Mexican Restaurants

[Kori Ellis]

A group of us are going out to dinner on Saturday night.

I need suggestions for Mexican restaurants, medium price range, that stay open until at least 11pm.

Thanks.

[KEDA]

La Hacienda

Call me for details!

[batman2883]

Fuck that take them to Chachos ha ha ha haha ha nah just kidding go to Los Barrios, they have the best enchiladas in town

[1369]

Kori, if you've never eaten there, try El Jarro at 281/Bitters (Same side of 281 as Hooter's and EZ's). I grew up across 281 from there and it's my all time favorite.

[SpursWoman]

Kori, if you've never eaten there, try El Jarro at 281/Bitters (Same side of 281 as Hooter's and EZ's). I grew up across 281 from there and it's my all time favorite.


Is that the one that's kind of pricy and has weird shit on the menu? :lol



If it's the same one I'm thinking of, the only kind of King Kong nachos on the menu probably have capers on them. :vomit :lol

[tlongII]

Lupe's Escape on Canyon Road.

[batman2883]

Chachos!!!!

[CosmicCowboy]

ChaCha's on Bandera inside the loop. Great food and the best margaritas in town. Ask for the "waiters sauce"...it's the "special" salsa they keep in the back...you just have to know they have it...

[SpursFanDan]

any jalisco restaurant.

[batman2883]

any jalisco restaurant.
:lol :lol now thats the funniest shit ive ever heard...Jalisco's are the worst restraunts ever made

[ObiwanGinobili]

damn it! there is this great place that we go to on Blanco inside loop 410 a few blocks south of Oblate on the right side of the road in a very nice looking oraneish/tanish stucco building.

I can't remeber the name!!!! :bang :bang

but it has "Vallarta" in the name somewhere...

anyway, they have AWESOME :tu :tu food and are very reasonable priced.
tortills are made fresh all day and the charro beans are home-made style heavenly with the chiccarones still in them! (yum yum)

the #32 on the menu is the best deal @ only $7 a person it's a faijita grill dinner with beef (tender) chicken (flavorful) and shrimp (lots and lots of it).
But it comes with lots and lots of food so if 3 people are gonna eat then just order for 2 and if 4 people are going to eat the njust order for 3.
they also serve beer and are open pretty late. (although we ususally go for an early dinner)

[ObiwanGinobili]

:lol :lol now thats the funniest shit ive ever heard...Jalisco's are the worst restraunts ever made


yes. yes they are.

[SpursWoman]

When I lived in SA that was one of my favorite places. They have the best salsa ever followed by the best shrimp fajitas. Back in the day they used to start you off with a free quesadilla, in the good ole days. Also they have shrimp enchilada plate in a creamy white wine sauce thats killer I've made quite a few trips from Corpus just for that dish alone. Damn I'm hungry now and Corpus has shitty mexican food believe it or not.



That is the place, then....El Jarro de Arturo. I went once and it was hard to get placed, even with a reservation.


And you definitely don't get anything gratis there anymore.

[Kori Ellis]

Most places I've called close at 10pm. Which is weird to me on a Saturday night.


Thanks for the suggestions.

[batman2883]

Chachos is 24 hours

[SpursFanDan]

How about, taco cabana..now thats quality.

[Horry For 3!]

Rancho Grande :elephant.....oh wait thats in Conroe, TX where I used to live. Nevermind :p

[Kori Ellis]

Chachos is 24 hours

Chachos is an overcrowded overpriced fast food like place. I'm looking for a restaurant.

[1369]

Is that the one that's kind of pricy and has weird shit on the menu? :lol



If it's the same one I'm thinking of, the only kind of King Kong nachos on the menu probably have capers on them. :vomit :lol

Snob. :lol

[Shelly]

El Chaparral in Helotes, but they close at 10pm also.

http://www.elchaparral.com/index.htm

[batman2883]

its not overpriced....and the beef fajitas are the bomb digity.......they are like meat but better....ha ha ha......okay for real though try Magarita's downtown

[tw05baller]

La Pasadita has good food and the best fajitas but i dont know how late they are open

[Kori Ellis]

its not overpriced....and the beef fajitas are the bomb digity.......they are like meat but better....ha ha ha......okay for real though try Magarita's downtown

I'm saying it's overpriced for the style of place it is. Not that it's overpriced in general.

