Tacos El Regio
- ★ 4.2
- $
- St Mary's Strip
Try Late-night street tacos al pastor
Tacos El Regio is a post-bar institution on the St Mary's strip; order the al pastor off the trompo and load up at the salsa bar for late-night street tacos.
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Chamoy City Limits
- ★ 4.1
- $
- St Mary's Strip
Try Loaded chamoy raspas
Chamoy City Limits turns the traditional raspa into a maximalist treat, piling shaved ice with chamoy, fresh fruit, and gummies, a San Antonio shaved-ice.
Las Nieves Fruit Cups & More
- ★ 4.0
- $
- North Side
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.
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Fruteria Los Trejo
- ★ 3.9
- $
- North Side
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.
Pollos Asados Los Norteños
- ★ 4.3
- $
- Dignowity Hill
Try Mesquite-grilled pollo asado
Pollos Asados Los Norteños on the east side grills whole chickens over mesquite; order one with grilled onions and tortillas, and go early as the queue grows.
Tellez Tamales & Barbacoa
- ★ 4.1
- $
- West Side
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.
Ray's Drive Inn
- ★ 4.2
- $
- West Side
Try The original puffy taco
Ray's Drive Inn on the West Side has claimed the original puffy taco since 1956, the deep-fried puffed-masa shell that San Antonio gave the world.
Henry's Puffy Tacos
- ★ 4.1
- $
- West Side
Try Puffy tacos
Henry's Puffy Tacos on the West Side is the Lopez family counter for the namesake puffy taco, served hot and crisp with rice and beans; eat it before it sits.
El Milagrito Cafe
- ★ 4.1
- $
- St Mary's Strip
Try Chorizo-and-egg puffy tacos
El Milagrito Cafe on East Woodlawn is the oldest restaurant on the St Mary's Strip, with a chorizo-and-egg puffy taco that has built a quiet cult following.
Carnitas Don Raúl
Try Michoacán-style carnitas tacos
Carnitas Don Raúl on West Jones is a husband-and-wife counter for Michoacán-style carnitas, rooted in a 1991 Morelia family operation and featured on Netflix.
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Rolando's Super Tacos
- ★ 3.9
- $
- North Side
Try El Gigante breakfast taco
Rolando's Super Tacos on West Hildebrand built its name on El Gigante, an enormous breakfast taco with your pick of five fillings, a stomach-test of a taco.
The Jerk Shack
- ★ 4.4
- $
- West Side
Try Jerk chicken from a walk-up window
Chef Nicola Blaque's Jerk Shack began as a walk-up window with picnic tables, serving Jamaican jerk chicken and curry goat that earned a Bib Gourmand nod.
Garcia's Mexican Food
- ★ 4.2
- $
- West Side
Try Bean-and-cheese and carne guisada tacos
Garcia's Mexican Food on the West Side is a small, cash-friendly counter where the carne guisada taco on a fresh flour tortilla is the early-breakfast order.
Mi Tierra Cafe y Panaderia
Try 24-hour Tex-Mex and pan dulce
Mi Tierra at Market Square runs around the clock, so a 3am plate of enchiladas is a local rite; grab conchas from the front panaderia on the way out.
Fruteria La Mission
- ★ 4.1
- $
- South Side
Try Mangonadas, aguas frescas and big fruit cups
Fruteria La Mission across from the Mission Drive-In is a South Side fruteria for mangonadas, aguas frescas and large fruit cups loaded with chamoy and tajin.
Tommy's Restaurant
- ★ 4.0
- $
- North Side
Try Barbacoa and Big Red
Tommy's Restaurant on the north side is the spot for the local ritual of barbacoa with a Big Red; weekend mornings draw the longest lines for it.
La Panaderia
Try Breakfast tacos and conchas
La Panaderia's downtown bakery is a walkable River Walk stop for breakfast tacos and conchas; pair one with a cafe con leche to start the morning.
The Original Donut Shop
- ★ 4.0
- $
- North Side
Try Taco-and-donut combo
The Original Donut Shop on Fredericksburg Road pairs fresh donuts with breakfast tacos, a quintessentially San Antonio combination best understood by eating.
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