Hours
- Monday to Saturday 7:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Sunday 8:00 am to 2:00 pm
San Diego, Texas, in the heart of Duval County
Tex-Mex, made the hometown way.
made from scratch every morning
bienvenidos
Pull up a chair
Welcome to TexMex Cafe, a family-run kitchen on Benavides Street in San Diego, Texas. Not the big city out west. Our San Diego is a small South Texas town in Duval County, where folks know each other by name and a good plate of food is how you say hello. That is exactly how we cook here: like we are feeding family, because most days we are.
Every morning starts before sunrise in our kitchen. Tortillas get pressed by hand, beans simmer low on the stove, and our salsas are made fresh in small batches from peppers, tomatoes, onion, and garlic. Nothing fancy and nothing rushed. Just scratch cooking, the way this corner of South Texas has always done it.
Some folks pass through town and find us by accident. Most pull up a chair and stay a while. Either way, you will leave fed the way neighbors feed each other.
from our kitchen
What the day looks like
Here is what you can usually find on any given day, made to order and seasoned the way our family has always seasoned things. Ask what is freshest when you come in.
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Breakfast Tacos
Hand-made flour or corn tortillas filled with eggs, bacon, bean and cheese, or whatever the morning special happens to be.
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Plate Lunches
Homestyle plates built around one hearty main, with rice, beans, and warm tortillas on the side.
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House-Made Salsas
Red, green, and everything in between, made fresh every single day and adjusted with the seasons.
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Hand-Pulled Tortillas
Pressed and griddled on the comal in small batches all morning long. Grab a basket for the table.
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Weekend Plates
Hearty weekend specials made for sharing. Ask what the family is cooking this week.
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Sweet Endings
A short lineup of rotating homemade desserts, from flan to seasonal favorites, while they last.
no shortcuts, just like grandma insisted
our story
A kitchen rooted in one small town
TexMex Cafe is run by Emilio Urupia and his family, and it grew out of a simple idea: that our town deserved a place where the food is made from scratch and everyone is welcome. Over the years, this kitchen has become the kind of place where the high school team stops in after a game, where neighbors linger over coffee, and where weekend plates get passed down long family tables.
Being in a small town means we are part of everything that happens here: church fundraisers, school events, birthday parties, and quiet Tuesday suppers alike. When you eat with us, you are supporting a local family, and we never take that for granted.
gracias for eating with us
Catering for local events
We cater gatherings across Duval County and the surrounding towns: church socials, school functions, and family celebrations. Trays of our most requested dishes, cooked to order and ready when your guests are. Tell us about your event and we will help you plan enough for everyone, with a little extra, because that is the South Texas way.
Get in touch
visit us
Come see us on Benavides Street
We are right in the heart of San Diego, Texas, easy to find and hard to leave hungry.
Location
210 N Benavides StSan Diego, TX 78384
The coffee is on and the tortillas are warm. Whether it is your first visit or your five-hundredth, there is a seat here with your name on it. We hope to see you soon.
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