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GREAT FINDS Show-Stopping Shopping

By Dawn Robinette

RECREATION A Slice of Fall

By Drew Henry

FAMILY FUN Lights, Families, Action

By Carole Miller

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BE ENTERTAINED San Antonio Will Be-Dazzle You

By Susan Yerkes

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28 Culture & Community 32 Recreation 36 24/48/72 Hours

GUIDES 40 Food & Drink 42 Arts & Entertainment 44 Shopping

MAPS 46 River Walk 47 Museum Reach

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ON THE COVER The Ford Holiday River Parade is held the day after Thanksgiving each year.

The parade has sold out the last several years and in 2017 over 50,000 people watched the parade in-person. The parade is syndicated airing over 200 times in the United States through the end of December. Check your local listings. Photo by the wonderful photographer, Joe Chidgey.

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November is a month full of promise. It’s the start of a two-month whirlwind gathering of friends and family beginning with Thanksgiving.

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Why not trying something different this season? Read this month’s Recreation story and learn where to go apple picking and hike amidst colorful leaves. Check out the Family Fun story for the local celebration of the Middle Eastern holiday of Diwali, the Festival of Lights, celebrated this month on the River Walk. You might also enjoy learning something new; like, how did San Antonio get such unique street names?

And yet, sometimes the classics remain the best. Stroll under the iconic Christmas lights strung in the towering Bald Cypress Trees lining the River Walk. The lights are turned on the day after Thanksgiving each year, followed by the hour-long Ford Holiday River Parade (cover photo) with Santa making his season debut! If you happen to be here on November 23, check TheSanAntonioRiverWalk.com to see if tickets to the holiday parade are still available.

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SIP & SAVOR

{THE PERFECT PAIRING }

By Edmund Tijerina

You’re at your favorite restaurant; you take a bite out of your dish. Next, a sip from your drink. The perfect combination, and you’ll realize how thrilling and elevated your dining experience is.

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Fortunately, in and near downtown, several restaurants offer opportunities to enhance dishes with just the right drinks. And we’re talking about more than just the usual rules of thumb like pairing red wine with red meats and white wine with fish or chicken. No, this is about matching flavor notes from sauces with aspects of drinks so the resulting pair brings out tastes that neither of the individual elements could bring.

In some places, the chefs and sommeliers offer their pairings on the menu. At others, it’s a beverage expert helping guide diners to make the best choice possible. So when you’re looking for great food and beverage pairings, here are some great options: WINE PAIRINGS AT GWENDOLYN At Restaurant Gwendolyn, one of the most compelling and unique restaurants in Texas, chef/owner Michael Sohocki and his team create five and seven-course tasting menus highlighting ingredients obtained within about 150 miles of San Antonio and utilize handpowered cooking. In other words, no blenders, mixers, sous vide or anything like that. Just a stove, well-sharpened knives and a lot of technique and passion.

The menus change nearly every day, and beverage director Jennifer Wade offers specific wine pairings with the different coursed menus. And they are exquisite.

BEER PAIRINGS AT SOUTHERLEIGH At Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery, chef/partner Jeff Balfour and brewmaster Les Locke work together to create beer pairings for specific dishes.

Those are listed on the menu and are sure-fire hits. Think of fried chicken with a Southerlite light lager, a mixture of Gulf shrimp and oysters with a sage-infused saison or a Galveston Bay shrimp boil with a glass of Russian stout. Locke always keeps a sense of humor about his dishes. He names the Russian stout “Putin’s Revenge.”

Balfour draws upon his childhood in Galveston and combines it with his years of high-level cooking to create a menu that’s both comforting and exacting. Whether you go for the suggested pairing or another of Locke’s creations, it’s hard to go wrong with any choice here.

COCKTAIL PAIRINGS AT ESQUIRE TAVERN At the Esquire Tavern, chef Brooke Smith creates a menu that blows away any preconceptions of bar food, and pair wonderfully with the craft cocktails that come from the bar.

Her dishes are just plain good. A simple shrimp cocktail features a housemade cocktail sauce with a touch of dried chile spice, with buttered saltines. A grilled rib-eye outperforms many steakhouses, and even the fried pickles are memorable with a panko crust and housemade ranch.

Ask your server for cocktail recommendations, and you’ll get some good ones to accentuate the flavors of the dishes. A nice bourbon-based cocktail can bring out just the right notes of that steak, while a tequila-forward cocktail will highlight the shrimp cocktail.

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SIP & SAVOR BEVERAGE EXPERIENCE AT BOHANAN’S There’s nothing typical about an evening at Bohanan’s Prime Steaks & Seafood. At the city’s best steakhouse, chef/ owner Mark Bohanan leads his team to consistently high performances in the mesquite-grilled steaks and array of rich sides.

Meanwhile, sommelier Fabien Jacob shares his encyclopedic knowledge of wines from throughout the world to create pairings that appeal to a diner’s specific tastes while

honoring the grapes that produce the wines. You’ll want to start with a perfectly crafted cocktail from the bar downstairs -- itself an attraction -- and then enjoy one glass of wine with your appetizer and another glass of wine with your dinner. The time and expense are both well worth it.

MALBEC AND MOREAT DORREGO’S At a restaurant that specializes in inspirations from Argentina, Dorrego’s offers a bountiful selection of Malbec. That’s the grape which is considered a blending grape in France and found a new life as a featured grape in Argentina, and now has a much more elegant reputation.

Malbecs go great with grilled meats, so it’s natural for the specialties of Argentina.

But Dorrego’s offers more than just bottles and glasses of Malbec.

Indeed, they also have an impressive selection of specialty cocktails including a housemade Irish cream liqueur and a Blackberry Bramble with housemade blackberry liqueur.

HUGE WINE LIST AT FIG TREE At the Fig Tree, American classics are prepared with a French-influenced flair, and the encyclopedic wine list includes some truly impressive heavy hitters. Among them, wines from Chateau Lafite Rothchild, Chateau Petrus and Opus One. But there are many more options than just the big and expensive names. Indeed, you can pair your steak, duck confit or seared scallops with other wines on this list that spotlights France and California.

AMERICAN BOUNTY AT LAS CANARIAS

The tasting menu at Las Canarias at the Omni La Mansión del Rio restaurant offers a fourcourse experience with paired wines in a relaxed and elegant setting. If you can, get a table that overlooks the River Walk to enjoy the dishes, service, and ambiance.

The ingredients focus on products from the United States, and usually, the wines, do as well.

TASTING MENU AND MORE AT BIGA At Biga on the Banks, chef/partner Bruce Auden leads his team in creating dishes that have become San Antonio classics, such as his chicken-fried oysters and griddled rib-eye topped with Shiner bock onion rings.

WRITER’S BIO: Award-winning food writer Edmund Tijerina is the author of San Antonio’s Best Restaurants. Catch him at SanAntoniosBest Restaurants.com

Take advantage at one of the best fine dining deals around with a three- or four-course chef’s tasting menu, offered either before 6:30 p.m. or after 9 p.m. Ask his staff to suggest pairings, and they’ll steer you right.

