Legendary crooner Frankie Valli is playing San Antonio’s Tobin Center later this month amid a social-media maelstrom. The Four Seasons leader’s Oct. 25 concert in the Alamo City comes as recent viral concert videos prompt concern among fans about his fitness to perform. Some of those clips show Valli barely moving his lips, holding his microphone […]
San Antonio’s Busted Sandal Brewing Co. in Wednesday social media post revealed it’s permanently closing due to rising costs and flagging customer demand. The 11-year-old craft brewer said it will shutter all three of its locations, which include its San Antonio production site along with taprooms in Helotes and Kerrville, according to a Facebook post. […]
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Portland, Oregon-based Killer Burger will open a San Antonio location in November, marking the chain’s first expansion outside the Pacific Northwest. Killer Burger is growing its operations through franchising, according to company officials, and the Alamo City store, 12834 Potranco Road, will be owned by chain founder and franchisee Thomas “TJ” Southard.
San Antonio-based Taco Cabana is launching a national franchising program to help expand its presence beyond the Lone Star State, officials said Wednesday. The fast-casual Tex-Mex chain wants to ink deals with local franchisees so it can grow into states including Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma and Tennessee. “We are confident that now is the ideal […]
The San Antonio Philharmonic has pushed back its Classics III concert series, originally scheduled for Oct. 18-19, until next spring, Executive Director Roberto Treviño confirmed Wednesday. The postponement of the concerts — which are to feature piano soloist Jon Kimura Parker performing George Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F — comes after two key Philharmonic donors sued the […]
Stone Oak brunch spot Mimosa Gossip is cutting back its hours, citing slowing sales after less than a year in business. “Unfortunately we have been extremely slow, so temporarily we are cutting our hours,” read the recent announcement on Mimosa Gossip’s Instagram page. Under the new hours, the restaurant, located at 2907 N. Loop 1604, will close […]
After an electrical fire damaged its property in June of last year, West Side hole-in-the-wall Three Amigos Chinese Food finally began serving customers again Wednesday. Over its many years in business, the cafeteria-style dining spot at 303 NW 36th St. developed a devoted following for its pineapple chicken, generous portions and low prices. On any […]
A former San Antonio police officer who was fired and charged with aggravated assault by a public servant is vying to win his job back after the criminal case ended in a mistrial, KSAT reports. Thomas Villarreal, who was fired in two years ago, faced criminal charges over a 2020 incident in which SAPD alleges […]
When the fake cobwebs have come down, colored porch lights replaced and Halloween candy goes on closeout, San Antonio will welcome back Día de los Muertos. The centuries-old tradition of remembrance and reverence for deceased loved ones is a custom native to the lands we inhabit.