The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near El Bucanero
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- San Antonio Express-News #4 · Top 10 Brunch Restaurants in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News #6 · Top 10 Fried Chicken in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #34 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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- San Antonio Express-News #9 · Top 10 Chicken-Fried Steak in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News #10 · Top 10 New Orleans Restaurants in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News #7 · Top 10 Nachos in San Antonio
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- San Antonio Express-News #3 · Top 10 Nachos in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News #4 · Top 10 Fish Tacos in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #36 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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Rank 11. Clementine
Globally Inspired
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Best Chef: Texas · John Russ
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #2 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
- Eater The Best Restaurants in San Antonio
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- San Antonio Express-News #1 · Top 10 Pizza in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #47 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #3 · Top 10 Castle Hills Restaurants
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- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #6 · Top 10 Chinese Restaurants in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #8 · Top 10 Castle Hills Restaurants
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- Eater The Best Restaurants in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #50 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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- San Antonio Express-News #1 · Top 10 Steakhouses in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #29 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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- San Antonio Express-News #5 · Top 10 Chicken-Fried Steak in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #37 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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- San Antonio Express-News #6 · Top 10 Steakhouses in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News #7 · Top 10 Chicken-Fried Steak in San Antonio
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Rank 23. The Barbecue Station
Barbecue
A converted gas station near the Loop holds thirty years of smoke and ritual. Brisket arrives in thick-cut slices on cottony bread; the turkey carries the gentler char of post oak and mesquite. The sides—particularly the house potato salad—deserve their own visit.
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- Bon Appétit The Best Breakfast Tacos in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #32 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Alex Sarmiento and Brenda Sarmiento
- Eater The Best Restaurants in San Antonio
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- San Antonio Express-News #4 · Top 10 Outdoor Dining Restaurants
- San Antonio Express-News #10 · Top 10 Nachos in San Antonio
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- Eater The Best Restaurants in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #49 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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- San Antonio Express-News 2024 · #3 · Top 10 Italian Restaurants in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #39 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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Rank 64. Curry Boys BBQ
Thai/Texan
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Andrew Ho, Andrew Samia, and Sean Wen
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Andrew Ho, Andrew Samia, and Sean Wen
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- San Antonio Express-News #2 · Top 10 Brunch Restaurants in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #46 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #48 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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- Texas Monthly 2024 · Honorable Mentions · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- San Antonio Express-News #2 · Top 10 Fish Tacos in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #23 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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Rank 78. Cullum's Attaboy
French
A cottage near St. Mary's where counter seating overlooks an open kitchen dispensing French-leaning breakfasts on a modest budget: proper omelets glossed with butter and hollandaise, house-made rolls cradling smoked brisket and egg, powdered sugar doughnuts that eclipse most beignets. The breakfast potatoes alone justify a visit—they possess a clarity other versions lack.
- Food & Wine 2024 · Ham & Cheese · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: Texas · Christopher Cullum
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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Rank 79. Isidore
Texas New American
Isidore honors Texas ingredients and indigenous foodways through an ambitious, shareable menu anchored by a live-fire hearth in the Pearl District's midcentury modern setting. The popcorn chicken and dry-aged pork chop showcase the kitchen's confident hand with local sourcing and bold spicing.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Esquire 2025 · Miracle of the Well · The Best Martinis in America
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 80. Nicōsi
Creative Dessert
A velvet-curtained counter in a darkened corner of Pullman Market hosts an entirely dessert-focused tasting menu, each course built around acidic, umami, bitter, or sweet. The theatrical plating—tomme cheese mille-feuille with caviar and gold leaf, short rib crowned in house-spun cotton candy—rewards the surrender of phones and photographs alike.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Tavel Bristol-Joseph
- Eater The Best Restaurants in San Antonio
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Rank 84. Garcia's Mexican Food
Tex-Mex Mexican
Since 1962, Garcia's has anchored this corner with the kind of Tex-Mex cooking that draws lines around the block at breakfast and dinner alike. The deluxe plate—enchiladas, tamale, chili con carne, hard taco—arrives in a squat dining room where the staff moves through the crowd with genuine warmth.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #24 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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- San Antonio Express-News #1 · Top 10 Outdoor Dining Restaurants
- San Antonio Express-News #6 · Top 10 Nachos in San Antonio
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- Eater The Best Restaurants in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #27 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · John Ramos and Jonathan Reyes
- Eater The Best Restaurants in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #41 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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- San Antonio Express-News #10 · Top 10 Fish Tacos in San Antonio
- San Antonio Express-News #9 · Top 10 Nachos in San Antonio
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Rank 91. Mixtli
Mexican
Galicia and Torres build tasting menus around Mexico's fractured geography and deep past—one night Oaxaca, the next pre-Columbian, the next the hot lands. Their fine-dining technique animates regional traditions with cerebral precision, each plate a small argument about flavor and history, plated with care that matches the cook's obvious reverence for the source material.
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Rank 92. Ladino
Mediterranean
Ladino channels Mediterranean ease through wood-fired pita and boldly seasoned vegetables in the Pearl District's verdant courtyard. The kitchen coaxes unexpected depth from seasonal ingredients—fermented tomatoes, labneh, smoked chili—with cocktails that match its restless creativity.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Texas Monthly 2023 · Honorable Mentions · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- The Infatuation The Best Restaurants In San Antonio
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Rank 95. Curry Boys BBQ
Thai Barbecue
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Andrew Ho, Andrew Samia, and Sean Wen
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Andrew Ho, Andrew Samia, and Sean Wen
- Eater The Best Restaurants in San Antonio
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Rank 98. Mezquite
Sonoran Mexican
Mezquite pivots toward Sonoran cooking in a sun-faded stall, opening with ceviche before moving to grilled onions and black garlic spread across paper-thin tortillas. Free-range chicken in pipian rojo arrives with a fleet of sides meant for sharing, and the flan closes the meal with custard-soft certainty.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Texas Monthly 2025 · #10 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- San Antonio Express-News 2025 · #17 · Top 50 Restaurants in San Antonio
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- San Antonio Express-News #1 · The Top 5 panaderías in S.A.
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Baker · David Cáceres