SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio showed up hungry—and ready to celebrate its favorite places to eat! With nearly 10,000 votes cast across the 2026 SA Picks Food category winners, local favorites and beloved chains earned recognition from diners across the community.
From tacos and barbecue to coffee, pizza, seafood and sweets, these winners represent the flavors San Antonio loves most!
🍔 American
- Max & Louie’s New York Diner
- Embers
- Tejas Steakhouse and Saloon
🥢 Asian
- Ding How Chinese Restaurant
- Tongs Thai Austin Highway
- Thai Bird
🥖 Bakery
- HEB
- Nadler’s
- Broadway Daily Bread
🔥 BBQ
- Smokey Mo’s BBQ
- Blanco BBQ
- Dee Willie’s BBQ
🥞 Brunch
- Magnolia Pancake House
- Max & Louie’s New York Diner
- Snooze
🍔 Burgers
- Chris Madrid’s
- Whataburger
- Diana’s Burgers – Zarzamora
☕ Coffee Shop
- Dutch Bros Coffee
- Reunion Coffee
- Brevity Coffee Co.
- 7 Brew
🚚 Food Truck
- Las Palapas
- Tacos el Regio
- Benjie’s Munch
🏪 Franchise/Chain
- Whataburger
- Las Palapas
- Burger Boy
🍟 Fries
- McDonald’s
- Burger Boy
- Five Guys
🍦 Ice Cream/Frozen Yogurt
- Baskin-Robbins
- Andy’s Frozen Custard
- Lick
🍝 Italian
- Little Italy
- Olive Garden
- Mare e Monte on Huebner
🥩 Meat Market
- HEB
- Culebra Meat Market
- Granzin’s
🧆 Mediterranean
- Pasha’s Mediterranean Grill
- Mina & Dimi’s Greek House
- John the Greek Thousand Oaks
🌮 Mexican/Tex-Mex
- Las Palapas
- Los Barrios
- Rosario’s
🍕 Pizza
- Mattenga’s Pizzeria
- Little Italy
- Mellow Mushroom
🥪 Sandwich Shop
- Gino’s Deli
- Jersey Mike’s
- Max & Louie’s New York Diner
🦐 Seafood
- Sea Island
- Pappadeaux
- Fish City Grill 281 North
🥩 Steakhouse
- Texas Roadhouse
- Saltgrass
- Blü Prime Steakhouse
🍣 Sushi
- Umiya
- Kura Sushi
- TAKUMI Japanese Restaurant & Bar on Culebra Road
🌮 Tacos
- Las Palapas
- Taco Palenque
- Los Barrios
🥗 Vegetarian/Vegan
- Green
- Kerbey Lane All Day Cafe
- 7 Monk’s Cafe
🍗 Wings
- Wingstop
- Wayne’s Wings
- Buffalo Wild Wings
👏 Congratulations to all of the 2026 SA Picks Food winners! The results show just how much San Antonio appreciates both its homegrown local spots and the chains that have become community favorites. Next time you’re deciding where to eat, let the people of San Antonio point you toward a winner!
Congratulations to all of this year’s winners—and thank you to everyone who voted to celebrate San Antonio’s growing foodie culture!
Stay tuned for more SA Picks winners, thanks again to everyone who voted, and to our sponsor Gamez Law Firm.
