Where to find 2026 food trends in San Antonio

❤️ Comfort food: Our definition of comfort can be found in a plate of enchiladas at Blanco Cafe or the brisket taco at Garcia's Mexican Food.

• If Southern cuisine is more your speed, we've got Bobbie's Southern Kitchen and Tony G's Soul Food.

🌍 Global comfort foods: You can eat around the globe without leaving home. Find Caribbean food at The Jerk Shack, Chinese at Sichuan House and Filipino at Sari-Sari. If pizza is your global comfort, check out Il Forno.

• And we couldn't forget Cuba 1918.

🧑‍🌾 Local sourcing: Meadow Neighborhood Eatery + Bar offers seasonal Texas Southern cuisine by working with area farmers and ranchers.

• Outlaw Kitchens sources ingredients about as locally as possible — right from the garden in the yard of this neighborhood restaurant.
• And Isidore, which recently earned a Michelin star, also sources from within the state.

🍔 Smash burgers: If you know, you know — you can grab one of the best on the streets of Southtown from chef John Paul Suarez's pop-up.

• ZOJAH Burger, Smash'd and Last Place are also popular spots.

🚫 Allergen-friendly menus: Pharm Table is perhaps ahead of the curve in this category, and for good reason. The menu is free of gluten and dairy, with plenty of options for vegans, vegetarians and meat-eaters alike.

The bottom line: San Antonio embraced trendy food before we even knew it was trendy.