The Creamery’s Hook Land & Sea likely to reel in seafood lovers

My first experience with Hook Land & Sea was, let’s say, inauspicious. But let’s also say that it wasn’t long after the seafood-focused spot’s appearance on the near-Pearl scene.

San Antonio Animal Care Services declines to hire permanent director after national search

Well, back to the drawing board. San Antonio City Manager Erik Walsh has opted not to hire any of the 74 candidates who applied via a national search to take over as permanent director of the city's troubled Animal Care Services department, officials said Monday. Instead, Walsh appointed Michael Sha

First Look: New San Antonio bar Slow Ride brings '70s sleaze to Government Hill

Adorned with wood paneling, velvet paintings and a poster of bare-breasted biker babes, newly launched bar Slow Ride promises to bring the sleaze to Government Hill. On Friday's opening night, bikers and after-hours revelers from The Black Angels' Stable Hall show packed the spot at 1524 E. Grayson

Developer Robert Melvin joins San Antonio's crowded mayoral race

Real-estate developer Robert Melvin has joined the increasingly crowded San Antonio mayor’s race, the San Antonio Business Journal reports. A political outsider, Melvin may be best known as CEO and founder of construction firm Limitless Creations. The company grabbed headlines last year after one of