TEQUILA IN CRISIS!! SUPPLY AND QUALITY IN JEOPARDY AS LARGE LABELS SEEK SHORTCUTS, RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER ARTISINAL PRODUCERS!! If the supermarket tabloids cared about anything but what star is allegedly cheating on whom (or is dying of an incurable disease), the above headline might make a lot of sense. Though no-stranger-to-tabloids George Clooney, who, along…
If you’ve been keeping up with the cocktail boom that hit our city in the early 2010s, you’d know that it’s not hard to track down a hand-crafted libation that’ll satisfy the most particular of palates. From folks that crave the light, sweet and bubbly to those who need a good robust and viscous concoction,…
Let’s not pretend 2017 wasn’t a mildly devastating year. With a new President at the helm, conducting what Vox wisely called the “wholesale looting of America,” it was almost impossible to get through the year unscathed. This was certainly the case for San Antonio, where 2017 began with a tornado and ended with a mass…
Damn, it’s been a crazy year. So many shows, so many events, so many artists putting out dope work. Y’all really stepped it up this year San Antonio, we see you out here! While there’s just not enough time to write about all the amazing songs you beautiful folks released, here’s 10 (not in any…
Slacking on your holiday shopping? The San Antonio Cocktail Conference knows and is here to help. Today through Christmas Eve (December 24) at midnight, every individual who makes an online purchase of an SACC 2018 ticket of any kind, will be entered into a drawing for a free hotel stay (one night) at the St.…
It’s been deservedly rough month for Corpus Christi Congressman Blake Farenthold. On December 1, a Congressional hearing unveiled that Farenthold, a far-right Republican, had used $84,000 of taxpayer dollars to settle a sexual harrassment lawsuit against him in 2015. Two weeks later, several former Congressional staffers shared stories of Farenthold’s unchecked anger issues and overt…
How much of 2017 did you spend scrolling through newsfeeds until your eyes felt like they would shrivel and fall from your skull? Being prone to despair, I found solace in literature. When overwhelmed by news, think pieces and dezinformatsiya, literature speaks to us through a backchannel, its slowness and deeply considered language helps form…
As of last count, there were more than 100 restaurant, coffeeshop, bakery, tea shop, and food truck openings this year. At year’s end, one tends to get reflective of all the appetizers tasted, dishes sampled and desserts devoured. Here are restaurants that left a lasting impression on our tastebuds this year, in no particular order.…
Wed 12/20 Snoop Dogg Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit, it’s a motherfucking Christmas miracle, y’all. Snoop Dogg, one of the dopest MC’s to ever bless the mic, is playing the Aztec Theatre tonight. We already have a contact high. Since 1993, the rapper and pop culture icon has released 13 albums (his first one being Doggystyle, which debuted…
Wed 12/20 Raven Before embarking on a career as a professional makeup artist (whose clients include RuPaul), drag star Raven was known as the “queen of runner-ups” based on her appearances on season two of RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. Although she never snatched the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar,”…
Q: I am a 22-year-old Italian man, 100 percent straight, sensitive and sporty. I have been reading Savage Love for years in Internazionale. I have one question for you: Why do I always fall in love with lesbians? Why do I instantly fall in love with girls who have that something more in their eyes?…
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Your life in the first half of 2018 will be like a psychological boot camp that’s designed to beef up your emotional intelligence. Here’s another way to visualize your oncoming adventures: They will constitute a friendly nudge from the cosmos, pushing you to be energetic and ingenious in creating the kind…
Free Week, presented by Paper Tiger and Do210, is back again for its second year. The sophomore outing for the raddest customer appreciation throwdown you’ve ever seen promises to be every bit as exhaustingly awesome as it was the first time around. Before we begin to give you even a taste of the delights that…
Ruth Jones McClendon, a former state representative who represented Bexar County for 20 years in the Texas House of Representatives and previously served as a San Antonio City Councilwoman, died Tuesday. McClendon, 74, was perhaps best known locally for representing San Antonio’s East Side throughout her career. She resigned from the Texas House in 2016…
Big things have small beginnings, but in the case of Girl Gang — an all-female bartender collective that hosts monthly, themed pop-ups throughout the city — their inception was a huge finale. The group’s first outing was partially accidental, after being asked to takeover Stay Golden Social House’s blowout bacchanal this June (itself a loosely…
