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Where to Shop

Our favorite San Antonio consignment shops for high style on a small budget

Rachael Abrams
Nov 18, 2015 | 11:14 am

Sometimes it doesn't pay to buy something new, especially when your city has a solid list of consignment shops with gently used clothing for mom, dad, and the kids. Whether you need a closet cleaning and want to sell your clothing, covet designer brands, need a new suit, or don't want to pay full price for your growing teenager, these stores have you (and your wallet) covered.

Here's a list of six of our favorite consignment shops in San Antonio.

Garment Exchange
The Garment Exchange consigns designer clothing and accessories for men and women. Featured brands include J.Crew, Lucky Brand, Gucci, Kate Spade, Coach, Tory Burch, and Vineyard Vines. Bring in your jewelry, clothing, and accessories to receive 40 to 50 percent of the selling price, or speak to a salesperson about selling your high-end item through the eBay store.

La Couture
This couture resale shop is a haven for designer-loving fashionistas. Top labels include Gucci, Prada, Fendi, Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin, and St. John. Check out the Facebook page to see what's new in stock.

OtraVez Couture Consignment
Located in Olmos Park is Otra Vez Couture Consignment, where couture-coveters flock to find gently used labels such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Fendi, Tory Burch, Frye, Clover Canyon, and more. Receive anywhere from 40 to 70 percent of your consigned designer goods.

Second Looks
Second Looks offers gently used suits, blazers, and slacks to men looking for a quality suit at a lower cost. Shop designer brands including Jos A. Banks, Brioni, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, Hickey Freeman, and Ermenegildo Zegna. Bring in your old suits, consign, and receive 35 percent of the selling price.

Too Good to Be Threw
This consignment shop is for both women and men looking for designer clothing and accessories. Among the featured brands are Gucci, Prada, Kate Spade, True Religion, and Chanel. Too Good to Be Threw also consigns furniture and home decor. To consign, bring in your gently used items and receive either 40 or 50 percent of the selling price.

Uptown Cheapskate
Why pay full price on clothing for a teen who's growing faster than you can imagine? You don't have to, especially with Uptown Cheapskate's large selection of clothing (both casual and dressy) for guys and girls. Sell your kids' old garb and buy something "new." With brands including Forever 21, Gap, Free People, Columbia, and North Face, young adults can get lucky too.

Uptown Cheapskate consigns clothing for fashion-forward teens and young adults.

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Uptown Cheapskate consigns clothing for fashion-forward teens and young adults.
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Irish misery makes for grand entertainment in The Banshees of Inisherin

Alex Bentley
Nov 2, 2022 | 12:58 pm
Irish misery makes for grand entertainment in The Banshees of Inisherin
Photo by Jonathan Hession / courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Colin Farrell (and his pet donkey) in The Banshees of Inisherin

The influence of Ireland on the modern movie landscape is undeniable, whether it’s actors like Colin Farrell, Liam Neeson, Saoirse Ronan, Brendan Gleeson, and Cillian Murphy, or directors like Jim Sheridan, Martin McDonagh, and Neil Jordan. But movies made about Ireland are in relatively short supply, and even when they do pop up, they tend to be heavy dramas.

McDonagh, who has hopped back and forth across the Atlantic in his career, returns to his ancestral home with The Banshees of Inisherin, which reunites McDonagh with his In Bruges stars. Pádraic (Farrell) and Colm (Gleeson) live on the fictional Irish island of Inisherin in 1923, with little to do except tend to the land and drink at the local pub. Pádraic and Colm are friends, until – for seemingly no reason whatsoever – Colm decides to end their friendship.

Pádraic is unable to accept this turn of events, especially as he sees Colm continue to enjoy himself with other people. And so he keeps on hounding Colm for the reason behind his out-of-nowhere decision, a pursuit that gains him few answers and only serves to escalate the feud in unexpected ways.

Written and directed by McDonagh, the film is at once one of the funniest movies of the year and one of the saddest. Colm rebuffing Pádraic’s repeated pleas for any kind of explanation is often played for laughs and never fails to entertain, often due to the reactions of those around them. In fact, the side characters – like Pádraic’s sister Siobhan (Kerry Condon), bartender Jonjo (Pat Shortt), and local idiot Dominic (Barry Keoghan) – are the secret sauce that keep the film as enjoyable as it is.

The premise is simple, but how McDonagh manages to mine that basic idea is something to behold. Little details, like the local busybody, Mrs. McCormick (Sheila Flitton), or the animals Pádraic and Colm own, add color to an already colorful film. And references to the ongoing Irish Civil War on the mainland underscores the pettiness of the beef between the two men without bogging the story down with unnecessary details.

For anyone who’s never been to Ireland, it can be difficult to explain the bleak beauty the country holds, but this film comes as close as anything to showing it. The rural area in which it takes place is filled with a seemingly endless array of black stone walls and the occasional building, a visual that serves to be pleasing to the eyes and important for character development.

McDonagh’s story succeeds even though – or, perhaps, because – the characters seem to have nothing else going on in their lives. Save for the bartender, the local priest, and a police officer, no one seems to be employed in any way in the town. That leaves everyone with plenty of time to gawk at Pádraic and Colm’s ongoing argument and other small matters.

Farrell and Gleeson have a chemistry together that makes each of their scenes together a supreme pleasure to watch. The way Farrell transforms himself into a needy sad-sack is fantastic, and Gleeson’s stone-faced reactions are the perfect complement. The supporting actors are just as good in smaller doses, especially Condon and Shortt.

The central disagreement in The Banshees of Inisherin may be inexplicable, but the film itself is fun to watch from beginning to end, even when it gets depressing. Ireland and the Irish film community have rarely been as well represented as they are here.

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The Banshees of Inisherin opens in theaters on November 4.

Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin

Photo by Jonathan Hession / courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Colin Farrell (and his pet donkey) in The Banshees of Inisherin

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San Antonio community garden grows with new farmers market and tree giveaway

Francisco Ortiz
Nov 2, 2022 | 10:59 am
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Gardopia Gardens will celebrate Texas Arbor Day on November 4 with a mass tree planting and more.

A community garden organization in San Antonio’s East Side will celebrate Texas Arbor Day the first weekend of November with a mass tree planting and giveaway and by launching a new farmers market.

While many communities nationwide observe Arbor Day in the spring, Texas offers its version of Arbor Day on November 4, when the weather is more optimal for planting and sustaining, organizers say.

In honor of Texas Arbor Day, San Antonio nonprofit Gardopia Gardens will expand its tree planting initiative this year with a goal of planting 1,000 fruit and other trees on 100 sites citywide. Planting will officially begin on November 4 and continue over a four-month period.

According to a news release, the initiative involves Gardopia Gardens partnering with various educational and community organizations as well as sustainably-minded businesses, such as The CO-OP SA, which will be planting 10 trees along Wurzbach Parkway and O'Connor Road.

From 4 to 7 pm on November 5, Gardopia Gardens will also host a community tree giveaway for the public. The news release said the trees — a mix of pomegranate, pear, fig, peach, plum, orange, lemon, lime, olive, live oak, Mexican sycamore and more — will be provided by San Antonio's Parks and Recreation Department, along with other partners, as needed.

Gardopia Gardens representatives said the tree giveaway and its resulting influx of newly planted fruit trees will positively benefit neighborhoods, especially those experiencing food scarcity.

Community garden representatives also said, one day, the newly planted trees will provide a much needed canopy to help counteract the heat island effect that growing population endures each spring and summer.

"The trees will help sequester carbon to address climate change. This is important because a lot of areas in San Antonio have a low tree canopy and so they have higher electric bills and a lot of these same areas are also food insecure. We may not see the shade, but we know the future generations will,” Gardopia Gardens founder Stephen Lucke said in a statement.

According to the release, when Gardopia Gardens first began its tree planting initiative in 2020, they planted 500 trees and the same again in 2021. This year, they intend to double that number.

At the same time as the November 5 onsite tree giveaway, Gardopia Gardens will host a new farmers market, which will offer fresh vegetables grown in the garden. The market will be open 9 am to 4 pm every Saturday, with plans to expand days and hours of operation, the release said.

Lucke stated the new store will help his group’s micro farm become sustainable and create a few jobs for the community.

Over the last few years, Gardopia Gardens has made a name for itself by offering programs and services to educational, commercial, and residential communities, providing tools, materials and best practices to ensure their sustainability and to help fight the local epidemic of obesity-related diseases and environmental issues.

“Gardopia Gardens is in a good place and continues to grow. At some point, we have aspirations beyond the garden to make sure the work we're doing is truly going to last for the long termm” Lucke said.

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Entertainment chain Main Event serves up new restaurant at San Antonio locations

Brianna Caleri
Nov 2, 2022 | 9:27 am
Platter from Main Event restaurant Family Kitchen in San Antonio
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Family Kitchen is the new restaurant at Main Event.

Main Event, the entertainment chain known for its arcade games, sports, and prizes, can’t resist adding even more to its roster. With two San Antonio-area locations (one on North Loop 1604 East and one on TX-151), the games are still the main event, but now dinner is taken care of too — not just a few items at a concession window, but a full restaurant called Family Kitchen that boasts “nearly 50 new and unique menu items.”

These items start with the standard arcade food staples — burgers, sandwiches, pizza — but Family Kitchen applies its own spins for a more creative menu. Whereas before, the entertainment venue served many more generic items, Family Kitchen revamped every item to make sure it was unique to the restaurant, in addition to adding new ones.

A Triple Lava Burger comes with cheese and cheese sauce; a PBB&J Burger combines the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a less-expected blueberry jam and a totally left-field burger, bacon, and cheese; and chicken wings come in eight different sauces and rubs, including a Nashville hot blend and a lemon pepper rub.

“Family Kitchen was developed with extra care, attention to detail and a focus on premium quality ingredients,” said Chef Wiley Bates III, director of culinary innovation at Main Event Entertainment, in a press release. “We’re excited for our guests to experience our new menu offerings, which have been seasoned with salt, pepper and love, and added playfulness that customers experience throughout the rest of the Main Event center.”

As expected at the arcade, the first priority across much of this menu is shareables, including loaded fries, nachos, and pizzas. The shareability does start with volume, with “Family Feasts” bundling commonly ordered items for four to six people, but it also means more inclusive options like vegan Beyond Meat substitutes and salads. Mocktails are also available, although the presence of a “Cotton Candy Shirley” makes it clear these selections are more about being fun for kids than catering to sober adults. (Alcoholic drinks are available at the bar or the restaurant, but are not included on the online menu.)

“The Family Kitchen was largely inspired by Main Event’s brand promise to be a place for families to bond,” said Main Event Chief Marketing Officer Ashley Zickefoose. “From shareable favorites with our Family Feasts to offering something tasty and memorable for everyone in the family….”

Main Event may remind visitors of Dave & Buster’s, for good reason: the two entertainment and food venues are owned and operated by the same parent company. Dave & Buster’s, initially from Dallas, is the significantly larger brand with 148 stores, but Main Event is catching up. The latter is founded and headquartered in Coppell, Texas, and now has 52 locations. Main Event centers are also more kid-focused, and typically larger than those in the Dave & Buster’s, since they offer games like laser tag and escape rooms.

Family Kitchen is accessible to any visitors, whether or not they play any games, but there are food and game bundles to streamline the experience. More information about Main Event and the new restaurant are available at mainevent.com.

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