My friends & I will be in San Antonio next month & were wondering if anyone can give us some good LOCAL restaurant recommendations. Obviously Mexican is high on our list, preferrably in the downtown/riverfront area.

We ate at Boudro's on the Riverwalk. Excellent. (Check out their website) The Blackened Prime Rib was great. The service was great. Had a seat outdoors, right near the water. It was chilly and they had blanket "capes" to put on if you got cold.

Breakfast - Mi Tierra. Not really near the river. Would probably need a car, but you could walk. Maybe 1 1/2 miles from the Riverwalk.

There is a website that has various SA restaurants rated. I don't remember it off hand, but do a google search under "San Antonio Restaurants".

Mi Tierra is not awful, but far from great. For really good breakfast tacos try Aldaco's near Sunset Station; for good Mexican food it's La Fonda on Main (NOT the other two places also called La Fonda - only the one on Main, just north of downtown), or La Paloma Blanca on Broadway. If you want Mexico city style tacos, try Guajillo's (Gwa-hee-lows)on Loop 410 at Blanco. For Tex-Mex, try Los Barrios (be prepared to wait, it is popular) or La Fogata - neither is downtown but both are worth the short drive. Right on the River, the Old Original Mexican Restaurant is good. There's a place on the river called Casa Rio that should be avoided at all costs - the epitome of tourist trap!

There are so many great restaurants on the river walk all you have to do is pick one when you get there. Sort of like looking for a store recommendation in the mall of america.

Thanks Lisa & Paco for your responses. We can't wait to try some of these restaurants out.

Second the Boudros suggestion. We were in SA for three days last Spring, and had both dinner and lunch the next day there -- it was that good.

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