Today in somewhat irrelevant but wholesome holiday news: Erin Contero, a Bexar County Sheriff’s Deputy recorded herself singing the infamous intro to Mariah Carey’s “All I want for Christmas is you” and it’s actually pretty decent. It’s unclear if Contero’s impressive pipes will play a role in her day job. Nothing like a little Christmas caroling…
Police arrested a man on Monday accused of shooting a teen outside a Whataburger in Northeast Bexar County. Robert Leon Allen, 25, is charged with the murder of Noel Reyna, 15, who was shot and killed on November 20 at a Whataburger just hours after he attended the wake of his 16-year-old best friend, who…
More than 400,000 low-income Texas kids and expecting mothers will be covered by a federal health care plan for a month longer than they expected. In September, when Congress let the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) expire, those children and pregnant women in Texas were suddenly at risk of losing their health coverage by January.…
Falling shingles. Busted sidewalks. Unmarked wet paint. Construction vehicles taking up tenant parking spaces. These are just a few of the complaints tenants at the Soapworks Apartments have raised since their buildings were bought by a new real estate company in October. Almost immediately, the new owners began renovating the 381-unit apartment complex with the tenants…
A 2-year-old girl was run over by a car on the Southeast Side of San Antonio on Monday night. She remains in critical condition. Police told News4SanAntonio that the girl was playing outside in the street around 7:30 p.m. when a car going down Hicks Avenue ran her over. Authorities also said the car fled…
Surrounding by his teammates, Texas Tech University safety Justus Parker received a monumental phone call from NFL stars Danny Amendola and Rob Gronkowski of the New England Patriots. According to Sports Illustrated, head coach Kliff Kingsbury enlisted Texas Tech alumnus Amendola to deliver the message; however, it was Gronk who officially told Parker he’s on…
Remember the good old days of college and all the stress that finals brought? Well if you don’t, this University of Texas student’s two-minute video detailing her first college final exam will bring all those feelings back. In the video that has gone viral since it was shared last Friday, Ann Mark tells the dramatic…
A Texas man accused of stabbing his wife to death, decapitating her and later keeping her head in a freezer in 2016 pleaded guilty to murder last Friday. Davie Dauzat was sentenced to 52 years in prison, according to McLennan County District Attorney Abel Reyna. His sentencing came from a plea deal offered by his…
It’s hard to wrap up the all-encompassing experience of this past weekend’s Day for Night festival in Houston. After going to Maverick, SXSW and ACL earlier this year, it’s arguable that Day for Night is leading the pack. Through the art installations (most of which were interactive) and the insanely eclectic lineup (keep reading and…
Law enforcement officials arrested 215 people in San Antonio over the last three months as part of a 90-day operation to reduce gang violence on the East Side. The San Antonio Police Department announced on Monday they had concluded the sting earlier this week, dubbed “Operation Triple Beam,” which began in September. “The operation resulted…
Southerleigh is expanding, and it’s setting up shop on the South Side. The restaurant announced via press release that it will open a second San Antonio location, this time on the Southeast side of town at Brooks. Like the original, Southerleigh’s menu uses locally sourced ingredients to bring Southern favorites combined with Texas Gulf Coast…
Yaaaaaaas! This Boerne family knows what’s up. The Hinojosa family dedicated their Christmas lights display to the queen of Tejano, specifically to one of the fun classics – Bidi Bidi Bom Bom. Patriarch Beto Hinojosa shared a video of the display on Saturday. He said his family’s display has grown over the past few years,…
Sen. Ted Cruz should really consider taking a break from Twitter. First there was his tasteful “snowflake” comment that royally ticked off just about everybody last week, the monumentally embarrassing pornography tweet his account liked, and now he’s getting a hard lesson by the Jedi Master himself, Mark Hamill. On Saturday, Hamill shared a tweet criticizing…
The Texas A&M University fall graduation ceremony last Friday was filled with the usual pomp and circumstance — until PETA showed up. Video from the ceremony shows protestors hanging a banner reading “Stop cruel dog tests” on the right side of the stands. But protesters didn’t stop there. Although they didn’t throw red paint onto…
Ask anyone to make you a list of the best and most influential hardcore albums of the early 1980s, and you will see included, somewhere in the top 10 or so, Agnostic Front’s seminal debut LP, Victim in Pain. From the titular opening track, frontman Roger Miret’s voice bellows furiously, “Why am I going insane…
