Ongoing pandemic and staff shortage kept things curbside for a year and 8 months. Ray's Drive Inn is finally welcome customers back for dine-in.
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SAN ANTONIO – It's all about tradition and family at Ray's Drive Inn. Ray Lopez opened the place in the '50s but later, because of his health, sold it to his younger brother, Arthur Lopez. First called crispy tacos, Arthur Lopez later renamed them Puffy Tacos, and Ray's Drive Inn is known as being the home of the original Puffy Taco. Arthur Lopez took the Puffy Taco very serious and would have it trademarked in 1992. Next year will mark the 60th anniversary for Ray's Drive Inn, and the Lopez family hopes the place continues to have a lasting legacy and always be known as the home of the Puffy Taco.