Teka Molino — Restaurant in San Antonio

The legendary Teka Molino: here goes.

Finally, after almost 7 years of living in San Antonio and seeing this place probably hundreds of times on San Pedro and a few dozen on harry wars Bach, I decided to finally stop in and see what this place was about.

I think they're probably the best experience on most San Antonio restaurants in probably the busiest time throughout the day for most restaurants is breakfast. I stopped by and tried some of the World famous San Antonio breakfast tacos that this place had to offer. Actually I believe my first visit I was captivated by the $5.99 price of the Carne guisada plate. And it came with the soda! How can you go wrong? The flavor of the CG was a bit different than most of the offerings around town. Probably the main star in this offering was the meats and the pepper, black pepper that is that is used to season this preparation. The small tender tasty chunks of beef were a welcome addition to my crude generous tacos creations with the accompanying refried beans and fried potato chunks commonly referred to as papas by the locals. Big red on the soda fountain was also a welcome addition. Although the salsa is both green and red were not my favorite, the red did suffice and spicy up the tacos that I made. The tortillas tasted like they were made in house. I ordered a Jimmy Dean sausage taco that was a little disappointing after tasting the wonderful country sausage that was mistakenly given to me. The country sausage is the higher quality pepped variety that is commonly grilled in the area. Bravo for that Teka! It is now one of my favorites.

They also have a taco special with a drink for like $4 and is great if you are not a heavy hitter. The chorizo is also very tasty and tastes like the stuff I grew up with in West Texas known as a San Antonio chorizo--definitely a classic.

The migas/chilaquiles were a bit of a let down, like so many places in San Antonio. Maybe that's what the locals like.

Food 4/5 Ambiance 4/5 Service 5/5 The little things...

Okay, let's start off by saying this is not going to be a good review. I have been a customer of this restaurant on San Pedro for several years and the food has always been good even for the price. Although I have not been there for a few months now. I placed a to go order over the phone using the restaurant's website menu. Now if you ever been there you know they make specialty items ie; bean n guacamole cups and bean rolls. I ordered 18 bean rolls, they used to be priced at 1.25 each, the website said 1.99 each. When I went to pick them up they charged me 2.25 each. Same with the bean and guacamole cups, increased in price from their online menu. I didn't complain, I love the food, right ? Yes, until I began eating them. I would think it's kinda hard to mess up a bean roll. We they figured out how to do it. They were torn, dry and looked to be off of someone's used plate. Definitely not impressed at all, DEFINITELY NOT WORTH THE 2.25 EACH I WAS CHARGED. I started to call and complain but I figured the owners or manager on duty allowed that quality of food to leave their kitchen, I was to upset to call them. But I will not be a returning customer anymore. I'd rather go to taco bell than eat...

My Uncle and Aunt met me here for lunch. They just drove from Encino Rio on North Hwy 281 - I drove from Corpus Christi. My classmates at my 50th reunion told me this was the same as the old Taco Hut on Goliad Road (near Floyd's Burgers and Bill Miller No. 1 - my Uncle said it was like being transported back to 1965). So wonderful to taste the guacamole, unequaled for the guacamole or the masa corn cup. Not sure how they make the guacamole this creamy good for over 50 years with the same taste. Also good were the picadillo rolls, bean rolls and the "Nickel" tacos (that's what they cost back in the 1950's and early '60's). The small nickel tacos were also puffy and we all found we liked them better than the big puffy tacos, although I had the big ones also in both chicken and beef. I recommend the No. 20 and substitute the Fried Cheese for another guacamole cup. This is what my aunt had, and all three of us will do this again next month. This will be a monthly tradition. Greatly...