Salas Better Burger — Restaurant in Del Rio

At SBB they serve burgers and not much else, though it's not necessarily a bad thing - speciality usually produces a superior product. Located South of the train tracks in downtown Del Rio, this burger joint is as understated as you can get - a small little building on the corner with some booths inside and some tables outside; it possesses that greasy atmosphere that lets you know that all diets need to abandon all hope once passing through the door.

Upon ordering one of their titular "better burgers", I was presented with a thin, flat patty of no more than 2-3 oz on a plain white bun. The meat was juicy and just a little crispy around the edges - a very nice thing, indeed. Topping the burger was a couple of roma tomato slices and chopped lettuce and onions. A slice of American cheese also adorned my bun. For my side I enjoyed what was possibly the crunchiest onion rings I have ever put in my mouth. I doubt they were homemade, but at the very least they were well-cooked.

I wanted to like SBB more than I did - several recommendations from friends combined with the local atmosphere of downtown Del Rio made me excited to find another great local eatery, but when it comes down to it, the product was very ordinary - aside from the adept use of the grill, the burger was more similar to what I would expect to get at a cookout, not a restaurant, right on down to the Wal-Mart napkins they put into your take-out bag. It's good, but I think there are other, better burgers to be...

UPDATED: The original Salas Burgers are back and they are amazing. These are very affordable and delicious burgers, would highly recommend them. Very distinct flavor burgers and the pride of the town. COVID RESTRICTIONS: The resturaunt is not currently open to dine-in, but has all the measures to safely and efficiently order and pick up food without exiting your vehicle!

Salas Better Burger has always been a consistent and Iconic local joint. However recently, in the past few days, they have switched the meat patty they use in their burgers. It may because COVID affected the logistics and transportation of their regular meat supplies, or the current meat shortage, but it is a very noticable difference, visually and to the taste. I hope that this is only temporary. These substitute patties do not have the signature Salas flavor and resemble a 'school lunch' burger more than anything. Otherwise, when Salas brings the regular patties back or in stock, they will be 5...

So far this place is 3.75 stars out of 5 stars.

Location 4 stars. I took my order to go. Enough parking, open space inside place was chill not hot specially with all this heat. Place was empty.

Customer service 4 stars. Person took my order over phone was nice but did miss double cheese. Person at register no concerns. Little bit chat or smile would have make it better.

Food 3.5 stars. Disappointed in portion size of large fries. Fresh cut fries are always better, that what we had. I was told later from coworker they have a jumbo serving. Burgers don't look appetizing due to lettuce. Also meat was dry over cooked. I am sure that can we fixed by requesting medium rare.

Yes, i will visit this place again. I would love to try...