Downtown staycation staple Hotel Valencia Riverwalk is now offering breakfast for residents and guests on the go. Café Naranja is now open inside the hotel, 150 E. Houston Street, offering artisanal breakfast bites featuring items such as housemade chorizo and dough fortified with beef tallow. “The beef tallow we use in our house-made dough yields […]
As a former correspondent for long-running late-night satirical news program The Daily Show and creator of his own Netflix political satire program The Patriot Act, Hasan Minhaj makes a point not only to incorporate stories about his Muslim identity and Indian American culture but also comment on the political landscape that underpins it all. That […]
This week’s live music offerings in San Antonio appear to stick to the theme of bridging genres. Grammy-winning bassist and singer-songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello — known for bringing together funk, jazz, rock and hip-hop — will perform at the Carver Community Cultural Center’s Jo Long Theater, while Portland, Oregon-based STRFKR will bring a sound bridging alt-rock […]
Brandon Herrera — the gun-loving social media influencer running against South Texas U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales — made Holocaust jokes and marched to a World War II-era German song in a resurfaced YouTube video first reported on by news site JewishInsider. Herrera, known to followers as the “AK Guy,” will face off with Gonzales in […]
The Austin Police Department on Monday afternoon said the discovery of a body at Austin Lake isn’t being investigated as a homicide. Austin Police were called to conduct a welfare check at 500 Zone Lake Austin under the 360 Bridge shortly before 6 p.m. on Sunday. Upon arrival, members of the department’s lake patrol discovered […]
Get your stretchy pants ready. Georgia-based Zaxby’s — a chain known for fried chicken, chicken wings and cheese curds — has opened its second Alamo City location, this one at 7304 Interstate 35 North in the Selma area, according to company officials. The new store will offer interior seating for up to 70 diners and […]
A bankruptcy judge on Monday signed off on the $2.3 million sale of disgraced former attorney Chis Pettit’s Alamo Heights mansion to a local businessman, the Express-News reports. Chief U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Craig Gargotta approved a bid by Edward Galt Steves, CEO of door manufacturer Steves & Sons Inc., on the 6,500-square-foot property, according to the daily. […]
A federal judge ruled Monday that migrants flown from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis two years ago can sue the charter-flight business that deposited them in the Northeastern resort town, the Associated Press reports. Under Monday’s ruling in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, the Venezuelan migrants can move ahead […]
Imagine if the ordinary sounds you hear daily transformed into intricate musical rhythms in your head — cars honking in traffic, kids playing basketball in the street or a co-worker tapping a pen on a desk. That’s what happens in the mind of Rudy Mancuso. The Brazilian American actor, musician, puppeteer and internet personality was […]
Maui Mike’s — which previously operated a small fleet of food trucks around San Antonio — has opened a brick-and-mortar location near San Antonio’s Five Points neighborhood. The Hawaiian-inspired burger concept at located at 1022 N. Main Ave., near Crockett Park., according to a social media post announcing its March 30 grand opening. Maui Mike’s doles […]