New American · San Antonio Current Best Restaurant 2024
Chef Jacob Trevino's North San Antonio neighborhood room — locally sourced New American out of a converted bungalow on Bitters Rd, with a seasonal menu that turns over weekly enoug...
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Dough Pizzeria Napoletana
Neapolitan Pizza
Certified Neapolitan pizza in north San Antonio — wood-burning oven, imported Italian ingredients, a Margherita that has been the local pizza benchmark since long before pizza disc...
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El Pastor es Mi Senor
Mexican · James Beard Semifinalist, Netflix Taco Chronicles
Strip-mall taqueria in North San Antonio running al pastor off a vertical trompo the way it's done in Mexico City. The pork is properly marinated, sliced thin to order, and stacked...
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2Bros BBQ Market
Texas BBQ
The Dady brothers' affordable, no-frills smokehouse in a converted gas station on West Ave — brisket plates, pulled pork sandwiches, mac & cheese, creative daily specials that ...
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Two Bros BBQ Market
BBQ · Texas Monthly Top 50 BBQ
Jason Dady's casual BBQ market with an oak-shaded patio and a playground — brisket, pulled pork, mac & cheese, banana pudding, served with the kind of operational arithmetic th...
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Magnolia Pancake Haus
Breakfast / Pancakes · North SA breakfast institution — long-running pancake specialist
A Wurzbach Parkway breakfast-and-lunch restaurant that became a north-SA institution — German apple pancakes, a serious breakfast-only menu, and the kind of place with a 45-minute ...
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Rudy's Country Store and Bar-B-Q
BBQ / Texas · The Worst Bar-B-Q in Texas (branded) — Leon Springs original
The 1989 Leon Springs original Rudy's location — a gas-station-turned-BBQ-operation that spawned a Texas BBQ chain, still operating from the original property with the tagline 'The...
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La Fogata
Mexican · Established 1978 — Vance Jackson Road Mexican institution
A 1978 Vance Jackson Road Mexican restaurant — a sprawling tropical-courtyard patio, an old-school Mexico City-leaning menu, and a multi-generational family-Mexican room that has b...
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Cover 3
American / Sports Bar
An upscale sports bar on N Loop 1604 that manages to be both — big screens and cold beer, but also a burger program serious enough to get noticed. Walk-ins, happy hour worth timing...
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Freetail Brewing Co.
Brewpub
One of San Antonio's original craft breweries since 2008, running a full brewpub on the 1604 corridor. The tap list rotates through lagers, IPAs, and experimental one-offs alongsid...
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