[batman2883]

Man the premium aged beef fajitas from Chachos are uncomparable.

[Jimcs50]

Ninfa's

[batman2883]

I'm saying it's overpriced for the style of place it is. Not that it's overpriced in general.


Aww come on Kori, for a beef Fajita plate its like 6 bucks how is that overpriced?? Even for it being a semi fast food restraunt?

[Kori Ellis]

I just hate the atmosphere at Chachos, not the food. And I hate standing in line to order food.

[1369]

Ninfa's? Is that still around? I thought that was the place that now is the new Video Megaplex.

[Kori Ellis]

Aww come on Kori, for a beef Fajita plate its like 6 bucks how is that overpriced?? Even for it being a semi fast food restraunt?

Because you have to stand in line and order your food in a place that treats customers like cattle. If I want to go to that kind of disgusting atmosphere, I want to pay like a dollar.

[batman2883]

Because you have to stand in line and order your food in a place that treats customers like cattle. If I want to go to that kind of disgusting atmosphere, I want to pay like a dollar.


Understandable.....well I like Piedras Negras de Noche, Margaritas, Pico De Gallo, or Mi Tierras

[Kori Ellis]

Understandable.....well I like Piedras Negras de Noche, Margaritas, Pico De Gallo, or Mi Tierras

I haven't been to any of those places except Mi Tierra. And I think that place is definitely overrated.

[Shelly]

Because you have to stand in line and order your food in a place that treats customers like cattle. If I want to go to that kind of disgusting atmosphere, I want to pay like a dollar.


To me, Chacos is a fast foot restaurant no different than Taco Cabana.

I

[SpursWoman]

Snob. :lol


No, I'm the anti-snob. I looked at the menu and I was like, "WTF? This isn't mexican food! I feel like I'm at one of those seated dinners at a hotel where the gourmet meal consists of fish eyeballs and 3 peas and some weird-assed potato combination...at $30 a head."


:lol


Seriously, though...it was really good, but from what I remember it was about $15 and up a plate and it was super-crowded.






I'm only a shoe snob. :angel

[Jimcs50]

Ninfa's? Is that still around? I thought that was the place that now is the new Video Megaplex.


I guess they are not there anymore. They are here and in other cities.

I love that place.

[batman2883]

They are all expensive places kinda, but i love Piedras Niegras de Noche thats off of alamo street.

[Dos]

martha's at brodway and 410....... it was decent and cheap but it wasn't la fogota...

[Shelly]

I'm only a shoe snob. :angel


Girlfriend, you are gonna LOVE Nordstrom!

[Horry For 3!]

I haven't been to any of those places except Mi Tierra. And I think that place is definitely overrated.
I've ate at Mi Tierra twice. The first time the food was decent the second time the food was nasty. :vomit

[Kori Ellis]

Girlfriend, you are gonna LOVE Nordstrom!

Is the target date for the opening still Sept 15? Everything looks so close to being done when we drive by.

[Horry For 3!]

I even ordered the same thing as Mi Tierra both times as well. I don't know how it went from decent to nasty....

[Kori Ellis]

Yeah a couple of us suggested La Fogata, but someone in the group shot it down.

[Horry For 3!]

La Fogata=good food
I think I ate at that place. If I did, it was some good food. I think so though. I've ate at 2 Mexican resturants in SA. Mi Tierra & one more and I think it was La Fogata. I'd have to ask my mom though because I was with her.

[samikeyp]

Martha's rocks.
Casa Sol is one of my favorites as is Sausalito. There is a Sausalito at Bandera and 1604 pretty close to your place.

[Jimcs50]

La Fogata is great...not much for atmosphere, but great food.

[Kori Ellis]

Martha's rocks.
Casa Sol is one of my favorites as is Sausalito. There is a Sausalito at Bandera and 1604 pretty close to your place.

:vomit Sausalito is one of the worst restaurants I've ever been to. :lol

[timvp]

:vomit Sausalito is one of the worst restaurants I've ever been to. :lol

:lol

Yeah we never went back there after we ordered guacamole and it was some disgusting paste substance.

[samikeyp]

then that would be a no.

[blackbucket]

Kori, what about Tomatillos? It is tex-mex but it is damn good!

