Biga on the Banks

Frommer's Review

Right on the River Walk is one of San Antonio's first establishments to serve innovative haute cuisine. The setting is an improvement over the restaurant's original location, and the design mirrors the cooking -- bold and contemporary. Clean lines, high ceilings, and gleaming wood floors find a contrast in the heavy textured draperies that frame views of the river. This is the scene for chef/owner Bruce Auden's intriguing cuisine with a subtle Texas influence. The starters, for example, include Asian spring rolls filled with minced venison, buffalo, ostrich, and pheasant accompanied by two spicy dipping sauces. The bone-on tenderloin steak with beer-battered onion rings and habanero ketchup raises comfort cuisine to new heights, and the variations on a theme in the Paseo de Chocolate dessert will send you happily into sugar shock, international-style.

Perhaps because he's reached celebrity-chef status, Auden seems to be spending less time in the kitchen, and the food is not nearly as dazzling as it was when the setting was more low-key. Still, it's way above average, and if you're willing to eat before 6:30pm or after 9pm, you can sample a three-course meal for $35 per person, or four courses for $43.

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