San Antonio restaurants: MICHELIN & James Beard, Tex-Mex and more

MICHELIN & James Beard in San Antonio

Restaurants in the MICHELIN Guide Texas or named by the James Beard Foundation, reported as facts rather than scores. Across Texas: 166 Texas MICHELIN and James Beard restaurants.

1. Mixtli

   812 S Alamo St, San Antonio

   1 MICHELIN StarJames Beard finalist

   James Beard: Outstanding Restaurant finalist 2026; James Beard: Outstanding Hospitality finalist 2025

2. Nicōsi

   221 Newell Ave, San Antonio

   1 MICHELIN StarJames Beard finalist

   James Beard: Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker finalist 2026 (Tavel Bristol-Joseph)

3. Isidore

   221 Newell Ave, San Antonio

   1 MICHELIN Star

4. Cullum's Attaboy

   111 Kings Ct, San Antonio

   Bib Gourmand

5. Ladino

   200 E Grayson St, San Antonio

   Bib Gourmand

6. Leche de Tigre

   318 E Cevallos St, San Antonio

   MICHELIN RecommendedJames Beard finalist

   James Beard: Best Chef: Texas finalist 2025 (Emil Oliva)

7. Mezquite

   221 Newell Ave, San Antonio

   Bib Gourmand

8. Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery

   136 E Grayson St, San Antonio

   Bib Gourmand

9. The Jerk Shack

   10234 Tx-151 Ste 103, San Antonio

   Bib Gourmand

10. 2M Smokehouse

    2731 S Ww White Rd, San Antonio

    MICHELIN RecommendedBarbecue On the menu: brisket, turkey, chicharrón mac and cheese, pickled nopales

    Southeast San Antonio barbecue from pitmaster Esaul Ramos with chicharrón mac and cheese and pickled nopales.

11. Garcia's Mexican Food

    842 Fredericksburg Rd, San Antonio

    MICHELIN RecommendedTex-Mex On the menu: enchiladas, chili con carne, hard-shell taco, brisket taco, tamale

    Fredericksburg Road Tex-Mex café opened in 1962, known for its brisket tacos and breakfast plates.

12. Little Em's Oyster Bar

    1001 S Alamo St, San Antonio

    MICHELIN Recommended

13. Lovers Pizzeria

    105 E Ashby Pl, San Antonio

    MICHELIN Recommended

14. Petit Coquin

    1012 S. Presa St., San Antonio

    MICHELIN Recommended

15. Reese Bros Barbecue

    906 Hoefgen Ave, San Antonio

    MICHELIN RecommendedBarbecue On the menu: brisket, queso fundido sausage, house-made flour tortillas, piña colada cobbler

    San Antonio barbecue with Mexican-influenced specials such as costra tacos and queso fundido sausage.

16. Signature Restaurant

    16401 La Cantera Pkwy, San Antonio

    MICHELIN Recommended

Tex-Mex in San Antonio

Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Texas: 30 Texas Tex-Mex restaurants.

1. Jacala Mexican Restaurant

   606 West Ave, San Antonio

   Tex-Mex Since 1949

   Near-North Side Mexican restaurant on West Avenue, opened in 1949 in a tiny building.

2. Mexican Manhattan

   110 Soledad St, San Antonio

   Tex-Mex Since 1958

   Downtown Soledad Street Mexican restaurant opened in 1958 that has expanded several times in place.

3. Garcia's Mexican Food

   842 Fredericksburg Rd, San Antonio

   MICHELIN RecommendedTex-Mex On the menu: enchiladas, chili con carne, hard-shell taco, brisket taco, tamale

   Fredericksburg Road Tex-Mex café opened in 1962, known for its brisket tacos and breakfast plates.

4. Don Pedro Mexican Restaurant

   1526 SW Military Dr, San Antonio

   Tex-Mex

   South Side restaurant opened in 1968 with a huge menu of Mexican favorites.

5. El Milagrito Cafe

   521 E Woodlawn Ave, San Antonio

   Tex-Mex On the menu: breakfast tacos, migas, menudo

   Café just off North St. Mary's, open since 1969, for breakfast tacos, migas and menudo.

6. La Fonda on Main

   2415 N Main Ave, San Antonio

   Tex-Mex On the menu: queso toreado, alambre pastor, chile en nogada, margaritas

   Monte Vista restaurant serving Tex-Mex and interior Mexican food; it bills itself as San Antonio's oldest Mexican restaurant, since 1932.

