Barbacoa
Slow-cooked beef cheek, pulled tender. Served on warm tortillas with chopped onion, cilantro and a squeeze of lime.
Family-run · Barbacoa · Tex-Mex
Real barbacoa. Real hospitality.
Slow-cooked since sunrise in Universal City, Texas. Plates, tacos, by-the-pound and weekend specials — no reservations, just walk in.
BARBACOA✦MENUDO✦CARNE GUISADA✦MIGAS✦CHILAQUILES✦CARNITAS✦BREAKFAST TACOS✦BY THE POUND✦MON–THU 6AM–2PM✦FRI–SUN 6AM–3PM✦CLOSED TUESDAYS✦BARBACOA✦MENUDO✦CARNE GUISADA✦MIGAS✦CHILAQUILES✦CARNITAS✦BREAKFAST TACOS✦BY THE POUND✦MON–THU 6AM–2PM✦FRI–SUN 6AM–3PM✦CLOSED TUESDAYS✦
About
A San Antonio café, plain and proud.
Culebra Café is a family kitchen on Pat Booker Road — cream walls, painted yellow signs, papel picado overhead, and a pot of barbacoa going since before the sun came up. We cook the things our families taught us, the way our families taught us. Come in hungry, leave full, take a pound home for the road.
- Hours
- Mon–Thu 6–2 · Fri–Sun 6–3 · Closed Tue
- Famous for
- Barbacoa & Menudo
- Located
- Universal City, TX
Specialties
What we cook best.
Menudo
The classic red bowl with hominy, simmered for hours. Cures everything. Weekends.
Carne Guisada
Tender beef in a deep, peppery gravy. On a plate, in a taco, or smothered on enchiladas.
Breakfast Tacos
Hand-rolled tortillas, fresh off the comal. Bean & cheese, bacon & egg, chorizo, papa — your call.
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Weekend & By-the-Pound
Saturday and Sunday only.
BARBACOA · MENUDO
By the Pound
Sat & Sun — while it lasts
TO-GO ONLY
Call ahead for big orders
(210) 701-8899
To-Go
Visit & Order
Come see us.
Closed· Mon–Thu 6–2 · Fri–Sun 6–3
Phone
Hours
Mon–Thu 6 AM – 2 PM
Fri, Sat & Sun 6 AM – 3 PM
Closed Tuesdays
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