Posted By Katie Hennessey on Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 10:00 AM click to enlarge Katie Hennessey
As the qualifying matches for the 2022 World Cup played on a dining room TV, the atmosphere inside La Milanesa Restaurant and Grill made it seem like the eatery had been transported from its Northeast San Antonio strip center into another country.
Jersey-wearing fútbol fanatics clustered around the screen, voices rising as the game heated up onscreen. The Uruguay-born chef is known to run out of the kitchen, screaming “Gol!” after his preferred team scores.
“This is basically our little corner or Uruguay or Argentina for whoever comes in,” said Octavio Millan, owner of the newly opened La Milanesa, 3261 Nacogdoches Road, which specializes in the cuisine of the two South American count