Or live large and reserve Table 31 for a group of up to eight people to receive a private tasting menu. It’s a culinary experience you won’t forget.

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FAMILY FUN

by Carole Miller

Lights, Families

Who says you have to go to Broadway or Hollywood to become a star?

Heck, astronomers say about 400 million stars are born every day! There’s no need to leave home to star in your own blockbuster movie because San Antonio offers endless opportunities for every family to experience eyepopping effects, spectacular scenery, thrills, chills and enough excitement to rival anything on the silver screen.

From lavish musicals to heart-pounding action flicks, prepare to plant your handprints in your own walk-of-fame with this plethora of cinematic-inspired, River City adventures.

BREAK A LEG If your family marches to the beat of their own drums and craves the limelight, close your eyes to dream of an extravagant musical filled with a kaleidoscope of colorful, lavish costumes and scenery—envision Bollywood!

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Take a passage to India and bring a song and dance number to Diwali San Antonio, San Antonio’s epic “Festival of Lights.” Celebrate the excitement of Indian culture and traditions with traditional Indian dance, entertainment, food and booths selling goods from various parts of India.

Witness the only major celebration showcasing Indian culture in San Antonio with “Diya Floats” on the River Walk, fireworks and fun while getting sensational footage for your movie’s showstopping finale.

How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice! Get your rhythmic relatives together, grab your instruments and start the next Partridge Family, Jackson 5 or Osmonds. (If you don’t know who they are, ask your mom.) Or maybe a guitar-shredding, bass-slapping, mindblowing rock band is more your family’s musical style. For inspiration, warm up with a rousing performance of School of Rock at the Majestic Theatre playing Nov. 6-11.

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From lavish musicals to heart-pounding action flicks, prepare to plant your handprints in your own walk-of-fame

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The story follows Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star posing as a substitute teacher who turns a class of straight-A students into a group of talented headbangers. It features 14 new songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber, all the original songs from the movie and musical theater’s first-ever kid’s rock band playing live on stage. Based on the hit film, this hilarious new musical was described by Entertainment Weekly as, “An inspiring jolt of energy, joy, and mad skillz!”

CUT TO THE CHASE And what kind of action movie doesn’t have a big car chase? Does your family feel the need? The need for speed? If thrilling, hair-raising action and adventure is your claim to fame, prepare for your trip to outer space, train to fly like Maverick in Top Gun (again, your mother knows this one) or get the show on the road with a wild, high-speed race.

High jump, virtual reality jump, indoor skydiving and even the sport of indoor bodyflight (one of the most exciting and fastest growing sports in the world) are all available. Who knows? Maybe one day you can use your skills and become a “stunt family.”

to the Flight Chamber and steal the show as you and your crew make that wind tunnel your personal movie scene. Leave with some amazing pictures and videos available for purchase. Be sure to make your reservations online in advance, so your future celebrity family doesn’t have to wait behind the velvet rope for their close-up. iFLY is located at 15915 I-10, approximately 20 minutes northwest of downtown.

Or hit the silver screen fast and furious and put your pedals to the medal at K1 Speed where the 20hp electric karts approach mind-blowing speeds of 45 miles per hour. Race against the clock or compete against each other to see who completes the fastest lap. You can even check your results online to see how you match up against the best of the week or month.

Experience the competition, thrills, adrenaline and excitement of racing in a convenient, accessible and affordable package. There is even a junior karting program for younger family members with seat belts, roll bars and automatic shutoff in the event of an emergency. Height requirement for adult karts is 4ft 10in (58″), and all junior racers must be a minimum of 4ft (48″) tall to race. No reservations required. Ki Speed is a 20-minute drive from downtown located at 6955 NW Loop 410.

Spend a weightless day floating on air at iFLY. Check yourself in so a member of the Flight Crew can take you to the Flight Deck where you can see other flyers soaring through the skies. Your International Bodyflight WRITER’S BIO: Association (IBA)-certified Flight Originally from Dallas, Carole Miller is a graduate of the University Crew Instructor teaches proper body of Georgia. She has been a local freelance writer for the past several positioning and hand signals to guide decades while raising her three main characters (Sydney, Nick, and your future flight. Then gear up in your Faith) in the River City. She is also a huge fan of the Partridge Family, helmet, flight suit and goggles, head Jackson 5, the Osmonds and Top Gun.

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Ford Holiday River Parade

For a gorgeous, glittering night full of unforgettable sights, the Ford Holiday River Parade can’t be beat. It’s the perfect enchanted start to the holiday season, especially in San Antonio, where November temperatures are famously mild. It’s also a way to recharge your batteries after Thanksgiving’s indoor feasts or hectic Black Friday shopping. The last two years the parade and dinner packages have sold out. Secure your tickets or reserve a table via the River Walk’s website.

No matter from what vantage point you choose to watch, it’s an unforgettable event. The parade winds with the river. Starting at the mid-century modern El Tropicano hotel heading south through the Arneson River Theatre (the parade is broadcast live locally at 7 p.m.), through the convention center lagoon and then onto the Shops at Rivercenter and past the rows of restaurants downtown. Twentyeight brilliantly decorated and illuminated floats will pay tribute this year to how San Antonians celebrate the holiday season.

From Santa Claus to the magic of the Magi on Mexico’s Dia de Los Reyes (Three Kings Day), from Papa Noel to Germany’s traditional celebrations, this sparkling procession along the gloriously lit river is one of the most popular holiday traditions of the year.

Take some time out during the first weekend of November to visit the Hemisfair Park where two special events will be taking place. There’s India’s Diwali celebration on Nov. 3 where the park comes alive with swirling displays of vibrant colors from the handmade attire and the traditional Indian dances that celebrate the triumph of good over evil.

Be sure to stay until midnight to watch the fireworks display! On Nov. 10 and 11, the park will host Luminaria, a free after-dark contemporary arts festival, where brilliant displays of artwork draw visitors from around the world. The festival is the cultural connector between artists, audiences and the world.

Experience the intimacy of the Arneson River Theater and watch as it transforms into the Renaissance period. On Nov. 15-17, the Magik Theatre presents its annual Shakespeare on the River show in the atmospheric and historic stage of the Arneson River Theater. This year’s show features the acclaimed Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre company in a one-hour, family-friendly production of Bard’s hilarious classic comedy Much Ado About Nothing. It’s an incredible experience getting to sit out under the stars on a cool November night, as laughter echoes on the river. It’s an experience you don’t want to miss. The show opens with a half-hour of live music and is free to all (reserved VIP seating is also available on the Magik’s website).

You’ll also find breath-taking beautiful holiday experiences throughout town. SeaWorld San Antonio is decking out the halls for its annual Christmas Celebration, an extraordinary holiday event that begins November 17. The park is festooned with 9 million lights (yes, that’s millions of lights), the largest Christmas light display in Texas. Guests can also meet Rudolph-the-Red-Nosed-Reindeer as he makes his way through the park.

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November 17th kicks-off the Fiesta Texas Holiday in the Park celebration featuring the new Holiday Express train ride, Christmas carolers, and a stirring live nativity show, the Majesty of Christmas. Little ones will enjoy Santa’s Cottage, a place where elves are hard at work preparing toys for good boys and girls and where they get to meet Santa personally.

beautiful production of “All is Calm.”

