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Tourists are back, but San Antonio s tourist attractions lack workers to serve them
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City Sightseeing driver Nick Stincelli briefs his passengers near the Alamo. The company is facing a lack of drivers and ticket hawkers.Photos by Robin Jerstad /Contributor
Tourists are jumping back on its double-decker bus tours of San Antonio as the pandemic eases, but a new hurdle is holding City Sightseeing back from a full recovery: a lack of drivers and ticket hawkers.
Owner David Strainge said demand is strong enough to run four of his six buses, but he has only three out on the streets for his hop-on, hop-off tours of downtown. He can’t find a driver for a fourth never mind drivers for the two additional buses Strainge is hoping to deploy this summer.
Tacos from La Fonda de Jaime 2.0.
Photograph by José R. Ralat
I’d just caught myself singing along to the lovelorn Mexican ballads streaming from the overhead speakers at Tony’s Siesta when I was brought back to reality. The purpose of my visit to this old-school bar in downtown San Antonio was to sample La Fonda De Jaime 2.0, the taco truck in the adjacent parking lot but first I ducked inside for a quick beer with some friends, and I was glad I did.
A bartender strolled over to hand us a spiked summer-in-a-cup watermelon agua fresca and a couple of tropical, hazy beers. “Who got dumped?” one of my dining companions asked the employee. His reply was a puzzled “no one.” Nevertheless, the cry-in-your-beer tunes and darkly lit, gently renovated old dive had me reminiscing about a youth spent in similar joints with yellowed ceiling titles and sticky surfaces the kind of places where if the bartender took a shine to you, he or she would quietly top off your cheap domest
Family-friendly foodie event at Tower of the Americas will have great view of Fiesta, Fiesta fireworks
Celebrate the kick-off of Fiesta San Antonio at Taste at the Tower
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Tower of the Americas in downtown San Antonio. (Pixabay)
SAN ANTONIO – The Tower of the Americas is kicking off Fiesta with a newly announced foodie event in June called Taste at the Tower.
From 7 to 10 p.m. on June 17, attendees can enjoy specialty drinks, live music from local bands and a plethora of food samples from some of San Antonio’s premier restaurants.
Taste at the Tower can snack on chef-inspired appetizers from:
Houston-area wine enthusiasts can taste different varieties of wine at the third annual Tower of the Americas Wine Festival taking place in June in San Antonio, KSAT reported.