Starting next month, outdoorsy types will once again be able to rent kayaks or stand-up paddleboards to travel along the San Antonio River. Mission Adventure Tours is bringing back its seasonal kayak and paddleboard rental services March 2, allowing tourists and residents alike to independently explore the downtown waterway on the weekends, the company said […]
San Antonio Animal Care Services sent out a press release Monday touting the “early impacts” of a strategic plan the embattled city department put in place after a major budget increase last fall. After City Council voted to bump up ACS’s annual budget by 33% to $28.5 million, the department hired “close to 20” additional […]
Longtime San Antonio favorite The Purple Garlic Italian Cafe may be eyeing a second location, this one near the North Side’s Phil Hardberger Park. In a Feb. 5 Facebook post, the restaurant’s owners asked fans for their opinion on opening a potential satellite at 14415 Blanco Road, #105, and even posted a photo of the […]
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott turned up the rhetoric in his immigration standoff with the Biden White House over the weekend, vowing to deploy more razor wire and armed personnel along the southern border. “More National Guard & razor wire barrier are coming to the Texas border,” Abbott wrote Sunday on X, the social media platform […]
San Antonio carnivores, rejoice! Houston-based Brazilian steakhouse chain Avenida Brazil Churrascaria Steakhouse will open its first Alamo City location in June, the Express-News reports. The business currently operates three restaurants in and around Houston.
Arizona-based restaurant Hooked Boil House soon will introduce Alamo City diners its take on classic Cajun fare. The eatery plans a grand opening this Saturday for a new San Antonio location at 12485 I-10 West, according to a recent Instagram post. The new dining spot is the business’ first outside of its flagship location in Mesa, Arizona.
Abraham Quintanilla, the father of Tejano legend Selena, blasted a new Oxygen True Crime docu-series about the death of his daughter ahead of its Saturday release. In an interview with celebrity gossip site TMZ, Quintanilla said neither he nor anyone else in his family was involved in the two-part series Selena & Yolanda: The Secrets […]
Beer is flowing in San Antonio brewery taprooms. It’s also heading out to bars, restaurants and store shelves.
Sitting on the studio floor with its back tilted against the wall, Judith Beheading Holofernes (After Caravaggio) offers a grotesque yet darkly humorous insight into the art of Meg Langhorne. The San Antonio artist altered the Baroque masterpiece depicting the biblical tale of the beheading of an Assyrian general by replacing Judith’s head with that […]
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) recently arrested two right-wing bloggers riding in a caravan near Eagle Pass after finding what law enforcement described as a plastic bag […]