Helotes-based Mexican restaurant El Chaparral has thrown open the doors on a new location, this one located on six sprawling acres in Boerne. The 50-year-old eatery’s new outpost is now serving street tacos, fajitas and enchiladas at 36 Old San Antonio Road, MySA reports. It opened a second location in San Antonio in 2008.
San Antonio’s Künstler Brewing will open its second location Sunday, pouring its easier-drinking brews from Hemisfair’s historic Pereida House, the Express-News reports. Künstler owners Vera and Brent Deckard have been working with Hemisfair since 2021 to repurpose the historic home, which dates to the mid-1880s. The new craft beer haven, Künstler Tap Haus, features a stylish wooden […]
A San Antonio stripper has launched a campaign to amend the city’s exotic dancing laws, which she depicts as archaic and out-of-touch. As first reported by the Express-News, an exotic dancer who goes by the name Sunny has launched the website Support SA Dancers to help change the Alamo City’s adult entertainment laws. The site features […]
The intoxication manslaughter trial of Lauren Batchelor, the daughter of San Antonio car dealer Ken Batchelor, continues to hold readers’ interest. Prior stories documenting Batchelor’s trial and how she was handled by Boerne authorities during a prior car collision ended up among the Current’s most-read articles of their respective weeks. Now the story about her […]
Coffee oasis Olla Express Café has closed its Northeast San Antonio shop and will relocate closer to the heart of the Alamo City, according to owner Andrea Ley. Olla Express soon will begin serving its traditional Mexican café de olla and other caffeinated wares in a new location called La Casa del Café, located at […]
Birria food truck Guerito’s Red Tacos will start slinging its savory, saucy fare at a new brick-and-mortar spot this Friday, according to an online post. The mobile outfit is known for its Tijuana-style beef birria, a spicy stew featuring heavy flavors of adobo, garlic, cumin and bay leaves. That beloved dish will also be the […]
This week’s most-read Current food news spanned multiple topics, from a theft to restaurant openings to a battle royale involving one of SA’s favorite breakfast tacos. Let’s get into it. Our most-read story this week centered around a Texas court ordering a Lubbock Whataburger to pay a former worker $1,800 in back wages and damages […]
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After getting the cold shoulder from TV networks for years, UTSA football fans will finally be able to watch at least three Roadrunner games on national broadcasts this fall, according to university officials. The two-time Conference USA champions’ first game on national TV for the 2023 regular season will air on FS1, when the Roadrunners […]
Reality TV phenomenon DJ Pauly D will return to the Alamo City this summer, bringing his fist-pumping beats to downtown’s 1902 Nightclub. The Thursday, August 17, show will mark the Jersey Shore cast member’s second visit to 1902. He previously played the St. Paul Square nightspot in August 2022.