After 10 years of raising liter steins and celebrating Oktoberfest in style, downtown San Antonio’s Bier Garten Riverwalk has closed. The business shared the news last week in a lengthy Facebook post, which noted that its closure will make way for the Alamo Visitor Center and Museum, slated to open in 2027. Mad Dogs Restaurant Group CEO […]
The Illinois-based craft beer-focused restaurant chain Beerhead Bar & Eatery made its Alamo City debut this week. Helmed by franchisees Marci and John Jewett, the new eatery — located in Northwest San Antonio at 19338 Babcock Road — offers lunch and dinner menus featuring burgers, pizzas, shareable apps and desserts, according to company officials. It […]
San Antonio City Council’s plan to vote on a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict are on hold after District 8 Councilman Manny Pelaez got cold feet. Pelaez in December joined District 2’s Jalen McKee Rodriguez and District 5’s Teri Castillo in signing a memo that called for a special meeting to discuss […]
Assclown Alert is a column of opinion, analysis and snark. U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson’s recent trip to the Texas-Mexico border with 60 or so GOP colleagues suggests he’s got all the political chops of his bumbling predecessor, the recently ousted Kevin McCarthy.
U.S. Rep. Chip Roy is once again threatening to shut down the federal government if Congress can’t pass tougher border restrictions. And this time, the Austin-San Antonio Republican is claiming his constituents actually want him to force the closure.
Where the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic converge lies a tiny island subject to one of the longest-running sanction policies in U.S. history. It is also the birthplace of some of the most influential conceptual artists in history — Coco Fusco, Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Ana Mendieta, among others.
The 12th annual San Antonio DreamWeek offers a packed series of civic-engagement events scheduled around Martin Luther King Jr. Day. How packed?
Bexar County Commissioner’s Court pulled the plug Tuesday on an incentives package for DeLorean Motors Reimagined, an electric-vehicle startup that pledged to create 450 jobs if it got tax breaks to locate its headquarters in San Antonio. The commissioners didn’t discuss the deal’s termination during their weekly meeting. Instead, they voted 5-0 to approve the […]
San Antonio soon will have one more spot to experience the “second most fun between two buns.” That, of course, is the suggestive slogan scrawled across the exterior wall of beloved north-of-downtown burger joint Mr. Juicy. And we may see the same phrase splashed across a new Castle Hills store, owner Andrew Weissman confirmed to […]
Texas officials quietly tried to thwart work by immigrant advocacy groups to ease the transition for migrants bused to Democrat-led cities as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s immigration crackdown, according to a CBS News investigation. In September, officials with the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM), which oversees the migrant buses, told the Val Verde Border […]