The magic happens with the filling seeps into the crispy crevices.
If you haven’t been to San Antonio, you may not be familiar with the puffy taco. I’m from Dallas—a mere five-hour car ride away—and had never heard even the name until someone informed me that it was the unofficial food mascot of San Antonio. I hopped in my car to investigate.
There is no shortage of places to eat puffy tacos in San Antonio, but the one that everyone talks about—the O.G. birthplace of the puffy taco—is. The restaurant opened up in 1956, and walking in now, it feels as if nothing has been touched since those early days. The outside is a well-worn brick-and-wood facade, where you can still park your car and get ’50s-style carhop service. On the interior, every inch of the walls is covered in antiques and memorabilia collected by Ray Lopez, the founder.
The popularity of the puffy taco soon spawned copycat restaurants across the city. One of those even included Ray and Arturo’s younger brother, Henry, who opened a rival restaurant, Henry’s Puffy Tacos in 1978. This led Arturo to trademark the name “Puffy Taco” in 1992, starting a hairy legal battle between brothers. Eventually the lawsuits got too expensive, and Arturo accepted the fact that the puffy taco name would be for all.
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