{"id":168513,"date":"2025-08-23T06:50:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-23T06:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/168513\/"},"modified":"2025-08-23T06:50:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T06:50:29","slug":"san-antonio-taco-cabana-unveils-10k-speed-eating-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/168513\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio Taco Cabana unveils $10K speed eating contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

For one Houston chain, the approach seems to be quick, quick, slow. After closing its Lackland location in May, Latin-tinged eatery Mambo Seafood<\/a> is once again in growth mode with a new restaurant opening September 8 in the Las Palmas Neighborhood at 719 Castroville Rd.<\/p>\n

Mambo first dipped its toes <\/a>in San Antonio in August 2023, taking over a former Joe’s Crab Shack location at 4711 NW Loop 410. The following summer, it traveled 15 minutes down the highway to open<\/a> the Lackland location. A third outpost<\/a> at 3242 Goliad Rd near Brooks City Base soon followed in the fall of 2024, but the company scaled back in 2025 in what they called a “difficult but strategic decision.”<\/p>\n

The new seafood joint mostly focuses on Latin American dishes like Sinaloan aguachile, Baja-style fish tacos, and Argentinian parilladas. But there are plenty of other choices, like Cajun seafood boils and a riff on jalape\u00f1o poppers. The fried rice, taking its cues from Chifa (Chinese Peruvian) cuisine, has reached cult status and is served alone or as a side.<\/p>\n

Entrepreneur Michael Ho founded the Latin-tinged seafood joint in 1996, slowly growing its Houston footprint over two decades. Although Bayou City remains the restaurant’s stronghold, the mini-chain has tested the Rio Grande Valley’s waters with a McAllen outpost.<\/p>\n

The Las Palmas restaurant will be the first Mambo Seafood on the West Side.<\/p>\n

“We know the West Side, specifically Las Palmas, isn’t just a neighborhood; it’s a legacy of families and culture that make San Antonio what it is,” Nuno Lima, CEO of Mambo Seafood Restaurants, said in a release. “We’re honored to become a part of that legacy.”<\/p>\n

Mambo will soft-pedal operations for a couple of weeks before its grand opening debut on September 27. The party will include giveaways, live music, a lowrider showcase, kids’ activities, free paletas, and an appearance from San Antonio Missions mascot Ballape\u00f1o.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For one Houston chain, the approach seems to be quick, quick, slow. After closing its Lackland location in…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":168514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,20494,31124,59778,2879,7202,7203,96572,55717,13963,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-168513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-chains","10":"tag-competitive-eating","11":"tag-contests","12":"tag-events","13":"tag-san-antonio","14":"tag-sanantonio","15":"tag-speed-eating","16":"tag-taco-cabana","17":"tag-tacos","18":"tag-texas","19":"tag-tx","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115076754517413716","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}