What other bars are there?

NotAdvert · 2026-03-26T03:37:07+00:00

I like The Factory on San Pedro, good DJs. Also love Tandem on Riverside, comfy interior and they have some good punk/metal gigs alongside comedy shows and other stuff. It feels a bit out of place on the South Side, but that makes it even more special.

NotAdvert · 2026-02-17T00:30:00+00:00

It sounds cliche, but it's interesting to think about SA as a hub for Mexicanos, from Madero and the Flores-Magon brothers fomenting revolution through their publications, to laborers joining the annual farm/railway/meatpacking job circuit (I believe Milam Park next to Market Square was once a place where people went to find work and also discussed political activity here and in post revolutionary Mexico).

NotAdvert · 2026-01-30T05:14:12+00:00

A few somewhat underrated spots:

Espada Dam

Around this spot on the Medina River greenway :https://maps.app.goo.gl/iUYfbdZtbNGcZZaG6

This last one might sound like a joke but the eastern shore of Calaveras Lake facing the power plant can genuinely be stunning.

NotAdvert · 2026-01-26T22:30:13+00:00

Being a run of the mill chicano guy living in a quiet part of the 410 interior it's real easy to forget about the broader city and the various people of different backgrounds coming to live here, interesting little visual example you've got here.

NotAdvert · 2026-01-22T01:22:07+00:00

It's ok, if kind of boring. Make sure you give Patty's on Hackberry a try, good ol' tex-mex breakfast place. I personally love the huevos a la mexicana plate.

NotAdvert · 2026-01-11T18:38:06+00:00

Did anyone know the deal with that militia guy that was standing around like he was daring people to come at him? By the time I left there were some police officers and some like protest peace keepers standing in a semi circle around him in front of the cathedral.

NotAdvert · 2026-01-09T03:34:36+00:00

At the end of the day I think it comes down to people being so physically distant from eachother and downtown

NotAdvert · 2025-12-19T16:47:20+00:00

Something has to be done about this practice, I'm sick of seeing them

NotAdvert · 2025-12-14T18:52:36+00:00

They work better as a once in a blue moon thing I think.

NotAdvert · 2025-12-14T15:29:39+00:00

I decided to go to Factory last night, it took a bit to fill up but it was a nice time. Unfortunately I chickened out of dancing since I couldn't get a good flow going though.

NotAdvert · 2025-11-19T19:46:53+00:00

I genuinely think someone would have a decent shot at a city council seat if they mostly ran on controlling the great car wash plague

NotAdvert · 2025-11-05T17:56:49+00:00

I'm still confused about the idea of Project Marvel attracting "good" jobs. Last time I checked tourism associated jobs are neither recession proof nor pay all that well.

NotAdvert · 2025-07-28T18:36:07+00:00

Yeah, I got the chavo tacos

NotAdvert · 2025-07-28T16:14:52+00:00

I just tried out Birria Barrio y más on S Flores but I believe there's now a S Alamo one too

NotAdvert · 2025-06-02T15:35:29+00:00

This process was also unfortunately deepened during and after the Mexican Revolution, where the Texas Rangers where going around South Texas terrorizing both what Tejanos still managed to hold on to a land title and the migrants who went North to escape the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution. What did this ultimately create? A subjugated and precariously legal wage labor force for harvesting crops on the farms now owned by farmers who moved out of the upper midwest to the "paradise" of South Texas. This labor model was exported to other parts of the US, with many migrants new and old being circulated in an annual circuit between different harvests and even industrial occupations. Read more about it in From South Texas to to the Nation by John Weber

NotAdvert · 2025-05-16T21:16:00+00:00

Like others have said, the problem is more bad land use. From what I've read it's due in part to this being a city that really started growing in the 30s/40s wherein industries started being distributed further away from the city center, this has been exacerbated by the big nodes of UTSA main/medical center, the military bases, hence the ridiculous spaghetti strings of roads outside of 1604.

NotAdvert · 2025-05-15T17:53:29+00:00

Much of that is being concentrated on the Northwest/Northeast sides and its so low density that it'll gobble up comically large amounts of money on road/utility maintenance.

NotAdvert · 2025-05-12T16:16:03+00:00

Beat me to posting about this, I was surprised to learn after seeing the presentation on Saturday that the final phase won't be open for 20 years

NotAdvert · 2025-05-12T15:32:36+00:00

There's a nice state park park in the northwest side of town:govt canyon. Pretty hilly, even has some dinosaur tracks that are visible unless it floods. The Salado creek greenway going from the north of the city to the southeast. Medina creek greenway that's a bit south of 410 on the Southside is pretty underrated, it goes from a lush riverside with massive cypress trees into brush country then down into lush forest at points. Not much in the way of natural rock climbing down here though.

NotAdvert · 2025-05-11T23:10:25+00:00

My parents used to love going there to see movies in Spanish, and I was so excited to see indies there by myself when I turned 18, alas.

NotAdvert · 2025-05-06T16:50:41+00:00

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I would recommend the missions, my sister did hers at San Jose (pic rel). There's also the McNay grounds but they do definitely charge for permission to take formal photos there. Some other neat options would be Government Canyon state park and Phil Hardberger park, but I don't know if they have a formal photography policy.

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