Happy meals
San Antonio’s kid-friendly restaurants
Happy meals
San Antonio’s kid-friendly restaurants
Happy meals
San Antonio’s kid-friendly restaurants
Recent Reviews
The Alamo Dir. John Lee Hancock; writ. Leslie Bohem, Stephen Gaghan, Hankcock; feat. Dennis Quaid, Billy Bob Thornton, Jason Patric, Patrick Wilson, Emilio Echevarría, Jordi Mollá (PG-13) In its rush to be every thing to every one, The Alamo fails to bring forth anything other than a paint-by-the-numbers rendering of that historical event that provided…
Special Screenings
A scene from Leonard Kastle’s The Honeymoon Killers. Special Screenings By Gregg Barrios Nuevo cine mexicano Salon México Dir. Emilio Fernández; writ. Fernández, Mauricio Magdaleno; feat. Marga López, Miguel Inclán, Roberto Cañedo, Rudolfo Acosta, Fanny Schiller. (NR) One might think this Mexican classic with El Indio Fernández at its helm would be a great film.…
Caffeine Café
Mario Guzman enjoys a late lunch, with a view of the bustling Houston and St. Mary’s intersection from the comfortable surroundings of Sip, a downtown espresso, panini, and pastry café. (Photo by Mark Greenberg) Caffeine Café By Ron Bechtol Andrew Weissman wires downtown There’s a great scene in Steve Martin’s L.A. Story in which a…
Happy Meals
Sea Island Shrimp House is one of the few San Antonio dining destinations that is munchkin-friendly. (Photo by Laura McKenzie) Happy Meals By Elaine Wolff San Antonio’s kid-friendly restaurants Admittedly, it takes easygoing people to think that dining out with children is fun. Walking into a restaurant with preteens often draws the same apprehensive gazes…
Breaking the Chains
Drugs, including crack cocaine, have become the principal reason for arresting minorities on trumped-up or false charges. Minorities “Breaking the Chains: Communities of Color and the War on Drugs,” a conference sponsored by the Drug Policy Alliance and held in Houston. (Photo courtesy of the Drug Enforcement Administration) Breaking the Chains By Michael Cary Narcotics…
Busy Signals
Communication Workers of America members demonstrate on St. Mary’s Street in protest ofproposed changes at SBC. (Photo by Mark Greenberg) Busy Signals By Laura Fries Workers protest SBC’s care cost increases The first wave of globalization hit hard, taking American manufacturing and assembly jobs and washing them ashore on cheaper foreign land. The second wave…
Fiesta Food
Fiesta Food It’s that time of year again. Pass on the popcorn and cotton candy, and dig into something real. The 88th Annual Fiesta Oyster Bake will be held at St. Mary’s University from 5-11pm Friday, April 16, and from 11am-11pm Saturday, April 17. The traditional feast will feature: 100,000 oysters (baked, fried and raw);…
The Big Payoff
The Big Payoff By David Martin How much is your tax break? It’s probably not $94,000. April 15 is Tax Day. If your income was more than a million dollars last year, you might want to call it Pay Day. Thanks to President George W. Bush’s tax cuts last summer, on average, each Texas multi-millionaire…
Mystery Train
Terri Toennies, general manager of Sunset Station. (Photo by Mark Greenberg) Mystery Train By Gilbert Garcia Sunset Station hitches its booking future to House of Blues and Clear Channel Terri Toennies’ office is a short walk from the Alamodome, and Final Four weekend provided her with a long-awaited cause for celebration. Toennies, general manager of…
The Fiesta Soundtrack
The Fiesta Soundtrack A 10-day, city-wide party requires a lot of live music to keep the crowds moving. The Fiesta Oyster Bake kicks off the first weekend of Fiesta on Friday, April 16. The two-day event features multiple stages of entertainment, including local and regional musicians. Day One opens with a country lineup (Randy Rogers,…
Redemption Songs
Thomas Mapfumo: the musical conscience of his native country Redemption Songs By M. Solis Even in American exile, Thomas Mapfumo remains the lion of Zimbabwe Over the last 27 years, Thomas Mapfumo has crafted some of Africa’s most potent protest songs. In 1977, Mapfumo – known as the lion of Zimbabwe and the godfather of…
Crooked Cowboys and Talking Cats
