A Night in Old San Antonio, or NIOSA, is dependably one of Fiesta’s biggest draws. Despite new pandemic-inspired limits on crowd size, plenty of folks showed up for Tuesday’s opening night — and they were clearly in the mood to eat, drink and have a blast.

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Sanford Nowlin is editor-in-chief of the San Antonio Current. He holds degrees from Trinity University and the University of Texas at San Antonio, and his work has been featured in Salon, Alternet, Creative...