And that leaves an opening for a larger chain to come in a fill that void, making the city more of a Nowheresville, U.S.A. When small businesses like Hamsa go under, the city loses another piece of the diversity that makes it unique. We also fed participants in the workshops and teacher training they held. We often collaborated with them, supplying the food during the guided cleanses that they ran. Mary’s St.Įlizabeth Johnson, owner, Pharm Table restaurant: This studio truly filled a void in the Ayurveda world in San Antonio, offering training to practitioners of the ancient art. Hamsa School of Yoga and Ayurveda, 1112 S. At 55, routine fitness is key to a healthy life. Even though it’s gone, I consider my time there well spent.
Then the pandemic came, Jackie moved to Austin and Core closed its doors in the Spring. But the personal attention really made a difference. The gym was conveniently located in a smaller setting, it fit my schedule and was part of my daily routine. Bakke, businessman and real estate developer: After working out at Core for six years with my personal trainer Jackie, I was really feeling healthy.
They were part of my life, something I could count on. Losing them is like losing a favorite hair stylist or coffee shop. When I finally went to pick it up, they told me they were comping the cleaning “with their condolences.” I’ll never forget that. When my mother died in 2017, I forgot all about my dry cleaning order. Every day at around midnight, after we’d be out meeting and greeting people in the hot sun, they’d come to the Fairmount Hotel where we were staying and pick up all the white uniforms, take them to be cleaned and deliver them back the next morning. When I was the royal media adviser for the Court of Rey Feo during Fiesta 2011, I helped make them the official cleaners of Rey Feo. But it was their customer service that kept me coming back. Ken Slavin, singer and director of marketing and strategic communications, San Antonio College: Clothesline was one of the first environmentally friendly dry cleaners in the city, so I felt good about patronizing them. Marini /Staff Clothesline Cleaners, 1006 S.
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On : San Antonio food truck builder launches season 2 of its reality TV show They also had a great bar with craft margaritas and mojitos, but what I’m really going to miss are their white chocolate tamales, which came rolled in real corn husks. They served a nice fusion of Southwest and Mexican cuisines, with a touch of American Indian, too. Keith Howerton, co-owner Sam’s Burger Joint: When it first opened, the Canyon Cafe was one of the only places in town where you could go for a nice splurge, back before San Antonio started getting so many good restaurants. Marini /Staff Canyon Cafe in The Alamo Quarry Market These interviews have been edited for clarity. Here’s what they told us, in their own words, about the places they’ve loved and lost during this long, hard year. We interviewed a number of San Antonians about what it’s been like saying goodbye to their favorite restaurants, stores, gyms, dry cleaners and other businesses. Bakke Show More Show LessĢ020 has been a particularly harsh year for many only-in-San Antonio businesses, especially the small, family-owned places that make this city so special. Fiesta.” Billy Calzada /San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 9 of9īusiness and real estate developer Phillip P. Michael Quintanilla, former Express-News fashion reporter, aka “Mr. Retired NASA astronaut Eileen Collins Tim Fischer /Midland Reporter-Telegram Show More Show Less 8 of9 Sherry Kafka Wagner Bob Owen /San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 7 of9 Josh Huskin / Show More Show Less 5 of9įather David Garcia Rebecca Slezak /Staff photographer Show More Show Less 6 of9
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San Antonio-based Ray Santisteban’s latest film, “Vincent Valdez: The Beginning is Near,” is part of a series of online profiles of contemporary artists. Tom Reel /San Antonio Express-News Show More Show Less 4 of9 Courtesy Al Caballero / Show More Show Less 3 of9Įlizabeth Johnson, owner Pharm Table. Jazz crooner Ken Slavin gives an annual holiday performance at Sam’s Burger Joint. Keith Howerton, owner, Sam’s Burger Joint Staff file photo Show More Show Less 2 of9
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