Just this past week I was walking down South Presa street and ran across this interesting new place that’s a combination Hot Dog and sides restaurant and Chicano Art Gallery all in one. Yes and it’s called BARRIO DOGG.When I walked in I was met with vibrant colors and cool Low Rider Vibes not to mention the great Cruising Classics playing in the background.

I ran into Cisco behind the bar and Co-Owner – Chef, Pablo Ruiz who quickly came over and started chatting with me. According to Pablo Rios, Artisan Fresh is the foundation of everything they do.

From coming in at the crack of dawn every morning to start making their buns. They make by hand and bake them in house. So that fresh taste of just bought panaderia bread is what you’ll taste.

Pablo says, “If your bread isn’t right, if your hot dog isn’t right, no matter what you put on a hot dog it becomes a gimmick. We get our 100 per cent beef from a family owned farm, there’s no antibiotics, no nitrates so, the reason so many people don’t like hot dogs is that feeling you get after eating them and that comes from the nitrates. Ours is like eating steak, come try it and you’ll never have anything else.”

The New BARIO DOGG is downtown at 620 S Presa and they’re open Tuesday thru Sunday. You can stop by for lunch and they even have Late Night on Friday and Saturday when you can drop by and have a delicious dogg or any of the awesome side for those munchies or late night cravings up until midnight.

Pablo adds; “I think the Chicano food movement is something that we want to see grow. We want people to feel comfortable celebrating the food they grew up with when they were kids. Like, Crispy Doggs, Like hot doggs with Chile Relleno on top.

We’re a family restaurant, we have a bar where you serve micheladas and your Margaritas and your Palomas. We even do a Mexican Mimosa which we call La Chismosa which is a fan favorite but, we’re a family establishment/ My kids. You’ll see them running around here and that’s how I work. I grew up in Car Shows, I grew up in family parties so that’s how we celebrate. Always around each other.
When we first started we started up the street from the park I grew up near and that’s Chicano Park.

We built a Hot Dog cart out of a Sixty Four Impala. Basically built a rolling kitchen that was licensed by the city and allowed us to sell hot dogs in front of the art gallery. When we opened up the art gallery we were strictly consignment so it’s a relationship that we had built. We allowed people to come and put their art up and if it sold it sold.

So BARRIO DOGG is taking you back to your roots, taking you back to your Grandma’s house to your Tia’s house all in a hot dogg.

The BARRIO DOGG offers twenty one different hot doggs to choose from even some with frijoles. As Pablo says, “ each hot dog has a story. As you come back you’re going to start to recognize more and more flavors, more and more hot doggs.

I must say everything was magnifico and the atmosphere was chill and cool. I can see why anyone would want to come here often and bring their family and friends.

So, make a note of the address, 602 South Presa and don’t forget they’re open Tuesday thru Sunday for lunch and late nights are Friday and Saturday until Midnight. Drop by and enjoy the Sabor San Antonio.

Pablo Ruiz is chef and owner.
Barrio Dogg.

Francisco Garcia is the partner with the full beard.

www.barriodoggsatx.com

210 236 9808