[samikeyp]

Tomatillos is good too.

Sorry about the guacamole.....can't speak for the one by your house...I only went to the one on Nacodoches.

[Kori Ellis]

Tomatillos is good too.

Sorry about the guacamole.....can't speak for the one by your house...I only went to the one on Nacodoches.

Yeah Sausalito's might be good elsewhere, but the one by our house is really bad. Not just the guacamole. The salsa tasted horrible too.

I've never been to Tomatillos, but that's the place that KEDA caught them re-using the tortillas. :lol

[Kori Ellis]

We might just go to Alamo Cafe and not worry about searching for a place. :lol

[timvp]

IMO, the best mexican food in town is all fast food.

[angel_luv]

Taco Cabana is frequently graced by my presence.

[samikeyp]

We might just go to Alamo Cafe and not worry about searching for a place.

That is what we always do! :lol

[Notorious H.O.P.]

You might want to try Jacala on West Avenue between I-10 and Frederickburg. I think they close after 11 or 12 on Saturday. Good food and decent atmosphere and bar.

La Fogata is pretty damn good food and it's not too bad on the patio on a cool night. The inside is ok.

At El Jarro, which has a great atmosphere (make reservations), they have a live band on weekends but not loud to the point that you can't have a conversation at a normal volume with the people at your table. Yes the menu does stray from standard mexican (the last time I was there I had something like beef medallions in a chipotle/wine cream sauce and garlic mashed potatoes) but if you stare at the menu really hard, they have a "hidden" section where they have the regular mexican food at almost regular prices ($6-$10).

Cha-Cha's on Bandera is small. The atmosphere is ok but the food is great. The last time I went, they had karaoke but the same four people kept going up and I don't want to be mean but the quality of their singing was slightly more pleasant than fingernails dragged across a chalkboard.

Rosario's is the hip spot to go, especially if they have a salsa band playing. It's always been a see-and-be-seen type of place but I haven't been there in a while. The advantage there is that you can wander over to Azuca to listen to live Latin music or if Rosario's seems a bit too highbrow (it's not), you can always wander down to Bar America to drink $1.25 beer among fellow degenerates .That's a joke because I like the place but its filled with younger people who will eventually be the 50 and 60 year olds that will still go down to the neighborhood ice house (that could be good or bad).

[Kori Ellis]

Rosario's is too loud because we kind of want to talk.

We are going to Los Barrios.

Thanks for all the suggestions.

[Hook Dem]

Rosario's is too loud because we kind of want to talk.

We are going to Los Barrios.

Thanks for all the suggestions.
Good choice Kori! It's the best!

[Horry For 3!]

Rosario's is too loud because we kind of want to talk.

We are going to Los Barrios.

Thanks for all the suggestions.
Why Los Barrios?

[snyderman]

Habanero's Grill on West Ave. and Bitters by Emabassy

[batman2883]

Rosario's is too loud because we kind of want to talk.

We are going to Los Barrios.

Thanks for all the suggestions.


Thanks for going to my first choice Kori you truly know that i have the greatest opinion besides i'm awesome

[NZHayden]

taco bell

[batman2883]

ha ha ha ha run for the border....

[Clandestino]

a really good place to eat mexican food is La Fonda in Oakhills. Right off 410 and Fredericksburg. They close at 10pm, but if you show up at 9:59, they will still seat you and serve you until you are finished. They been open since like 1940 something. Reasonably priced and they have fresh squeezed margaritas. no sweet n sour bullshit.

[batman2883]

I hear La Fonda has some nice Hispanic waitresses too

[Clandestino]

And La Fogata and Mi Tierra are the most overpriced places in town. You should never pay much for mexican.. Pappasitos is bullshit too..

[Clandestino]

I hear La Fonda has some nice Hispanic waitresses too

last time i was there, they were all hispanic, but none were nice looking. they had all been there like 10-20 years. pretty crazy for a restaurant

[batman2883]

Pappasitos is more than just a mexican restraunt though they are freaking delicious and i dont get diarhea when im done eating it

[JoeChalupa]

Tomatillos is good too.

Sorry about the guacamole.....can't speak for the one by your house...I only went to the one on Nacodoches.

We like the Saulsalito's on Nacodoches.

