Pearl Farmers Market has gone online for now. Photo: Pearl, used with permission.
Pearl Farmers Market has transitioned to online ordering and curbside pickup to better serve the community given the current state of affairs and concerns surrounding the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Pearl is dedicated to fostering community and supporting our farmers and small businesses during this difficult time while prioritizing the health and safety of visitors and vendors. (Pearl, 2020)
For this reason, the Farmers Market will be going online to ensure that customers can continue to receive the produce, meat, dairy, eggs, pantry items and specialty foods they need. Customers may go to online to select specific items and create custom orders for pickup. A $25 seasonal bag that offers a variety of produce options will also be available. All orders must be submitted by Wednesday at midnight for pickup on Friday. Curbside pickup is available from 3p.m. to 7p.m. on Fridays at Pearl Stable; 307 Pearl Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78215. Upon arrival, follow the signs to the curbside location and Pearl representatives will be on hand to deliver your bag to your vehicle.
“This is a trying time for people around the globe and we are doing everything we can to help people get through this. We understand that many people rely on the weekly Farmers Market and we hope this online experience will give everyone the resources they need, all while supporting our farmers.” – Nancy Fitch, Sr. Markets Manager at Pearl
Pearl’s Canciones kicks off this Friday February 22 with Carrie Rodriguez and Eva Ybarra. Photo: Pearl, used with permission.
Pearl is excited to announce the first artist in its Canciones series of 2019: Carrie Rodriguez’s Laboratorio and special guest Eva Ybarra, who will both perform on Friday, February 22, from 7:30p.m. to 9p.m. at Pearl Park. (Pearl, 2019)
Led by bilingual singer/songwriter/fiddle player Carrie Rodriguez, Laboratorio features a different guest with each performance. Rodriguez and the Laboratorio band explore and stretch the boundaries of what is considered to be Latin music in America today. San Antonio’s “Queen of the Accordion,” Eva Ybarra, will join Rodriguez and Laboratorio. Ybarra is one of a very few number of women accordionists in conjunto music, a genre of music originating at the Texas/Mexico border based on Mexican and Czech-German folk forms such as the polka, mazurka, schottische, waltz and huapango.
Canciones is a free concert series celebrating the sounds of South Texas at Pearl Park. Food and drink will be available for purchase at the Bottling Department.
“We are thrilled to kick-off our 2019 Canciones series with such a strong female artist. Carrie Rodriguez embodies what this series is all about – celebrating the amazing music of South Texas.” – Elizabeth Fauerso, Pearl’s Chief Marketing Officer
Pearl Park
303 Pearl Pkwy
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 212-7260
Mi Golondrina is one of the pop-up shops at Pearl this fall. Photo: Mi Golondrina, used with permission.
This holiday season, Pearl is welcoming Mexican-inspired pop-up shops to get guests into the holiday shopping mood. These shops will feature a variety of handcrafted collections, ranging from vintage Mexican masks to high-end artisan apparel and accessories and will available through December. (Pearl, 2018)
In conjunction with Pearl’s second annual Día de los Muertos celebration November 1 and 2, Mexico City-based artist Karima Muyaes comes to Pearl to sell and showcase her Día-themed artwork. As an internationally renowned artist and printmaker, Muyaes creates artwork with iconic imagery and characteristic style. Large format paintings, prints, paper skulls and vintage Mexican masks will be available. Muyaes’ altar/ofrenda in honor of the 43 Mexican male students who disappeared in 2014 will also be on view.
Founded in June 2013 by Cristina Lynch, Mi Golondrina works with skilled artisans to pair centuries old embroidery techniques with modern styles. Each one-of-a-kind piece in the Mi Golondrina collection is handcrafted in Mexico while the finishing details are added by their talented team in Dallas, the end result being a curated collection of high-end artisan apparel and accessories.
Artist Karima Muyaes
November 1 through November 11. Closed Monday. Open Tuesday through Sunday 10a.m. to 6p.m.
Mi Golondrina
November 23 through December 22. Closed Sunday and Monday. Open Tuesday through Saturday 11a.m. to 5p.m.
All pop-up stores will be located behind Local Coffee.
