Angelica's 2 — Restaurant in San Antonio

If you are not a native San Antonian it may take a couple of years before you realize that, in general, the further south and west you travel in the city the less expensive and (dare I say it) more exemplary the Tex-Mex food.

There are no shortage of one room, exterior pastel color painted, mariachi, matador or conjunto band postered, mom and pop cocinas mexicanas (mexican kitchens) around baja San Antonio town. Whatever stigma you think there may be about frequenting these little "hole in the wall" joints, forget 'em. I have been to quite a few over the years and have found most places to be welcoming, friendly and ready to bridge any language gap should your Spanish be a little too rusty or their English still a work in progress. Based on an informed suggestion we gassed up the beast and hit the road for a 20 mile excursion over to Loop 13, a partial trans-corridor highway in south San Antonio that helped folks get from one side of the city to the other before Loop 410 came into being. We saw the faded yellow building come into view just as our eloquent navigation voice announced "you have arrived at your destination".

So many of these little boites plaster the entrance wall with their full menu so there is no question about what they serve and for what price. It's a boon to curbside service as well these days. Running towards the witching hour of most taquerias, Angelicas #2 was still busy as we took an anywhere seat.

Chips and salsa ✅ Bean and Cheese Nachos ✅ A $6.89 lunch special that would tickle Scrooge pink and give Adam Richman pause ✅

Our little table was a jumble of some mighty good eats with the cheesy nacho plate and the lunch specials containing two cheese enchiladas with meat gravy (oh so reminiscent of wonderful grade school Wednesdays), two beef puffy tacos that were very good even after getting droopy drawers from resting in the enchilada gravy that split them open when lifted, rice, beans and a small guacamole salad to gild your puffies or do with as you like.

Both the flour and corn tortillas were freshly made and served hot. And you know what that means. Irresistible would be the catch word here and ineffable its companion descriptor of these better than good, food scoop assisting, delectable front end loaders. Although the 40 mile round trip may be a bridge too far for frequent patronage, I'm of the opinion that if I were to consider the cost of gas in addition to the cost of food for eating afar as opposed to closer to home, the advantage would either be an equivalent proposition or one that might just weigh in favor of mom and pop. Regardless, be bold in your dining experiences and approach them with measured abandon. Or, should you like the more ominous bible conflation: "eat, drink, and be merry for...

The customer service here is horrible. Which is a shame because the food is pretty good. My family and I ignore the fact that they have a very low inspection score. We go there regularly because we live in the area, we have eaten there several times and even referred others that have also become regulars. We have given this restaurant a lot of our business and money, which is why I found it to be really messed up that they refuse to exchange food that is too spicy. I ordered a plate that turned out to be too spicy for me, I explained to the waitress and manager that I have a sensitive stomach and when something is too spicy I’m not able to eat it. I will get physically sick. I had only taken 2 small bites from my plate, the entire thing was still full of food. I asked if I could just get an enchilada plate instead and they basically told me they didn’t care if I couldn’t eat it, I was still going to have to pay for it. The manager told us “I can’t control how hot a jalapeño is”. I know there’s no law that says a restaurant should return a plate if it’s not eaten but that’s just good customer service. I have never been to a restaurant where they force you to pay for food that you can’t even eat. We go in, we are nice every time, we give them business and this is how the treat their customers. I wouldn’t recommend going in unless you are ok with being treated unfairly and being...

First and last time here. Me and my husband came to eat here and i thought i had ordered my plate with the enchiladas and carne guisada and then brought the plate and it had enchiladas with a chulupa right on top of the enchiladas so it was soggy and messy. I told her i didn't order this but she said I got the wrong plate. So I told her we'll if I would have known I was eating this plate I would have ordered the chulupa on a seperate plate not on top of all the sauce it only makes senses. I told her I wanted a new one and since they were gonna take it back could I just get the side portion of carne guisada instead of a new chulupa. She said she asked the cashier Jimenea and she said no she could not. Makes no sense they already had to bring a new chulupa why not save that chulupa and bring the side of carne guisada and at least charge me for the correct plate and make the customer happy. The chicken Verde enchiladas were not good. The regular cheese enchiladas were good. The server was good...