7. Mi Tierra Café y Panadería

   218 Produce Row, San Antonio

   Tex-Mex On the menu: pan dulce, comida corrida lunch specials

   Market Square restaurant and bakery that began as a three-table café in 1941, with a bakery for pan dulce and comida corrida lunch specials.

8. Ray's Drive Inn

   822 SW 19th St, San Antonio

   Tex-Mex On the menu: puffy tacos, enchiladas, carne guisada

   West Side drive-in known for puffy tacos, enchiladas and carne guisada.

9. Teka Molino

   7231 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio

   Tex-Mex On the menu: puffy tacos, bean cups, guacamole cups, beef enchiladas

   San Antonio Tex-Mex serving since 1937, the self-described "Home of the Puffy Taco and Bean Cup" (several locations).

   tekamolino.com

Oldest restaurants in San Antonio

In business at this address since 1960 or before, going by the place itself or a published history, listed from the oldest. Each note gives the source of the year. Across Texas: Texas's oldest restaurants.

1. Schilo's Delicatessen

   424 E Commerce St, San Antonio

   On the menu: Reuben sandwich, split pea soup, homemade root beer · Since 1942

   German deli on East Commerce Street, in business since 1917, in a former bank whose vault is now the walk-in cooler; known for its Reuben, split pea soup and house root beer.

   Its history page: "In 1942, Schilo's moved to its current location" (it dates the business to 1917, earlier as a saloon in Beeville).

2. Jacala Mexican Restaurant

   606 West Ave, San Antonio

   Tex-Mex Since 1949

   Near-North Side Mexican restaurant on West Avenue, opened in 1949 in a tiny building.

   San Antonio Current (updated Aug 2025): its founders "originally opened this near-North Side restaurant in a tiny building" in 1949.

3. Bud Jones Restaurant

   1440 SW Military Dr, San Antonio

   Chicken-fried steak On the menu: country-fried steak, fried fish, beef enchiladas · Since 1958

   South Side restaurant opened in 1958 in the old Walsh's Grocery at Military and Commercial, known for country-fried steaks with gravy and all-you-can-eat fish. Opened in 1958 in the former Walsh's Grocery at Military and Commercial.

   Its own site: Bud Jones "opened Bud Jones Restaurant in what was once Walsh's Grocery Store on Military and Commercial," and that building has had many additions.

4. Mexican Manhattan

   110 Soledad St, San Antonio

   Tex-Mex Since 1958

   Downtown Soledad Street Mexican restaurant opened in 1958 that has expanded several times in place.

   San Antonio Current (updated Aug 2025): opened 1958 and "undertook multiple expansions to serve its growing clientele"; no relocation mentioned.

Barbecue joints in San Antonio

Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Texas: 74 Texas barbecue joints.

1. 2M Smokehouse

   2731 S Ww White Rd, San Antonio

   MICHELIN RecommendedBarbecue On the menu: brisket, turkey, chicharrón mac and cheese, pickled nopales

   Southeast San Antonio barbecue from pitmaster Esaul Ramos with chicharrón mac and cheese and pickled nopales.

2. Reese Bros Barbecue

   906 Hoefgen Ave, San Antonio

   MICHELIN RecommendedBarbecue On the menu: brisket, queso fundido sausage, house-made flour tortillas, piña colada cobbler

   San Antonio barbecue with Mexican-influenced specials such as costra tacos and queso fundido sausage.

Chicken-fried steak in San Antonio

Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Texas: 19 Texas chicken-fried steak spots.

1. Bud Jones Restaurant

   1440 SW Military Dr, San Antonio

   Chicken-fried steak On the menu: country-fried steak, fried fish, beef enchiladas · Since 1958

   South Side restaurant opened in 1958 in the old Walsh's Grocery at Military and Commercial, known for country-fried steaks with gravy and all-you-can-eat fish. Opened in 1958 in the former Walsh's Grocery at Military and Commercial.

2. Josephine Street

   400 E Josephine St, San Antonio

   Chicken-fried steak On the menu: chicken-fried steak, steaks

   Texas roadhouse established in 1979, under a "Steaks & Whisky" neon sign, serving what it calls world-class chicken-fried steak.

Taquerías in San Antonio

Each one checked in fall 2026 against a 2025–26 source. For all of Texas: 55 Texas taquerías.

1. El Pastor es mi Señor

   8727 Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio

   Taquería On the menu: al pastor taco

   Wurzbach Road taquería devoted to al pastor.

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