It’s opening weekend for the fourth CommonWealth Coffeehouse and Bakery in San Antonio and the second tenant inside Hemisfair’s Yanaguana Garden. The Koehler House, constructed in 1880, is now a chic and tranquil space with exposed walls, a small kitchen and room for 42 coffee-seekers to sit and work, catch up with friends or go…
Alfajores and chocolate domes are coming back to the Pearl in 2018. Made by pastry students of the Culinary Institute of America-San Antonio, the treats will be available in the new location for the CIA Bakery Café — Nao. First opened in 2011 at the spot now used by Lick Honest Ice Creams, the CIA…
HOLD THE DAMN PHONE. I know it’s Friday and we all have better things to do but give me a second to explain. Thomas J. Henry — that injury lawyer who took advantage of a mass shooting to advertise his firm — has decided to self-fund a reality show about his family on the riveting…
In sad coffee news, Aspen’s Brew Cafe & Catering will close its doors on Saturday, December 23. The news comes via a post by Kim Montgomery, one of the owners of the shop, which first opened in 2006. In the Facebook post Montgomery notes high a 40 percent rent increase by property manager Whitestone REIT.…
For someone heading into an election year, Senator Ted Cruz has done a remarkably excellent job at turning both Republican and Democrat voters against him. Cruz is one of the biggest opponents of “net neutrality” — a policy enacted in 2015 guaranteeing the public access to all online content regardless of the source, and not allowing…
A 52-year-old man was arrested last week after he allegedly tried to convince a girl walking to DeZavala Elementary School to get in his truck. The girl was walking to school at around 7:20 a.m. on December 8 when a parent who had just dropped off their child at the school spotted a gray truck…
A family who lost three members in the Sutherland Springs church shooting is suing Academy Sports & Outdoors over the sale of the weapon used in the massacre, according to documents obtained by San Antonio Express-News. The family of Joann Ward, 30, and her daughters Brooke Ward, 5, and Emily Garcia, 7, who died in the…
The gym owner who allegedly ignited the May 18 fire at Ingram Square Shopping Center — a blaze that killed one San Antonio firefighter and injured two others — was indicted on five felony charges by a Bexar County grand jury. The Tuesday indictment, charges Emond Johnson, 39, of murder, arson resulting in death, arson of a…
It seems like as soon as this cold snap hit, which brought that amazing snow – RIP, we got an outpouring of announcements from Latin pop artists that are surely going to bring the heat. I mean, Latin pop obviously isn’t anything new, and Latin folks in pop music in general isn’t anything ground-breaking. But,…
Regal Theaters just came out with a game-changer. Earlier this week, the Tennessee-based movie theater chain started dishing out a new concession stand snack: Cheetos popcorn. While San Antonio hands-down prefers Hot Cheetos (bet at least two of your fingers are stained bright red right now), this “dangerously cheesy” goodness seems like the sort of…
The owner of a San Antonio janitorial company has been convicted of seven charges relating to an invoice scam, after he overcharged the city more than $500,000 to clean the Alamodome. Geoffrey Comstock, who owns the Frio Nevada Corporation, submitted fake invoices from 2014 to 2016 in which the company over-counted the number of employees and…
Cook’s Garage, a restaurant in Lubbock, is under attack on social media for its racist wall decor. The neon sign features a caricature of a black man reminiscent of a character in a 19th century minstrel show (in which white actors painted their faces black and mocked African-American culture) with the words “Coon-Chicken Inn” written…
With Christmas being less than two weeks away, it’s sort of obvious that we’re in the thick of this holiday season; Christmas lights are up all over town, holiday parties in full swing and Christmas music literally everywhere you turn. Yea, especially here in San Antonio, we sort of go hard for Jesus’ birthday (which…
The number of people facing the death penalty in Texas continues to decline, with four people sentenced to death in 2017. This is the third year in a row in which less than five death sentence verdicts were reached in Texas. Death sentences in the state have declined since a peak of 48 verdicts in…
Update 5 p.m. Andrew Leonie has resigned, no more than four hours after the Dallas Morning News initially broke this story. Marc Rylander, a spokesperson for the Office of the Attorney General, released a statement around 4:30 p.m. confirming his resignation. “The views [Leonie] expressed on social media do not reflect our values,” he wrote.…
IKEA will soon break ground on its Live Oak location now that a contractor has been chosen to manage the project. According to a press release, Tribble & Stephens will begin construction in spring 2018. They hope to have the store completed by summer 2019. The Live Oak location is a gargantuan 289,000 square-f00t building that’s easily*…
