Astronaut taking piece of the Spurs to space
Spurs will be making history. NASA Astronaut Lt. Col. Andrew Morgan will be taking the Spurs jersey into space. This will be the first time that any Spurs memorabilia leaves planet Earth. Morgan will be inside the International Space Station living and…
Majestic Theatre celebrates 90 years in the making
On Friday, June 21st from 11:30a – 1:30p enjoy free birthday cake (*while supplies last), music, games, and grab a bite from a food truck because the Majestic Theatre is celebrating their 90th birthday. Come celebrate at 224 E Houston St, San…
Kiddie Park is relocating
Kiddie Park is moving to the San Antonio Zoo! For a little over 93 years, the park served many young and old at it’s Broadway location. With an increase in development in the area and a lack of parking. The fit for both the zoo and the kiddie park…
Construction starts on new federal courthouse
San Antonio will be getting a brand new federal courthouse at the corner of Santa Rosa Avenue and West Nueva Street. The groundbreaking occurred on Monday, March 18th with U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R). Cornyn said told the media that it was a lengthy…
Popular S. Flores bar closes
Laid back, family owned watering hole with good cold brews and several televisions to catch the game has shut their doors Sunday. As the bar was getting to the last minute of being open, customers were saddened to say their goodbyes to the bar. The…
San Antonio still holds largest MLK march in nation
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, about 300,000 San Antonian’s woke-up early at 10 am for a great cause. They head down to the Martin Luther King Jr. Academy on Martin Luther King Way on the east side of San Antonio. People bundle up, bring their…
Meet the man who started the annual MLK march in San Antonio
The first March of Justice was first organized by the late Rev. Dr. Raymond “R.A.” Callies, Sr. who was a San Antonio pastor and a teacher. Callies started the march in 1968 to bring the attention to call for basic infrastructure to the…
Union Pacific to alter “haunted” rail road tracks
San Antonio Ghost Tracks at are just as popular as barbacoa and Big Red. Union Pacific who owns the railroad tracks at Villamain and Shane Road will be installing a 10,000-foot siding track running parallel to the existing main line according to UP…
Church’s Chicken: San Antonio based company that flew off to Atlanta
Church’s Chicken was born in San Antonio, TX by George W. Church Sr. on April 17, 1952. The location was downtown San Antonio right across from the Alamo as Church’s Fried Chicken to-go, a tourist attraction that drew thousands upon thousands…
Taco Cabana: the patio cafe that has San Antonio roots
In 1978, Felix Stehling purchased an old Diary Queen location at the corner of San Pedro and Hidebrand Avenue in San Antonio. Stehling wanted the corner lot for additional parking for his popular bar called the Crystal Pistol Bar, which at the time was…
Luby’s: The cafeteria that started in San Antonio
Luby’s Cafeterias, Inc. was founded in San Antonio, TX by Robert (Bob) Luby in 1947. The story begins when Bob was one year old when his father, Harry, opened up a cafeteria called the New England Dairy Lunch in Springfield, Missouri made for the…
Fuddruckers: The burger chain that started in San Antonio, TX
It all started in 1976 when Philip J. Romano moved San Antonio, Texas from West Palm Beach, Florida and started the burger chain we know today as Freddie Fuddruckers in 1978. Romano took an old bank at 8602 Botts Lane and converted it to a burger…