Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger)

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HollyDolly)

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:51:35 GMT

Thanks, Wes-Tex-Rex. Bracken is closest to me.Maybe Saturday, if remember , I'll have to stop their and get one of their bean burgers. Or heck,could make one myself. I have refried beans at home, and ground sirloin patties, though i could make it with ground chuck from H.E.B.,have the cheese, just need the buns and fritos.

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (samy5)

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:13:37 GMT

Had them in Austin once from a food truck. They were awesome. Didn't realize it was common all over tx

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (wes-tex-rex)

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:24:46 GMT

There have been some recent changes in San Antonio. The Sill's Snack Shack Trailer has unexpectedly been retired ~ a shame since the burgers were the REAL deal. We hope they reopen soon. The Bracken Store Cafe DOES have a tasty BeanBurger - handmade patty and all, AND Tater Tots to DIE for. Lastly, Billy T's owner Scudder Miller has closed their physical location @ Carousel Court, and reopened a Billy T's Trailer down the hill. They operate lunch hours 11am-3pm Mon.-Sat., and are at the South-West corner of Loop 410 and Nacogdoches Road, at the site of a former Texaco Station. Bean Burger is $5.25 + Fries or Tots add $1.50

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HollyDolly)

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:55:28 GMT

Wow, what a lot of food! May have to try to make one myself, unless I go to Billy T's on Nacogdoches. Now you're making me hungery.

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (guspas)

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:45:33 GMT

Here is my take on the Bean Burger
Country Fried Refried Bean Patty, Cheddar Cheese, Fried Jalapeno Chips, Onions, Mayo

http://www.wienerandstillchampion.com/2011/09/menu-spotlight-texas-bean-burger.html

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (agomez)

Tue, 01 May 2012 13:44:01 GMT

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (agomez)

Tue, 01 May 2012 13:39:28 GMT

sills snack shack is back in business...

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HollyDolly)

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:08:04 GMT

Great thread.Yeah,I know where the Carousel Court is.
HankN Bugsy,have to get down to the Home Of Da Smoke.
I don't know if the Bracken Cafe in Bracken out on Nacogdoches Road has bean burgers, though they do have good burgers.
The mexicans make a sandwich called a torta.It's a bollio roll they split, and put beans,meat extra on it, so got wondering if this was an american version.
Oh HankNBugsy, what do you know about Cousins Corner on Abbot Road and Farm Road 1518, it's on your right hand side after you cross 1518 and continue on Abbot, not to far from the intersection. In the past, the place was open at night,don't know if it was a beer joint or not. You can see on the left where there were once some streets,and a few poles going up one of the streets that's not totally over grown.Wonder if there was a little community in that area at one time.

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (Foodbme)

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 17:39:31 GMT

fishtaco

Beans belong on a Burrito.

Or anywhere else you want to put them!
As a result of this insipiring post, I'm gonna season some burger meat with Mexican seasonings and make some Bean Burgers this weekend!

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (fishtaco)

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:19:02 GMT

Beans belong on a Burrito.

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (chef kimberly)

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:52:52 GMT

Sills Bean burger has just re-opene in a truck parked by the Magic Time Machiene. It is owned and operated by Brian Sills, The grandson of the original owner. Go by and tell them Kimberly sent you!

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (casadei)

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:43:16 GMT

ok - this thread is pretty old, but its time to open it again. Billy T's, the creator of the one and only ORIGINAL beanburger is back in business in San Antonio. The new restaurant is open at the intersection of Nacogdoches and North New Braunfels in Carousel Court. If you haven't ever had a bean burger, THIS is the place to go for one.

