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Centro San Antonio presents its third annual Centro Family Pride Day on Sunday, June 26

June 23, 2022 By San Antonio Current Leave a Comment

The family-friendly event features all-ages Pride Month fun.

Filed Under: Centro San Antonio, Events Tagged With: Centro Family Pride Day, Centro San Antonio, Madison Square Park

Pride San Antonio unveils official events for this year’s Pride Week

June 18, 2022 By San Antonio Current Leave a Comment

Revelers at a previous Pride Month celebration show off their true colors.

Pride San Antonio is scheduling a diverse roster of events to celebrate Pride Month in San Antonio.

Filed Under: Events Tagged With: Angel Bonilla, Bonham Exchange, Chad Michaels, Liz Garcia, New Living Spiritual Center, Night Out at the Zoo, Pride Bigger than Texas Parade, pride events, Pride Month, Pride Night, Pride on the Green, Pride San Antonio, Pride Week, Rosie Speedlin Gonzalez, RuPaul Drag All Stars, San Antonio, San Antonio FC, San Antonio Zoo, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, soccer, Stephanie Bennett, things to do in San Antonio, Woodlawn Pointe

Three ways to celebrate Juneteenth in San Antonio this weekend

June 18, 2022 By San Antonio Current Leave a Comment

The Juneteenth Festival returns to Comanche Park this year.

Although Juneteenth is only in its second year as a federally recognized holiday, the San Antonio community has long been celebrating the holiday.

Filed Under: East Side, Events, Holidays Tagged With: Alamo Beer Company, Artpace, Dream Big Scholarship Fund, Gary Givens, Juneteenth, Legacy Park, Mama Dee, Ruben V, SA Juneteenth Block Party/Fair, San Antonio Juneteenth Commission, The Legends, Young James Brown and the P-Funk Outlaws

Artistic memorial to Taco Land owner Ram Ayala goes up at San Antonio’s Velvet Taco

May 22, 2021 By San Antonio Current 2 Comments

Matt Simpson spreads thin-set onto the wall of Velvet Taco while Mig Kokinda figures out which hand-stenciled tiles go on next.

Ram Ayala, the late owner of Taco Land, received a fitting tribute last Saturday with the installation of a memorial mosaic at the site of the storied underground rock club.

Filed Under: Art, Food & Drink, Music, Nightlife, Tobin Hill Tagged With: "Gypsy Doug" Morgan, Jeff Smith, Matt Simpson, Mig Kokinda, Pearl, Ram Ayala, SausTex Records, Taco Land, Tacoland, Velvet Taco

At urging of San Antonio musician, Velvet Taco adding memorials from local artists at former Tacoland site

March 15, 2021 By San Antonio Current 1 Comment

San Antonio's second Velvet Taco, located at the site of revered underground music venue Taco Land, will open later this month.

After a nudge from a San Antonio musician and label owner, the Velvet Taco restaurant at the former Tacoland site will include memorials to the beloved music venue’s late owner, Ram Ayala, by artists who were regulars there.

Filed Under: Art, Food & Drink, Museum Reach, Tobin Hill Tagged With: Anjali Gupta, Cassie Cooper, Chris Erck, David Adelman, Doug "Gypsy Doug" Morgan, Hickoids, Jeff Smith, Mig Kokinda, Ram Ayala, Ricardo Chavira, Robert Tatum, SausTex Records, Tacoland, Terry Brown, Velvet Taco

San Antonio chefs Steve McHugh and Robert Cantu to helm eateries at luxury hotel opening in February

January 10, 2021 By San Antonio Current Leave a Comment

Thompson San Antonio, San Antonio’s first luxury hotel to open in five years, has roped in the culinary talents of two local heavy hitters: chefs Steve McHugh and Robert Cantu.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Hotels, River Walk Tagged With: Landrace, Robert Cantu, Steve McHugh, The Moon’s Daughters, Thompson San Antonio

Velvet Taco will open its two San Antonio locations soon, including one at former Taco Land site

January 10, 2021 By San Antonio Current 2 Comments

Velvet Taco, the Dallas-based chain poised to set up in shop in what little remains of hallowed punk-rock haven Taco Land, has announced opening dates for its two San Antonio locations.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, River North Tagged With: Clay Dover, Museum Reach, Pearl, River North, Taco Land, Velvet Taco

Devils River, San Antonio’s newest distillery, to open with rooftop venue and tasting room in January

December 5, 2020 By San Antonio Current 2 Comments

Devils River Whiskey is located inside the Burns building, 401 E. Houston St.

More than two years after announcing plans to relocate to San Antonio, Devils River Distillery has finally confirmed it will open a downtown headquarters and tasting room in January.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Houston Street Tagged With: Burns building, Devils River Distillery, East Houston Street, Mike Cameron

New French eatery Brasserie Mon Chou Chou to open Monday at the Pearl in San Antonio

December 5, 2020 By San Antonio Current Leave a Comment

Brasserie Mon Chou Chou will open for dinner service Monday at the Pearl.

New French comfort food spot Brasserie Mon Chou Chou will open for dinner service Monday at the Pearl, offering a casual atmosphere with wine, oysters, cheese plates and heartier entrees.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Pearl Tagged With: Andrew Weismann, Brasserie Mon Chou Chou, Jeff Balfour, Jerome Serot, Laurent Réa, Pearl, Philippe Placé, Southerleigh Hospitality Group, The Culinary Institute of America

San Antonio Express-News relocates into Light building, will now print in Houston

November 15, 2020 By San Antonio Current 5 Comments

The San Antonio Express-News building on Avenue E and Third Street in 2019.

In its latest cost-cutting move, the San Antonio Express-News is vacating the building it’s occupied since 1929 and relocating all printing to the Houston Chronicle, also owned by corporate parent Hearst Corp.

Filed Under: Miscellaneous, Office

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