Las Palapas

Tonights entry takes us to a San Antonio favorite, Las Palapas. Las Palapas started in as a San Antonio eatery back in 1981. The owners were transplants from east Los Angeles who brought southern Californian recipies and melded them with local Tex-Mex flair to create what they are today. Las Palapas has many locations across San Antonio, but this night we went to the location off of Tezel Rd.

We arrived to this Las Palapas location and to our surprise they weren't as busy as we thought, good for us as we walked right in and sat wherever we wanted. Once we sat we got the standard chips and homemade salsa. Las Palapas offers a choice of the regular fresh tomato salsa or their homemade roasted recipe. Im a fresh tomato salsa guy so that is what we chose. Fresh cilantro, garlic and tomatoes make the salsa light and the jalapenos bring a light heat that doesn't burn your tongue to the point that you cannot enjoy your meal. 

What we ordered

We started off with the bean and cheese nachos. These are pretty basic fare here, corn chips with refried beans and American cheese. One of the things I take notice of when I got to places that serve Mexican cuisine is what kind of cheese they use, American cheese doesn't have the oily, greasy melting properties like cheddar cheese does. While this might not bother many, it is something that I do take notice of. After the nachos were done our entrees arrived. Megan got the flautas and a bowl of the Caldo de Pollo(chicken soup).For those that might be wondering flautas consist of shredded white meat chicken rolled in a corn tortilla and deep fried. Flautas are great for dipping in things such as guacamole, salsa or nacho cheese, or you can enjoy them just as they are. I had the Puffy Taco plate which contained 2 beef puffy tacos (chicken is also available on the menu) and rice and refried beans. In my opinion Las Palapas has the best puffy tacos that a "fast" restaurant has to offer, most places have puffy tacos that are soggy and they fall apart before you even pick them up to eat, these hold together and you can enjoy them like you are supposed to. Also the picadillo (ground beef) that is in the tacos is well seasoned and I really enjoyed the Puffy Taco plate. 

Grades

Service: A   The service at this location was good, the waiter, although young, did a great job of making sure we were doing alright and keeping my glass of tea and Megans glass of water filled. Service at Las Palapas in general is always pretty good and its one of the reasons that we go there over some other places that are in the same genere.

Price: A Las Palapas has actually LOWERED prices... With the cost of food escalating to borderline ridiculous its a nice thing for Las Palapas to do this.

Overall Satisfaction: A I have always been a fan of Las Palapas and with 11 location across San Antonio and the surrounding its easy to say that I will return to get different items on the menu and share them with you guys.

Go visit Las Palapas online at http://mylaspalapas.com/