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What to order at Ray's Drive Inn
- The dish to know
- Original puffy taco, a few dollars
- Editor tip
- A couple of puffy tacos make a cheap, filling lunch. Cash and card both work at the drive-in counter.
CuisineMexican
Price$
Neighborhoodwest-side
The dishOriginal puffy taco, a few dollars
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Tip: A couple of puffy tacos make a cheap, filling lunch. Cash and card both work at the drive-in counter.
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Location
Address: 822 SW 19th St, San Antonio, TX 78207
Also in west-side
Garcia's Mexican Food ★ 4.7
Garcia's Mexican Food on the West Side is a small, cash-friendly counter where the cheap carne guisada taco is the order; go early before the breakfast crowd.
Try: Breakfast tacos and carne guisada
Tip: The carne guisada taco is cheap and excellent. Small and cash-friendly; come early before the breakfast crowd.
Henry's Puffy Tacos ★ 4.4
Henry's Puffy Tacos on West Woodlawn plates puffy tacos with rice and beans for a modest price, the Lopez family's cheap, filling counter for the West Side.
Try: Puffy taco plate under fifteen dollars
Tip: A puffy taco plate with rice and beans is a cheap, filling meal. The shells come hot; eat them straight away.
More budget eats in San Antonio
Blanco Cafe ★ 4.2
Blanco Cafe is a no-frills Tobin Hill Tex-Mex diner where the carne guisada plate is the cheap, filling order; cash is welcome and the prices stay low.
Try: Carne guisada plate under ten dollars
Tip: The carne guisada plate is the cheap, filling order. Cash is welcome and the prices stay low.
Eddie's Taco House ★ 4.5
Eddie's Taco House is a long-running Caballero family counter on the South Side where breakfast tacos run a couple of dollars and the weenie-and-egg has fans.
Try: Breakfast tacos a couple of dollars each
Tip: A few tacos make a breakfast for well under ten dollars. The weenie-and-egg taco is the cheap local favourite.
Garcia's Mexican Food ★ 4.7
Garcia's Mexican Food on the West Side is a small, cash-friendly counter where the cheap carne guisada taco is the order; go early before the breakfast crowd.
Try: Breakfast tacos and carne guisada
Tip: The carne guisada taco is cheap and excellent. Small and cash-friendly; come early before the breakfast crowd.
Lucy's Cafe ★ 4.5
Lucy's Cafe on the north side keeps breakfast cheap, with a bean and cheese with bacon taco under three dollars; it is cash-friendly and busy at breakfast.
Try: Bean and cheese with bacon taco
Tip: The bean and cheese with bacon is the order under three dollars. Cash-friendly and busy at breakfast.
Rolando's Super Tacos ★ 4.1
Rolando's Super Tacos on the north side is famous for El Gigante, a single taco big enough to be a whole breakfast for the price of a coffee elsewhere.
Try: El Gigante, one taco that feeds a person
Tip: One El Gigante is a whole breakfast for the price of a coffee elsewhere. Order at the counter and add beans.
Henry's Puffy Tacos ★ 4.4
Henry's Puffy Tacos on West Woodlawn plates puffy tacos with rice and beans for a modest price, the Lopez family's cheap, filling counter for the West Side.
Try: Puffy taco plate under fifteen dollars
Tip: A puffy taco plate with rice and beans is a cheap, filling meal. The shells come hot; eat them straight away.