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HankNBugsy)

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:30:11 GMT

Good evening! I stopped at the restaurant that we think may at one time have been Sill's Snack Shack tonight. It re-opened this month as "Home of Da Smoke Bar-B-Que" and is owned and operated by Smoke Master Robert Norman. Mr. Norman used to have a little place across from Radicke's Lone Oak Restaurant. I have found barbecue nirvana. It was amazing. Without a doubt the best barbecue I have ever had. The brisket was so tender you could cut it with a butter knife. (Okay, I realize this isn't a beanburger post, but since we have expanded into Adkins/La Vernia restaurants I had to mention it)

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HollyDolly)

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:25:06 GMT

Well,today in the Express News they had the article about Felix Stehling in the food section.According to the article,he leased the little building from Sill and called it the Triple S.
Later when the lease came up Sills took back the building and started his own place and also started selling the bean burgers.The article mentioned that the newspaper claimed Sill invented it.However Cappy lawton,who owns several resaurants in town and knows Stehling,wrote them a letter stating that Stehling was the real inventor and had eaten them there when Stehling ran the Triple S on Austin Highway.

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (wes-tex-rex)

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 16:11:51 GMT

"the old Snack Shack about 2 miles outside 1604 on 87?" That sounds right, it was a small simple white building on the left, in front of the owners residence. I bet if you stopped in they could tell you, but no guarantee you'll get a beanburger!
Last Wednesdays TASTE section of the San Antonio Express News promised an article this Wednesday on "After Inventing the beanburger, Felix Stehling didn't rest on his laurels". He owned the Crystal Pistol, and then opened the first Taco Cabana across the street, but didn't know he laid claim to the beanburger. Can't wait to see...........

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HollyDolly)

Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:19:24 GMT

Never at at the Snack Shack though I know where it was.Haven't tried Billy T's yet.
Will have to look for the former Snack Shack at 1604 and 87.
HankNBugsy,never eaten at the one at Blanco and 281.Hate that area lots of traffic,especially at 281 and Bitters over by the Embassy Theatre.I'll let you know some time how the beanburger is over at the Forum one .

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HankNBugsy)

Sun, 08 Oct 2006 19:09:55 GMT

Holly Dolly - this one was from the EZs at Blanco & 281.

wes-tex-rex - by any chance is the old Snack Shack about 2 miles outside 1604 on 87? If its the building I think it is, its latest incarnation opened with a new owner on the 1st as a smoked barbecue place - haven't tried it yet though ....

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (wes-tex-rex)

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 16:40:30 GMT

The inventor most believed to have truly originated the beanburger was Frank Sill, Sr. His business Sill's Snack Shack, was in the 400 block of Austin Hwy, in Alamo Heights, a suburb of San Antonio, TX. It was a great lunch place for myself and other 1960's high school students. It had 7 or 8 tables and a 5 cent Williams batting machine. I worked there for about a month one summer. Frank's son ran the Snack Shack for a while, but then closed it down. He "retired" to Adkins, Tx, about 20 miles from Alamo Heights, on Hwy 87 past China Grove. He re-opened the Snack Shack in front of his house for 4 or 5 years, but finally retired from that too, saying it was too much work. A Sill's Beanburger: Hamburger bun, toasted on the grill, beef patty, cooked medium. Place 1 large spoon original Rosarita refried canned beans on top of the patty when it's turned over and done on both sides. Turn again to heat & grill the beans. Place chopped onions on one bun, place Cheez-Whiz on the onions, turn patty one last time and place bean side up on the onions & Cheeze-Whiz. Top the beans with slightly crushed original size Fritos (we used Facs corn chips, now out of business), and serve. Best with crisp tater-tots. The beanburger had no mayo, no mustard, no lettuce, no pickle, no grilled onion, no cheddar cheese, no jalapeno. The Ringo establishment, now also closed, made the same recipe, and credited Frank Sill for it. Billy T's, a few blocks out Austin Hwy, still makes the original Frank Sill recipe.

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HollyDolly)

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:12:14 GMT

HankNBugsy,Which EZ's did you go to?The original one on Brees and North New Braunfels is pretty good.However i never had their bean burger at that location.I had the Nachos at the one in the Olympia Forum when some of us ladies here at work got together.Those were good nachos and a lot of them too.

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HankNBugsy)

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 23:07:17 GMT

not AS messy as that one LOL

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (oltheimmer)

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:58:08 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by HankNBugsy

Whoohoo! a convert Actually, Tookie's looks somewhat messier than the norm, but does look delicious.

