Over the weekend, San Antonio restaurant group Carpenter Carpenter Hospitality invited select diners to experience its fifth and latest restaurant concept, Nineteen Hyaku, which focuses on Japanese dining, including omakase, a chef-guided experience. During the preview dinner ahead of the spot’s Sept. 27 opening date, both the service and food exceeded the high expectations Carpenter Carpenter set with […]
San Antonio Zoo CEO Tim Morrow scolded a local TV channel on social media Sunday for inaccurately reporting that the city’s beloved zoological park was responsible for the death of an escaped porcupine. Over the weekend, WOAI-TV, also known as News4SA, ran a story incorrectly stating that the San Antonio Zoo had been cited by […]
The University of Texas at San Antonio got a lot of traction on social media over the weekend, but it has nothing to do with the Roadrunners’ disappointing 37-29 loss to Army on national television Friday. Instead, it involves a video of a woman spotted with a squirrel at a Walmart near campus. In the […]
Drive through coffee chain 7 Brew is expanding its San Antonio footprint, opening a second location. The drive-thru only coffee shop will be located at 6202 North I-35 Frontage Road and is set to open on September 30, according to a media release. To celebrate its opening day, 7 Brew will be offering customer incentives […]
After five years in business, downtown hangout Maddy McMurphy’s Irish Sports Bar has poured its last pint. The owners announced the closure on Instagram over the weekend but provided no reason for their decision. The post encouraged visitors to continue the Maddy McMurphy’s tradition of football- watching parties at sister bar Mad Dogs British Pub, “just […]
Texas prisoners are posting TikTok videos documenting their hunger and showing off inedible food they say they’re being served during a statewide prison lockdown now stretching into its third week. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice, citing a rise in drug-related homicides within its 104 prisons, went into lockdown Sept. 6 so guards could search […]
To celebrate the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, is asking the public to let him know which songs by Latinx recording artists are most worthy of preservation. Castro is leading the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in collecting nominations of works by Latinx performers to add to the National Recording Registry. […]
When Ken Paxton became attorney general of Texas, he inherited a well-oiled conservative legal war machine that served as the linchpin of a slow but effective conservative takeover of the judicial system. He returns now, impeached but not removed, to run a much different operation.
Federal authorities have issued a public health alert for Spam food products shipped to H-E-B grocery locations across Texas. Twelve-ounce metal cans of Spam Classic stamped with a “Best by Aug 2026” date and a lot code of A08173 printed on the bottom of the can “may not have been adequately processed to reach commercial sterility,” […]
Hours after his acquittal in the Texas Senate, Attorney General Ken Paxton’s far-right supporters doubled down on their promises for swift retribution against fellow Republicans who supported his removal from office. In particular, they vowed a scorched-earth campaign against House Speaker Dade Phelan, casting him as the ringleader responsible for the impeachment process and calling […]