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8 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

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I totally forgot about that place. It was never a regular since it was too crowded 

I also forgot to give a shout out to Jerusalem Grill

 

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For Indian one of the doctors in my wife’s practice loves Indian Oven and uses them to cater a few events we have been to. I’ve always really enjoyed it.
I rotate between oven and palace
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On 1/26/2025 at 5:42 PM, hobbes2702 said:

Anyone got any good Mediterranean recs? How about Indian? Cant seem to find anything other than really generic.

I still think Pasha on Wurzbach is very good. The other locations can be hit or miss.

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On 1/30/2025 at 8:19 AM, BurntOrange&White said:

Any Indian recs?

 

On 1/30/2025 at 8:39 AM, Helobious said:

See like all 6 or 7 of the immediate posts above yours.

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Help please.  I have a work colleague going on vacation next week, 8 days in San Antonio.  He has a bro/sis in law in Austin so they’ll go up there some and want to explore in between and into the hill country.  He’s been a couple times on biz, wife never been.  It’s been some time since we’ve been down as tourists.  He knows River walk, Alamo, etc. that’s half a day.
 

Any ideas for sights, days trips, restaurants appreciated.  They eat everything from high end to low brow.  Thanks in advance.

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For a tourist...

Food:

Taquitos West Avenue - good atmosphere, food is really good for a popular spot, and something a bit different than most of the rest of the US.

Pearl District- I like Southerleigh the best of the restaurants there but a neat little area to eat and shop.

La Fonda on Main- classic SA place with a great atmosphere that out of towners love

Things to Do:

San Antonio Zoo- possibly the best in the state

San Antonio Museum of Art- great location, architecture, and better works than expected for San Antonio

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park- Not as crowded as the Alamo and gives a better understanding of Colonial Texas.

Daytrips:

Enchanted Rock State Park- Fun hike, that isn't challenging. It's about 1.5 hours from downtown.

Fredericksburg- wine area, historically german town, WWII museum of the Pacific. A bit over an hour from downtown, can combine with Enchanted Rock

Corpus- oddball choice but good for a day trip. Selena Museum, Texas State Aquarium, USS Lexington, ocean fishing, an ugly water beach with decent sand. 2hrs from Downtown

 

8 days is a lot for SA, but plenty of daytrips options.

 

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5 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

For a tourist...

Food:

Taquitos West Avenue - good atmosphere, food is really good for a popular spot, and something a bit different than most of the rest of the US.

Pearl District- I like Southerleigh the best of the restaurants there but a neat little area to eat and shop.

La Fonda on Main- classic SA place with a great atmosphere that out of towners love

Things to Do:

San Antonio Zoo- possibly the best in the state

San Antonio Museum of Art- great location, architecture, and better works than expected for San Antonio

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park- Not as crowded as the Alamo and gives a better understanding of Colonial Texas.

Daytrips:

Enchanted Rock State Park- Fun hike, that isn't challenging. It's about 1.5 hours from downtown.

Fredericksburg- wine area, historically german town, WWII museum of the Pacific. A bit over an hour from downtown, can combine with Enchanted Rock

Corpus- oddball choice but good for a day trip. Selena Museum, Texas State Aquarium, USS Lexington, ocean fishing, an ugly water beach with decent sand. 2hrs from Downtown

 

8 days is a lot for SA, but plenty of daytrips options.

 

I know that this is "touristy", but a trip to Mi Tierra is an important part of the San Antonio drill.  

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San Antonio some decent parks and hiking trails/greenways if they like the outdoors.

Macalister Park

Macarthur Park

Hardburger Park

Salado Creek greenway

Leon Creek Greeway

Frederick Park

 

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16 hours ago, Texzilla58 said:

Help please.  I have a work colleague going on vacation next week, 8 days in San Antonio.  He has a bro/sis in law in Austin so they’ll go up there some and want to explore in between and into the hill country.  He’s been a couple times on biz, wife never been.  It’s been some time since we’ve been down as tourists.  He knows River walk, Alamo, etc. that’s half a day.
 

Any ideas for sights, days trips, restaurants appreciated.  They eat everything from high end to low brow.  Thanks in advance.

Hit up on of the state parks out west (garner, maples, etc). Stop in Castroville on the way out and get Parisa at Dziuks. 

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5 hours ago, SimonBolivar said:

For a tourist...

Food:

Taquitos West Avenue - good atmosphere, food is really good for a popular spot, and something a bit different than most of the rest of the US.

Pearl District- I like Southerleigh the best of the restaurants there but a neat little area to eat and shop.

La Fonda on Main- classic SA place with a great atmosphere that out of towners love

Things to Do:

San Antonio Zoo- possibly the best in the state

San Antonio Museum of Art- great location, architecture, and better works than expected for San Antonio

San Antonio Missions National Historical Park- Not as crowded as the Alamo and gives a better understanding of Colonial Texas.

Daytrips:

Enchanted Rock State Park- Fun hike, that isn't challenging. It's about 1.5 hours from downtown.

Fredericksburg- wine area, historically german town, WWII museum of the Pacific. A bit over an hour from downtown, can combine with Enchanted Rock

Corpus- oddball choice but good for a day trip. Selena Museum, Texas State Aquarium, USS Lexington, ocean fishing, an ugly water beach with decent sand. 2hrs from Downtown

 

8 days is a lot for SA, but plenty of daytrips options.

 

Also most of this. Get tacos. Get snapper throats at Southerleigh. 

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The zoo is bad ass now.

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4 hours ago, midtown said:

San Antonio some decent parks and hiking trails/greenways if they like the outdoors.

Macalister Park

Macarthur Park

Hardburger Park

Salado Creek greenway

Leon Creek Greeway

Frederick Park

 

I’d stay off the greenways/parks mostly. 2 separate murders of joggers along the greenway a few months ago, killer still at large.  

Also holy fuck at 8 days in San Antonio. You could do everything worth doing and then some in one weekend. 

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1 hour ago, Helobious said:

I’d stay off the greenways/parks mostly. 2 separate murders of joggers along the greenway a few months ago, killer still at large.

Im on them twice a week.  Those last two were months ago and no reason to believe they were murdered in the greenway.  It is a great place to dumb a body though.

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If they like wine or day drinking outside I would do a day trip to Fredericksburg, they could stop at Real Ale in Blanco. Also Redbud Cafe in Blanco is pretty good.

 

This. The greenways are far from unsafe

1 minute ago, midtown said:

Im on them twice a week.  Those last two were months ago and no reason to believe they were murdered in the greenway.  It is a great place to dumb a body though.

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24 minutes ago, midtown said:

Im on them twice a week.  Those last two were months ago and no reason to believe they were murdered in the greenway.  It is a great place to dumb a body though.

Dramiga was 100% murdered in the greenway. She went for a walk in the greenway and never returned, body was found a day later on the trails. Police are saying she was ambushed in a random attack. Castillo was likely a random killing as well but it’s not as clear, police have not called it random yet. And now I’m remembering a 3rd murder on the greenway about a month ago, homeless woman on the NE Side. But that one is harder to count as it was not on a trail technically

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Im on them twice a week.  Those last two were months ago and no reason to believe they were murdered in the greenway.  It is a great place to dumb a body though.

I live literally next to op schnabel and can be on the trail head 60 seconds after walking out the front door. I’ve never felt unsafe during the day in the park. That said, I don’t go at night because it’s dark as shit and well……



Guess who has two thumbs and the house that the kid with the gsw ran to…..this guy. That’s my colorful (she picked it) front door.

If parks are an option, the tobin land bridge in hardburger is pretty cool.
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