

Order Hot abuelita latte and tres leches cold brew

Mas Café on Bandera Road is a Latina-owned cafe whose drinks lean Mexican, from abuelita lattes to tres leches cold brew, a far-north-west spot in Helotes.

Nadler's Bakery & Deli

• ★ 3.9
• $

Order Strudel and rugelach

Nadler's Bakery & Deli on Babcock Road is a long-running European-style bakery and deli, with strudel, rugelach, and Central European pastries plus a deli.

Kolache Stop

• ★ 3.9
• $

Order Sausage-and-cheese klobasniky

Kolache Stop on Huebner Road bakes Czech-Texan kolaches and klobasniky, the sausage-stuffed pastries that immigrant communities brought to Texas.

Bakery Lorraine La Cantera

• ★ 4.0
• $

Order Macarons and tarts

Bakery Lorraine's La Cantera branch brings its macarons, tarts, and viennoiserie to the far-northwest shopping district, a handy north-side patisserie stop.

El Folklor Bakery Randolph

• ★ 3.7
• $

Order Conchas and quinceanera cakes

El Folklor Bakery's Randolph branch on the north side is the stop for a big tray of pan dulce or a quinceanera cake; grab tongs and load up on conchas.

Fierro Coffee

• ★ 4.5
• Coffee roaster
• $$

Fierro Coffee is a bicultural roastery split between Guadalajara and San Antonio, specialising in traceable small-batch Mexican single-origin beans.

Vino Grotta

• ★ 3.9
• Wine bar
• $$$

Vino Grotta opened in the far Northwest near Cross Mountain to give that part of the city a proper wine bar, with a broad list and small plates; book on Resy.

Las Nieves Fruit Cups & More

• ★ 4.0
• $

Try Fruit cups, raspas and elotes

Las Nieves is a established fruit-cup and raspa stand on West Hildebrand, serving cold fruit cups loaded with lime, tajin, and chamoy plus elotes and raspas.

Fruteria Los Trejo

• ★ 3.9
• $

Try Mangonadas and fruit cups

Fruteria Los Trejo on Eckhert Road serves mangonadas, fruit cups, and shaved ice in the Mexican fruteria tradition, a refreshing snack stop that has grown.

Freetail Brewing Co.

• ★ 4.2
• Brewery
• $$

Freetail Brewing is a north-side brewpub off Loop 1604 with a full kitchen, pouring adventurous sours, barrel-aged beers and IPAs alongside a sit-down meal.

Longtab Brewing Company

• ★ 3.9
• Brewery
• $$

Longtab Brewing is a veteran-owned northwest-side taproom that names its beers after military history, pouring a solid, approachable range in a relaxed room.

Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling

• ★ 4.0
• Brewery
• $$

Ranger Creek Brewing & Distilling pairs a brewery with a whiskey distillery on the northeast side, one of San Antonio's longest-running craft operations.

The Block SA

• ★ 3.9
• Market
• $

The Block SA is a permanent food-truck park on the northwest side with rotating trucks, a beer and wine bar, and a big shaded patio for groups.

Leon Springs Farmers Market

• ★ 3.6
• Market
• $

The Leon Springs Farmers Market gathers Hill Country producers on the far northwest edge of the city, with produce, local honey and baked goods.

Nicha's Comida Mexicana

• ★ 4.0
• Mexican
• $$

Nicha's Comida Mexicana is a 1977 tex-mex family room that locals guard, with puffy tacos and enchiladas that rarely make the tourist lists.

Picnikins Patio Cafe

• ★ 3.9
• Cafe
• $$

Picnikins Patio Cafe is a blanco road cafe locals send each other to for fruit salads and sandwiches, easy to drive past and worth a proper stop.

Magnolia Pancake Haus

• ★ 4.3
• Brunch
• $$

Order German pancakes and the apple-cinnamon crepes.

Magnolia Pancake Haus is a walk-in-only north-side breakfast institution off Embassy Oaks, scratch-making German pancakes and apple-cinnamon crepes to crowds.