Pearl
302 Pearl Parkway Suite 110
Next to Ten Thousand Villages on Avenue A
San Antonio, TX 78215
As part of Ole, San Antonio, Master Class: Plancton Marino is a culinary experience seafood fans. Photo: Pearl, used with permission.
As part of their culinary series during Olé, San Antonio, Hotel Emma will be presenting a unique experience on July 25 from 5:30p.m. to 8:30p.m. titled ‘Master Class: Plancton Marino.’ This innovative ingredient new to the culinary scene is described as tasting “authentically like the sea.” Tickets for the session are $25 and available for purchase online. (Hotel Emma, 2018)
Plancton Marino, as an ingredient, is new to the culinary scene. Spain is the only country with authorization to cultivate the tiny marine organisms. Embraced by leaders in the cutting-edge Spanish gastronomy scene, plancton marino exemplifies the latest installment in Spain’s long history of experimenting with innovative techniques and ingredients.
Scheduled to take place at Hotel Emma’s exhibition kitchen, guests will have the opportunity to experience and discover plancton marino, which is not available anywhere in the United States. The special event will welcome expert and leading Spanish marine plancton food consultant Alberto Palomar who will talk about the origins of plancton marino as an ingredient in Spanish cuisine, the process of cultivation and the nutritional benefits. Sea food and sea salt lovers are encouraged to attend and try out this unique ingredient. There will also be a short documentary and a tasting activity.
Supper will feature a la carte specials on the menu with dishes highlighting Chef John Brand’s creative uses of plancton marino. The specials will be available during lunch and dinner service. Reservations may be done online. Larder and Sternewirth will be carrying tapas and dishes specifically designed to highlight this exclusive ingredient.
This event is part of the six unique culinary Master Classes Hotel Emma has prepared as part of Olé, San Antonio, a summer-long program celebrating San Antonio’s Spanish heritage in commemoration of the city’s 300th anniversary. Upcoming Master Classes include jamón (Spanish ham), conservas (tinned fish) and cheese.
Hotel Emma
136 E Grayson
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 448-8300
Ole San Antonio at Pearl celebrates the city’s Spanish heritage. Photo courtesy of Pearl, used with permission.
To celebrate San Antonio’s Tricentennial and its Spanish heritage, Pearl announces Olé, San Antonio: When San Antonio Meets Spain. This summer-long celebration will take place from Friday June 15 to Sunday September 16 to commemorate the city’s 300th anniversary. There will be events and activities related to four main pillars: gastronomy, music and dance, arts and architecture. Events will include new programming while also incorporating existing Pearl activities. (Pearl, 2018)
Events scheduled for Olé, San Antonio from July 17 through July 27 include Sound Cream at Pearl Park, Master Class Plancton Marino, Canciones and more.
Wednesday, July 18 & 25
Sound Cream Sunset Sessions – Olé Edition at 5:30 p.m.
For the Olé edition of Sound Cream, DJ Isaiah will take over Pearl Park with a Rihanna themed dance party on July 18th and DJ Miranda Maxwell will have a Sade themed set on the 25th. Sound Cream will occur every Wednesday during the summer.
Saturday, July 21
Olé, San Antonio! Paella at 11a.m.
The Culinary Institute of America will join Pearl in celebrating San Antonio’s 300th birthday by hosting a class featuring Paella, one of Spain’s most iconic dishes. Tickets are available online for $25.
Wednesday, July 25
Master Class Plancton Marino at 5:30 p.m.
Hotel Emma will offer visitors and San Antonians the chance to have an in-depth lesson on plancton. Larder and Sternewirth will be serving Spanish plancton in tapas and dishes designed to highlight the ingredient. Expert Alberto Palomar will also teach a master class on plancton. Tickets are available online.
Friday, July 27
Canciones at 5:30 p.m.
Canciones is a free concert series dedicated to Texas. During Olé, San Antonio, visiting artists from Spain will showcase their music alongside South Texas favorites. South Texas Indie Latin orchestra Volcán will open this edition of Canciones at Pearl followed by Spanish composer, vocalist and saxophonist Antonio Lizana. Canciones is free and open to the public.
Pearl
303 Pearl Pkwy
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 212-7260
Ole, San Antonio: When San Antonio Meets Spain will celebrate the city’s anniversary this summer. Photo: Pearl, used with permission.
To celebrate San Antonio’s Tricentennial and its Spanish heritage, Pearl announces Olé, San Antonio: When San Antonio Meets Spain. This summer-long celebration will take place from Friday June 15 to Sunday September 16 to commemorate the city’s 300th anniversary. There will be events and activities related to four main pillars: gastronomy, music and dance, arts and architecture. Events will include new programming while also incorporating existing Pearl activities. (Pearl, 2018)
Scheduled events will have a common thread: an intercambio, an exchange and collaboration between the cultures of Spain and San Antonio, creating experiences and memories completely unique to Olé. Restaurants at the Pearl will feature Spanish menus and chef collaboration dinners, retailers will feature specially curated Spanish items, and there will be a variety of activities at the Pearl Park.
The official opening day is Thursday June 21 with a Dia Mundial de la Tapa (International Day of the Tapa) tasting at Pearl Stable, a flamenco performance in Pearl Park by Pure Flamenco Primitivo Family Dance Company and a celebration of Spanish cuisine and cooking techniques at the Culinary Institute of America campus at Pearl.
Gastronomy:
Pearl will have a total Spanish take-over of the restaurants onsite as they host Tapas Tuesdays, Gin Tonic Thursdays, Spanish wine selections and more. Collaboration dinners will include Spanish chefs paired with Pearl chefs. The Culinary Institute of America in San Antonio (CIA) will host Spanish master classes for students and food enthusiasts that will center around popular Spanish cuisine like tapas, paella and Spanish wines. Hotel Emma will present several culinary concierge-driven Spanish demos and immersive tastings as well as classes around the six essential Spanish food categories: olive oil, wine, cheese, jamón (ham), salts/spices and conservas (tinned fish). Supper, Larder and Sternewirth will incorporate Spanish-influenced items, such as flamenquines, saffrón and Spanish sea salts, jamóns, tapas, sangrias and gin tonics. Hotel Emma will also host several Spanish dinners at Supper featuring chefs from Spain and regional Spanish chefs.
Music and dance:
Spanish music and dance will come to life at Pearl with intercambio performances that will range from flamenco to jazz to DJs to mariachi. World-renowned flamenco dancer Carlos Rodriguez will present a special performance at Pearl Park. Spanish DJs will collaborate in their performances with South Texan counterparts and there will be an evening of zarzuela with Casa de España en San Antonio. Spanish artist Concha Buika is scheduled to perform at Pearl Park in August. She is a Grammy nominated artist and voted one of the world’s “50 Great Voices” by NPR whose music includes flamenco, Latin, jazz and R&B.
Arts and architecture:
Ana Juan, an artist, illustrator, painter and winner of the 2010 Spanish National Illustration prize, will be creating a limited-edition serigraph honoring the city’s long history printed by master serigrapher Manolo Gurillo. The Olé Galería (gallery) will feature exhibitions of contemporary Spanish graphic artists and works from visiting Spanish photographers Beatrix Mexi Molnar and Andres Marin. Olé will also be collaborating with the San Antonio Museum of Art on its exhibition Spain: 500 Years of Spanish Painting from the Museums of Madrid.
Finally, the closing day is scheduled for Sunday September 16 and the day’s events will feature an intercambio dinner with Spanish chefs working with Pearl chefs, a mariachi-flamenco performance with Spanish guitarist Luis Gallo performing with local San Antonio artists as part of Mariachi Lab and a Cabezudos (big heads) parade representing key figures in the city’s history. A short film, the product of a collaboration between visiting Spanish and San Antonio-based artists, will premiere at the event.
“Our intention with creating Olé was to acknowledge our 300 years of history with Spain and to create a truly monumental celebration that people will cherish and remember for the rest of their lives..” – Elizabeth Fauerso, Pearl chief marketing officer
Celebrate National Wine Day on Friday with a fresh-fruit sangria at Krause’s Café. Photo: Krause’s Café, used with permission.
This Friday May 25 is National Wine Day and for anyone looking for local places to relax and have a glass of wine, Pearl in San Antonio and Krause’s Café & Biergarten in New Braunfels have some wine specials. Whether by the bottle or the glass, red or white, guests can celebrate this drink holiday with style and save money.
