The Northeast Side of San Antonio is an oft overlooked corridor when it comes to grabbing food, despite being home to local heavy hitters like Kim's Galbi, Wayne's Wings, and Comfort Cafe. But a new restaurant is bringing quality Italian dining to the area with its romantic setting and old-fashioned hospitality. New Italian restaurant Pazzo Pastari...
READ MOREWith origins that date all the way back to Palermo in Italy, Little Italy celebrated 40 years of doing business Saturday at its location off West Avenue near the intersection of Blanco. The Visocaro family opened the restaurant in San Antonio in 1983 after operating a pizzeria in New York. Little Italy evokes plenty of history and ambiance with Dea...
READ MOREIconic Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli has announced new US tour dates for November and December 2023. The run includes ten show dates in major cities across the nation, including San Antonio, Dallas, Louisville, Boston, Philadelphia, Hartford, Baltimore, with two nights in Hollywood, FL at Hard Rock Live, and a return to the iconic Madison Square Gar...
READ MOREDowntown's Westin Riverwalk has reopened its Zocca Cuisine D’Italia in completely renovated river-level digs. The restaurant, which specializes in Texas-inspired Italian dishes, also has appointed Ron Mays as its executive chef, according to officials with the hotel chain. After the three-month-long reno, the restaurant now features an indoor-outdo...
READ MORESam Greco’s mother was blessed with two daughters and desired a son. After five miscarriages, she prayed to San Francesco di Paola, the patron saint of Italians and Italian-Americans. She said if she could carry a child to full term, she would dress her son as a monk each Sunday for five years. And she did. “She made the promise — like an Italian...
READ MOREThree years after a statue of explorer Christoper Columbus was vandalized and ordered removed from a downtown park, a new statue will go up in its place. The new statue of a Catholic saint, which was sought by a retired construction company executive, will be erected on the pedestal where the Columbus statue stood in what used to be known as Columb...
READ MORERoman Landscapes: Visions of Nature and Myth from Rome and Pompeii is the first exhibition in the United States to explore landscape scenes as a striking new genre of ancient Roman art. These works depict a fascinating, yet imaginary vision of a countryside dotted with seaside villas and rural shrines, where gods and mythological heroes mingle with...
READ MOREMany San Antonio folks have been wondering what's next for Pearl's Food Hall at Bottling Dept. since the long-running Tenko Ramen ended service late last year. Well, the wait is finally over, as Potluck Hospitality, the restaurant group responsible for several of Pearl's most lauded restaurants, announced the arrival of two new concepts to the food...
READ MOREItalian immigrants began arriving in San Antonio in the 1870s. By 1890 a number of families had established an Italian neighborhood northwest of downtown. In April of that year a small group gathered together in a fruit store at the corner of Commerce Street and Plaza de Armas to organize a benevolent association. They obtained a charter for the Ch...
READ MOREThe San Antonio Museum of Art's latest exhibition features 65 wall paintings, sculptures, mosaics, silver vessels and pieces of cameo glass created in Roman Italy between 100 B.C. and A.D. 250. "Roman Landscapes: Visions of Nature and Myth from Rome and Pompeii" aims to introduce visitors to the cultural and archaeological contexts of Roman art, de...
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