Decades-old seafood chain Red Lobster has shuttered one of its six San Antonio locations during an abrupt closure of more than 10% of its locations nationwide. On its website, Orlando-based Red Lobster now lists its location at 7835 Interstate 35 South in Southwest San Antonio as closed, and the store’s entire equipment inventory is now posted for auction. […]
District 2 City Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez on Monday fired off a tweet accusing District 8 Councilman — and mayoral hopeful — Manny Pelaez of leaking information from council’s closed executive sessions. The finger pointing comes after McKee-Rodriguez, District 6’s Melissa Cabello Havrda and three other council members held a press conference last week raising allegations that City […]
San Antonio’s original Burger Boy location has unveiled a brand new interior renovation, replete with touches in the brand’s signature orange. The Alamo City-based chain shared photos of the newly zhuzhed space via Instagram, and invited fans to “stop by and say hi.” The location at 2323 N. St. Mary’s St. dates all the way […]
District 10 Councilman Clayton Perry — the guy police filmed incoherent in his backyard while they investigated whether he’d been involved in a hit-and-run accident — told the Express-News he’s considering a run for mayor. “I really enjoyed it on council, and people have been saying, ‘Clayton, you need to get involved again and run […]
The South Texas building spree by billionaire Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX appears to have outpaced its payments to roughly two-dozen contractors, Reuters reports. Companies that have done work for Boca Chica-based SpaceX have filed at least 72 liens since 2019 against sites built by the company and its affiliates, the wire service reports, based […]
Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A third person with ties to U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar’s bribery case has pleaded guilty, according to a recently unsealed plea agreement, after the South Texas Democrat was accused of accepting nearly $600,000 […]
WASHINGTON — Texans in Congress are threatening federal funds for Mexico, escalating a dispute over Mexico’s obligations to deliver water to the United States. A bipartisan group of Texas lawmakers are demanding House and Senate appropriators withhold funds for the country until Mexico lives up to its end of a 1944 water treaty that requires […]
Philadelphia-based Insomnia Cookies will open two new bakeries in Northwest San Antonio in the coming months, slinging warm cookies all day and late into the night, company officials said. The brand — known for serving warm sweets at all hours of the day — will open one bakery near Methodist Hospital and another near the […]
There’s a new rooftop lounge in town, San Antonio. Lunatique, the new bar atop the new-ish Creamery complex, is now open, serving up swanky cocktails, sunset views and garden party vibes. The spot is the latest of five separate concepts to open at the venue, which occupies a former Borden Creamery near the Pearl.
Tex-Mex eatery Don Benito’s Cocina y Cantina will close its doors May 19 after three years of serving Southeast San Antonio. The business shared news of the closure on Facebook over the weekend, thanking patrons. The short-lived spot was known for vibrant takes on Tex-Mex classics such as tortilla soup, menudo, tacos dorados and cheese […]