San Antonio, TX
For Puffy Tacos in San Antonio, the local food press points to Ray's Drive Inn, Henry's Puffy Tacos, and Eddie's Taco House. Picks from San Antonio Current and CultureMap San Antonio, updated June 2026.
Editor’s picks
Press picks, until locals rank their own Top 5s. Sourced from the local food press. As seen in San Antonio Current and CultureMap San Antonio. Updated June 2026.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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