San Antonio-based Whataburger’s nationwide expansion reached a significant milestone Tuesday with the opening of its 1,000th store. The honor of being the brand’s 1,000th restaurant is shared by two locations — a corporate-owned store in Atlanta and a franchise-owned one in Yukon, Oklahoma. Both opened Tuesday, Jan. 16, Whataburger officials said.
San Antonio Independent School District closed 27 campuses Wednesday after frigid temperatures resulted in burst pipes and heat outages. In an email to parents, SAISD Superintendent Jaime Aquino apologized for the district’s lack of functioning facilities and acknowledged that the district’s preparations for the arctic blast fell short. “Our Facilities staff were onsite where needed, […]
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Nobody, not even San Antonio’s arch-nemesis up I-35, would argue that our city lacks for quality taquerias. Sometimes it seems as though they’re on every other corner.
Six-time Tony Award-winning musical My Fair Lady, which also spawned the renowned 1964 film starring Audrey Hepburn, is waltzing into San Antonio for a limited two-day run. The rags-to-riches tale begins in a London town square, where Cockney flower seller Eliza Doolittle (Anette Barrios-Torres) has a chance encounter with one of England’s most revered phonetics […]
One San Antonio couple affected by Monday’s weather-related power outages was determined not let that inconvenience stand in the way of enjoying their morning Joe. The pair got creative and hooked up their coffeemaker to the built-in power outlet in their Tesla Cybertruck, then shared the results in a now-viral TikTok video. “The power went out […]
The Plaza San Antonio Hotel & Spa will open Thursday, bringing 253 guest rooms, a restaurant, a bar, a resort-style pool and a day spa to the revamped space that formerly housed downtown’s Marriott Plaza hotel, according to officials with the luxury property. The new addition to San Antonio’s hotel scene sits at the corner […]
Over the course of three Sunday break-ins, thieves ripped off $5,000 in goods from Smashin Crab’s commissary kitchen, according to officials with the San Antonio-based restaurant chain. The business is now asking for help finding the culprits. Security cameras caught two men breaching the kitchen’s external freezer unit around 2 a.m. and loading booty onto […]
In time for Valentine’s Day, the San Antonio Zoo has brought back its wildly popular “Cry Me A Cockroach” promotion, not to mention a host of other events that play up the holiday’s more romantic side. As the name suggests, the zoo is once again offering to name a cockroach, rat or vegetable after an […]
Grammy-winning pop singer and American Idol judge Lionel Richie will bring his Sing A Song All Night Long tour to San Antonio this summer with Earth, Wind & Fire as opening act. Richie — a recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and winner of the Library of Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song […]