One of San Antonio’s most acclaimed coffee shops is coming to Houston. Merit Coffee will open locations in the Heights neighborhood and near West University Place in 2026. Founded in 2009 in San Antonio, the new coffee shops will join Merit’s existing 13 locations in San Antonio, Austin, and Dallas. In Houston, the company will open in the former Starbucks at 5115 Buffalo Speedway in the first quarter of 2026 followed by a location next summer in the Swift Building, Radom Capital’s new ...| CultureMap San Antonio
Maybe it’s not-so-fast food. After two years of anticipation, classic San Antonio burger joint Babe’s Old Fashioned Food has finally opened its newest restaurant at 7129 NW Loop 410. “We’re now open at our brand-new location, Babe’s 410 & Culebra,” the restaurant recently wrote via an October 6 social media post. “Family-owned and operated, still serving up the same comfort food classics made with love.” For fans of the long-running mini-chain, the location has been a long ...| CultureMap San Antonio
After almost a year of anticipation, fast-casual Mediterranean chain Taziki's Mediterranean Cafe is finally making its San Antonio debut. The restaurant will bring gyros and fresh salads to 22103 Bulverde Rd #104 near Encino Park when it opens on Tuesday, October 7. "Countdown is on, Encino Park," announced the restaurant via Facebook. "We officially open October 7 and can't wait to serve this amazing community fresh, feel-good Mediterranean food!" The opening was first teased in December 202...| CultureMap San Antonio
Editor's note: The top San Antonio news of the week includes a mysterious restaurant closure and a bakery chain's Alamo City debut. Dig into our most popular stories below, then visit this guide for weekend fun.| CultureMap San Antonio
Cheap salad chain Salad and Go is going, going, gone: The one-of-a-kind salad chain that churned out low-priced salads in a drive-thru-only format, has plans to close 41 restaurants, including all four of the San Antonio outposts.| CultureMap San Antonio
Introduction It is estimated that over 25,000 Blacks served in the American Revolutionary War. Of these, 20,000, many who had escaped enslavement, served on the British side, largely due to Dunmore’s Proclamation that promised emancipation for “Negroes” who “joined his Majesty’s troops.”[1] An estimated 5,000 to 8,000 served on the American side, some as fighters, […]| Journal of the American Revolution
A gray bus under a gray sky makes its way along a lonely rode to who knows where. The passengers, in identical gray uniforms, don’t speak to each other, even those sharing a bench seat. Perhaps the…| Love, Blood & Rhetoric
