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Enchiladas poblanas is a popular dish among customers at Panla Cantina ( $14 ).
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Milanesa con mole features chicken milanesa, mole and sesame seeds ( $16 ).
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Pan la Cantina serves up interior Mexican cuisine
Gaby Hinojosa and Charlie Gonzalez own Panla Cantina in far North San Antonio.
together, and Pan la Cantina was the result. Hinojosa said her menu is largely inuenced by Mexican street food and snack vendors. “Our food here is like Mexican street food, but elevated,” Hinojosa said. What’s on the menu Popular menu items at the cantina include Mexican street corn, an appetizer made of charred corn o the cob mixed with chipotle mayonnaise and queso fresco, and topped with lime and chili powder, Hinojosa said. Enchiladas poblanos is another entree popular with diners, she said. “We have very authentic avors, but we like to give the food a little twist,” she added.
Gaby Hinojosa, co-owner of Pan la Cantina near Johnson High School, said she and husband and business partner, Charlie Gonzalez, continue to evolve the oerings at their North San Antonio Mexican eatery, which they opened in April 2022. The background Both Mexican natives, Hinojosa and Gonzalez met at the Culinary Institute of America in New York. The couple graduated from CIANew York and, as Hinojosa put it, life led her and Gonzalez to San Antonio, where he co-founded Tlahco Mexican Kitchen and she worked with renowned local chef Andrew Weissman at Signature at La Cantera Resort and Spa. But the couple sought to create a new eatery
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22250 Bulverde Road, Ste. 114, San Antonio www.panlacantinaandrestaurant.com
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