At Pearl’s Bar at the Bottling Department, guests can expect 25% off select wines on Friday. If money is no object, the new frosé is available to cool down with and just $8 for an 8 oz. glass.
Krause’s Cafe & Biergarten in New Braunfels will offer half off select bottles. Restaurant and biergarten patrons can also enjoy wine on tap for $6- $7.50 as well as one of New Braunfels’ biggest glasses of fresh-fruit sangria for $8.
Krause’s Café & Biergarten
148 S Castell Ave
New Braunfels, TX 78130
(830) 625-2807
Pearl
312 Pearl Parkway
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 564-9140
Fitness in Pearl Park kicks off this Tuesday March 6. Photo: Pearl, used with permission.
This month Pearl is launching the Fitness in Pearl Park series to give patrons free access to rotating studio classes where they can also enjoy Bottling Department specials. These classes will take place every Tuesday beginning at 5:30p.m. with the series kicking off Tuesday March 6 and continuing through June. Each month, a different San Antonio studio will take over Pearl Park to give guests a chance to get their sweat on and enjoy specials from The Good Kind once they have completed their exercise routine. All classes are free and open to the public but those interested can sign up online. Energy X Fitness will host four classes at Pearl Park throughout the month of March. (Pearl, 2018)
March classes include:
March 6: EnergyX Circuits: High intensity and high-energy circuit style workout that features rowers, kettle bells, resistance bands, balls and more.
March 13: LIT HIIT: Low impact training (LIT), that is high intensity interval training (HIIT) using rowers, BOSUs and weights.
March 20: EnergyX Flex: Strength based workout using kettlebells and body weight.
March 27: EnergyX Circuits: High intensity and high energy circuit style.
In addition to fitness classes, Pearl will offer specials at The Bar at Bottling Department on Tuesday evenings. Specials will vary each week.
Bonus Round, a student led art exhibition, will be at Popmarte at the Pearl through Sunday January 14. Photo: Pearl, used with permission.
Popmarte, a rotating, multi-brand pop-up retail store, joined Pearl for the holidays and is now extending the stay for an art exhibition named Bonus Round. An eager group of young art students from Texas State University are teaming up with Popmarte at Pearl to utilize the unique retail space as a showcase of their handmade art. Gabi Martinez, a ceramic artist from Texas State University leads the project. This pop-up gallery of handmade art aims to transcend the white box theory as it champions a street-smart aesthetic. Bonus Round is an industrial experience where a merging of disciplines allows the makers to redefine function with intent to create quality handmade art. All art will be available for purchase. It premiered on Tuesday January 2 and will be open until Sunday January 14. Hours are Monday: closed, Tuesday to Thursday: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday to Saturday: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Popmarte, 2017)
Pearl
302 Pearl Parkway Suite 110
San Antonio, TX 78215
Boiler House is celebrating its five year anniversary with week long specials. Photo: Julie Soefer, used with permission.
Boiler House Texas Grill & Wine Garden, along with Executive Chef Jeff White, is celebrating its Five-Year Anniversary with a week long “5×5 Celebration.” This grand celebration will feature a variety of food and drink specials throughout the week of November 27 to December 1 between 4p.m. to 7p.m. including $5 happy hour specials on specialty cocktails and small plates. Throughout the week, Boiler House will bring back popular dinner dishes from its past menus, including Pork Shank with spaetzle dijonaise, Salmon with cream of spinach and bacon relish, Achiote Chicken Skewers with orange pico and Veal Ricotta Meatball with potato puree and Espanola sauce. (Boiler House, 2017)
Located in the revitalized Pearl District, Boiler House provides a taste of artfully prepared, gourmet Texas Hill Country fare partnered with an ever-evolving wine list and Texas craft beer selections. The menu includes contemporary Texas fare served in a vibrant, energetic space with a Texas soul and roots dating back to 1896. A Texas-themed cocktail menu boasts local whiskeys and traditional bourbons, Scotches, añejo tequilas and mezcals.
Boiler House Texas Grill & Wine Garden
312 Pearl Parkway, Building 3
San Antonio, TX 78215
(210) 354-4644
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