Chef behind San Antonio’s acclaimed Carnitas Lonja launches Mexican seafood spot

San Antonio chef Alex Paredes — the 2020 James Beard Awards semifinalist behind acclaimed eateries Carnitas Lonja and Fish Lonja — has shuttered his Deco District taqueria Tacopolis and reopened it as a seafood spot. The new restaurant, El Fish Demon Mariscos de Golfo, began serving this week at 160

Judge clears Texas businesses to keep selling smokable hemp products — for now

Fans of smokable hemp may want to burn one in celebration. Texas’ hemp industry can continue selling cannabis flower, pre-rolled joints and concentrates after a Travis County judge blocked key parts of the state’s new hemp regulations. The ruling, which remains in place until July 27, is intended to

Joaquin Castro, other lawmakers want answers about pregnant migrant teens held in Texas

U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, and 47 other congressional Democrats sent a letter to Health and Human Services chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. condemning the Trump administration’s housing of pregnant migrant minors in Texas — a state where abortion is banned. In the letter, dated April 30, Ca

Breakfast chain Another Broken Egg Cafe hatches plan to expand into San Antonio

Fast-growing breakfast chain Another Broken Egg Cafe will open its first San Antonio restaurant in spring of next year, state regulatory filings show. The company, which operates 100 stores nationwide, seven of them in Texas, will launch one of its casual daytime-only restaurants next spring at 1162