No-kill shelter San Antonio Pets Alive! is waiving adoption fees for all dogs and puppies at its West Side rescue center this weekend to ease overcrowding of its kennels. Starting Friday, Aug. 18, dogs and puppies will be available for adoption at no cost to qualifying homes.
Street art duo Los Otros has partnered with San Antonio-based Pizza Patrón for a puro piece of art celebrating the pizza chain’s 20 years in business. The new mural adorns an entire wall inside Pizza Patrón’s Medical Center location, 7959 Fredericksburg Road, #103. It pairs spray-paint maestro Nik Soup’s unparalleled talent for black and white […]
Espuelas — The Bar at The Bridge will close its doors after four years of serving drinks on the eastern gateway to downtown. In a Wednesday Instagram post, the owners of the tavern, located at 306 Austin St., just below the western entrance of the Hays Street Bridge, said “certain circumstances” forced the closure.
Southtown Chinese restaurant Bamboo has relocated, taking over the space formerly occupied by Jimmy’s Family Pizza. The move allows the eatery to remain in roughly the same south-of-down neighborhood. Bamboo last month shared news of a pending relocation via social media, and on Thursday revealed that its new location at 226 E. Fest St. is […]
Whether it’s roadside litter, bottles floating in the San Antonio River or refuse strewn along alleyways, it’s apparent that San Antonio has a trash problem. Perhaps then it should be no surprise that Alamo City residents are the seventh most likely in the nation to call 311 — the city’s non-emergency response number — to […]
A Bexar County grand jury on Thursday indicted the owners of the pit bulls that mauled an 81-year-old Air Force veteran to death on the West Side earlier this year. Christian Alexander Moreno and his wife Abilene Schnieder were both indicted on charges of dangerous dog attack, a second-degree felony, and injury to the elderly […]
Austin-based Vista Brewing this fall will begin pouring its craft brews at an all-day cafe and tap room in San Antonio’s east-of-downtown Dignowity Hill neighborhood. The brewery last month closed its Alamo City satellite at maker space Warehouse 5, 1333 Buena Vista St., and is now eyeing a fall grand opening for a new space […]
The Current’s Little Bites feature is a weekly roundup of San Antonio food-focused events and news tidbits. Stout’s Signature will host a Saturday, Aug. 26, cocktail class to teach pupils how to make a Mai Tai and Old Fashioned with 1888 Brugal Aged Rum. Tickets are $85 per person plus tax and gratuity.
The Wemby effect continues. With No. 1 draft pick Victor Wembanyama on board, the San Antonio Spurs’ regular season schedule for the 2023-2024 season has expanded to 19 nationally televised games. Contrast that with last season, when the team was broadcast to fans nationwide on a meager four occasions. The Spurs released their highly anticipated regular season schedule […]
The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo on Thursday revealed Midland, Neal McCoy, Gary Allan and Clint Black will be among the performers at the annual event’s 75th anniversary installment, scheduled for early next year. Rodeo official didn’t identify any of the other performers, but more are expected.