But then my cheap ass doesn't like guacamole. It reminds me of mocos.


We used to go to Tomatillo's when we lived closer.

and I love a Cabana Bowl when I got the muchies.

[Clandestino]

pappasitos is white people's mexican food.

[batman2883]

I like Batman2883's kitchen cause that cat can throw down in the kitchen like no other, even makes homemade tortillas

[JoeChalupa]

And La Fogata and Mi Tierra are the most overpriced places in town. You should never pay much for mexican.. Pappasitos is bullshit too..

Cheap labor doesn't always mean cheap food. :lol

[batman2883]

pappasitos is white people's mexican food.



man anyone that freaking makes some mean lobster and shrimps in a mexican restraunt definitly gets my vote and trust me yall dont know white people mexican food. I was in Orlando last summer i went to some place called Don Pablos big Mexican restraunt....all i have to say when i finished eating there, i was begging for a Taco Bell

[Clandestino]

i ordered some enchiladas verdes at a "mexican" restaurant in germany once.. they were filled with spinach! wtf???

[batman2883]

ha ha ha ha man what the hell are you doing eating mexican food in Germany, you were suppose to be eating Cordon Bleu or Bratwurst or something

[Clandestino]

hey, we'd been without for so long, we decided to try it out. plus, all the hot chicks would hang out there so we would hang there. we never ate... one day we figured we'd try it out..

[batman2883]

ha a ha ha ha ha, man this was a question thread and it turned into a multiple page thread.

[SequSpur]

Los Barrios Rules.

[Mijo]

You might want to try Jacala on West Avenue between I-10 and Frederickburg. That is great mexican food right there! By the way, if you are going to Los Barrios I believe the same people own La Hacienda on Redland road not far from 1604. Their food tastes the same to me although I'm sure some here will disagree. Just thought I'd mention it.

[Kori Ellis]

That is great mexican food right there! By the way, if you are going to Los Barrios I believe the same people own La Hacienda on Redland road not far from 1604. Their food tastes the same to me although I'm sure some here will disagree. Just thought I'd mention it.

Yes, it's the same ownership. I considered La Hacienda and called them, but they don't take reservations. And for 10-12 people, I don't want to stand around and wait without reservations.

[Shelly]

a really good place to eat mexican food is La Fonda in Oakhills. Right off 410 and Fredericksburg. They close at 10pm, but if you show up at 9:59, they will still seat you and serve you until you are finished. They been open since like 1940 something. Reasonably priced and they have fresh squeezed margaritas. no sweet n sour bullshit.

Are the owned by the same people who own La Fonda on Main?

[bpl]

if you want to go to the south side don pedro it open till 4:00am sw military good food.

[Clandestino]

Are the owned by the same people who own La Fonda on Main?

nope...

[rr2418]

How about Pico de Gallo or Piedras Niegras del Noche! Pico is a little more pricey than Piedras, but they both stay open pass 11:00pm!!

Stay away from Mamasitas and Tomatillos!! THEY SUCK!!!!!!

[midgetonadonkey]

How about Pico de Gallo or Piedras Niegras del Noche! Pico is a little more pricey than Piedras, but they both stay open pass 11:00pm!!

Stay away from Mamasitas and Tomatillos!! THEY SUCK!!!!!!

Piedras Niegras del Noche is a great place. Their mole is badass.

[KewlKat00]

You might want to try Jacala on West Avenue between I-10 and Frederickburg. I think they close after 11 or 12 on Saturday. Good food and decent atmosphere and bar.

mmmmm...

that is my favorite restaurant. it is the first place i go to when i arrive back home in san antonio. sometimes straight from the airport. good food at decent prices. good, large margaritas.

last time i was home in may, the weather was really nice so we sat outside on the patio. my little cousins love it.

now i am hungry... and nothing is going to do it...

[Dos]

there is a place at the corner of broadway and I think basse rd. It's been a while but it's in the shopping center where the albertson's is.. man that place rocked. Sorry I can't remember the name of it, but my spanish order has had several meetings there.
Great atmosphere quiet and quaint and I think they take reservations for large parties..

[baseline bum]

Ninfa's

Have you ever been to the original one in Houston between 3rd and 5th Ward? I used to eat there all the time back when I lived out there. They have the best flour tortillas I've ever had, the salsa's outstanding, and enchiladas were always dope there... the neighborhood looked like a freaking ghost-town though, and the street was like 10x worse than West Ave. used to be by Jacala, but it was always packed.

