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Best San Antonio craft breweries top this week's 5 most-read stories
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1. These 8 craft breweries have San Antonio over the barrel. Despite voguish shifts in drinking together, San Antonio still knows that knocking one back is an act of community. The CultureMap Tastemakers Awards salute that fellowship in this year's batch of Brewery of the Year nominees. Meet all the nominees, plan an impromptu pub crawl, then join us at our Tastemaker Awards ceremony and signature tasting event April 4 at the Briscoe Museum.
2. Award-winning Mexico City bar shakes up San Antonio with 2-day pop-up. Mexico City bar Rayo strives to be unforgettable. While the fantastically garnished creations of bartenders Alvaro Garcia and Tito Pin-Perez are only a nonstop flight away, on February 19-20, cocktail enthusiasts needed only to spring for an Uber downtown.
3. San Antonio Peruvian spot marinates on Texas Monthly's best new restaurants list. Texas Monthly editor Patricia Sharpe has published her list of Texas’s Best New Restaurants in 2024. San Antonio is graced with one representative in the top 10, Peruvian restaurant Leche de Tigre Cebichería Peruana.
4. New apartments overlooking San Antonio's Pearl show off unique rooftop pool and communal spaces. Luxury apartments — if their leasing agencies are to be believed — could be just about anything, but The Josephine's location seals the deal. The new 261-unit rental community by Lynd, a national real estate development and property management firm, announced February 21 that it is now starting pre-leasing for late spring move-ins.
5. Swanky cocktail lounge slinks into San Antonio's Creamery District. Shine up those boots. A swanky new concept is now open at the Creamery District near Pearl. From the owners of Hook Land & Sea, Crème Coffee & Social, and 1902 Nightclub, Amelia Social Lounge has officially made its debut.