San Antonio Culinary EventsHungry? Need to fill your culinary calendar? Here is where you will find all the restaurant and culinary happenings in San Antonio. We feature a calendar of special dinners, tasting menus, prix-fixe meals, food festivals and other culinary events, including regularly occurring food events as well as special one-time-only events featuring top chefs. Keep checking back so you can know all that's going on in the world of restaurant and food events in San Antonio. We've also got the latest San Antonio Restaurant News.
February 12, 17 & 19
The San Antonio Wine Festival is back for another round of food, wine and entertainment. The annual event is kicked off by the 32nd Annual Fine Wine & Cuisine Tasting, better known as the "Granddaddy of All Wine Tastings." Next is the 18th Annual Wine Opener, a black-tie affair featuring winners of the international San Antonio Wine Competition, live music entertainment, and delicious bites to go with your wine. The fifteenth Annual Champagne Brunch wraps everything up with a multi-course brunch and the Jim Cullum Jazz Band. The San Antonio Wine Festival offers creations from more than three dozen of San Antonio's finest restaurateurs and caterers. All proceeds benefit KLRN, public television for south central Texas. For more information, visit sawinefest.com.
Ongoing
Tost Bistro Bar offers a special, five-course tasting menu pegged at $25, inclusive of plates from the regular menu as well as periodic, chef-created specials. Tost Bistro Bar, 14415 Blanco Rd., San Antonio, TX 78216, 210-408-2670.
Ongoing
Limestone Grille at Ye Kendall Inn, 128 W, Blanco, in Boerne holds the local record for most (and often most worthwhile) wine dinners; in fact, they’re up to 95 dinners at last count. Rather than attempting to anticipate upcoming dinners (which often occur without much advance notice), we recommend that you add your contact deets to the Grille’s e-mail list. Winemakers are often in attendance, the chef conjures his best work in developing the wine pairings and serious bargains are available when you purchase the featured wines. For more information, go to www.yekendallinn.com, or call 1-800-364-2138. Limestone Grille, 128 W. Blanco St., Boerne, TX 78006, 830-249-9954.
Ongoing
The Culinary Institute of America at San Antonio, its expansion project currently in the construction phase, announces several classes for interested amateurs. Three-day and five-day Culinary Boot Camps cover topics ranging from Mexican Cuisine: Puebla and Oaxaca, to the rigorous Basic Training program. Specialty classes about bistros and brasseries, baking, and knife skills are also offered. Many classes include logo aprons, copies of CIA publications and more. For class costs, more information or to register, call 210-222-1113 or 800-285-4627. Culinary Institute of America, San Antonio, 312 Pearl Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78215, 800-285-4627.
Tuesday through Saturday
The happy hour at Tost Bistro Bar has been extended to 4 p.m.-8 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Call 210-408-2670 or visit www.tostbistro.com for more info. Tost Bistro Bar, 14415 Blanco Rd., San Antonio, TX 78216, 210-408-2670.
Third Thursday
The Cove is offering a series of Third Thursday wine tastings at its eclectic restaurant complex. (A bar, carwash and laundromat are all part of the equation.) The cost, which includes live music, is $10 per person, and the monthly event begins at 7:30. Cove fans were also happy when the restaurant recently appeared on Guy Fieri’s "The View" on ABC, where the spicy lamb burger was his focus. The Cove, 606 W. Cypress St., San Antonio, TX 78212, 210-227-2683.
Friday through Sunday (Select Dates)
Chef John Brand of the Omni La Mansion del Rio hotel has announced the beginning of a series of market-to-table cooking experiences. Brand, who grew up on a Midwest farm, is intent on changing our relationship to food and food sources, and his Epicurean Experience at Las Canarias commences with a chef’s table reception at Las Canarias on a Friday and requires a stay at the hotel. After breakfast on Saturday, Brand will lead a band of up to eight participants to the Pearl Farmers Market for a sourcing session to be followed by an afternoon cooking class. Participants will then dine on what they have prepared that evening and will celebrate their success with a Champagne brunch Sunday morning. To make reservations call the hotel at 210-367-6428 or go to www.omnihotels.com. Las Canarias, La Mansión del Rio, 112 College St., San Antonio, TX 78205, 210-518-1063.
Sundays
Pavil Restaurant & Bar offers a Sunday evening, family-style dinner for two or more fixed at $28.95 per person. The three courses include an heirloom tomato salad with goat cheese and toasted pine nuts, a choice of hanger steak, braised short ribs, pulled lamb shank or buttermilk fried chicken and a dessert selection of chocolate cake, fruit tart and ice cream. Call 210-479-5000. Pavil Restaurant & Bar, 1818 N. Loop 1604 W., Ste. 101, San Antonio, TX 78248, 210-479-5000. Sundays and Mondays |
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