After dropping by San Antonio for a pop-up last November, Seattle-famous Piroshky Piroshky Bakery has scheduled a return visit — and this time, it’s bringing more than its signature pierogi-style handheld pies. The Eastern European-inspired bakery will appear at Alamo Beer Co. on Thursday, March 21, to serve up its famous stuffed pies along with […]
The Ghoulish Book Festival, a homegrown convention celebrating horror fiction and other dark diversions, will haunt downtown San Antonio this weekend. Scheduled for March 15-17 in the Hermann Sons building, the fest’s third annual iteration will include New York Times-bestselling author Daniel Kraus, two-time Stoker Award nominee Jessica McHugh and Texas-based writer and professor RJ Joseph as […]
In today’s episode of No One Asked For This, frozen-pizza giant Tombstone and ubiquitous craft beer brand Voodoo Ranger have created a new brew dubbed I(Pizza)A. And yep, it’s just what it sounds like: a pizza-flavored IPA. We get why some folks like bracingly hoppy ales, and we certainly understand why most people on the […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Texas Medical Board will consider language to clarify what qualifies as a medical exception to the state’s abortion laws at an upcoming March 22 board meeting.
The Majestic Theatre’s Broadway in San Antonio series is returning this September with 10 touring shows, four of which are making their Alamo City debut, venue officials revealed Thursday. Among the productions playing San Antonio for the first time are Michael Jackson-themed jukebox musical MJ The Musical, Tony Award-winning musical comedy Shucked, the 50-year revival […]
Folks looking to party on St. Patrick’s Day are in luck if their celebration includes travel plans to West Texas. That’s because an eyebrow-raising new study named El Paso as the best U.S. city for an Irish pub crawl. Yes, you heard that right.
Mexican mineral water brand Topo Chico’s newly launched line of non-alcoholic cocktail mixers have popped up in San Antonio-area liquor and grocery stores. Topo Chico’s ginger beer, tonic water and club soda feature its popular bottled water’s proprietary blend of added minerals and crisp fizz, company officials said. Each flavor is available in four packs […]
The Fish City Grill chain is opening a fourth San Antonio-area location, this one in Alamo Heights. The restaurant will begin serving later this summer inside the former Burger Fi location at 1907 Nacogdoches Road, officials with the Dallas-based chain said. The new Fish City Grill will include 3,280 square feet of interior space with […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Texas law requiring parental consent to obtain contraception for minors. The decision from a three-judge panel of the federal appeals court in New Orleans largely […]
San Antonio has won a $2.9 million federal grant to study how to better connect the East Side and downtown, long separated by Interstate 37 and a network of rail lines. The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant Program, created to repair the negative effects of highways that […]