The evening consists of vocal melodies by the Marcsmen chorus, interspersed with readings of actual letters home from both Allied and German forces on the front in World War I. The words unite the audience in a common prayer for peace on earth.

November in San Antonio will bedazzle you.

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Show-Stopping Shopping

By Dawn Robinette If “show shopping” sounds like a strange hobby, you’ve probably never walked the aisles of a show pondering how you’ll carry home all of your great finds. With some terrific shows around San Antonio, show shopping is something to add to your hobby list. After all, there’s no need to scurry from store to store, or showroom to showroom, when a bevy of options and an array of products awaiting discovery are all in one show. So if dinner and a show can be a thing, so can shopping and a show, right?

The word show automatically sounds entertaining, and you can’t find more entertainment—and shopping—under one roof than the San Antonio Home and Garden Show. Filling the Alamodome twice a year for fall and spring, the Home and Garden Show is the only place you can discover a new favorite salsa, a fantastic front door, and fabulously 24

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on-trend succulents to add to your home, all in one place. Don’t let the show’s name fool you: it’s much more than just home and garden. Yes, you can explore options to update your kitchen, bathroom, garage or patio. You can also learn about solar panels, roofing options, storage systems, and flooring. And you don’t realize how big a backyard pool is until you’re standing next to one towering above you on display.

Not in remodel mode? You’ll still find easy décor ideas, accessories for your home and garden and flavors you’ll want to add to your table.

It’s impossible to list everything you can discover at the Home and Garden Show, but since it’s all in one place you can save time with one-stop shopping—and save money with show-only discounts. With demonstrations, kids’ activities and celebrity guests, it’s also familyfriendly, something that makes shopping even better. thesanantonioriverwalk.com

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latest models. Back inside, the entire family can enjoy checking out automotive works of art: exotic and show cars.

San Antonio Auto Show

If family-friendly show shopping sounds like something you’d enjoy, mark your calendar for the San Antonio Auto and Truck Show. With gleaming, shining, fresh-off-of-the-production-line model vehicles filling what they call “the largest showroom in Texas” each year, you can shop and compare all makes and models of cars and trucks under one roof—and learn about the features, bells, and whistles from knowledgeable product specialists.

Manufacturers often use auto shows as a way to introduce new cars, so you can also get a sneak peek at vehicles that haven’t hit dealerships yet.

The auto show includes all things automotive, so in addition to new vehicles, you can experience the most current and innovative ways to personalize your ride in the show’s “Marketplace”- its focus on the everexpanding automotive after-market. And who doesn’t love getting behind the wheel to try a car on for size? You can witness the show as it spills out of its home at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center to offer exclusive ride-and-drive opportunities, putting you in the driver’s seat to try out the thesanantonioriverwalk.com

For a show that raises shopping to an art form, look no further than the River Walk Museum Reach where the San Antonio Museum of Art hosts its Museum Shop Holiday Fair and San Antonio Potters Guild Clay & Art Festival. With more than 40 vendors, it’s a one-stop shop for handmade artistic creations of local clay, glass, and fiber. You’ll find jewelry, bags, functional pottery, prints and more. The fair is the perfect excuse to spend the day at the Museum—and visit its excellent gift shop—before enjoying the River of Lights official lighting of the Museum Reach. The beauty of the River Walk paired with fantastic shopping? Now that’s a worthy calendar marked event.

Another opportunity for a fun-filled shopping day is at the Holiday Artisan Show on the River Walk. Nestled amongst the sparkling lights of the River Walk extension close to the Shops at River Center, the Artisan Show features handmade crafts from many vendors. Objects sold are paintings, photography, glasswork, and woodwork just waiting to be discovered, along with jewelry, clothing, soaps, and candles. There’s something for everyone, and many items can be personalized onsite. Others, such as jewelry featuring tiny micro-roses hand grown and encased lockets, rings, and pendants, are unlike anything you’ll find on your typical shopping RIO Magazine

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excursions. Make the upcoming December market a destination to buy great gifts for everyone, including yourself, or enjoy any of the Artisan Shows scheduled throughout the year.

If the looming holiday season has you stressed about shopping, walk through the doors of the Christmas Showcase to put a smile on your face—and a bunch of check marks on your gift list.

Marking its 40th year of spotlighting vendors and treasures that are perfect for the holidays, the show features more than 400 vendors offering everything from holiday-themed goods to something for everyone on your gift list. The show is such a tradition that many loyal shoppers wait all year to roam the show’s three buildings and breezeway which overflows with treasures.

One visit and you’ll be hooked: there’s nothing like shopping “Central Texas’ Largest Christmas Show.” Aisles of jewelry, accessories, clothing, décor, wine, flavors and more make it easy to see why the showcase is a favorite destination for shoppers in the know. So venture into the world of show shopping and grab some show-stopping treasures for yourself.

WRITER’S BIO: An award-winning writer, communications expert and military spouse who enjoys finding discoveries and revisiting old favorites in her adopted hometown, Dawn Robinette loves to tell stories. You can read more of her work at Alamo City Moms Blog.

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CULTURE & COMMUNITY

A JOURNEY ON MEMORY LANE

By Dan R. Goddard

San Antonio’s older street names often reflect the city’s deep roots in Texas and Spanish colonial history. Destinations provide the names of some of the city’s most-traveled arteries, such as New Braunfels Avenue, Fredericksburg, Seguin, Bulverde, and Castroville roads, while several downtown streets honor Alamo heroes – Travis, Crockett, Bowie, Bonham ­—and roads bear the names of early German settlers, such as Basse, Braun, Guenther, and Huebner.

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Toribio Loyosa Statue

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St, Mary’s University

Loyosa Street at East Commerce

Since the city’s growth, developers have given streets names that range from the blandly unimaginative to the weirdly whimsical, such as the neighborhood behind Douglas MacArthur High School that salutes the 1960s space race with drives named Gemini, Canaveral, Satellite, Missile, Titan and John Glenn.

LOSOYA STREET Toribio Losoya, one of several Tejano Alamo defenders, is the dashing figure in bronze brandishing a pistol across from the Hyatt Regency San Antonio River Walk on Losoya Street. His body was found in the Alamo chapel following the 1836 battle, although members of his family who were in the Alamo compound thesanantonioriverwalk.com

during the siege -- his wife, three children, mother, brother, and sister – all survived. The Losoya family home, where he was born in 1808, was near the southwest corner of the mission compound and the Texans used it defending their position.

However, David Green in his book, “Place Names of San Antonio,” thinks Losoya Street actually may have been named for Toribio’s brothers, Miguel and Cipriano, who received a Spanish land grant in 1773 on the east side of the San Antonio River where the street is now. The street wasn’t officially named until 1858 when the Losoyas’ property was broken up. But the ownership of the property, site of the downtown post office,

was long disputed before finally being settled by the United States Supreme Court in 1877.

Today, Losoya Street, between the Alamo and the San Antonio River, is lined with the streetlevel entrances of some of the River Walk’s most popular bars and restaurants, including Lone Star Café, Café Ole, Dick s Last Resort and the Rainforest Café.

