This Sunday April 30 from 11a.m. to 4p.m. Paramour will be having another Drag Brunch and this one is Fiesta themed. Hosted by Kristi Waters, Viva! Selena! will give guests the opportunity to enjoy themed music by the Queen of Tejano Selena Quintanilla and performances by Kristi Waters, Nilaya Mathews, Jorgeous Waters and from Corpus Christi, Honey Andrews. This event is free and open to the public and will also feature music by DJ Ramm, breakfast tacos and specialty Selena and Fiesta themed cocktails available for purchase. (Paramour, 2017)
Paramour
102 9th St, Suite 400
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 340-9880
SweetFire Kitchen at La Cantera Resort & Spa will be having a Mother’s Day brunch on Sunday May 14, 2017. Photo courtesy of SweetFire Kitchen, used with permission.
Next up on the calendar is Mother’s Day and SweetFire Kitchen at La Cantera Resort & Spa is having a Mother’s Day brunch on Sunday May 14 for $65 for adults and $26 for children. Reservations are available through open table or by calling (210) 558-6500. (SweetFire Kitchen, 2017)
Some of the brunch offerings include:
The breakfast station: smoked bacon, chicken apple sausage, SweetFire Benedict- smoked ham organic eggs and blood orange hollandaise, Breakfast Quiche – house made ricotta, preserved lemon and charred leeks, roasted red bliss potatoes, roasted peppers, caramelized onions, Waffles, butter, pecans, berries, whipped cream and maple syrup and a made to order Chef’s omelet and egg station.
The Raw Bar: oysters on the half shell, crab salad and gazpacho shooters, Old Bay and Shiner Bock poached shrimp, horseradish cocktail, house made hot sauce and champagne mignonette.
Cheese and Charcuterie: house cured meats and Texas cheeses, spiced lavosh, seasonal jams and local honey.
Salad table: baby romaine, brown butter croutons, shaved parmesan and roasted garlic dressing, bluebonnet green, summer berries, feta cheese and candied pecans, charred broccoli, bacon, almonds, grapes and dill mustard vinaigrette, red quinoa salad, Persian cucumbers, fennel, olives and preserved lemon, seasonal melons and fruit.
The bakeshop: pecan shortbread cookies, opera cake and white chocolate coffee ganache, chocolate hazelnut tortes, lemon meringue tarts, eclairs, spring berries and vanilla cream, black financier and pistachio streusel, plum tarts and almond cream, flourless oatmeal banana cakes, vanilla cheesecake and peach cream, chocolate pot de crème, croissant bread pudding and caramel cream.
SweetFire Kitchen is located on the lobby level of La Cantera Resort & Spa and features an open-air style kitchen. Guests can enjoy home style cuisine and signature dishes as well as a full-service bar with unique craft cocktails, an extensive wine list and draught beers.
SweetFire Kitchen
16641 La Cantera Parkway
San Antonio, TX 78256
(210) 558-6500
Bakery Lorraine will have dessert options like Neapolitan Bunnies for the Easter holiday. Photo courtesy of Bakery Lorraine, used with permission.
Easter this year is on April 16 and several restaurants are offering Easter Sunday specials for their guests who would rather eat out with their families. Boiler House, Bakery Lorraine, Hotel Contessa, Southerleigh and Hotel Emma will have special holiday themed menus and desserts. (Giant Noise, 2017)
Boiler House – Boiler House will have specialty menu items and regular brunch items served on Easter Sunday. Brunch Entrees include Bunny & Brie Pierogies, Maple Cured Bone-In Pork Belly and Lobster Pot Pie. Dessert includes Poteet Strawberry Parfait. Special Libation includes Southtown, basil-serrano infused lime juice, local honey and Monopolowa Gin. Dinner hours are from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Bakery Lorraine– Bakery Lorraine will have special pastries available on Easter Sunday and throughout the beginning month of April including: Egg-Shaped Moonpies: Colorful Easter pastry eggs that’s made with homemade graham cracker cookies filled with marshmallow in the center ($4 each). Neapolitan Bunnies: Cute bunnies made with vanilla cream, strawberry and chocolate ($6 each). Lemon Berry Chicks: Designed baby chicks in a basket of lemon berry filling ($6 each). Carrot Cake: Bakery Lorraine’s specialty carrot cake ($6 each). Hours are from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Hotel Contessa – Hotel Contessa’s restaurant, Las Ramblas, is offering a special Easter brunch on Sunday, April 16 between 11 a.m. – 2:30 p.m., reservations required. Prices is $55 per person, $20 for children ages 6-13, free for children under 5. Brunch hours are from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Southerleigh – Southerleigh will be offering Easter brunch specials as well as its full brunch selection. Business hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hotel Emma– Supper will be offering an Easter special that includes Hudspeth Farms lamb patty melt on pumpernickel with gouda and pickled Vegetables. Lunch hours are 11a.m. – 2 p.m. Dinner hours are 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. Larder will be offering an off the menu Easter Special of an Egg Salad Tartine with avocado, radish and carrot top salsa verde. Larder hours are from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Southerleigh will be having beer specials this Friday April 7 to commemorate National Beer Day. Photo by Nick Simonite, used with permission.
