Clementine is a new american restaurant in Alamo Heights, San Antonio.
Chef John Russ and Elise Russ run Clementine in Castle Hills, a chef-driven New American room that has been one of San Antonio's most ambitious kitchens.
Must order: The Feed Me tasting option, which lets the kitchen build the meal for you.
Tip: Order the Feed Me option and let the kitchen drive. The dining room is small, so book ahead on OpenTable.
Address: 2195 NW Military Hwy, San Antonio, TX 78213
Chef Jeff Balfour's Southerleigh brews 15 beers in-house on the ground floor of the Pearl Brewery and pairs them with Texas coastal cooking.
Order: Fried chicken, Gulf snapper and a pint of the house-brewed beer.
Tip: Sit near the gleaming brew tanks and order the fried chicken with the house pilsner. The patio fills fast on Pearl market mornings.
Ladino is a Sephardic-leaning Mediterranean room at the Pearl built for family sharing, where wood-grilled meats anchor a table of mezze, hummus and lamb.
Order: Wood-grilled meats and mezze from the Sephardic-leaning menu.
Tip: Go family-style across the mezze and let the grill section anchor the table. The hummus and the lamb are reliable openers.
La Fonda on Main is the oldest continuously operating Mexican restaurant in San Antonio, opened by sisters Virginia Berry and Nannie Randall in 1932.
Order: Cheese enchiladas, mole poblano and a margarita on the hacienda patio.
Tip: Ask for a table on the covered patio. The mole poblano is the dish to order if you want something beyond Tex-Mex.
Rosario's is a two-storey Southtown Tex-Mex room with a rooftop bar, where enchiladas verdes, fajitas and frozen margaritas anchor a buzzy First Friday crowd.
Order: Enchiladas verdes, fajitas and a frozen margarita on the rooftop.
Tip: Head upstairs to the rooftop bar for downtown views. First Friday in Southtown turns the place into a party.
La Gloria brings Mexican street food to the Pearl's River Walk patio, where a shared spread of tacos, ceviche and elotes beats ordering individual entrees.
Order: Street tacos, ceviche and elotes on the River Walk patio.
Tip: The patio is the seat to want on a warm evening. Order a spread of antojitos rather than entrees and share.
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.
Order: Jerk chicken, curry goat and festival dumplings.
Tip: Lines build at lunch. The jerk chicken is the signature, but the curry goat sells out, so go early if it is what you want.
