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Not a fan of the mexican food in San Antonio


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Yeah, sorry to break the bad news to you. Just because you open a Mexican food restaurant in San Antonio doesn't automatically make it better then other places. But I have no problem finding some building on every street that fills a corn tortilla with cheese and HEB enchillada sauce and tells everyone they have enchilladas.

There are a ton of good restaurants here but I think Austin has us beat with the BEST mexican food restaurants. And after coming back from a week in Santa Fe I'd put them over us too.

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So basically you don't like Jalisco style Mexican food and prefer Arandas or Monterrey

A valid point. SA Mexican food is a different animal than it is anywhere else. Personally I prefer SA Jalisco to Arandas and I LOATHE New Mexican (anything). Just different strokes

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My little bro lives in Granbury; when he comes to SA, he has to make a pilgrimage to Blanco Cafe.

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Mexican: Not a fan of the mexican food in San Antonio but would probably go with Los Barros.

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First reaction is to say how truly wrong this is on soooooo many levels, but as I was once reminded, seek first to understand.

Ate sushi at Koi Kawa last night on Broadway for the first time. I will never go back to Godai again. Excellent.

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How would you compare it to Sushi Hana?

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Smaller portions but better quality.

That will make me try it. Thanks for the review.

For sushi, I highly recommend Niki's Toyko Inn at the corner of Hildebrand and Blanco. It's a hole, but the sushi is superb (way way way better than Sushi Zushi).

Kumori for sushi

Breakfast: magnolia's
Pizza: Paul's Pizza Roma is not well known but I think it's excellent. In the med center
Burgers: I like bigz a lot but San Antonio burger (I know real creative) at Fred and wurzbach is really good and they deliver.
Italian: really like Aldinos
Mexican: Paloma Blanca is pretty dang good but you have a million choices.
Sushi: Godai and then probably sushiana. Goro from Godai is super friendly and very talented.
Seafood: really a tough one for me because my family sells seafood but some top choices include Sandbar/il sogno, costa Pacifica, Monterrey, ounce, El bucanero, and my personal favorite, the grill at Leon springs.(spurs hangout)
Chinese: Mencius gourmet
BBQ; prob b&b smokehouse but I wish San Antonio had more BBQ choices.

Mexican: El Jarro
Breakfast: Jims
Tacos: Thousand Oaks Cafe
Italian: Little Italy or Paesanos
Chinese: Hung Fung
Steaks: Ruths Chris
Variety: Josephine St



I would not want to spend time with a man who did not have the imagination to spell a word more than one way.

......President Andrew Jackson

La Margarita on market square would kill any competition in that small city

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kill any competition in that small city

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You mean the small city that is bigger than dallas?

Breakfast tacos: Benjamin's Kitchen on Fischer Rd in Von Ormy (bring cash). BEST TORTILLAS IN AND AROUND SAN ANTONIO.

Burgers: Uncle Barney's or Cheesy Jane's

Mexican (not Tex Mex): Guajillo's at 410/Blanco. Get one of the lunch specials.

Sushi/Japanese: Fujiya on Wurzbach off of I-10

Pizza: Florio's off of Broadway on Nottingham

Home cooking: Mama's Cafe

Korean: Il Song Garden (410/Blanco)

Frederick's Bistro on NW Military. Can't go wrong.

Mexican: Panchito's on McCullough

Steak: Boudro's on the Riverwalk. Most places down there suck, but Boudro's is legit.

Burger: I like Luther's. People will probably disagree with me though.

Breakfast Tacos: Tony's Taco House on Nogalitos. BEST carne guisada

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There are a ton of good restaurants here but I think Austin has us beat with the BEST mexican food restaurants.

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Austin? AUSTIN!?!??

I thought Luther's closed.

I was in SA this weekend went to:

TWO STEP RESTAURANT
http://twosteprestaurant.com/

Was the best bbq i've ever had.

Luther's is still open.

P bubel. any relation to S Bubel ?

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Korean: Il Song Garden (410/Blanco)

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Ate there for lunch yesterday. Good food. Dinner seemed a bit expensive but lunch specials are fairly priced with good sized-portions.

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Mexican: Panchito's on McCullough

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Wouldn't qualify as my favorite but the food has always been good enough when i went there.

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Burger: I like Luther's. People will probably disagree with me though.

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I have been there a few times and the food is pretty good but way over-priced. To me it is one of those places that gets lost in the shuffle because there are plenty of other viable alternatives (and in my opinion better) at much better prices.

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I thought Luther's closed.

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it is still open. you may be thinking of little hipps which is now armadillo's.

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P bubel. any relation to S Bubel ?

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Yep. One or the other. Either my sis or brother. Both start with "S." Ain't too many of us in San Antonio.

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I see somebody else likes Two Step. I'm telling you, that place is just good.

anyone been to any new places lately?

Let's see here:

Small taqueria: El Rafa's on Hildebrand
Tex-Mex to take out of towners who want "San Antonio Mexican Food" so I don't have to go to the freaking Riverwalk: La Hacidenda de los Barrios
Steak: Ounce
Sushi: Godai (and that's no contest in my book)
BBQ: Two Bros. BBQ
Italian: Tre Trattoria...and Maggianos even if the two are on opposite ends of the spectrum for what is considered Italian
Bar type: Flying Saucer (only 42 more beers until eternal glory for me)
Thai: Thai Restaurant

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Anyone have any Indian food recs?

I've yet to find any good peyote around here.

The IT guy from India at the company I used to work for said his favorite place in town was India Oven. Said it was the closest to "home" he's found in SA.

The Big Easy is back open at a new location.

http://www.bigeasycafesa.com/

Mexican: Rosario's
Drinks: Friendly Spot
Burgers: Armadillo's
Pizza: Big Lou's

What are the best items at Big Easy Cafe?

The crab bisque was awesome, and usually sold out before we got there.

I loved the po-boys and gumbo myself. Admittedly, it's been a while since I've been able to go there so I don't know if the place has changed with their relative success.

Got the email from the Big Easy Cafe this morning. Today's menu was astonishing. I will be stopping by there for lunch later this week.


Not quite Indian food but a co-worker recommended a Pakistani place called Kohinoor. Was told the food was excellent but don't expect good service. If you go be prepared to wait and not be attended to but once you taste the food it is supposed to be worth it. The biryani was highly recommended.