The Third Coast Cocktail Summit will return to San Antonio Jan. 9-13, offering five days of educational seminars, parties, happy hours and dinners, all culminating in a disco-themed cocktail party at the Witte Museum. The annual gathering — organized by local industry insiders along with Culinaria, a nonprofit that promotes the Alamo City as a […]
San Antonio foodies pining for the vibrant flavors of Tripoli’s Mediterranean Grill, which closed its original location in February, can now get their fix in Alamo Ranch. Tripoli’s owners announced the opening of the far West Side restaurant, located at 1762 Alamo Ranch Parkway, Suite 100, via a Wednesday social media post.
San Antonio fans of adventurous music have cause for celebration Wednesday — even if it means picking between two shows to scratch their itch. First, free jazz duo The Whale is performing at the Hermann Sons Rathskellar Bar with a guest musician rounding out its sound. The Whale’s core members are saxophonist Eddie Vasquez along with KRTU […]
Nationally lauded Mexican-food restaurant Carnitas Lonja has become the latest in a string of high-profile San Antonio eateries to announce closure plans. The James Beard Award-nominated taco spot said in a Tuesday social media post that Dec. 31 will be its last day of operation.
Authorities arrested a suspect Tuesday whom they allege killed six people and injured three others in a shooting spree spanning San Antonio and Austin. Shane James, 34, was booked into the Travis County Jail at 1:32 a.m. Wednesday, records show.
A Texas woman has filed an emergency lawsuit, asking a Travis County judge to allow her to terminate her pregnancy. This is the first time since before Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973 that an adult woman has asked a court to intervene to allow her to terminate a pregnancy, and the first lawsuit […]
Name: Rico Torres Birthplace: El Paso, Texas
The gooey goodness the Dirty Dough Cookies chain brought to San Antonio turned out to be short lived. Jalon Miyasaki — owner of the Tempe, Arizona-based company’s Alamo City franchise — confirmed the closure of his sole shop in a post on the San Antonio Restaurants Facebook group. It had been open just six months.
Texas’ Republican leadership frequently paints itself as a champion of a hands-off leadership approach that prizes personal freedoms and a libertarian mindset. However, a report published last week by the Washington, D.C.-based Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank co-founded by billionaire businessman and conservative political donor Charles Koch, ranks Texas at the bottom of U.S. states […]
CPS Energy is that much closer to another rate increase. On a 5-0 vote Monday, the city-owned utility’s board of trustees approved a 4.25% increase over its base rates. That would raise the average customer’s monthly bill by an estimated $4.45, according to CPS officials.