God, it’s so hard to be away from Texas. I miss it so much. The only state my 1.5 year old daughter can identify on a map is Texas, a testament to how obsessively we harp on and on about a state where Eva’s never lived.
I certainly don’t make it back enough to get a regular dose of the drinking and eating that made my experience in Texas so delicious. Things are getting desperate. As HeyElise readers know, it wasn’t that long ago I went home to Austin for a few hours and consumed 4,000 calories in 30 minutes.
Austin, Dallas and Houston were my homes. I even lived in Waco for gloomy nine months. But San Antonio, for all its charms, I’ve only visited. One time I ran the city’s marathon. It was miserable.
So I called upon you all to help come up with recommendations for the great eating/drinking available in one of Texas’ most underrated cities. I love the Tex Mex at Rosario’s, and drinking fancy cocktails at Hotel Havana, Liz Lambert’s relatively-new joint. Here’s what you had to suggest for my editor Uri, who is headed there tomorrow:
Breakfast (which mainly consists of breakfast tacos)
Taco Haven
Get the Torres Special – beans/cheese/bacon/guac or the Dos-A-Rita
Las Palapas
Tacos:
Tito’s Tacos
Taco Taco Cafe
Cocktails/Drinks:
Friendly Spot
Feast
The Esquire
TexMex:
La Gloria
Mi Tierra
Los Barrios
Guajilo’s
Acenar
Pizza:
Dough
Burgers:
Madrid’s
Chesters
Bakery:
Guenther House for enormous, delicious sticky buns al fresco.
Uri is taking this all to heart. Will visit as many as possible, aiming to blitz your 4,000 calories in 30 minutes milestone. It’s going down.