Paul Stephen

San Antonio

Reporter at MYSA

Food and Beverage Reporter at The San Antonio Express-News

Covering all the news that's fit to chew for the San Antonio @expressnews and @mySA

Articles

San Antonio Food Bank launches Restaurant Weeks to help feed kids

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Paul Stephen

Get ready to do good with your dining dollars. The San Antonio Food Bank has published details about its inaugural Restaurant Weeks promotion on its website, safoodbank.org. The event will run June 7-21, with participating restaurants each offering a featured dish benefiting the Food Bank's Summer Meals for Kids program. The highlighted dishes will feature fresh produce or herbs grown at the Food Bank's Urban Farm.
Former Pearl chef launches food truck celebrating Cantonese food

1 week ago | expressnews.com | Paul Stephen

Chef Jaime Gonzalez has worn a lot of toques in his San Antonio kitchen career, including stints at multiple hotels and, most recently, as the executive chef at Pearl restaurant Carriqui. Now, the UNESCO chef ambassador has launched a food truck called Wok Wey specializing in Cantonese-style dishes. And this time, it's personal. "It's traditional wok cooking, which is hard to find here in San Antonio," Gonzalez said in a media release.
Top 10 bowls of chili in San Antonio

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Paul Stephen

Those aren't bad words to live by, but I'm going to ignore his sage advice right now. Long before moving to San Antonio eight years ago, I knew of the city's famed Chili Queens and the deep association with chili here. San Antonio basically put the dish on America's culinary radar with an appearance at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. The history is long, well documented and practically gospel for anyone who grew up here.
Texas milk safety remains strong

2 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Paul Stephen

It's Texas. It's always going to be hot and sticky. But there's one thing we don't have to sweat in the Lone Star State: the safety of our milk. Concerns over milk safety have heightened following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's suspension of the quality control program that tests milk and other dairy products Monday. The program issues Grade "A" certification to raw milk and other dairy products.
Pullman Market at Pearl marks 1st year with free block party

3 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Paul Stephen

San Antonio's most ambitious foodie paradise is about to have a birthday. The sprawling Pullman Market, which opened April 23 of last year at Pearl, will celebrate its one-year mark with a block party from 1-5 p.m. May 3. The event will highlight food from a number of top San Antonio restaurants including Freight Fried Chicken, Jerk Shack, Ladino, Leche de Tigre, Mezquite, Mixtli, Pharm Table, Southerleigh Fine Food & Brewery and Supper.
Battle of the Japanese fruit sandos from H-E-B, Ming's Cafe

3 weeks ago | expressnews.com | Paul Stephen

The next time you're banging out the week's grocery list at H-E-B and a craving for the San Antonio rolls from its in-house sushi outfit Sushiya kicks in, you may notice something shiny and new in the case: Japanese fruit sandos (more on the name later). They're hard to miss, beckoning with a rosy cross-section cut of strawberries floating in a cloud of whipped cream between two slices of bread.
Best restaurants near Alamodome for NCAA Final Four fans

1 month ago | expressnews.com | Paul Stephen

The madness of March has just about given way to the main event. If you've taken a stroll around Hemisfair or the Alamodome in the past few days, you've probably seen a torrent of activity as the NCAA Men's Final Four tournament approaches. The Alamodome has been wrapped in banners and window treatments. The neighboring Henry B. González Convention Center has been similarly decked out. A bridge connecting the two has been lined with crowd-control fencing.
For a Unique Night Out, Think Pink

2 months ago | sanantoniomag.com | Paul Stephen

Pink Shark doesn’t give you any choice but to surrender to the rose-colored glasses. This downtown bar is awash in its namesake color. A bright accent wall, every page of the menu. Everything everything, for that matter. The light fixtures are fitted with pink-blasting bulbs that wash the entire room in a blushy hue. The playfulness at Pink Shark doesn’t end in pastels.
Iconic San Antonio food brand to appear on History Channel

2 months ago | expressnews.com | Paul Stephen

In many ways, modern San Antonio is a city built on salsa. Specifically, Pace Picante Sauce. The story of the iconic Pace Foods and its spicy signature product will be on full display this weekend in an upcoming episode of "The Food That Built America" on The History Channel. The episode, "Tortilla Takeover," marks the season 6 debut of the show and will air at 8 p.m. Sunday, with streaming available the following day on Hulu.
Literary Libations Await at The Study

Feb 6, 2025 | sanantoniomag.com | Paul Stephen

Daisy Fay Buchanan is never far from a string of pearls in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic 1925 novel “The Great Gatsby.” And you’ll never be more than a few minutes away from some pearls of your own at the new cocktail bar The Study at Dean’s. The Study is a literature-inspired affair tucked into a historic building on the grounds of the new Kimpton Santo Hotel near La Villita at 431 S. Alamo St. And the best place to dive into this well-read watering hole is with a libation dubbed Daisy’s Pearl.