New study ranks San Antonio behind Austin as a 'taco city'

A new study ranks San Antonio as the nation's No. 4 taco city, putting it behind Austin, which landed at the top of the list for two years in a row. Adding further insult, the Alamo City dropped two spots from its 2022 ranking in the report. Before SA taco aficionados start shooting steam out of their ears, let’s take a look at where this data came from: mostly a bunch of online search data. To determine the best taco cities, real estate company Clever analyzed data from online sites, including the number of taco spots per 100,000 residents, the average Yelp star rating of each city's taco joints, taco restaurants per square mile and something called “taco passion.” That term refers to Google Trends scores for 23 taco-related terms, such as “tacos near me,” “taco truck” and “Taco Tuesday,” to name a few.