CULEBRA ROAD Culebra means “snake” in Spanish. But there’s some dispute over whether the road was named for its twisty, curvy, sinuous course or because of the many rattlesnakes that existed before the city’s development on the long, empty stretches of the road leading to ranches in Medina and RIO Magazine

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Robber Baron Cave’s Graffiti Room.

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northwest Bexar County. Culebra begins off Fredericksburg Road near San Pedro Park, not far from The Cove restaurant, and runs west past Woodlawn Lake Park and St. Mary’s University. Taking a swing past the Southwest Research Institute, Culebra continues its angular, eccentric course through the far West Side to Culebra Creek Park at Loop 1604 until it turns into FM 471 past Galm Road west of the Government Canyon State Natural Area.

NACOGDOCHES ROAD While the connection between San Antonio and the East Texas city of Nacogdoches may seem tenuous today, the link proved vital during the Spanish colonial era. Nacogdoches, which originates from the name of a Caddo Indian tribe dating to 1250, is considered the oldest city in Texas and became a vital supply outpost trading with the French in Louisiana by the early 1700s.

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LONE STAR CAFÉ Lonestarcafe.us

THE COVE Thecove.us

CAFÉ OLE Cafeole.us

SAN ANTONIO PARKS & RECREATION Sanantonio.gov/ ParksAndRec

RAINFOREST CAFÉ Rainforestcafe.com DICK’S LAST RESORT Dickslastresort.com

SAN PEDRO CREEK CULTURE PARK Spcculturepark.com

The Spanish developed the Camino Real, or King’s Highway, from San Antonio to Nacogdoches to transport supplies between missions in Mexico and East Texas. It became part of the Old Spanish Trail, a system of roads all across the southern United States from Florida to California. When Texas became a republic, many of the new settlers found their way from East to South Texas by traveling the Nacogdoches Road.

Nacogdoches takes over from Basse Road at its intersection with Broadway and winds across northeast San Antonio. At Cave Lane, a few blocks south of Loop 410 is the Robber Baron Cave, Bexar County’s largest cave, overseen by the Texas Cave Management Association.

Close to Loop 1604 at Judson Road is Comanche Lookout Park: a 96-acre public park with a 1,340-foot summit. It’s the fourth highest point in Bexar County that provides panoramic views of the San Antonio skyline. Apaches and later Comanches used the peak as a lookout for hunting and warfare, and the hill was a prominent landmark for travelers in the 18th and 19th centuries traveling on Nacogdoches. thesanantonioriverwalk.com

Santa Rosa is named for the Santa Rosa Infirmary, founded by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, and refers to Saint Rose of Lima, canonized in 1668. Kersey made bright red, three-dimensional rose designs to decorate the bridge. The avenue once defined the western edge of San Antonio and was part of the Chisholm Trail.

The Alamo, of course, is an important element of Kersey’s work on Travis Street honoring the Alamo’s 26-year-old commander, William Barret Travis.

But she notes the original name of the street was “Obraje,” Spanish for “it’s raining.” The phrase, however, refers to textile workshops and factories established during the New Spain era. Processing wool and linens required a lot of water, which the creek provided.

Diana Kersey’s ceramic art.

SANTA ROSA AVENUE, MARTIN AND TRAVIS STREETS As part of the San Pedro Creek Culture Park downtown, San Antonio ceramic artist Diana Kersey created elaborate, brilliantly-colored glazed ceramic embellishments for the bridges at Santa Rosa Avenue, Martin Street, and Travis Street. The city’s newest culture park has lushly-landscaped creekside pathways and public art that illustrate the different streets histories.

Take a stroll about four blocks west of the River Walk on Houston or Travis streets to check them out.

It is believed Martin Street was named for another Alamo combatant, Captain Andrew Martin, who was the courier for the letter written by Travis to the presidio in Gonzalez that contains the immortal words, “Victory or Death.”

WRITER’S BIO:

Dan R. Goddard has been writing about San Antonio art, culture and history for more than 30 years and first discovered how unique the city is at HemisFair in 1968.

W h AT S A M h O U S T O N R E A L Ly S A I d

— Sam Houston

Had Sam Houston and General Santa Anna sat at a Boudro’s riverside table to share a Blackened Prime Rib and a full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon, things may have turned out more amicably. So, if you want to write some Texas history for yourself, join us for lunch or dinner. Frommers says “Everybody loves this old standby on the River Walk.” Join us riverside, inside or (with reservations) on a barge dinner cruise.

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By Drew Henry

Oh, how the air is getting crisp and the leaves are changing to beautiful colors. It can only mean one thing.

Lost Maples

Fall is finally here in Texas. We begin our journey to Lost

Lost Maples is only two hours northwest of downtown, and you will feel as if you have gotten lost in a fall wonderland. The park protects a rare strand of Uvalde bigtooth maples, which come alive during the fall season with colors of orange, yellow, and red. Prepare to hike through a fall paradise and never want to go back to summer. The park is open daily and is only $6 for adults and free for kids under 12, making it a great family destination. There are over 10 miles of trails through the trees and along a 2,200-foot cliff, 30 campsites, fishing spots along the Sabinal River and Can Creek, bird watching opportunities, and Junior Ranger programs for the kids. You won’t want to leave these leaves!

Maples Park, famous for its fall leaves. Then, we head to Enchanted Rock for a climb with some spectacular Hill Country views. And if you prefer to enjoy your fall season with a warm beverage and spiced treats, we are making a stop at Love Creek Orchard for a slice of homemade apple pie. Grab your jacket, and let’s go!

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Enchanted Rock You guessed it. Enchanted Rock is magical, mystical, and will enchant you. People have been drawn to this giant pink dome of granite for thousands of years. So, the hour and a half drive from downtown is worth it! The park is only $7 for adults and free for kids, and it offers over 11 miles of hiking trails. There are also opportunities to camp, rock climb, picnic, birdwatch, stargaze, and geocache. Geocaching is like a modern-day treasure hunt mapped on your smartphone. Ask a park ranger to help you get started. The park is also home to Sweet Marley’s snack trailer so that you can have a bite after your hike. Prepare for a day of enchanting adventures!

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CAFÉ OLE Cafeole.us RAINFOREST CAFÉ Rainforestcafe.com

DICK’S LAST RESORT Dickslastresort.com THE COVE Thecove.us SAN ANTONIO PARKS & RECREATION Sanantonio.gov/ParksAndRec/ Home

LOST MAPLES Tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/lostmaples

ENCHANTED ROCK Tpwd.texas.gov/state-parks/ enchanted-rock

LOVE CREEK ORCHARD Lovecreekorchards.com

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Love Creek Orchard If your version of fall fun consists of pumpkin spice and apple pie, we have you covered. Love Creek Orchard was founded in 1979 by Baxter Adams and was bought by Bryan and Stacie Hutzler in 2013 with big plans to expand it. In addition to apple trees, they are also the biggest producer of Lost Maple trees in Texas. But, let’s get to why we’re really here. The Apple Store on the property is open seven days a week and is home to the best apple pie in Texas! The store makes over 50 different items from fresh apples including cakes, breads, syrups, cookies, candies, jams, and ice cream. Kick back with a mug of apple cider and a warm slice of fresh apple pie and enjoy the breathtaking views.

