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Posted By Nina Rangel on Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 11:53 AM click to enlarge Courtesy of Ja’el Sundown for Symbio-Hush Butcher Series’ online shop offers exclusive a la carte cuts of locally sourced meat. On a cold December afternoon in 2013, among food writers, farmers and noted Texas chefs, I learned what it means to be happier than a pig in shit. I’d heard the phrase before, but on the sprawling grounds of South Texas Heritage Pork, an artisan hog farm nestled just 50 minutes southeast of downtown San Antonio, I saw firsthand exactly how happy the critters could be. That afternoon, our motley crew of local food pros some boasting deep Louisiana roots banded together to hold a traditional boucherie. The r ....
Posted By Sanford Nowlin on Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 9:11 AM click to enlarge Courtesy Photo / Grand Hyatt Roughly 70% of the Grand Hyatt’s room revenue comes from conventioneers, according to Moody’s Investors Service. When the pandemic began siphoning off River Walk tourism early last spring, Oscar Noin thought he was seeing a repeat of the downturn he’d ridden out after 9/11. Noin, the head server at the Esquire Tavern, spent most of his adult life working in San Antonio’s hospitality sector and thought he knew what to brace for. Then, his restaurant closed the day after Mother’s Day, only reopening again for full service in November. ....