Some shade went down during the Spurs’ last game on Tuesday night. A Twitter account named The Render uploaded a video of the Spurs walking off the court, during which point guard Patty Mills stumbles. Salah Mejri tried to kick Patty Mills while walking off the court pic.twitter.com/SFu25wTP6c — The Render (@TheRenderNBA) December 14, 2017…
The Texas Senate’s Committee on Administration met Thursday morning to review the chamber’s sexual harassment policy — which hasn’t changed in over 20 years. The hearing took place exactly a week after two Senate colleagues, senators Carlos Uresti and Borris Miles, were accused of overt sexual harassment. “This is a human resources issue, but it…
The state of Texas is suing a San Antonio man for selling fake YETI products and failing to deliver them to customers after they were paid for. Hundreds of customers who thought they were purchasing YETI products from online retailers Outdoors Online and Camping and Fishing Outlet were left with either fake YETI products, or none at…
Lol, your cries have been heard, San Antonio. After an outpouring of criticism toward the city for booking Pat Benatar and REO Speedwagon to headline this year’s NYE celebration, it looks like the Tricentennial Commision has stepped up their game and secured Flaco Jiménez to the list of performers slated to bring in 2018. Former…
A San Antonio man is accused of animal cruelty after witnesses saw him hurl a dog and cat out of a second-floor window of a Northwest apartment complex. Fernando Morgan, 46, was arguing with his girlfriend after she told him to leave her Warren Inn Village apartment and never come back, according to News4San Antonio.…
The confirmation of a Texas federal judge nominee who’s said transgender kids are part of “Satan’s plan” has been put on hold by the Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee. According to committee chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, a Republican, the committee told the Trump administration that “they ought to reconsider” their nomination of Jeff Mateer to the…
Coming from a family of restaurateurs, Kay Ito knew she had to do the same. She had conversations with her friends about Japanese ramen and found out most of them still confused it with the “instant ramen you find for 25 cents,” as she said. Ito Ramen was born out of the restaurateur’s desire to…
U.S. Representative Blake Farenthold, a Corpus Christi Republican, won’t be seeking re-election in 2018, according to Corpus Christi ABC and NBC news affiliates. This announcement, confirmed by Nueces County Republican Party Chair Mike Bergsma to KRISTV, comes shortly after several former staff members at Farenthold’s D.C. office described an environment saturated in inappropriate sexual commentary, gender bias,…
It seems that Broadway in San Antonio is running a sort of theatrical experiment this season, with two postwar American film musicals transplanted to the legitimate stage. One, An American in Paris, features a new and expanded book by acclaimed playwright Craig Lucas. The result is elegant, thoughtful, and even poignant. It arrives in June,…
It was a transformative year for San Antonio dining. We saw the addition of several big name restaurants from some of our most note-worthy chefs, along with closures from childhood classics. For this season’s Flavor: San Antonio’s Ultimate Food Lover’s Guide, we take a look at 15 restaurants and shops we love, such as the…
It was a busy year for restaurants. Here’s a quick glance of new faces in 2017 and at-time shocking good-byes. February Toro Kitchen Bar opened February 2 with tapas, calimocho and plenty of paella. A second location is planned for St. Paul Square. Find them at 115 N. Loop 1604 E., Suite 1105, (210) 776-3606.…
The year may be over, and that’s all the more reason to get excited about what’s to come in 2018. If you’re a foodie, there’s plenty of food and drink events to look forward to this spring. Be sure to pencil these events into your culinary calendar now. January San Antonio Cocktail Conference Do you…
“Worst. Dinner. Ever.” Words like this from “elite” Yelpers have goaded outspoken, globe-trotting chef Anthony Bourdain to reply in kind: “There’s really no worse, or lower human being than an elite Yelper,” he said. Others have gleefully thrown Instagram under the same bus, lamenting its focus on how a plate looks rather than how it…
Rosella at The Rand 114 Houston St., (210) 277-8574, rosellacoffee.com When Charles Gonzalez developed a passion for becoming a coffee connoisseur in 2007, he had his sights set on introducing the world of craft coffee to San Antonio. He and his wife had always wanted to try their hand at an entrepreneurial venture. He suggested…
This 2017, desserts took a fun turn into playful. Though we still enjoy artful presentations at our favorite fine dining spots, Asian-inspired sweet treats gained lots of traction with the city’s populace. Here’s a quick look at what we’re into these days. Boba Tea Though boba or bubble tea is far from new (The New…
Texas has hired an outside consulting group to get statewide input on the future of the Alamo and its surrounding property. PGAV Destinations, the St. Louis-based contractor, was selected by the Texas General Land Office to gather “cares and concerns” from unidentified communities across Texas and report back. “As we move towards drafting designs of how the…