WRITER’S BIO:

Drew Henry is the founder of the Design Dudes blog. During the week he’s blogging about the coolest style, and on the weekends he is getting active! Instagram: @ design_dudes, Facebook: @designdudeslife, Twitter: @designdudeslife

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24 48 72 HOURS

by Crystal Henry

on Day one:

Bier Garten at the River Walk

Exploring Our German Heritage From 1847 to 1861, more than seven thousand German immigrants moved to San Antonio, comprising one-third of the county’s population at the time.

We embrace those roots today with plenty of places to celebrate San Antonio’s German heritage this month.

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Great German eats at Bier Garten at the River Walk

Guten Morgen: Begin your day listening to a German sermon at St. Joseph’s Church, followed by breakfast at the Guenther House. This historic restaurant is the former home of the Guenther family, founders of Pioneer Flour Mills. If the Southern Sweet Cream Waffle consumes you, make sure to pick up a batch of the mix in the gift shop.

Guten Tag: San Antonio is surrounded by German roots with town names like Fredericksburg and Gruene (pronounced by locals as “green”).

And from November 2 through 11, you can attend the best fest in New Braunfels — Wurst Fest.

This 10-day festival is the best of Bavaria with music, food, entertainment and of course — beer. Prefer to stay in town? Check out Beethoven Maennerchor in downtown’s historic King William District. On the first Friday of each month, the Southtown area hosts events to draw in

visitors, and on November 2, Maennerchor will host an evening of traditional German fare, music, and beer.

Gute Nacht: If you didn’t get your fill of brats and beer during the day, San Antonio has a few great German dinner options. Schilo’s downtown has a great sausage sampler plate, but the schnitzel and German potato salad should not be missed. Then polish off your evening with pretzel, a pilsner and a rousing accordion sing-a-long at Bier Garten Riverwalk.

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CELEBRATING THE BEST: Heritage, Heroes, Art and Soul

Holocaust Memorial

HEROES GOTTA EAT:

Here’s a shortlist of some of the downtown restaurants that offer military discounts.

O Republic of Texas O Lone Star Cafe

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DAY 2: HONORING OUR HEROES San Antonio is famous for the battle of the Alamo. However, it’s our current military population and military bases that have earned us the nickname, Military City, U.S.A. There is no shortage of heroes and their families who call San Antonio home, and November 11 is a day for us to remember those who have paid the ultimate price for our freedom.

Vietnam Monument Hill

The Holocaust: The Holocaust Memorial Museum of San Antonio is free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of just a few dollars to fund the incredible work that’s going on to educate and remember the six million Jews who perished and those who sacrificed to save others. Visitors can embark on a self-guided tour, or schedule a tour in advance with a local Holocaust survivor.

Parade: On Saturday, November 10, the San Antonio Veterans Day Parade will kick off with a drill team competition and wreath ceremony at the Vietnam War Memorial. The parade will continue downtown passing the Alamo, the Buckhorn Saloon and Museum, and the Majestic Theatre before crossing the river and ending near Milam Park.

9/11: Not all heroes wear capes or uniforms. The 9/11 memorial in San Antonio is dedicated to those lost in the infamous terrorist attacks — including the heroes behind the badge who dug through the rubble trying to save them.

Vietnam: San Antonio is home to several memorials of the fallen. The Vietnam War Memorial near the Tobin center offers moving tributes to those who fought and died in the Vietnam War. This solemn space features a 10-ton bronze sculpture documenting a moving moment in American history.

Raise a Glass: San Antonio is home to the oldest VFW post in Texas. Right off Broadway downtown, VFW Post 76 is a gorgeous historic building that hosts steak nights on Wednesdays, and Happy Hour Sunday through Thursday. The post is bike and pet-friendly, and it’s the perfect place to raise a domestic draft in honor of the fallen.

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DAY 3: SAN ANTONIO’S ART AND SOUL Creative and self-expression is the very “art” and “soul” of this city ART: Luminaria, one of the city’s best late-night shindigs, comes to town in November. What started as a one-night art exhibition has morphed into a weekend-long celebration. From November 9 through 11, Luminaria will light the night at Hemisfair Park and Mission San Jose.

THE GOSPEL: If you have time for a Sunday drive, head outside of town to Gruene for their second Sunday brunch. Every second Sunday of the month, Gruene Hall hosts a lively Gospel Brunch, complete with New Orleans style gospel music and a life-changing buffet from the Grist Mill.

Take time to stroll through the antique shops and cute boutiques in the quaint little town before heading back to San Antonio.

SOUL: If you’re looking for some daytime soul searching, try a Sunday sermon in multiple languages at the 155-year-old First Baptist Church in downtown San Antonio. After the service, stop by Tony G’s Soul Food for the hearty Sunday Soulful Brunch.

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BIER GARTEN RIVERWALK Biergartenriverwalk.com

LUMINARIA Luminariasa.org

WURSTFEST Wurstfest.com

VETERAN’S DAY PARADE Usmvpa.com

TONY G’S SOUL FOOD Tonygssoulfood.com

BEETHOVEN MAENNERCHOR Beethovenmaennerchor.com

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM Hmmsa.org

GRUENE HALL Gruenehall.com

SCHILO’S Schilos.com

VFW POST Vfwpost76ontheriverwalk.org

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BOUDRO’S TEXAS BISTRO 421 East Commerce St. boudros.com p44, 16

BIGA ON THE BANKS 203 S. St. Mary’s Street biga.com Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. 406 Navarro bubbagump.com CHILI’S ON THE RIVERWALK 849 East Commerce St. Chilis.com DAVE & BUSTER’S 849 E. Commerce St. daveandbusters.com DICK’S LAST RESORT 223 Losoya St. dickslastresort.com p44, 18 EL TROPICANO HOTEL 110 Lexington Avenue. eltropicanohotel.com HARD ROCK CAFÉ 110 E. Crockett hardrock.com HOWL AT THE MOON 111 West Crockett St. #201 howlatthemoon.com JAZZ, TX 312 Pearl Parkway #6001 JazzTX.com

LAS CANARIAS 112 College Street omnihotels.com LONESTAR CAFE 237 Losoya lonestarcafe.us MARGARITAVILLE 849 E. Commerce St. margaritavillesanantonio.com RAINFOREST CAFÉ 110 E. Crockett rainforestcafe.com p44, 17 RUTH CHRIS STEAK HOUSE 600 E. Market St. ruthschris.com THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS 526 Riverwalk

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THE RIVER’S EDGE CAFÉ AND PATIO BAR 200 S. Alamo St. riversedgecafesa.com TEX’S RIVER WALK AND SPORTS BAR 200 S. Alamo texssportsbar.com p44, 27

BBQ

COUNTY LINE BARBEQUE SPORTS BAR 111 W. Crockett St. countyline.com BBQ - p44, 7

BRAZILIAN

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TEXAS DE BRAZIL 313 E. Houston St. texasdebrazil.com

GUILLERMO’S 618 McCullough St. guillermosdowntown.com

BRITISH

LITTLE RHEIN STEAKHOUSE 231 S. Alamo St. dine.littlerheinsteakhouse.com

FOGO DE CHAO 849 E. Commerce St. fogodechao.com

MAD DOGS 123 Losoya St. maddogs.net p44, 11

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SCHILO’S 424 E. Commerce St. schilos.com p50, 26

GERMAN

BIER GARTEN 124-150 Losoya St. alamobiergarten.com p44, 36

ICE CREAM

JUSTIN’S ICE CREAM 245 E Commerce St. mercadoritas.com STEEL CITY POPS 812 S. Alamo, Suite 101 steelcitypops.com

IRISH

DURTY NELLY’S IRISH PUB 200 S. Alamo St. durtynellyspub.com p44, 80

FIG TREE 515 Villita dine.figtreerestaurant.com

MICHELINO’S 521 Riverwalk michelinos.us.