----------------------------------

For anyone in LA you gotta try El Tepeyac Cafe on Evergreen in East LA (near the intersection of Soto and Cesar Chavez). No alcohol :(, but their enchiladas are incredible (they have the best enchilada sauce I've ever tasted), and their burritos are even better (and I hate burritos with the exception of this place). Plates are like $6-$11, and your food is out like right after the order is placed it seems (probably because the place is very small, but very packed also). They have this one burrito for like $6.35 called the Hollenbeck (name of the neighborhood police district) that's stuffed with carnitas, salsa verde, guacamole, rice, and beans and is huge. I can't finish it in one sitting, which shocks me since I used to eat family orders fom Bob's Smokehouse on Rigsby like it was nothing when I was in SA. It's gotta be at least a couple of pounds. Plus, you know the restaraunt's good when all the regular customers are huge (thank god it's on the other side of town from me). A lot of the people working there have been there for like 20-30 years too, which means you won't see too many hottie waitresses but you do get service with lots of pride in the place.

[ObiwanGinobili]

taco bell


i was laughing at this but then the memory of taco bell taste in my mouth made me vomit.

[batman2883]

i was laughing at this but then the memory of taco bell taste in my mouth made me vomit.


I'm sure thats not the only taste in your mouth that made you vomit :lol

[ObiwanGinobili]

siesta in victoria for enchiladas


Ventura's in victoria for Tamales and everything else


Uhm. I worked at Siesta in Victoria.... and uhm. you don't want to eat those enchiladas. well maybe on Monday becasue thats the day they make them - for the whole week!
they make sheets and sheets of them on monday and then leave them out all day every day from open to close under a heat lamp. they only see refrigeration form 1030pm to 9am. It's sick.
And Bobby ( the owner. he's big into the school board and other city olitics like restoring the old court house) He's this super supoer fat ass hole that sweats buckets and he'll graze his sweaty fat ass thru the kitchen plopping his chubby fingers inthe mole, the gucamole, wahtever's handy and then lick his finger and then stick it in some other food item .


But your right about Venturas. OMG! those tamales are the fucking bomb!!

I really miss Guerra's for breakfast tacos. damn I'm drooling.

[CharlieMac]

El Rafas on Hildebrand is great. It tears your ass up though.

[A Serbian Beast]

Taco Bell

[TheTruth]

Mexican food isn't good unless it causes you to want to have a huge shit so that it will cause a splash that will cool down the fire in your asshole.

[sa_butta]

Mexican food isn't good unless it causes you to want to have a huge shit so that it will cause a splash that will cool down the fire in your asshole.:lmao

[sa_butta]

Taco Bellnot mexican food, but cheap as hell and as long as you dont mind the screaming shits afterwards.

[A Serbian Beast]

not mexican food, but cheap as hell and as long as you dont mind the screaming shits afterwards.
well its authentic up here in michigan, so yea. its very good.

[ObiwanGinobili]

well its authentic up here in michigan, so yea. its very good.


you poor poor poor deprived soul. :depressed
If that was the only "mexican" food available to me I'd shoot myself.

And I say "mexican" with the " " 's because Taco Bell barely even qualify's as FOOD. It is sooooooo far below actual mexican food that it couldn't view meican food's asshole thru a telescope.

[Vashner]

Mexican food isn't good unless it causes you to want to have a huge shit so that it will cause a splash that will cool down the fire in your asshole.

Sounds like my bacon wrapped bar-b-que Jalapeno Poppers :)

[Fat Bones]

Try the TexMex Cafe in Juneau, Alaska next time you are in the neighborhood.

Goooooood Stuff.

[MannyIsGod]

Man, I'm sad that nobody in this thread reccomended Mexican Manhattan. I fucking LOVE that place.

Piedras Negras is also great.

I used to like Jacala's, but I had a very bad experience there one time and the management was so full of shit. I took my mom there a bit after she had surgery, and the waiter spilled tea right on the spot she had an incision. She was soaked, and the most they offered to compensate us was give us 2 free teas. I was amazed that they were going to treat repeat customers like that, so I've never been back and that was quite some time ago.