With San Antonio’s latest UNESCO designation as a Creative City of Gastronomy, the eyes of Texas and, well, the world are on our fair city. The appointment also means foodies will flock the area looking for bold bites. Tell them to call The Food Chick. After a 16-year career at USAA, Julia Celeste moved on…
When I left San Antonio for Seattle in 2009, I kept tabs on the changing landscape of San Antonio’s food scene from afar and was delighted by new bars and restaurants that I’d get to try on my visits. Since moving back home to San Antonio in 2016, I can say with con dence that…
On Tuesday, a man was killed in an “accident shooting” while walking through the parking lot of Hot Wells Shooting Range in Houston, once again proving that guns are not safe regardless of where you are or who is holding it. According to KPRC, a Hot Wells employee was cleaning a hunting rifle when it fatally shot 36-year-old Joshua…
A San Antonio man named David Ramos does covers of video game songs and pop hits with – get this – an ocarina. You know, that oddly shaped instrument that sort of sounds like a flute or a recorder (remember that shit from elementary school?). Ramos, who has about 202K subscribers to his ocarina-heavy YouTube…
Some purists may balk at muddling up a perfectly well adjuncted beer, but a little homebrewed ingenuity can jazz up your craft consumption. Whether you’re adding a spritz of soda or grinding up produce in a molcajete and sticking it in a coffee maker, new vistas of flavor will open up before you through a…
San Antonio’s expanding palate has been on a slow boil since the late 1970s and the proof lies on the bustling corner of Hildebrand and Blanco. With the opening of Niki’s Tokyo Inn in 1970, and the addition of the sushi bar in 1980, locals got a taste for Japanese fare and by 1983 Tokyo…
The Weston Austin Downtown is offering a unique dining experience inside of a life-size gingerbread house made with real gingerbread and candy. The gingerbread house seats seven and is available for lunch and dinner with a reservation. The gingerbread house is on display for the entire month of December, with 10 percent of all food and beverage…
Governor Greg Abbott has called on the Texas Rangers to investigate state juvenile facilities, following reports of sexual misconduct and inappropriate relationships between guards and juvenile inmates. In a December 13 letter to Department of Public Safety Director Steven McCraw, Abbott calls the reports of sexual misconduct and inappropriate relationships by state employees at the…
Just because it’s a little chilly out doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy a bowl of poké goodness. The Hawaiian-style salad, which combines raw fish and a light dressing, finally made its way to San Antonio as of mid-2016 with great renditions at Bexar Pub, Posh Sushi and as a stand-alone shop with Rolling Fish Sushirrito…
What makes a rebellion? It might be one of the defining questions of 2017 America, and it is into this framework—like it or not—that writer/director Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi emerges. What is worth fighting against, and worth fighting for? Whose leadership is worth following? How do you know when…
While Facebook posts are often filled with hateful, but harmless comments, Jason Daniel Flores’ disturbing comment on the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office page led to his arrest on Sunday. According to an arrest affidavit obtained by KSAT, Flores wrote, “Have fun while you can. Because when I get off probation, half of your department is…
A federal judge has dropped the “inciting a riot” felony charge for all six defendants in the first trial against those arrested during Inauguration Day protests in Washington, D.C. One of those six defendants is Alexei Wood, a San Antonio photojournalist who documented the January 20 (or, J20) protest via livestream video. Wood’s 42-minute Facebook video was one…
After hearing that no one showed up for a Helotes teen’s birthday party, the O’Connor High School football team came together to save Diego Hernandez’s 14th birthday. The team may have reached the end of its season on Saturday, losing to Austin’s Lake Travis in the state championship quarterfinals, but they remained in good spirits…
Kate Winslet is a fine actress, but she can’t do it alone. Writer/director Woody Allen’s Wonder Wheel showcases her talent in the plum role of an emotionally frail 1950s waitress whose prospects for happiness are quickly dwindling. However, neither the story nor her castmates are worthy of her abilities. This is a visually splendid yet…
Thanks in large part to America’s long fundamentalist hangover, there’s an enduring cultural assumption that good Christians don’t drink good beer — a position that would surprise many of Christendom’s most notable names. It’s been half a millennium since Martin Luther held forth at ale-fueled “table talks” and the future hierarchs of the Church of…