The Clovis Incident, one of several new Southwestern mysteries published by University of New Mexico Press, combines some of the best surreal characteristics of that underpopulated state – aliens, tourism-hungry municipalities, and odd characters – in an entertaining whodunnit. Crooked Cowboys and Talking Cats By Susan Pagani A herd of new mysteries set in the…
Angel From Maywood
John Prine, says hello in there. Angel From Maywood By Dawn Pomento If you’re a faithful John Prine fan, you bought your tickets when they went on sale two months ago. You’ve spent the last few weeks revisiting your favorite CDs in preparation – maybe the duets with legends like Emmylou Harris and Lucinda Williams…
Present In Reflection And Memory
Present In Reflection And Memory By Xelena González Julia Alvarez shares five decades of intimate struggle in ‘The Woman I Kept to Myself’ You who are reading these words, come closer. That’s what author Julia Alvarez asks of her readers: to share her life lessons that she has laid bare in poems of promise and…
Gentle Ben
Gentle Ben By Gilbert Garcia If you define great songwriting as the ability to convey things that most people feel but are too embarrassed to say, Ben Kweller qualifies as a great songwriter. The 22-year-old Texas native has a highly developed sense of pop craftsmanship, but what really makes his songs stick to your cardiovascular…
A Mellow Fable of Sweet Amity
Momo and Monsieur Ibrahim A Mellow Fable of Sweet Amity By Steven G. Kellman Shoplifting from the neighborhood grocer, 16-year-old Moise, better known as Momo, rationalizes his crime: “He’s an Arab.” In fact, Ibrahim Demirdji is not Arab but Turkish, and nothing happens within the store he owns in a working-class section of Paris that…
All Ears
All Ears By John DeFore “Out” Enough For Jazz Even the most casual jazz fan is likely to know Time Out, the 1959 classic on which the Dave Brubeck Quartet experimented with strange time signatures, producing classic tracks like Paul Desmond’s “Take Five.” What fewer people (fairly serious listeners included) know is that Brubeck’s experiment…
Armchair Cinephile
Armchair Cinephile John DeFore on DVD Go East, young Quentin This week, in honor of Kill Bill (Vol. 2 opens Friday, Vol. 1 hit video stores this Tuesday), Armchair Cinephile travels to Japan. While Tarantino’s epic draws on any number of genres, its Japanese influence is pervasive; the last couple of months of DVD releases…
The Fighting Irish
Lehiff (Colin Farrell) in Intermission The Fighting Irish By Steven G. Kellman The Dubliners don’t pack a great punch, but do have soul Intermission opens with a sequence that smashes expectations and a female character’s lovely nose. A sweet-talking, scruffy stranger beguiles the viewer as well as the cashier in a Dublin coffee shop. We…
Reunion and Redemption
Reunion and Redemption By Gregg Barrios A documentary of poverty, addiction, and a broken home In PBS’s P.O.V. premiere of Love & Diane, first-time filmmaker Jennifer Dworkin focuses on the real-life tribulations of Diane Hazzard, a former crack addict, who abandoned her five young children at the time they needed her most. When daughter Love…
Best Coffeehouse
Readers’ and Staff pick: Candlelight coffeehouse
Best Pizza
Readers’ and Editors’ Choice: Rome’s Pizza (at Bitters Road)Readers’ and Editors’ Choice: Rome’s Pizza (at Bitters Road)Readers’ and Editors’ Choice: Rome’s Pizza (at Bitter Road)
Best of San Antonio 2004 — Food Part 2
Art Food Pt.1 Media Music People & Politics Places Best Takeout & Best Eclectic Readers’ & Staff Pick: The Cove 606 W. Cypress, 227-2683 The Cove came from obscurity to sweep this year’s Best of, taking home the title of Best Eclectic, Best Takeout, and very nearly winning Best Vegetarian, Best Mexican Seafood, and Best…
Best of San Antonio 2004 — Food Part 1
Art Food Pt.2 Media Music People & Politics Places Best Business Lunch Staff pick: Silo 1133 Austin Hwy., 824-8686 A server from Silo Restaurant & Bar dons the Fiesta crown to show some of the lunch specials that won the restaurant Staff Pick for Best Business Lunch. From left: wasabi-tempura jumbo prawns with hydroponic greens,…