PAESANOS 111 W. Crockett #100 www.paesanosriverwalk.com p44, 54 PIZZARITAS 245 E. Commerce pizzaritas.com ZOCCA 420 W. Market zoccariverwalk.com

MEXICAN

ACENAR 146 E. Houston acenar.com p44, 2

SEAFOOD

CHART HOUSE Tower of the Americas, 739 East Cesar E. Chavez toweroftheamericas.com

JOE’S CRAB SHACK 212 College Street Ste 10 joescrabshack.com LANDRY’S SEAFOOD HOUSE 517 N. Presa landrysseafood.com ON THE BEND 123 Losoya St. onthebendsa.com p44, 96 OSTRA 212 W Crockett St. omnihotels.com SALTGRASS STEAK HOUSE 502 River Walk saltgrass.com p44,53 53

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 11/18 @ 4 p.m.

Boys to Men featuring the Children’s Chorus of San Antonio Tobin Center for the Performing Arts 11/30 @ 8 p.m.

Mac Demarco Will Naylor Smith River Walk Plaza

11/1 -2 Dia de los Muertos Join this elaborate celebration with artist-created and community altars placed throughout The Pearl along with live music, a procession and children’s crafts. On-site locales, including Hotel Emma, will join in the festivities with unique altars and original programming. All events are free and open to the public.

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SPECIAL EVENTS AND FESTIVALS 11/2 -11 Wurstfest Landa Park, New Braunfels 11/3 @ 5 p.m.

Diwali San Antonio La Villita 11/10 @ 2 p.m.

Gumbo Fest Laissez les bons temps rouller with lots of food, fun and Louisiana-style fellowship featuring Cajun and Southern cuisine, music

by OMGSounds, Billy Ray Sheppard and Kara-Nichole, face painting for the kids and BYOB for the grownups. Partial proceeds to benefit a FirstGen Scholarship in the name of Jewell S. Kelly. Staybridge Suites Stone Oak

11/23 -1/4 Holiday Lights on the River Walk River Walk event

11/3 @ 8 p.m.

Tom Papa Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater

11/23 @ 6 p.m.

Ford Holiday River Parade River Walk event

11/5 @ 8 p.m.

King Bach Improv Comedy Club

11/30 -12/16 @ dusk Ford Fiesta de las Luminarias River Walk event

11/18 @ 8 p.m.

Schuler King Improv Comedy Club

11/29 @ 4 p.m.

Holiday Night Market This holiday night market offers Farmer Market vendors selling holiday produce, meat, eggs, baked gods, locally produce cheeses, olive oils, and more. Select holiday-centric vendors also set up popups and market handmade soaps, artisan chocolates and sweets, cultural treats linke tamales, and other local gifts.

The Pearl 11/30 -12/21 Ford Holiday Boat Caroling River Walk event

COMEDY

11/1 @ 7 p.m.

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FAMILY FUN 11/9 @ 8 p.m.

Cinema on the Plaza featuring “The Incredibles” Will Naylor Smith River Walk Plaza

11/15 -17 The Mushroom Cure They say that laughter is the best medicine, but for one comedian suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, it just might be psychedelic mushrooms.

The Mushroom Cure is the hilarious, harrowing and heartrending tale of how Adam Strauss tried to treat his severe OCD with psychedelics.

Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater

11/11 @ 11 a.m.

Community Arts Program Hemisfair Park

11/17 @ 1 p.m.

Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium Adventure Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

11/11 @ 4 p.m.

Mission San José Interpretive Arts Program Hemisfair Park

11/17 -1/6 SeaWorld’s Christmas Celebration SeaWorld San Antonio

11/10 @ 7 p.m.

Luminaria For the first time ever, Luminaria prompted artists to create work celebrating San Antonio and its 300th anniversary. Expect to see artworks and performances that reference the people, history, culture, food, and land of San Antonio. Luminaria is a nonprofit arts organization, and entrance to the family-friendly festival is free for all.

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MUSIC

11/2 @ 7:30 p.m.

Kansas Tobin Center for the Performing Arts 11/4 @ 4 p.m.

The Kingston Trio Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater 11/8 @ 8 p.m.

Radney Foster Sam’s Burger Joint 11/9 @ 7 p.m.

Blues Traveler Accelerated Nation Tour Aztec Theatre

11/9 @ 7:30 p.m.

The Ten Tenors ARTS San Antonio presents The Ten Tenors, undoubtedly one of Australia’s most successful touring groups of all time, with more than 90 million people worldwide witnessing their unmistakable charm, camaraderie and vocal power. Don’t miss this high-energy, vocallypowerful performance of some of the greatest hits of all time.

Laurie Auditorium

11/9 @ 8 p.m.

Marc Anthony Legacy Tour AT&T Center 11/9 11/10 @ 8 p.m.

Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 “Pastorale” performed by the San Antonio Symphony Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

11/16 @ 7 p.m.

The Internet--Hive Mind Tour Aztec Theatre 11/16 @ 8 p.m.

Lisa Fischer & Grand Baton Jo Long Theatre

11/3 @ 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio Spurs vs. New Orleans Pelicans AT&T Center

11/19 @ 8:30 p.m.

Two Tons of Steel Sam’s Burger Joint

11/4 @ 6 p.m.

San Antonio Spurs vs.

Orlando Magic AT&T Center

11/30 @ 7 p.m.

Scotty McCreery Seasons Change Tour Aztec Theatre

PERFORMING ARTS

11/11 @ 7 p.m.

Billy Gibbons Aztec Theatre 11/14 @ 7:30 p.m.

Crystal Bowersox Alive and on Tour Carlos Alvarez Studio Theater 11/15 @ 7p.m.

Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra Aztec Theatre

SPORTS & FITNESS

11/17 @ 7 p.m.

The Cadillac Three No Sleep ‘til London Tour Aztec Theatre

11/26 @ 8:30 p.m.

Bad Banjo Brown Sam’s Burger Joint

11/10 @ 6 p.m.

Good Charlotte Aztec Theatre

11/23 -12/2 The Nutcracker featuring Ballet San Antonio and the San Antonio Symphony Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

11/3 @ 8 p.m.

