📍 Southtown, San Antonio

Diego Galicia and Rico Torres run a rotating multi-course tasting menu through the regions and eras of Mexican cuisine — heirloom-corn courses, a seasonal mole flight, and one of t...

Chef Mark Bliss runs a small Southtown dining room with the kind of precise New American cooking that doesn't need a marketing budget — braised short rib, seared diver scallops, a ...

A converted Southtown firehouse turned rustic Italian dining room — cacio e pepe, wood-fired branzino, burrata, house-made pasta in a space whose architecture does half the work th...

A three-course prix fixe in a small Southtown room from the Empty Stomach Group, running country pate and poulet a la creme on a rotating Thursday-Saturday dinner ticket. The wine ...

Tandoori-rubbed brisket. Tikka masala mac & cheese. Naan sliders. Chai. The Southtown smokehouse that fused Indian spices with Central Texas BBQ technique and earned a Texas Mo...

Craft BBQ with a Mexican-Texan accent — flour tortillas and salsa replace white bread, and the queso fundido sausage is the reason regulars get in line before 11am. Michelin-recogn...

Dean's Steak & Seafood occupies a historic 19th-century schoolhouse building at the Kimpton Santo hotel in Southtown. The menu runs prime steaks alongside Texas and Japanese A5...

A coffee shop on the S Alamo stretch at the Southtown edge of downtown, pulling espresso and the usual handcrafted drinks for the neighborhood. The near-perfect rating points to a ...

Lisa Wong's Southtown institution since 1992 — Tex-Mex with interior Mexican flair, a puffy taco that locals defend, enchiladas suizas, margaritas tuned for the patio, which is one...

A modern Texas brasserie inside the historic Blue Star Arts Complex in Southtown — local rancher ribeye, Gulf shrimp, bone marrow, pecan pie, all sourced toward the Texas-product s...