One of the best patios in town, La Fogata is a great place to cozy up to the one you love—and a margarita—while the mariachis play.
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Chayitos
For Lent I decided to only eat out for one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner a week (unless I am traveling). In order to continue to publish content to the blog, I really have to plan out my meals to make sure that I try at least one new spot a week. This past […]
San Antonio Joe Guides on Foodspotting
If you like food, then you need to download the iPhone app called Foodspotting immediately (if you have an Android phone, I hear that they are in Beta right now). In a nutshell, Foodspotting gives you the chance to snap a picture of what you’re eating, tell what it is and where you got it, […]
Pericos Restaurant: Parrot Tails and Enchiladas
I am as guilty as the next person for staying in my comfort zone and eating what I know and love. I think that this is particularly true in the winter when I go into hibernating mode and eat familiar foods, drink beers at happy hour, and go to sleep. It’s hard for me to […]
On Barbacoa and Big Red: Taqueria Datapoint
A breakfast consisting of barbacoa and Big Red is as San Antonio as the Alamo or Market Square, and it is high time that I had a post on it. Heck, there is even a song about it: I went down Nogalitos/ Lookin’ for some barbacoa and Big Red/ I went down Nogalitos/ Lookin’ for […]
La Fonda on Main
Even though I have been in San Antonio for five and a half years now, there are still a few restaurants considered by many as staples of the Alamo City that I have yet to visit. One of those restaurants is La Fonda on Main. Operating on Main Street since 1930, La Fonda has been […]
Paloma Blanca
My latest Groupon adventure led me to eat lunch with a friend at Paloma Blanca in Alamo Heights. I was excited because I have long heard that it is an excellent place to dine and a favorite of the 09ers (read: people from Alamo Heights, 78209 zip code). The weather was really starting to cool […]