Puffy Taco appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Puffy taco · San Antonio
The puffy taco is a San Antonio invention: fresh masa pressed thin and dropped into hot oil so the shell puffs and crisps into a light, blistered pocket.
The puffy taco emerged on San Antonio's West Side in the mid-20th century. Ray Lopez opened Ray's Drive Inn in 1956 and trademarked the Original Puffy Taco, while his brother Henry opened Henry's Puffy Tacos on West Woodlawn, and the two family operations have traded claims to the dish ever since. The puffy taco is now so identified with the city that the local minor-league baseball team's mascot is a running puffy taco.
Where to eat in San Antonio:
- Ray's Drive Inn
- Henry's Puffy Tacos
- Nicha's Comida Mexicana