Flying Bach Starring Germany’s fourtime world champion Flying Steps breakdance troupe, Flying Bach interprets the music of Johann Sebastian Bach’s “The Well-Tempered Clavier”, widely regarded as one of the most important works in the history of classical music. The result is an entertaining and electrifying production for people of all ages and demographics.

Tobin Center for the Performing Arts

11/6 @ 8 p.m.

Sunset Yoga Artpace 11/10 @ 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio Spurs vs.

Houston Rockets AT&T Center 11/11 @ 3 p.m.

San Antonio Rampage vs. Texas Stars Sunday Funday with pregame skate OR add a soda and choice of jumbo hot dog or nachos for just $3 AT&T Center 11/13 @ 10:30 a.m.

San Antonio Rampage vs.

Manitoba Moose AT&T Center 11/17 @ 7 p.m.

San Antonio Rampage vs.

Rockford IceHogs Hockey Fights Cancer Night AT&T Center 11/18 @ 6 p.m.

San Antonio Spurs vs.

Golden State Warriors AT&T Center

11/20 @ 7 p.m.

San Antonio Rampage vs.

Rockford IceHogs AT&T Center 11/21 @ 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio Spurs vs. Memphis Grizzlies AT&T Center 11/23 @ 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio Rampage vs.

Texas Stars $1 Drink Night AT&T Center 11/25 @ 3 p.m.

San Antonio Rampage vs. Texas Stars Sunday Funday with pregame skate OR add a soda and choice of jumbo hot dog or nachos for just $3 AT&T Center 11/30 @ 7 p.m.

San Antonio Spurs vs.

Houston Rockets AT&T Center

VISUAL ARTS Through 11/11 Marilyn Lanfear: Material Memory San Antonio Museum of Art Through 12/30 Borderland Collective Artpace Through 12/31 Viva!

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Through 12/31 Nature Connects: Art with LEGO Bricks Visitors of all ages will stimulate their imaginations and delight in the union of art, nature, play and design with this exhibit. The nature-inspired sculptures connect families with nature, creativity, and STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) in a whole new way.

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WINNERS Drift & Dine created laughter, new friends and a boat full of great memories for all who attended the first (and soon to be annual) event held in late September on the River Walk. Twelve boats sold-out each night. Guests drifted to seven different restaurants and exited at each stop to go inside and claim their appetizer-sized morsel and return to enjoy while drifting to their next stop.

Twenty-one restaurants participated in the three-night culinary showcase for the River Walk. Each guest was asked to vote for their favorite dish at the end of the evening. Every restaurant received votes, which is a testament to the high-caliber culinary scene on the River Walk.

Boudro’s Texas Bistro won the first night, amidst fierce competition, with their Housemade Boudin Fritters served on a bed of arugula and topped with a drizzle of chipotle remoulade. The crisp panko exterior concealed the tender white sausage made from smoked pork. Louisiana popcorn long grain rice onion, celery, and poblano pepper combined with the sausage.

The chipotle remoulade horseradish contained notes of creole mustard, red onion, chives, and chevre.

The second night two restaurants tied for votes; Bier Garten Riverwalk and Zocca Cuisine D’Italia. While the dishes are strikingly different, both excelled in taste and presentation. Bier Garten served a Trio of German sausage along with a delicious warm German pretzel. Sharp mustard and a creamy cheese sauce were the perfect compliments for dipping both.

Zocca served a delicate crabcake made with jumbo lump crab meat on a bed of fresh spinach and topped with a dollop of garlic-orange marmalade.

Each tasty morsel was made in front of the guests and served on small wooden plates.

The final night, Iron Cactus Mexican Restaurant & Margarita Bar outdid themselves with an unparalleled Southwest Paella. Tender cooked jumbo shrimp, mussels, and bay scallops were nestled in a highly flavorful cilantro lime rice and tossed with two different sauces; a lobster cream sauce and a jalapeno Texas sauce.

Thanks to each of the twenty-one participating restaurants and to Bud Light as title sponsor of the event. Thank you, also, to Ace Mart for providing the awards, Pottery Barn for welcome reception décor, and to Pepsi, Bud Light, Son Beverage Company and Favorite Brands for welcome reception refreshments. Additional gratitude to Justin’s Ice Cream, and Rita’s on the River for the Sweet Bon Voyage desserts and Joe’s Crab Shack, Dom’s Chop Salsa, and Guillermo ’s for appetizers.

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LA VILLITA LA VILLITA 418 Villita Street San Antonio, TX 78205 210-207-8614 www.lavillita.com Collection of Unique Local Shops - p44 38 ANGELITA La Villita - Bldg. 2 San Antonio, TX 78205 210- 224-8362 www.lavillita.com Womens Fashions & Jewelry p44 38 B & C LEATHER DESIGNS & UNIQUE FINDS La Villita - Bldg. 24 San Antonio, Texas 78205 210-724-8521, 210-464-1126 p44 38 BES ARTE La Villita - Bldg. 17 San Antonio, Texas 78205 Bes Arte-La Villita/Facebook.com 210-232-0661 p44 38 CASA MANOS ALEGRES La Villita - Bldg. 6 San Antonio, TX 78205 210-313-7293 www.lavillita.com Mexican Cultural Gift p44 38

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COPPER GALLERY La Villita - Bldg. 11 San Antonio, TX 78205 210.271.3856 www.thecoppergallery.com Art Collectibles - p44 38

POPULUX COMMISSARY/ HOUSE PAINT La Villita - Bldg. 3 San Antonio, Texas 78205

populuxcommissary/facebook.com 210-883-4259 - p44 38

VILLAGE GALLERY La Villita - Bldg. 10 San Antonio, TX 78205 210-226-0404 www.waltglasspottery.net Art Gallery - p44 38

EQUINOX GALLERY La Villita - Bldg. 4 San Antonio, Texas 78205 www.alejandrosifuentes.com 210-281-0706 Jewelry Metal Gallery p44 38

RIVER ART GROUP La Villita - Bldg. 14 San Antonio, TX 78205 210-226-8752 www.rivergroup.com Art Gallery - p44, p50 38

VILLITA STAINED GLASS La Villita - Bldg. 1 San Antonio, Texas 78205 210-223-4480 www.sparkleonsa.com Art Gallery - p44 38

LITTLE STUDIO GALLERY La Villita - Bldg. 23 San Antonio, TX 78205 210-227-8893 www.lavillita.com Art Gallery - p44 38 MUSTANG GREY’S La Villita - Bldg. 17 San Antonio, TX 78205 210.222.1894 www.lavillita.com - p44 38 PLAZA TAXCO La Villita, Bldg.16B San Antonio, TX 78205 210-994-5259 www.plazataxco.com - p44 38

SCENTCHIPS USA La Villita - Bldg. 21 San Antonio, TX 78205 210.223.2267 www.lavillita.com Candles - p44 38 STARVING ARTIST GALLERY La Villita - Bldg. 12 San Antonio, TX 78205 210.226.3593 www.lavillita.com Art Gallery - p44 38 VILLA TESOROS 418 Villita St - Bldg. 8 San Antonio, Texas 78205 (210) 724-8521, (210) 464-1126 Apparel & Clothing - p44 90

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1 The Rim

16 Paesanos - 1604

2 Six Flags Fiesta Texas

26 Augies Barbed Wire

3 The Shops at La Cantera

Smokehouse

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4 SeaWorld of San Antonio 5 North Star Mall

6 The Forum Shops

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18 McNay Art Muse

8 Alamo Quarry Market

19 Morgan’s Wond

9 Splashtown

20 The DoSeum

10 Alamo Helicopter Tours

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11 San Antonio Zoo

28 Extreme Escape

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OFF TICKET

Located in Rivercenter Mall on 3rd Level 849 East Commerce 210-229-1420 www.sanantoniocomedyclubs.com Not valid with special events.