This Friday April 7 is National Beer Day and Southerleigh, located at the Pearl, will be celebrating the occasion with a happy hour. The restaurant and brewery will be doing a special Progressive Happy Hour on April 7 only during specific times:
3p.m. – 4 p.m. – $1 per pint
4p.m. – 5 p.m. – $2 per pint
5p.m. – 6 p.m. – $3 per pint
6p.m. – 7 p.m. – $4 per pint
Guests will be able to enjoy Southerleigh favorites such as the Gold Export Lager and the Pale Moon Rising American Pale Ale. There are no beer exclusions to this special happy hour while supplies last. Special pricing ends after 7 p.m.
Southerleigh is the first brewery at Pearl since 2001 and has a 15-barrel brew house, six serving tank and a firkin/wood barrel-aging program. It is a 7,900-square foot dining facility with multiple seating options including bar seating, patio seating and a private dining room that can seat up to twenty people. The private dining in the north dining room seats up to seventy five people with the capacity to host parties of up to two hundred people.
Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery
136 East Grayson, Suite 120
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 455-5701
On Saturday April 8 Rainforest Cafe will host an egg-cellent Easter Adventure. Photo courtesy of Rainforest Cafe, used with permission.
Rain Forest Cafe: A Wild Place to Shop and Eat in downtown San Antonio is getting into the Easter spirit by hosting Cha! Cha!’s Egg-Cellent Easter Adventure this Saturday April from 8a.m. to 10a.m. Children and families are invited to spend a morning with Cha! Cha! and the Easter Bunny for a special buffet. This brand new breakfast buffet menu features favorites such as scrambled eggs, pork and turkey sausage, pancakes, hash browns with diced peppers and onions and biscuits and sausage gravy. This event will also include a family friendly Easter egg hunt, Easter basket raffle and complimentary goodie bags filled with additional treats and prizes for the children. Tickets are available online. (Rain Forest Cafe, 2017)
Rain Forest Cafe – River Walk
110 East Crockett
San Antonio, TX 78205
(210) 277-6300
The Dirty Mextini is just one of the many margaritas that can be enjoyed on National Margarita Day this February 22. Courtesy photo, used with permission.
National Margarita Day is this Wednesday February 22 and the Pearl is making it easy to celebrate hump day with a margarita crawl. Guests can start with Sternewirth’s La Babia margarita which is usually given to Hotel Emma’s guests upon arrival. Boiler House has their version of a margarita made with local honey and orange bitters. Southerleigh has the citrusy Margarita Gose beer which has notes limes, oranges and tequila and is brewed in house. (Pearl, 2017)
The following are two margarita recipes featuring different Twang salts and seasonings.
Dirty Mextini
Ice
3oz anejo tequila
½oz olive brine
1 ½ oz fresh lime juice
1 ½ oz Cointreau
Splash of orange juice
TwangARita Gold Salt for rimming glass
Add ice to cocktail shaker.
Add in tequila, olive brine, lime juice and Cointreau. Shake vigorously for several seconds.
Moisten rim of glass with lime wedge. Turn glass rim a few times in TwangARita Gold Salt.
Strain martini into rimmed glass.
Top with a splash of orange juice. Garnish and enjoy!
Burro Borracho, AKA Mexican Mule
1 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz orange liqueur (such as Grand Marnier or Triple Sec)
2 oz ginger beer
2 oz tequila
Ice
TwangARita Paloma Salt
Sweethearts Dance is a family friendly Valentine’s Day celebration that will be held at the Pearl on Saturday February 18. Photo courtesy of Pearl, used with permission.
On Saturday February 18 there will be a family Valentine’s Day celebration at the Pearl Stable especially suited for the little ones. This family friendly celebration will take place from 5p.m. to 8p.m. and will feature music and dancing, love-themed arts and crafts, a photo booth, sweet and salty treats and a champagne bar for the adults. Tickets are available online and are priced at $25 for one adult and two children, $10 for each additional adult and $5 for each additional child. Children under two years old are free. To make the evening extra fun, fancy whimsical attire is recommended. (Pearl,2017)
Pearl Stable
307 Pearl Pkwy
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 212-9539
This Sunday April 30 from 11a.m. to 4p.m. Paramour will be having another Drag Brunch and this one is Fiesta themed. Hosted by Kristi Waters, Viva! Selena! will give guests the opportunity to enjoy themed music by the Queen of Tejano Selena Quintanilla and performances by Kristi Waters, Nilaya Mathews, Jorgeous Waters and from Corpus Christi, Honey Andrews. This event is free and open to the public and will also feature music by DJ Ramm, breakfast tacos and specialty Selena and Fiesta themed cocktails available for purchase. (Paramour, 2017)
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