San Antonio’s only outdoor ice skating rink is returning to Travis Park downtown for the holiday season. The Rotary Ice Rink will reopen on the Friday before Thanksgiving and will remain open daily until mid-January 2024, the Rotary Club of San Antonio said in a Facebook post. General admission costs $15 per person, and members […]
This week’s most-read Current food news was largely positive, covering openings, expansions and one heck of a milestone celebration. Let’s jump in. Readers wanted all the deets on longtime staple Las Cazuelas’ free, family-friendly 25th anniversary party and two local barbecue joints headed to Lockhart next weekend to be included amongst the best smoked meat […]
Heavy metal band Iron Maiden is rocking into San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center on Nov. 17, 2024, part of the British musical group’s “The Future Past Tour,” according to a press release. Tickets for the show go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, and can be purchased via the Frost Bank Center’s […]
San Antonio’s sole Wow Wow Lemonade location will say goodbye to its Alamo City Ohana this month. The business shared the news on social media last week, noting that its model of serving up lemonade, acai bowls and smoothies with a Hawaiian touch was “not sustainable.” “With a heavy heart, we are announcing that Wow […]
Local sweet factory Bakery Lorraine will get into the spooky spirit this weekend by slinging Halloween-themed treats Oct. 28-31. Alongside seasonal macaron flavors such as pumpkin spice and dark chocolate, the themed treats are twists on Bakery Lorraine favorites. The Halloween offerings include:
The Current’s Little Bites feature is a weekly roundup of San Antonio food-focused events and news tidbits. Velvet Taco is closing out the Halloween season with a limited-time spooky dessert taco as its Weekly Taco Feature (WTF) — the Basic Witch. The devilishly sweet concoction features fried pumpkin pie filling layered with cajeta drizzle, marshmallow […]
Fans of New Jersey transplant 1000 Degrees Pizza have just two more days to snag one of its pies before the business permanently closes this Sunday, Oct. 29. The business — located at 11224 Huebner Road, Suite 206 — took to social media late Thursday to share the news.
It’s said that a college’s athletic department is on the front doorstep of the university. However, students at the University of Texas at San Antonio apparently don’t care about what that doorstep looks like after overwhelmingly rejecting a proposed student athletics fee increase during voting this week. Despite heavy lobbying from UTSA’s athletic department and […]
This week’s most-read Current news story covered the end of a nearly three-year standoff between the owner of the downtown bar Moses Rose’s and the State of Texas. According to a settlement agreement reviewed by the Current, Moses Rose’s owner Vince Cantu was paid $6.75 million for the property, allowing the plans for the new […]
Parents planning on taking their kids out for Halloween festivities this weekend may get a culinary respite, courtesy of San Antonio mini-chain Sofia’s Pizzeria. The brand, which operates three area locations, is offering free slices of cheese pizza to costumed kiddos on Saturday, Oct. 28 from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. and again on Halloween from 11 […]