Visit San Antonio Texas: Boudro's On the River Walk, The River’s Edge Café, Rita’s on the River & Blue Box Bar

By midday we got on the road and by the time we reached San Antonio, surprisingly I was not hungry so we did some sightseeing and shopping at the Market Square and checked into the hotel (Hilton Palacio Del Rio).
 

 

Eventually, we ending up at the Riverwalk for the evening.

There was a long wait (over an hour without reservations) but finally by 9pm, we were able to sit down at Boudro's for dinner and even more Mexican food.

 

 Preparing the Guacamole

 Guacamole for Two (DELISH)

 Hurricane (SATISFYING)

 Center Cut Strip Sirloin (DELISH)

 Texas Filet of Sirloin and Frites (SATISFYING)

 

Stuffed from dinner, we headed back to the hotel for the night.

The next morning all I wanted to do was eat (and it didn’t matter where), so we ended up having breakfast at the hotel restaurant, The River’s Edge Café. Hotel food can be overpriced and mediocre but the food here really wasn't that bad.

Bagel with Cream Cheese and Smoked Salmon (SATISYING)

 

After breakfast we walked to the Alamo and La Vilita to check it out.
 

After that we decided to pay the river taxi for the day and just take it up and down the river.

The river taxi is awesome and reasonably priced but it was hot as hell and after a few hours, we were hungry and decided to have an early dinner at Rita’s on the River. It was not very good, touristy as hell, but the Margarita’s helped me not think about it.

Pork Tacos (SATISYING)

Margarita (SATISYING)

 

After dinner we took the taxi down to Pearl Brewery to have drinks at Blue Box Bar. This was by far the best bar I have been to and the best drinks I have had (or I was drunk enough to at least think so). The bartender was awesome (from Brooklyn) and introduced me to an Army Navy, my new favorite drink. He craft some equally fabulous drinks as well and all were reasonable priced.
 

 

Drinks at the bar were epic ending to a freaking amazing trip. I loved San Antonio so much I could imagine living there.

 

Boudro's On the River Walk

421 E Commerce St, San Antonio, TX 78205
(210) 224-8484

www.boudros.com

The River’s Edge Café

200 S Alamo St, San Antonio, TX 78205(210) 270-0786

www.riversedgecafesa.com

 

Rita’s on the River

245 E Commerce St, San Antonio, TX 78205(210) 227-7482

www.ritasontheriver.com

 

Blue Box Bar

312 Pearl Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78215(210) 227-2583

www.blueboxbar.com

Visit Austin Texas: Manuel’s Downtown, Max's Wine Dive & Dolce Neve Gelato

Just like every other trip that I have ever been on in my entire life, as soon as I landed in Austin, my first goal was to eat ASAP. In my mind (maybe slightly delusional mind), Texas is an extension of Mexico so I felt obliged to eat Mexican food. While checking into the hotel the fabulous front desk extraordinaire suggested we try Manuel’s Downtown. After checking with the internet to agree that this was a good spot, we decided it was okay to go. So, we put down our bag in the room and walked to the restaurant which was located very close by.

 

 

Manuel's was quite good and it was Happy Hour so we had a good time. I opted for a different dish based the recommendation of the server but still he let me try their famous Mole sauce.

 

Juan's Ceviche (AMAZING)

Limonada (DELISH)

Tequila Cucumber Lime Margarita (DELISH)

Sopes (DELISH)

Nachos (MEH)

Camarones Empanizados (SATISFYING)

Moles Sauce

Complimentary Fruit

 

After our tasty and very early dinner we explored the city a bit seeing places like the Texas Capitol and the haunted Driskill Hotel.

 

If I'm going to keep it real, Austin is not a sightseeing city. However, they are about the bats, so bored of our city exploring, we went to the bridge (and what we really came to Austin for) to watch the bats take flight for the awesome but kind of creepy experience (if you think about it).

 

 

It took a long time for them to come out and after they finally did it was like okay, cool, what's next? For us, it was heading back to the hotel for the evening because we had plans to drive to San Antonio the next day. But before we hit the road the next morning, we hit up Max's Wine Dive for brunch the next morning.

 

 

The food was good, service was wonderful and again a great experience.

Wine Dive Mimosas

Wagyu Steak & Eggs (AMAZING)

Famous Southern Fried Chicken and Waffles (DELISH) 

After brunch (despite not really being hungry and not making much sense), I headed to Dolce Neve so I could try their unique Goat Cheese and Pecan flavored Gelato which was fab by the way.

 

Goat Cheese and Pecan Gelato (DELISH)

Manuel's Mexican Restaurant
310 Congress Ave, Austin, TX 78701
(512) 472-7555
www.manuels.com


Max's Wine Dive
207 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78701(512) 904-0111
www.maxswinedive.com

Dolce Neve
1713 S 1st St, Austin, TX 78704(512) 804-5568
www.dolcenevegelato.com