Iconic boat-shaped eatery Dry Dock Oyster Bar has closed after 42 years of serving San Antonio, news site MySA reports. Fans were first alerted to the news when a member of the San Antonio Restaurants Facebook page posted a photo of a sign attached to the seafood spot’s front door. “Just tried to drop into […]
San Antonio Spurs rookie Victor Wembanyama has gone viral after dropping the F-bomb on national television. The incident happened Saturday, during NBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis. During an appearance on TNT’s Inside the NBA show, host Ernie Johnson asked the 20-year-old Frenchman to give an example when Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich had been tough on […]
Even though San Antonio last month scrapped its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day March due to icy conditions, the city is moving is staging a replacement event to honor the late civil rights leader. The “City of San Antonio Community Coming Together: Working Beyond the March” gathering will take place 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 24, […]
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Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation, one of the state’s three approved medical cannabis suppliers, has opened its first permanent prescription pickup location in San Antonio, officials said Friday. Located near Alamo Heights, the new storefront at 1464 Austin Highway, Suite 104, will operate 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
On Sunday, Feb. 4, 13 Republican governors flocked to Eagle Pass to stand in support of Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security showdown with the feds. It appears one of them may have hitched a ride on a private jet owned by an Austin contractor that has cashed in on the taxpayer windfall generated by Operation […]
The episode of YouTube series America’s Best Restaurants featuring Sofia’s Pizzeria is now online, giving viewers an inside look at San Antonio mini-chain’s food and success story. America’s Best Restaurants teased the episode all the way back in September, when its crew visited the Sofia’s location at 903 E. Bitters Road, Suite 301, for inclusion in the […]
Luxury accommodations company Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants has unveiled the name of the 347-room property it’s building in central San Antonio: Kimpton Santo. Kimpton Santo, 423 S. Alamo, is situated between downtown and Southtown. The brand broke ground on the hotel Oct. 12. It will include both new construction and the reuse of an 1850s-era school […]
HOUSTON — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton remains on track to be tried for felony fraud this spring after the presiding judge shot down his attempts to have the charges thrown out. During a Friday court hearing in Houston, Harris County District Court Judge Andrea Beall rejected Paxton’s arguments that his right to a speedy […]
San Antonio’s historic Cool Crest Miniature Golf plans to open an onsite diner, providing eats to those playing through the course or drinking at its Metzger Biergarten. The 94-year-old business shared the news in a Thursday social media post, thanking the food truck operators who served food to patrons there in recent years. The new […]