Acenar Restaurant Review
Hotel Valencia Riverwalk
146 E. Houston St. (N. St. Mary's St.) 
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San Antonio, TX 78205
210-222-2362 | Make Restaurant Reservations | Menu
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Acenar Restaurant is one of our 2012
| Top 10 San Antonio Texmex Restaurants
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Cuisine
Open
Lunch & Dinner Mon.-Sat.Features
- View
- Private room(s)
- Full bar
- Reservations suggested
- Outdoor dining
- Valet parking
- Casual
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| Ácenar’s modern Tex-Mex label applies equally to the setting and the food, with the former frequently more consistent. But there are flashes of distinction, including lunch options such as the innocent-sounding mushroom and calabacita tacos, served with savory black beans and pickled onions. Check out the crab tinga tacos and the duck tinga chalupas as well. Buttermilk-fried oysters on yucca chips are a recommended starter at dinner, and this is one of the few places where you’ll find crepas de huitlachoche, or crêpes with corn fungus, a prized delicacy in Mexico. The adventurous will want to consider cabrito (baby goat) in chile ancho sauce. Regarding San Antonio Tex-Mex favorites, we feel that you’re paying an upcharge for the snazzy décor and River Walk setting. But many of the Ácenar specialties, snapper adobo-style among them, simply can’t be found elsewhere---at least not prepared with the same finesse. |
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