The Jerk Shack
- ★ 4.5
- Caribbean
- $$
Order Jerk chicken, curry goat and festival dumplings.
The Jerk Shack is a Bib Gourmand Caribbean spot on the West Side where jerk chicken is the signature and the curry goat sells out; the lunch lines build fast.
Restaurants in West Side
Ray's Drive Inn
- ★ 4.2
- $
Order The original puffy taco with picadillo or bean and cheese.
Ray's Drive Inn on the West Side has claimed the original puffy taco since Ray Lopez opened it in 1956, home of the deep-fried puffed-masa shell.
Henry's Puffy Tacos
- ★ 4.1
- $
Order Puffy taco plate with rice and beans.
Henry's Puffy Tacos on West Woodlawn is the family rival to Ray's in the puffy-taco story, serving the crisp puffed-masa shell as a plate with rice and beans.
Garcia's Mexican Food
- ★ 4.2
- $
Order Breakfast tacos and the carne guisada.
Garcia's Mexican Food has served classic Tex-Mex near Woodlawn Lake since 1962, a small family room known for breakfast tacos and carne guisada.
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Cafés in West Side
Barrio Barista
- ★ 4.0
- Café
- $
Order Horchata latte and cafe de olla
Barrio Barista on Culebra Road builds its menu around Mexican flavours, with horchata lattes and cafe de olla, a West Side cafe with its own identity.
Shotgun House Coffee Roasters
- ★ 4.2
- Café
- $
Order Single-origin filter
Shotgun House Coffee Roasters works out of a former sewing factory turned creative space on the near West Side, roasting on-site and brewing single-origin.
Qargo Coffee
- ★ 3.7
- Café
- $
Order Espresso and drive-through lattes
Qargo Coffee on Culebra Road is a far-West Side cafe and drive-through with a broad espresso and latte menu, a handy modern coffee stop for the growing.
Bakeries in West Side
Panifico Bake Shop
- ★ 4.1
- $
Order Marranitos and piedras
Panifico Bake Shop on the West Side makes scratch Mexican pan dulce, with pig-shaped marranitos and raisin-topped piedras the picks; go early for the bake.
Kolache Factory
- ★ 3.7
- $
Order Fruit kolaches and sausage rolls
Kolache Factory on the West Side is the drive-through for a quick Texas-Czech breakfast, mixing sweet fruit kolaches with savoury sausage-and-cheese rolls.
Bedoy's Bakery Hillcrest
- ★ 3.9
- $
Order Conchas and glazed donuts
Bedoy's Bakery's Hillcrest Drive shop carries the family's secret-recipe pan dulce and donuts to the West Side, a second branch of the longtime panaderia.
Panifico Bake Shop Bandera
- ★ 4.0
- $
Order Bigote and conchas
Panifico's Bandera shop on the West Side bakes scratch Mexican pan dulce, with the moustache-shaped bigote and the conchas the orders to watch fill the case.
Coffee Roasters in West Side
On this list, shown aboveShotgun House Coffee RoastersBarrio Barista
Street Food in West Side
Tellez Tamales & Barbacoa
- ★ 4.1
- $
Try Weekend barbacoa and tamales
Tellez Tamales & Barbacoa is a West Side weekend ritual, where you buy barbacoa by the pound and tamales by the dozen to take home, paired with a Big Red.
Also on this listRay's Drive InnHenry's Puffy TacosThe Jerk ShackGarcia's Mexican Food
Budget Eats in West Side
On this list, shown aboveRay's Drive InnGarcia's Mexican FoodHenry's Puffy TacosTellez Tamales & Barbacoa