Thanks for turning me on to this. I had read about it in John Edge's Hamburgers and Fries but wasn't really turned on by the concept.

But are you suggesting there could be such a thing as a bean burger that isn't messy . This cannot be.

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HankNBugsy)

Sat, 30 Sep 2006 11:17:39 GMT

Whoohoo! a convert Actually, Tookie's looks somewhat messier than the norm, but does look delicious.

HollyDolly - funny you should mention EZs. We had lunch brought to the office from there this week, and I had their version of a beanburger. Don't waste your $$. The yuppified blackbeans they put on it were no substitute for lard laden taste oozing refried beans, they skimped on the cheese, and overcooked the burger (read hockey puck).

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HollyDolly)

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:33:31 GMT

Thanks for the photo.Boy those are big onion rings,and you are right about the burger.Never tried to make one at home.I think EZ's Brick Oven Grill also makes a bean burger,but I have never trIED IT.

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (oltheimmer)

Tue, 26 Sep 2006 01:39:59 GMT

Okay, I'm a believer. I made the 80 mile round trip trek to Seabrook today to try the Bean Burger:

Tookie's Bean Burger with their famous (and very good) thick cut onion rings.

That's a very good burger, much better than I expected and much better than my attempts at home (and much better than Tookie's much hyped Squealer).

It was very messy. I wore a shirt that was just out of the laundry over the weekend -- it's in the washer again right now with some special stain removing stuff. I sure hope I can save it.

A very helpful waiter who was going off duty said it's even better with extra jalapenos. My waitress said it's best to order them on the side because they put a lot on them.

It was kind of pricey -- $4.98 for the burger, about the size of a BK Whopper perhaps (I haven't been to BK in several years); the ORs are $3.99.

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HankNBugsy)

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:36:44 GMT

Definitely agreed!

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (oltheimmer)

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:29:30 GMT

HankNBugsy and HollyDolly thanks for your expressions of hospitality. I'll look forward to an opportunity to take you up on them. It's about time we Texas Roadfooders had some sort of gettogether instead of leaving all the fun to the folks back East.

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HankNBugsy)

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 21:34:48 GMT

No worries oltheimmer, if you do get out this way just IM me - I have yahoo on my phone. even if i can't get free i can always at least give you directions to where you want to be!

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HollyDolly)

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:06:16 GMT

oltheimmer,check out www.texasescapes.com,they may have some information on LaVernia and New Berlin
etc.or go to Texas Handbook on Line.It lists people places,and things in our great state and has information on lots of towns around here.You can also go to MapQuest and look for St.Hedwig and LaVernia.I don't know if either two has a website,but both New Braunfels,Gonzales and Seguin do have city websites,and these twons are also county seats as is Castroville,west of San Antonio which has an Alsatian restaraunt or two.

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (oltheimmer)

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 04:12:12 GMT

Wow, thanks for all the listings. I don't know much about that part of Texas but it looks like if I ever get over that way I won't have to worry about going hungry .

I'll try to give you a heads up if I'm headed that way --- if I have enough warning myself! I'm retired and just like to hit the road sometimes and don't really know where I'm going until I get there .

RE: Bean Burgers (not same as veggie burger) (HankNBugsy)

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 22:23:13 GMT

Barbecue - Wittes (inexpensive, good, dive), Texas Pride (expensive, good)
Steaks: The Steak Co. (don't bother, management changed); Next Door (New Berlin-good, inexpensive)
General: Busy Bear (good tortillas, mediocre food); Brietzke Station (New Berlin - excellent); Ranch House (St. Hedwig-don't bother); Frankies (just closed); Buffalo Joes - wonderful; Maverick Cafe (Floresville - fabulous); Radicke's - used to be good, but was sold this past year and quality has tanked)
Mexican: Norma's, Aurora's, Sammy's, Los Santos, Olivia's
Chains: Sonic, Dairy Queen, Subway
Butcher: Lone Oak Grocery (dive - but great cuts of meat, and good sausage