[davi78239]

For beef fajitas, its Chachos all the way. For fajitas overall in general, Taco Tote is a definite go. They need to hurry up and start opening more of them like they're going to do. Man, chicken fajitas on homemade corn tortilla!!!! MMMMMMMMM. By the way, has anyone tried that new mexican restaurant on 281 called "El Matador"? God, I wish they would've left it Do Brazilla. Anyway, they offer all this buy one, get one dinner free stuff. They must not be doing good with all those specials, in fact every time I pass by for work, the place is empty. I don't know.

[KewlKat00]

For anyone in LA you gotta try El Tepeyac Cafe on Evergreen in East LA.

cool, thanks. i've been wanting good mexican food for awhile now.

any other suggestions?

[baseline bum]

There's another place I like to go to called Tacomiendo on the corner of Culver and Inglewood. Carnitas and cabeza aren't that good there, but the carne asada is excellent. For just tacos my favorites are Campos on Venice and Western and Tacos el Gavilon on South Central and Jefferson I think. None of them comes close to El Tepeyac though.

[gameFACE]

If you want to try a piece of San Antonio history try Mario's on Fredricksburg Rd. just outside of 410. Great menu and atmosphere but you might want to call and see if there are mariachi's playing or not the night you want to go.

He passed away some years ago. From the 60's to the late 80's his old restaurant used to be located where UTSA is now. The food at the old and nrew restaurant is way better than the junk you get at the Cortez family restaurants (Mi Tierra, La Margarita, Pico de Gallo). Although their mole is pretty good.

Mario was a trouble maker..............:eyebrows

[TheTruth]

Sounds like my bacon wrapped bar-b-que Jalapeno Poppers :)
with cream chees in the middle? my cousin and his girl make those whenever we barbque

[Vashner]

Yup.. philly cheese.. some thin bacon with some black pepper. Use gloves! (non latex kitchen gloves)

[TheTruth]

Yup.. philly cheese.. some thin bacon with some black pepper. Use gloves! (non latex kitchen gloves)
Those will burn the asshole alright.

[IX_Equilibrium]

El Mirasol

[ObiwanGinobili]

damn I'm jonesing for some bacon wrapped stuffed BBQ jalapenos right now.........

[Chris]

well its authentic up here in michigan, so yea. its very good.

LAWLS. I've been to Mexican restaurants in MI. All of them were a joke. They call breakfast tacos - "morning burritos". And they put french fries on their salad like the crazies in Philly. They were even advertising Jalapeno Poppers with the catchline -Catch a buzz with our delicious Jalapeno Poppers! They release endorphins in your head...etc etc...Absolutely ridiculous.

I grew up with Mexican Manhattan and Los Barrios. Probably the two best Mexican restaurants in San Antonio. The chalupas at Mexican Manhattan are the greatest ever and NEVER order 2 unless you are famished.

[MannyIsGod]

Ah finally! Someone else mentioned Mexican Manhattan! I love that place. I actually reccomended it for tonight, but they closed too early. Their patio is never crowded even though it's on the river.

Los Barrios has still been good the last 2 times I've gone, but I still prefer MM. The fajitas tonight were supper good, however. MM has beans and rice that remind me of my grandmothers cooking, though. And that is definetly a good thing.

[Spam]

I'm glad it's Taco Bell Sunday!!

[smeagol]

No Argentine restaurants in SA?

Man you guys are missing on some fine cuisine!

[Clandestino]

No Argentine restaurants in SA?

Man you guys are missing on some fine cuisine!

no, but we have a brazilian one!

[Clandestino]

where is mexican manhattan?

[ObiwanGinobili]

anyone ever been to Azucar downtown? (azucar, azuca .. same diff.)
I went there for lunch with my mother in law one time and it "looked" awesome!!
But we had to leave before we were sat because she forgot her blood presure medication way on the other side of town.:(

to this day I'm wondering what i missed out on .

[MannyIsGod]

Actually, the Brazillian one is now a Mexican restaraunt. :lol

If its the one on the access road before Bitters on 281, anyhow.

[KEDA]

Actually, the Brazillian one is now a Mexican restaraunt. :lol

If its the one on the access road before Bitters on 281, anyhow.


the name is EL Matador.


and it sucks!