James Beard Award-nominated podcast Tacos of Texas has returned for a third season exploring Texas’ taco culture. For the podcast, taco journalist and food explorer Mando Rayo travels Texas and Mexico to uncover the stories behind the region’s beloved handheld dish. The new 13-episode season kicked off Aug. 15 with “Taco Tuesdays in School Cafeterias: Exploring culturally […]
San Antonio’s Sukhothai Thai Restaurant later this year will open a fourth local dining spot, this one in the West Side’s quick-growing Rio Medina area. The homegrown chain, which specializes in Thai cuisine and bubble tea, plans to construct a 1,350-square-foot eatery at 15082 FM 1957, Suite 112, according to an Aug. 17 filing with the Texas […]
Not even the traditions surrounding summer’s most celebrated sport are immune to San Antonio’s blazing heatwave. Citing dangerously dry conditions, the San Antonio Missions Baseball Club has canceled the postgame fireworks show scheduled for this Saturday’s game.
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A new documentary is shedding light on the devastating impact of fentanyl overdoses on families across Texas, many of them in Bexar County. The film, produced by Texas Pictures Documentaries and directed by Glen Muse, includes interviews with more than 50 families who lost loved ones to fentanyl, a synthetic opioid up to 50 times […]
With its abundance of thrift and resale shops, San Antonio ranks as one of the best cities in the U.S. for bargain hunting, according to a new study. The Alamo City landed at No. 4 on the list, conducted by lawn care company Lawn Love, putting it in the company of fashionable cities including New York (No. […]
Robert Witchel carefully avoids toll roads every time he drives from his home in Northwest Travis County to the Veteran Affairs clinic in Southeast Austin. His way takes him half an hour longer — sometimes even an hour with traffic — but he swore off pay roads about five years ago, ever since he racked […]
While the Current’s most-read stories of the week are frequently dominated by political shenanigans at the city and state level, this week’s roundup was topped by a pair of arts-related stories. Our most-visited article of the week was about the opening of a McNay Art Museum exhibition dedicated to director Tim Burton’s innovative stop-motion feature The Night […]
This week’s most-read Current food news touched all segments of the industry, from closures to accolades to limited-time menu items. Let’s jump in. This week’s round up was dominated by the announcement that longtime comfort food spot Earl Abel’s plans to close its doors after some 70 years in business.
Drew Wicker did not like what he was hearing. The personal assistant to Attorney General Ken Paxton stood in his boss’s kitchen in summer 2020 as Paxton expressed his desire for granite countertops with a contractor who estimated a $20,000 price tag for the upgrade.