Laredo-based Tex-Mex chain Taco Palenque is streamlining its San Antonio operations by building a central kitchen to serve its 10 locations dotting the city. The $5 million project will convert an existing 58,000-square-foot warehouse at 8743 TX-151 in Bexar County into a commercial kitchen, according to a state regulatory filing. Restaurant chains often set up central kitchens […]
San Antonio’s Pride Bigger than Texas event at Crockett Park on Saturday, June 29, is expected to draw thousands. The name of the city’s long-running pride gathering is a reference to Texas’ rep for doing things larger than life.
San Antonio LGBTQ+ bar Lets Be Honest will host a presidential debate watch party this Thursday for those can’t bear the idea of screaming at the TV screen while home alone. Former president and convicted felon Donald Trump will go head-to-head with President Joe Biden at the first debate of the 2024 election season in […]
To close out Pride Month, San Antonio literary nonprofit Gemini Ink is hosting Letters to James Baldwin, a reading, discussion and open mic this Thursday to celebrate the life and legacy of writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin (1924-1987). Although best known for his novels Go Tell It on the Mountain, If Beale Street […]
Blood does not family make. Those are relatives,” late ballroom legend Hector Xtravaganza once said.
Pairing the sonic abandon of ’60s garage rock with wall-of-sound shoegaze aesthetics, The Black Angels emerged at the tail end of the aughts as one of the guiding lights of the modern psychedelic revival. The Austin-based outfit developed a rapid underground following thanks to acid-kissed releases such as Passover (2006) and Directions to See a […]
Chicano soul heavyweight Sunny Ozuna will perform along with other architects of the classic San Antonio sound at Jaime’s Place this Saturday for a tribute to bygone and beloved nightclub Patio Andaluz. Fans feeling nostalgic for the halcyon days of the West Side Sound will have a chance to gather and reminisce while enjoying hit […]
After operating San Antonio’s first nonstop flight to Europe for a little more than a month, German airline Condor is already making plans to scale back, the Express-News reports. On May 17, the German leisure airline took off from San Antonio International Airport, marking the city’s first-ever nonstop transatlantic route. As of press time, Condor operates […]
This week, San Antonio music fans can play it sonically safe or venture well off the beaten path. On the safe side — and that’s not a slight, only to say these bands play in familiar musical territory — the Dirty River Jazz Band will perform toe-tapping Dixieland and the Red Clay Strays will mix country, […]
Iman Vellani, star of the Ms. Marvel miniseries, swung by San Antonio comic and gaming shop Heroes and Fantasies on Saturday to greet fans and geek out about Captain Marvel. Vellani, who’s also written for Marvel comics and for her own show, found the time to schedule the visit while she was in town for the Superhero […]