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Breakfast tacos till 11Happy hour 3 to 6 weekdays

Casa RetamaTex-Mex · Since 1994 210-555-0147 Order pickup
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A table covered with elote, guacamole, fried plantains in salsa verde, tostadas, chicken tacos, queso fundido in a skillet and a basket of chips

Family Tex-Mex on Paloma Street since 1994

Warm tortillas, loud tables, cold margaritas

  • Monday to Thursday7am to 9pm
  • Friday and Saturday7am to 10pm
  • Sunday8am to 8pm
Order pickup See the menu
  • Ready in about twenty minutes

    Call it in and pull into a pickup space on Nopal. Phone from the car and we'll carry the bag out.

  • A free lot out back

    Paloma Street near Nopal, with a shaded patio out front where dogs are welcome.

  • About 900 tortillas a day

    Flour tortillas, rolled by hand before we unlock the door every morning.

Off the comal, onto your table

Every plate comes out with chips and salsa, and every bit of it travels well for pickup.

Menu updated September 2026

What the regulars order without looking

  • $12.95

    Cheese enchiladas with chili gravy

    Three of them, with Mexican rice and refried beans.

  • $14.95

    The Paloma plate

    A cheese enchilada, a crispy beef taco and a pork tamal.

  • $5.25

    Puffy tacos

    Fresh masa fried until it puffs, with picadillo or chicken.

  • $42.95

    Beef fajitas for two

    Skirt steak still sizzling, with a stack of flour tortillas.

The whole menu board

Breakfast tacos till 11, 1pm on weekends

The line starts at seven: contractors, nurses off the night shift, parents picking up a dozen for the soccer field. Every taco is wrapped in foil so it survives the drive.

  • Bean and cheese$2.95
  • Potato, egg and cheese$3.25
  • Chorizo and egg$3.50
  • Bacon, egg and cheese$3.75
  • Carne guisada$4.50
  • BarbacoaSaturday and Sunday, until it runs out$4.75

A dozen for the office$36Order a dozen

Three breakfast tacos filled with scrambled egg, shredded beef, avocado, pico de gallo and crema, with black beans and a mug of coffee

Happy hour, weekdays 3 to 6

  • $5.50House margaritas, rocks or frozen
  • $3.50Mexican beer, whatever is coldest
  • ½Half price chile con queso

At the bar and out on the patio, Monday to Friday. Margaritas to go come sealed, with ID checked at the counter.

A salt rimmed margarita with a lime wedge in a blue striped glass, beside a platter of tostadas

Family packs for tonight

One box, with the tortillas wrapped on their own so nothing goes soggy on the way home. Call by 4pm for a six o'clock pickup.

  • Enchilada panTwelve enchiladas, feeds 4 to 6$52
  • Fajita pack for fourChicken, with a dozen tortillas$59
  • Fajita pack for six to eight$99
See every family pack

Catering for twenty or two hundred

Delivered hot with chafing dishes and serving spoons, or with someone to run the line. Three days' notice for most orders.

  • Breakfast taco barPer person, 15 guests or more$9.95
  • Taco barPer person, 20 guests or more$15.95
  • Fajita barPer person, 20 guests or more$19.95
Plan your catering
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