This week's hot headlines
Mexican restaurant's sudden closure tops this week's 5 most-read San Antonio stories
Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines. Looking for the best things to do this weekend? Find that list here.
1. Another modern Mexican restaurant folds at troubled Pearl-area spot. There’s no record of 1915 Broadway being cursed. But for the second time in two years, a promising eatery has shuttered at the address. In a terse Instagram statement, Ay Caramba Taco Cantina announced its sudden closure. The modern taqueria cited “unforeseen circumstances” and an ownership change for the move, providing few other details.
2. What’s brewing in San Antonio: Second Pitch closes and a British pub returns. Even the craft beer operations that seem most successful fall victim to financial challenges. The latest is Second Pitch Beer Co., the 4-year-old Northeast San Antonio brewery that abruptly closed its doors March 9. But in good news, the owners of Hops and Hounds have officially opened their relocated dog-friendly bar.
3. San Antonio's top 8 pastry chefs are the icing on the cake. This year, our nominee list for CultureMap Tastemaker Awards' Pastry Chef of the Year is longer than ever. Peek into their genius, then join us on April 4 as we crown this year’s victor at a lavish party at Briscoe Museum. A few tickets are still up for grabs online. There's also still time to vote in the Best New Restaurant tournament.
4. 15 best eclipse watch parties and events across Central Texas on April 8. Let's say you've already made your travel plans for the April 8 total solar eclipse. Now that you know your destination, where will you go to actually watch the solar phenomenon take place? Here are 15 events San Antonians won't have to travel too far to get to.
5. New San Antonio taproom brews fruity hard water kefir as strong as beer. San Antonians who are ready to insert a little variety and a lot of probiotics into their social scene have a new hangout spot to visit and enjoy a different kind of brew. Fermentería is now open at 2243 E. Commerce, serving as a taproom for its new "hard water kefir."
