Best Takeout & Best Eclectic - S.A. Current Best of San Antonio 2004
Best Takeout & Best Eclectic
Readers' & Staff Pick: The Cove
606 W. Cypress, 227-2683
The Cove has certainly had an amazing year - from the viewpoint of the Current's Best of voters. Last year, the Cove didn't register on the charts, but this year, our readers selected it as the Best Takeout and the Best Eclectic - and the joint was only votes away from winning Best Vegetarian, Best Mexican Seafood, and Best Place to Take Yer Kids.
Why is everybody talking about the Cove? We'd like to think that it has something to do with our favorable review, but the plain, honest truth is that the Cove is surprisingly great. It boasts a fantastic variety of dishes from standard bar appetizers, deli subs, burgers, and chicken sandwiches to an amazingly nuanced selection of vegetarian-friendly dishes, gourmet salads, and fish and shrimp creations.
The variety is incredible - but the quality is what has us going back. For a Laundromat/carwash/bar combo that seems like a stoner's dream-come-true, we'd be happy to get a decent burger. But to get a thick slab of steak in the Philly cheesesteak, wrapped in a well-browned sub decked with cheese, hearty cuts of moist turkey and bacon inside a house special sub, and an honest-to-goodness all-beef hot dog under a mound of chili and cheesewell, that is just outstanding. And the prices ensure that you'll still have plenty of quarters for the laundry machines - or even money left to tip the many musical acts that rock the Cove on a regular basis. Imports are three bucks, people! How can you not love this place?
Laura Fries ©San Antonio Current 2006
Readers' & Staff Pick: The Cove
606 W. Cypress, 227-2683
The Cove has certainly had an amazing year - from the viewpoint of the Current's Best of voters. Last year, the Cove didn't register on the charts, but this year, our readers selected it as the Best Takeout and the Best Eclectic - and the joint was only votes away from winning Best Vegetarian, Best Mexican Seafood, and Best Place to Take Yer Kids.
Why is everybody talking about the Cove? We'd like to think that it has something to do with our favorable review, but the plain, honest truth is that the Cove is surprisingly great. It boasts a fantastic variety of dishes from standard bar appetizers, deli subs, burgers, and chicken sandwiches to an amazingly nuanced selection of vegetarian-friendly dishes, gourmet salads, and fish and shrimp creations.
The variety is incredible - but the quality is what has us going back. For a Laundromat/carwash/bar combo that seems like a stoner's dream-come-true, we'd be happy to get a decent burger. But to get a thick slab of steak in the Philly cheesesteak, wrapped in a well-browned sub decked with cheese, hearty cuts of moist turkey and bacon inside a house special sub, and an honest-to-goodness all-beef hot dog under a mound of chili and cheesewell, that is just outstanding. And the prices ensure that you'll still have plenty of quarters for the laundry machines - or even money left to tip the many musical acts that rock the Cove on a regular basis. Imports are three bucks, people! How can you not love this place?
Laura Fries ©San Antonio Current 2006
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