Bar
El Mirador
17 locals recommend,
Permanently closed
Location
722 S St Mary's St
San Antonio, TX
Lavaca
Tips from locals
Classic Tex Mex and selection of hand crafted, small batch Mezcal (it's like tequila) that you can't buy anywhere else. Beautiful patio with interior design around local artist Cruz Ortiz.
We've provided information on a lot of Mexican restaurants because...it's San Antonio, and there's a Mexican restaurant on virtually every block. But, there's not a good Mexican restaurant on every block, and El Mirador is definitely one of the best. Esquire magazine's food editor literally gushed over the place, stating that the restaurant has "set a standard with some of the most vividly authentic Mexican food this side of the Rio Grande. Locals line-up for [their] magnificent chile-laced chicken and vegetable soups - which are considered as restorative to the body as Saturday confession is to the soul." And we all know that, when ya bring religion into the equation, it'll be memorable.
We've provided information on a lot of Mexican restaurants because...it's San Antonio, and there's a Mexican restaurant on virtually every block. But, there's not a good Mexican restaurant on every block, and El Mirador is definitely one of the best. Esquire magazine's food editor literally gushed o…