The big culinary surprise in San Antonio is Green Vegetarian Cuisine, with two locations that serve meatless meals. Not only that, the kitchen is kosher and nearly everything can be made vegan-friendly. Among its specialties are chili sin carne (without meat!), chickpea burgers, fresh juices, and several dishes made of chik-N (not chicken), including chik-N-fried steak. Less surprising but high on the Roadfood priority list is the city’s abundance of superb tacos. Nearly every taqueria rolls its own tortillas — some griddle-cooked flat, some deep-fried puffy; and while many such places are devoted exclusively to tacos for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, some also serve genuine chili. That’s chili CON carne — con carne and nothing else: just beef and hot peppers and maybe some spice. That’s the way it was when Texas chili originated — as a dish served by the “chili queens” of San Antonio’s old market until the mid-20th century. Other culinary highlights of the city include a tostada burger in the party atmosphere of Chris Madrid’s, a table-sized pizza at Big Lou’s, and legendary mango ice cream at the historic Menger Hotel.
Few combinations of smells are as evocative as the scent of hamburgers sputtering on a hot grill intermingled with aromas of liniment and cologne. To that salubrious bouquet add...
As pilgrims on the road of reprobate gastronomy, we encounter all sorts of green chile cheeseburgers (henceforth referred to as GCCBs) at drive-ins and truck-stops throughout the Southwest. But...
Taco Take Over When we started hunting Roadfood many years ago, good tacos were hard to find anywhere other than the southwest borderlands and southern California. Today, great tacos are...
Why is brunch so wonderful? One, it almost always includes adult beverages. Two, it's far more bountiful than either breakfast or lunch. Three, there's no hurry to eat it:...
