Name: Barbaro Background: Part of the Empty Stomach group which includes Hot Joy in Southtown, as well as Chisme and Paper Tiger on the St. Mary’s Strip. Barbaro was one of the first to open and it is home to great pizza, craft cocktails, and it sports a favorite brunch menu on Saturdays and Sundays. Happy Hour: While they have a regular happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m. daily with half-off cocktails, they just started a late night special as well. The…
Pulling up to Betty’s Battalion might leave you underwhelmed, judging by the exterior of the bar, which has been housed in a strip center next to Fort Sam Houston for the past 30 years. However the once you open the doors, you are greeted by cozy ambiance in the form of colorful string lights, pictures and military memorabilia filling the walls, and the smiling faces of old and young alike. The foundation for Betty’s, which opened in the 1980s, was rooted as…
Name: Oak Hills Tavern Background: Located on Fredricksburg just south of Medical Drive, many say that it is one of the best bars in the medical area. They’s been there for years, and have become an established and favorite in the area. They have events planned through out the week, like Karaoke every Sundays and Tuesdays, movie nights on Thursdays, and often a band throwing over the bar on Fridays. Happy Hour: They run a happy hour daily between 3…
If you didn’t have a reason before to visit Hanzo, the newly opened Alamo Heights bar, now you do. The latest bar concept from Steve Mahoney, is now hosting two happy hours. While out side of happy hour you can order both classic and creatively named craft cocktails that will start at about $9 and steadily go up in price (one is over $20!), the happy hour menu offers a more affordable price on beer, wine, cocktails, and last but not…
Cloak & Dagger Social Club, just down the ways from UTSA on the northside of San Antonio, is now well into its second year of business. If seen from afar (read: online), one might think of it as your typical college bar, complete with cold beer, shot specials, and large TVs, but walking tells another story that left this writer pleasantly taken aback with how the bar will defy this assumption. Unlike most sports bars, Cloak & Dagger is equipped with…