The owners of local comfort food staple Bobbie’s Cafe will expand their mini-empire with a bakery and coffee shop on San Antonio’s South Side, MySA reports. Married duo Greg and Ana Ferris — who also own Bobbie’s Cafe — told the news site they hope to open Birdie’s Bake Shop, Coffee House & Eatery this […]
San Antonio-based Valero Energy Corp. has donated $5 million to fund educational work at the Alamo and will receive naming rights to a key attraction in the battleground’s forthcoming museum and visitor center, officials said Friday. The oil and gas firm’s donation to the Alamo Trust, which oversees the historic site, gives the corporation naming […]
This week’s top Current food news shared deets on new bars and restaurants from the minds behind dance club Cream, El Camino and Bésame food truck parks and Illinois-based brew haven Beerhead. Readers also checked out how to make the original NIOSA sipper at home after Fiesta 2023 winds down. Current readers also wanted to […]
At the Clarity Child Guidance Center in San Antonio, some 200 children covered by Medicaid have been waiting as long as three months to see a mental health therapist. That’s because few mental health professionals will accept the federal insurance coverage for low-income individuals.
Golf pro Tiger Woods is expanding his “experiential putting concept” PopStroke across four states this year, including new outposts in Texas’ San Antonio, Dallas and College Station. First, let’s dive into what PopStroke is. Billed as an experiential golf and casual dining concept, the Florida-based chain develops a pair of 18-hole putting courses for each […]
When developers of new downtown eatery Tokyo Cowboy billed it as a “Japanese whisky diner,” it’s a safe bet many local diners were left wondering just what the hell that meant. However, a Thursday, April 27 sneak peek of the street-level spot for local food writers was illuminating. The preview showcased a casual combination of creative […]
Weeks after online rumors percolated about a purported “Rainy Street Ripper” staling the streets of Austin, San Antonio has its own bizarre and grisly crime story. Six cows have been shot in Bexar County in recent weeks, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said in a Thursday Facebook post. Three of those were killed and another had […]
Longtime Southtown eatery La Focaccia Italian Grill is for sale, its owner saying he’s eager to retire after 20 years in the business. Luigi “Domenic” Ciccarelli — the son of the late La Focaccia Italian Grill founder Luigi Ciccarelli — first began looking for a buyer in 2016, then telling the Express-News he had no timeline for […]
The Texas House of Representatives on Thursday gave its final approval to a bill that would eliminate jail time for people busted with small quantities of cannabis. House Bill 218 would reduce possession of up to one ounce of cannabis to a Class C misdemeanor, an offense for which the maximum penalty is a fine of […]
Texas lawmakers inched closer to reinstating felony-level punishment for residents who vote illegally, but a key provision separates the two legislative chambers. The House on Thursday gave preliminary approval to House Bill 1243, sponsored by state Rep. Cole Hefner, R-Mt. Pleasant, with a 83-63 vote. The bill reverses a change state lawmakers made in 2021 […]