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Fearless Critic restaurant review
San Antonio
Food
Feel
Price
8.3
9.0
$25
Modern
Casual restaurant

Hours
Tue–Sat 5:00pm–midnight
Sun 11:00am–3:00pm

Features Date-friendly, outdoor dining, Wi-Fi
Bar Beer, wine
Credit cards Visa, MC, AmEx
Reservations Accepted

www.themontereysa.com

King William/Southtown
1127 S. St. Marys St.
San Antonio, TX
(210) 745-2581
The Monterey Restaurant
Savvy chic in artsy Southtown: the menu is modest but it’s got moxie

The retro-chic theme here is announced at the street by a vintage, two-tone Mercury—yes, Monterey. Equally nostalgic is a grilled cheese sandwich (with occasionally undercooked optional bacon)—though it’s balanced by trendy pork belly. Twitterati initially complained that the food was too fussy, but we say fuss away.

An early-on small…

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