Expires 11/30/18

210 W Market St. San Antonio, TX 78205 (210) 299-4499 BriscoeMuseum.org

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General Adult Admission SAVE UP TO $8 Open Tue–Sun 10AM with seasonal closing hours | Closed Mondays Expires 11/30/2018

FREE BASKET OF HAND BATTERED FRIED PICKLES With the purchase of TWO dinner menu entrees.

237 Loyosa, San Antonio, TX 78205 210-223-9374 www.riverrestaurants.com Limit one coupon per table. Expires 11/30/2018

126 Losoya St, San Antonio, TX, 78205

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(210) 212-7299

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Valid until October 31,30, 2018.

Valid until November 2018

One coupon per table.

For dine in guests only. Expires 11/30/2018

with purchase of TWO – ONE LITER BIERS

10% OFF

110 E. Crockett on the Riverwalk 210-277-6300

this La Villita location

Plaza Taxco (Excluding Sales Items)

FREE CHEF’S APPETIZER OF THE DAY

With the purchase of an adult entrée.

See our ads on pages 35 & 56

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Must present coupon. Expires 11/30/2018.

10% OFF this La Villita location

SHOPS AT RIVERCENTER (210) 627-6064

BUY ANY GHIRARDELLI SUNDAE, RECEIVE A FREE CHOCOLATE BAR*

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245 E. Commerce River Level at Navarro & Crockett 210-227-RITA • www.ritasontheriver.com

111 W. Crockett Street, Suite 101 (210) 227-2782 paesanosriverwalk.com

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FREE BEVERAGE With the purchase of entree during happy hour only.

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ENTIRE GUEST CHECK

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Tower of the Americas

Parties of LESS than 8

FREE FLAUTAS

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with the purchase of 1 entrée Parties of 8 or MORE

LA PACHANGA APPETIZER (Cup of Queso, beef tacos and flautas)

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS DINING/RESTAURANTS

Acenar www.acenar.com 210-222-2362

Mi Tierra Café www.mitierracafe.com 210-225-1262

Barriba Cantina www.barribacantina.com 210-228-9876

La Margarita Mexican Restaurant www.lamargarita.com 210-227-7140

BierGarten www.biergartenriverwalk.com 210-212-7299

The Original Mexican Restaurant & Bar www.theoriginalmexican.com 210-224-9951

Boudro’s A Texas Bistro on the River Walk www.boudros.com 210-224-8484

On the Bend Oyster Bar & Lounge www.onthebendsa.com 210-354-3002

Bubba Gump Shrimp Company www.bubbagump.com 210-224-4867

Paesanos RiverWalk www.paesanosriverwalk.com 210-227-2782

Casa Rio & Schilo’s www.casario.com 210-225-6718 www.schilos.com 210-223-6692

Pizzaritas www.pizzaritas.com 210-293-7842

Chart House www.TowerOfTheAmericas.com 210-223-3101 The County Line www.countyline.com 210-229-1941 Dave & Buster’s www.daveandbusters.com 210-951-3600 Denny’s Riverwalk www.dennys.com 210-223-4321 Dick’s Last Resort www.dickslastresort.com 210-224-0026 Ghirardelli www.ghirardelli.com 210-627-6064 Guadalajara Grill www.guadalajaragrill.us 210-222-1992 Iron Cactus www.ironcactus.com 210-224-9835 Landry’s Saltgrass Steakhouse www.saltgrass.com 210-222-9092 Landry’s Seafood www.landrysseafood.com 210-229-1010 Lonestar Restaurants www.riverrestaurants.com 210-223-9374 MadDogs British Pub www.maddogs.net 210-222-0220

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Rainforest Café www.rainforestcafe.com 210-277-6300 Restaurante Pico de Gallo www.picodegallo.com 210-225-6060 Rio Rio Cantina www.riorioriverwalk.com 210-226-8462 Rita’s on the River www.ritasontheriver.com 210-227-RITA Texas de Brazil www.texasdebrazil.com 210-299-1600

SHOPPING

Angelita’s www.angelitasa.com 210-224-8362 B & C Leather Designs & Unique Finds 210-724-8521; 210-464-1126 Market Square www.marketsquaresa.com 210-207-8600

Villa Tesoros 418 Villita St - Bldg. 8 San Antonio, Texas 78205 (210) 724-8521, (210) 464-1126

MUSEUM

Briscoe Western Art Museum www.briscoemuseum.org 210-299-4499 Buckhorn Saloon & Museum www.buckhornmuseum.com 210-247-4000 The DoSeum www.thedoseum.org 210-212-4453

Phillips Entertainment/Guiness Book of World Records Museum www.alamoplazaattractions.com 210-226-2828 Ripley’s/Waxworks www.ripleys.com 210-224-9299 Splashtown San Antonio www.splashtownsa.com 210-227-1400

COMEDY CLUB

Improv Comedy Club www.sanantoniocomedyclubs.com 210-229-1400

DISTILLERIES

San Antonio Conservation Society www.saconservation.org/homestead 210-225-5924

Tito’s Handmade Vodka www.TitosVodka.com

ATTRACTIONS

Coyote Ugly Saloon www.coyoteuglysaloon.com 210-465-UGLY

Battle for Texas: The Experience www.battlefortexas.com 210-592-8080 Cascade Caverns www.cascadecaverns.com 830-755-8080

NIGHTLIFE

Hilton Palacio Del Rio/Durty Nelly’s/ Tex’s Riverwalk Sports Bar www.palaciodelrio.com 210-224-3368

City Sightseeing Double Decker Tour San Antonio www.citysightseeingsanantonio.com 210-224-8687

Naked Iguana www.nakediguanariverwalkbar.com 210-226-8462

Dave & Buster’s www.daveandbusters.com 210-951-3600

Wyndham Resorts www.wyndham.com

GO RIO River Cruises www.goriocruises.com 210-227-4746

Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino www.luckyeagletexas.com

HOTELS

CASINO

Mirror Maze 210-224-2288 Natural Bridge Caverns www.naturalbridgecavernscom 210-651-6101

Ford Holiday Boat Caroling

Cowboys Alamo City Harley Davidson on the RiverWalk www.cowboysalamocityharley.com 210-212-4461 La Villita Historic Village www.lavillitasanantonio.com 210-207-8614 Plaza Taxco www.plazataxco.com 210-212-6733 Shops at Rivercenter www.shoprivercenter.com 210-225-000

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