San Antonio Recommendations

[karinothing]

Chachos! chachos.com/

It is not fine dining by any means but the tacos are damn good. Tacos nortenos are the best! mmmm

[caramia17]

Get a breakfast taco (or 5) from any hole-in-the-wall recommended by your hotel or whatever that makes their own tortillas! YUM!

If you want to splurge Biga on the Banks is really good with wine pairings and a farm-to-table menu. It is on the riverwalk.

The Pearl brewery was converted to mixed use space and you can walk from the riverwalk now.

If you feel like going out to Gruene for a day trip, Gruene Hall always has interesting bands and is a fun place.

The best burger I have ever eaten in my life is from Chester's hamburgers. Cold beer and onion rings are a must.

[dcn]

La Gloria at the pearl brewey is good. One of our favorite places when we lived there was Tre Trattoria. We also frequented max's wine dive and 20 Nine at the Quarry. Local coffee was also a regular stop for us.

There is a farmers market at Pearl on Saturdays that is usually pretty good.

The Missions national park is interesting, mission San Jose I think has the visitors center.

The Japanese tea garden is pretty, we used to walk through there if we were at the zoo, and then grab bbq at the place down the street.

Ditto a trip to Gruene!
We only lived there a year, but the food is the highlight of San antonio I think. Lots of great food there! Except pizza:/. We never really found a pizza place we liked.

[Marmee]

I was just there a couple weeks ago. I stayed in a Suite Hotel (I think a Marriott) a block from the Alamo. We just ate steak one night & Mexican the next at restaurants on the River Walk. They were good but I can't remember the names. I love SA...it's got such a cool/artsy vibe. Sorry not much help! I just like that place.

[MNH2013]

I ditto Biga on the Banks! I loved it.

[um]

There is a German deli that is fun and different.

[pooh8402]

Magnolia Pancake Haus!!!! it's the best breakfast place ever! they're known for their pancakes (really light and fluffy and melt in your mouth) and their pfannekuchen (like an apple fritter), but I go for their benedicts and french toast. highly recommend you get there early, within an hour of opening.

other than that, DH and I just go on the Riverwalk and eat wherever looks good.

[spanikopita]

Hole in the wall, best tacos on the planet Earth: Taco Taco on Hildebrand & McCullough (bfast and lunch only) or Panchitos (right across the street) if Taco Taco isn't open.

Fancy Mexican: La Paloma Blanca. Ten times better than anything on the river walk.

YWIA.

[spanikopita]

Mar 2, 2015 16:47:51 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

Thanks!

karinothing - I'll probably pass on Chacos since we have those in Houston, but you never know.

Anyone know of a good place for brunch? It's my favorite meal of the week! TamiTaylor?

Brunch = breakfast taco type brunch? Try Panchitos.

The Liberty Bar hasn't been mentioned yet... It's good.

[skib]

I love Casa Rio on the Riverwalk. Their queso is sooo good!

[sunshineandpinot]

tagging myself so I'll remember to come back and respond sunshineandpinot
ETA- where are you staying and will you have a car? 

[sunshineandpinot]

Mar 2, 2015 17:10:55 GMT -5 dcn said:

We only lived there a year, but the food is the highlight of San antonio I think. Lots of great food there! Except pizza:/. We never really found a pizza place we liked.

This has changed! Lots of yummy pizzerias now. Dough and Barbaro are fantastic! Tre makes a good pizza too. 

[dcn]

Mar 2, 2015 19:47:14 GMT -5 sunshineandpinot said:

Mar 2, 2015 17:10:55 GMT -5 dcn said:

We only lived there a year, but the food is the highlight of San antonio I think. Lots of great food there! Except pizza:/. We never really found a pizza place we liked.

This has changed! Lots of yummy pizzerias now. Dough and Barbaro are fantastic! Tre makes a good pizza too. 

Oh i forgot about dough!  We did love that place, didnt love having to wait hours :/. If we went we tried to go at off times bc the wait could be so ridiculous.

[lindsaymg]

Mar 2, 2015 11:53:53 GMT -5 karinothing said:

Chachos! chachos.com/

It is not fine dining by any means but the tacos are damn good. Tacos nortenos are the best! mmmm

Anywhere but there. They have shootings there on the regular. 

[lindsaymg]

La fogata is a San Antonio tradition.

Ditto Magnolia Pancake for pancakes (I was just there Sunday)-- plan for a 60-90 min wait on weekends.

Where are you staying? This will help narrow things down.

[lindsaymg]

Mar 2, 2015 21:37:27 GMT -5 TamiTaylor said:

Mar 2, 2015 19:47:14 GMT -5 sunshineandpinot said:

This has changed! Lots of yummy pizzerias now. Dough and Barbaro are fantastic! Tre makes a good pizza too. 

Why do you feel familiar? We're you on the other place? Did you have the same name if so?

Her name changed from the knot/nest/bump (can't remember her old name) She is legit old school, I vouch for her

[caramia17]

Mar 2, 2015 22:13:26 GMT -5 lindsaymg said:

La fogata is a San Antonio tradition.

Ditto Magnolia Pancake for pancakes (I was just there Sunday)-- plan for a 60-90 min wait on weekends.

Where are you staying? This will help narrow things down.

Don't drink the margaritas without a DD, though. La Fogata makes them with 151. Deadly!

[july]

Just hanging out here since I will be there in a bit,

[Redpoppy]

We were in Austin a few weeks ago and went to San Antonio for the day. We ended up stopping at the Natural Bridge Caverns on the way back to Austin and really enjoyed the tour.

[lindsaymg]

La Gloria in the Pearl is a fun spot, and the Pearl is a fun place to walk around and shop and drink. I like the bars there like Blue Box. 

[lindsaymg]

Oooo H's favorite bar is Bohanans. Very old school.

[pooh8402]

Mar 3, 2015 5:07:26 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

We are lame and just used Marriott points to stay at the Marriott on the river walk. I wanted to stay at Mokara, but almost 1k in hotel rooms for a quick weekend trip was too much for me to stomach. We will have a car. How long does it take to get to Gruene? Perhaps we can overcome our laziness.

Brunch = stuffed French toast, eggs Benedict, etc. I love breakfast tacos, but I feel like it's not special for weekends. Clearly I eat them too often.

Gruene is 30? minutes north on I-35 and just to the west of New Braunfels.

I think we've stayed at the Marriott on the RW and it was nice. We've also stayed at La Cantera and loooooved it. The concierge there is the person who gave us the rec for Magnolia for breakfast/brunch.

[sunshineandpinot]

wtf. I totally thought I posted my recs in this thread. Have you come and gone? Otherwise, I'll give my suggestions. @little_Moxie