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Four Brothers

Casual lunch or dinner craving authentic South American flavors.

Open until 9 PM Hidden GemFamily FriendlyCasual Vibes
6.9/10
Great Scored by Beto Treviño · How we score
№ 01 · The Brief

The move at Make Ready Market is the arepa counter. Four Brothers works a short menu of griddled cornmeal pockets out of the 8th Street food hall, and the review record reads like a loyalty program: people come back twice in the same week and say so. The arepas are the headline, split and stuffed to order, and the bowl version covers anyone who wants the fillings without the bread. The Vegana holds down the vegetarian end, named by reviewers as the reason a whole table can eat here, and the two-arepa order is the right first visit: one classic, one wild card.

The setting is the market itself: open, clean, counter service, seating in the common hall. That makes Four Brothers an easy add to a Broadway corridor afternoon. Order at the counter, take a table, and eat better than most sit-down lunches in the zone. The counter staff get named in review after review for walking first-timers through the menu, which matters at a stall where half the crowd is meeting an arepa for the first time.

№ 02 · What to Order

The order, from the record

№ 03 · Insider Tip
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Call ahead to check on daily specials, as some of the best dishes aren't always on the regular menu.

Beto Treviño · Top of San Antonio
How we score

The Insider Score is our own 10-point editorial rating, set by the writer who covers the room. It is never an average of other sites’ stars, and it is never for sale. It weighs three things:

01Track record

How highly a kitchen rates, across how many diners, over how long.

02Consistency

Whether recent diners still agree with the long-term verdict.

03Distinction

What the kitchen does that its category does not.

Four Brothers earns a 6.9, great on our scale for Venezuelan in San Antonio.
Beto Treviño
Beto Treviño
Guides Editor

Beto runs the dish-by-dish beat across San Antonio, from the puffy-taco counters to the marquee rooms, building best-of lists that send you somewhere specific. His rankings start with the reviews and end with an order you can place tonight.

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