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Frommer's Review

When Lisa Wong (Rosario) and Bruce Auden (Biga), two longtime darlings of the San Antonio dining scene, collaborate on a restaurant, you figure the food and the atmosphere are going to be creative. Their "modern Tex-Mex" fare and the seemingly endless series of wildly colorful dining rooms (one on the river) in which it's served don't disappoint. In fact, both the food and the service exceed expectations, given the (over) size of this place and the crowds that immediately began to throng to it.

It's hard to go wrong with any of the dishes, but standouts include the crepes with duck in a tamarind-cherry-grilled-onion sauce; the enchiladas verdes; the tacos filled with crabmeat tinga (a kind of stew with onions, tomatoes, and chipotle chiles) served with avocado; and the duck chorizo chalupas with cabbage lime slaw. You can eat well and still leave with money in your pocket if you go for something other than the specialty dishes, such as garlic and chipotle shrimp with roasted creamed corn hash, which are pricier but can be worth the splurge.

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