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Puffy Tacos in San Antonio
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Top 4 Puffy Tacos in San Antonio
San Antonio's signature dish — the puffy taco was invented here and remains a local birthright. Cross-referenced from Texas Monthly's 50 Best Tacos coverage and the San Antonio Taco Trail.
- #1
Ray's Drive Inn
West Side
“Texas Monthly 50 Best Tacos + San Antonio Taco Trail — the 1956 West Side drive-in widely credited as the birthplace of the puffy taco. Beef picadillo in a hand-pressed, flash-fried shell.”
- #2
Henry's Puffy Tacos
Northwest Side
“San Antonio Taco Trail — Henry Lopez (Ray's brother) opened his own spot in 1978. The Bandera Road flagship is the other half of the Lopez-family puffy taco lineage.”
- #3
Eddie's Taco House
Southtown
“Texas Monthly 50 Best Tacos + San Antonio Taco Trail — a cash-only Southtown counter known for puffy tacos and breakfast tacos, open since 1989.”
- #4
Los Barrios Mexican Restaurant
North Central
“Co-owner Diana Barrios Treviño defeated Bobby Flay in a Food Network puffy taco Throwdown defending this specific recipe — crispy, airy, heavily loaded.”