Though the cold may be gone, creamy heartwarming cocktails are becoming increasingly popular. Bars all around San Antonio have added a cocktail of this nature to their menu, all with different ingredients and unique takes.
It’s that time of the year again, whether it be the Golden Globes, The Tony’s, Grammy’s, or whichever award show you go crazy over! The time has come to review what we experienced in 2017, and with that, I wanted to talk about my top three drinks in the San Antonio cocktail scene! While these winners won’t get any special trophies that they can showcase on the back bars of their establishments, they do get a bit of bragging rights-…
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…
The San Antonio Cocktail Conference, an event which has occurred every year for the past five years, is continuing its expansion as the most premier conferences of its kind. The conference started in 2012 as a weekend affair, a way for the Houston Street Charities to raise money for non-profit organizations in the San Antonio area. At first conception it was a decently sized event. Two days’ of seminars and networking for bartenders and industry professionals was capped off with…