The More You Know, The Better It Tastes: Recent Episodes
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From the popular Facebook Group San Antonio Restaurants. Join Alan Williams and Susie LaFredo as they explore the back story to some of the best chefs and restaurateurs in South Texas.
Katie and Erik Yeargan saw an opportunity to purchase a bagel shop that would be different than any other in San Antonio. BOSS Bagel is a combination of the New York style and Montreal style bagel, and it just tastes better! Learn about bagels and all the amazing combinations served at BOSS Bagel on this week's interview with Katie Yeargan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Robert Elwell has worked in and around restaurants most of his life. After being wounded while serving in the military, Robert decided to pursue his passion of cooking, so he enrolled in the Cordon Bleu New Orleans Culinary Institute. He and his wife Krista later settled in San Antonio. They opened 6 Klicks Cafe in Helotes where they serve comfort food at it's finest plus utilize their space to honor other veterans. These two have huge hearts and serve delicious food! Don't miss their story! 6 Klicks is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Joel (Tatu) Herrera is the owner of Folklores Coffee House at 1526 E. Greyson. After realizing that good coffee shops were hard to find in certain neighborhoods, he and his wife, Emily decided to fill the void. Due to their work during covid they were recognized by both the City and the State. He has a fun personality and a huge heart. Folklores Coffee is San Antonio Restaurant Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cafe Vida is wonderful restaurant serving healthy and delicious Latin inspired food plus smoothies, fresh juices, and much more! It's so nice to learn how important is it to serve fresh, healthy food, is to these two ladies. Cafe Vida is at 2711 Treble Creek (attached to Golds Gym) and Cafe Vida II at 19179 Blanco Rd. Great menu and nice people! Cafe Vida II is San Antonio Restaurant Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Michael Sirenos began experimenting with home brewing many years ago. As he got really good at making great beer he wanted to share his hobby with the rest of San Antonio so a couple of years ago, Michael and his wife, Kari opened Dos Sirenos Brewing in Southtown. They not only have great beer but great food as well! Learn about the brewing process and the goodies you can buy at Dos Sirenos! Dos Sirenos is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chef Paul Morales wanted his Tacos Cucoy tacos to have full flavor, but he could not find anyone making pure corn tortillas without all the fillers and preservatives. How he does it himself using heirloom corn varietals from Mexica and using the Nixtamal method which is over 3000 years old. It's a fascinating and educational interview that you won't want to miss! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Soda Shops are the new rage, and they are popping up all over. What is a soda shop? Learn all about them from the owner of San Antonio's Drank, the Lone Star Soda Shop's owner Roman Huerta! Drank Soda Shop is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chef Kyronn Cordner (Chef Ky), Executive Chef at Mako's on the Creek, has a passion for cooking unlike no other. He often uses unusual spices. Spices from his home, the Island Country Trinidad and Tobago. Though he has been on the show Chopped and served on important committees for the James Beard Foundation, Chef Ky has remained relatively unknown in San Antonio and we think that should change. Mako's on the Creek is a wonderful restaurant in Cibolo just outside of San Antonio. Mako's on the Creek is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Frederick Costa started in life in French Indochina (now known as Vietnam) however as the communists took over, he was forced to flee with his parents to France leaving everything behind. His parents were chefs and soon they had built a very famous Vietnamese restaurant in Paris! Frederick also took to the culinary arts and eventually came to San Antonio to open L'etoile one of the first French fine dining restaurants in San Antonio. Frederick has a fascinating story and is a gift to San Antonio! Both Frederick's Restaurant and Frederick's Bistro are San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
San Antonio Restaurants has partnered with Tiki Travel Planners, LLC to take a "Foodie Cruise" in Feb. 2024 out of Miami. It's a five day cruise on Virgin Cruise lines going from Miami to the Dominican Republic to Bimini Island, then back to Miami. Learn all about it here! There is also a special group created on Facebook just for those considering joining us. The group is called San Antonio Restaurants Foodie Cruise. San Antonio Restaurants Foodie Cruise | Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
OT Mendez is the owner of Mexico Lindo at 555 E. Basse Rd. (near the Quarry). OT is a true gentleman! His story includes buying his first restaurant to give his aging father something to do and then selling that restaurant for almost nothing to the longtime chef who's dream was to own her own restaurant! Mexico Lindo has a large menu featuring everything from seafood to Tex-Mex to Interior Mexico foods. It's a great story and a great restaurant. Learn all about it! Mexico Lindo is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Award winning wines, spectacular views, delicious food, and live music is found every day at In Contrada Vineyard. Owner and self-proclaimed "mayor" of this neighborhood vineyard talks about how and why he purchased it and what he plans for the future. In Contrada Vineyard is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Chef Andrew Weissman has owned and operated some of the top restaurants in San Antonio. He has been nominated for a James Beard award multiple times. After years of running fine dining establishments, he decided to step back and do something a little more fun. He now operates Mr. Juicy, the extremely popular burger shop. This interview was actually the first that we did for this podcast however there was some recorded material that was not included on the original release. Today we make it available to you. Enjoy! Mr. Juicy is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Houston & Emily Carpenter seem to have come from nowhere to open four really popular restaurants in a short amount of time. They have Little Em's Oyster Bar, UpScale, Restaurant Claudine, Go Fish Market, and coming soon Nineteen Hyaku Sushi and Warehouse Diner. Little Em's and Go Fish Market are already on the Gold Approved list. UpScale and Restaurant Claudine will be added soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices