San Antonio Magazine July/August 2023

SummerEats

Summer Eats

Enjoy the flavors of the season from the city’s best patios, farmers markets, fish-forward hot spots and dessert carts.

Maker

Mpwovenn Fiber turns yarn into custom bohemian wall hangings.

Real Estate

In today’s market, is buying a home still a good investment?

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Outdoors

The Expedition School brings paddling to San Antonio lakes with options to make the activity accessible to everyone.

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Influencer

A startup success story, Ben Jones supports other entrepreneur hopefuls at Geekdom.

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Music

The owner of Jaime’s Place wants to be known as a hub for West Side community just as much as a go-to venue for Chicano bands.

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Casa

A century-old home with a storied history gets a new chapter thanks to a renovation by the couple at Tripp Flipp.

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New Eats

Make Ready Market is San Antonio’s newest food hall with residents serving delicious eats, from Thai fried chicken to Venezuelan arepas and classic burgers and pizza.

Drink Here Now

Casa Guizpot introduces vino lovers to the best wines from Mexico.

Spotlight

Hot Wells’ soaking origins return with a new bar experience on the property.

Tastemakers

The duo behind the bar at the Gunter Hotel’s Bar 414 set the scene for locals and tourists.

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Presa House Gallery

The Southtown gallery hosts its second exhibit from up-andcoming South Texas artist Jaylen Pigford.

Building the Future

Since the closing of Kelly Air Force Base, the Southwest Side has struggled, but recent investments in Port San Antonio have the potential to revive the lifeblood of the area and train a new generation of STEM talent.

Top Attorneys

The best lawyers in San Antonio to help you navigate any legal situation.

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Decked out in our sandals, T-shirts and Umbro shorts now decades ago, my brother and I would peer into the window at Zesto ice cream stand on hot July evenings and watch anxiously as our soft serve cones were expertly tumped upside down and dipped into a pot of simmering chocolate. The teen behind the window would lift them out and let them drip just long enough for a hard shell to form over the ice cream before turning them right-side up and handing them over. That first crunch of chocolate and ooze of vanilla meant one thing to us: Summer had arrived.

Ice cream, for me, has always spelled summer, but I knew when we started planning a “Summer Eats” feature earlier this year that the phrase means different things to different people.

For our esteemed food writer Edmund Tijerina, summer is the perfect time to stake your claim on a patio and enjoy sashimi or cebiche. Still others see it as a time for grilling burgers, concocting salads out of garden-fresh produce or digging into fruit cups drizzled with chamoy. Whatever it means to you, we hope to provide some inspiration for where to eat with our roundup (starting on page 34) of summer seafood, farmers markets, patios and desserts.

I used “research” for this issue as an excuse to drive to new corners of town and sample sweet treats (don’t sleep on the ice cream sandwiches at Blithe Creamery in Boerne). Freelance writer Sam Boykin found an even better reason to spend time in a new-to-him area of San Antonio as he was reporting on a story about the ongoing development at Port San Antonio. Once home to Kelly Air Force Base, the area in Southwest San Antonio has struggled since the military left in the 1990s but is seeing a resurgence thanks to investment by tech and aerospace companies, including Boeing, which committed $2.3 million to expand education and workforce development programs at the San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology. Find out why the investment could be a turning point for the next generation of residents in the area on page 46.

On a personal note, I returned from maternity leave just in time to help with the final edits on this issue. What I found during my first day back was a magazine that had been well written, precisely edited and beautifully designed. A big thank you to our freelancers and staff. Spending time with my new daughter was a privilege I don’t take for granted. Here’s to summer and the delicious eats that make the season complete for you.

Habitable Spaces

The couple behind Habitable Spaces in nearby Kingsbury have married their passions for community, creativity and farm-fresh ingredients into a series of curated dinners and artist opportunities. Read their full story at sanantoniomag.com/ habitable-spaces.

Summer Exhibitions

Looking to escape the heat? Head inside at the San Antonio Museum of Art, The DoSeum or one of the city’s other cultural institutions. We provide an inside look at some of their latest special exhibits at sanantoniomag. com/category/culture.

101 fun things to do this fall.

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IN THE LOOP With Every Fiber

MINDY PANTUSO RECEIVED HER FIRST LARGE custom fiber art order while she was still using a craft-store loom that she’d purchased when learning the art form in 2016. ‘No matter,’ she thought, ‘I’ll build one.’ The owner of Mpwovenn Fiber still uses that 4-foot-wide loom as she creates collections and custom wall hangings to sell online and at local markets. Now a mom of three, Pantuso says she picked up the hobby after the arrival of her second baby. “I needed something to do for myself,” she says. “I saw it on Instagram, so I bought

myself a kit and became obsessed.” Though she’d done some graphic design, creating baby shower and wedding invitations, Pantuso had never crafted anything with her hands before and says the act of turning yarn into unique wall decor hooked her. Initially, she only made pieces for her own home, but at the encouragement of friends and family, she opened an Etsy store. She’s since expanded into macrame, including plant hangers and dip-dye hangings. She also offers beginner weaving kits along with tutorials. Pantuso says her own style leans toward neutrals and bohemian looks, but she’s starting to dabble in bright colors and her dip dye pieces often trend modern.

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Is Real Estate Still a Good Investment?

The short answer is yes, but timing is key

With inflation, increases in the cost of living, and interest rates that have risen above 6 percent, homeownership can feel unattainable to some. However, experts in the field remain optimistic that for many, buying a home is still reasonable and advantageous.

For potential buyers looking for a deal, it’s good news to hear that compared to Houston’s average home prices of $318,000, Dallas’ $346,000 and Austin’s whopping $525,000, San Antonio continues to stake its claim as the most affordable metro area in Texas with an average home price of $300,000. “It is expected to stay that way in the coming year and more,” Jim Gaines, an economist at Texas A&M’s Real Estate Research Center, says. In March 2023, the average home price in San Antonio actually dropped 1 percent year-over-year. Gaines expects these flat to lower prices to continue throughout the year, while he predicts the current decrease in sales (sales were down 12 percent in March 2023, the most recent data available at press time) may ease up a bit during the summer.

Inventory is also down. Many people who bought homes during the height of the pandemic with exceedingly low

interest rates (3-4 percent) are, incidentally, hesitant to move and lose their preferable rates unless absolutely necessary. Quite a few buyers are relying on new construction to fill the gap in supply, with builders simultaneously trying to move inventory by offering assistance with closing costs and good terms on new loans.

So, with current trends and predictions taken into consideration, is real estate still a good investment? Cat Lodge, a realtor at Coldwell Banker D’Ann Harper, reminds prospective buyers that when it comes to real estate, the return on investment comes from the house’s value appreciating over time—even in today’s market.

However, timing is key. Due to the decrease in home prices, houses are not appreciating as quickly as they have in the past. “The biggest determining factor for my clients on whether they should rent versus buy is how long they are going to be here in San Antonio,” Lodge says. “If someone buys a house now, they cannot count on it appreciating a huge amount of money in a short period of time like it has in the past. It’s going to be safer for someone to rent versus buy right now if they’re going to be here for less than two years.”

Paddles for All

Float on Woodlawn and Elmendorf lakes with The Expedition School’s new offerings, including adaptive options

SUMMER IN SAN ANTONIO IS ALWAYS A SCORCHER. And while the 100-plus-degree temps can make you want to stay inside with the AC full blast, there’s a better way to cool off. The Expedition School in Austin has sailed into San Antonio with paddleboard, canoe and kayak rentals at Woodlawn and Elmendorf Lake Parks.

“My mission is to make sure that people have access to opportunities right in their backyards that revolve around health, wellness and getting outside,” says Kimery Duda, who founded The Expedition School in 2006.

That means all people. Duda, whose father had polio, understands what it means to grow up in an adaptive family and how challenging it can be to find opportunities for outdoor activities. That’s why, since its inception, The Expedition School has offered adaptive paddling opportunities for people who are intellectually and developmentally disabled, as well as the blind and visually impaired and deaf populations.

“Consistently, the adaptive populations do not have access to or cannot afford to participate in experiences like these,” says Duda, who established The Expedition School Fund as a

nonprofit that allows her to continue to bring outdoor opportunities to these groups. “We do everything in our power to get them on the water.”

For all populations, the Expedition School offers lessons, parties and customized group team-building activities where participants can choose their own adventures. At the heart of it all is a love of the outdoors and the communities the school serves. Committed to leaving outdoor spaces cleaner than they found them, Duda says that since 2006, The Expedition School has removed more than 10 tons of trash and 4 tons of recycling in and around Austin’s popular Lady Bird Lake.

“The Expedition School is more than a kayak rental vendor. They are community partners and environmental stewards who will provide accessible recreational opportunities and educational programming for our residents,” says Homer Garcia, director of San Antonio Parks and Recreation. “We look forward to seeing people of all abilities kayaking and enjoying outdoor activities at Woodlawn Park and Elmendorf Lake Park.” expeditionschool.com

3 MORE WAYS TO HAVE FUN IN THE WATER

Rockin’ R River Rides

Are you even a Texan if you don’t tube? San Antonians know that some of the best tubing is found in New Braunfels, where you can spend 2 to 4 hours floating leisurely down the Guadalupe or Comal Rivers. Rockin’ R River Rides offers five tube rental locations to get you on your way, with shuttle service and convenient locations to bars and restaurants for your post-tube refreshments. Rafting, SUP and night kayaking are also available. rockinr.com

Mission Adventure Tours

Want to see the famous River Walk from a different perspective? Located behind the Tobin Center near 4th and Auditorium Circle, Mission Kayak offers 2-hour rentals or a BYOK (bring your own kayak) option for paddling through San Antonio’s Downtown Business District. These unguided, unstructured tours are ideal for those who want to explore at their leisure. thesanantonio riverwalk.com

FlowRider Wave Machine at Hyatt Hill Country Locals and visitors alike can hang 10 less than 30 miles from downtown San Antonio. The beautiful Hyatt Regency Hill Country Resort & Spa is home to the FlowRider Wave Machine, which creates barrel-less waves for surfing and bodyboarding. Perfect your surfing skills—no beach required! hyatt.com

Startup Success

Ben Jones, Geekdom entrepreneur-inresidence and Skipcart founder, sees San Antonio as the next hub for developing companies

Ben Jones is well aware that after launching and selling Skipcart, the perception among other startups is that he has it figured out.

“When you’re a founder and then you exit, it’s like ‘What’s next?’” he says. “The perception is you know what you’re doing, but you still don’t. You find your purpose in whatever drives you ... and in this stage of my life, it’s helping others.”

After all, Jones says, the path to success with Skipcart, an on-demand delivery service that integrates into existing apps at companies like Whataburger, Freebirds, AutoZone and dozens of others, was anything but linear.

The Texas native who grew up in a small farming community near Lubbock started out in oil and gas after leaving Texas A&M University to pursue the energy boom. He found some success as an entrepreneur during his decade in the industry but after oil prices fell says he couldn’t

translate what he’d learned to tangible “resume” skills and was left with very little money and no job prospects.

Living in Fredericksburg by then, he launched various ventures, including starting a wine bottling company and opening a bar and music venue, but nothing took off. It was about that time that Amazon was acquiring Whole Foods, and Jones says he saw an opportunity in expanding the growing grocery pickup model into delivery.

He began by taking orders on his cell phone and relying on his friends’ parents to do the shopping for him, but the idea soon exploded and Skipcart grew. After a major contract with Walmart in 2019 plus big inroads into the restaurant industry, Jones sold the business to 7-Eleven for an undisclosed amount in 2021. Which is what left him thinking about what’s next.

Skipcart had been headquartered in San Antonio, and he was talked into staying here by people like Rackspace, Geekdom and 80/20 Foundation founder Graham Weston and Greater SATX CEO Jenna Saucedo-Herrera, who showed him how many resources were available to local businesses. Jones wanted to help other companies find their own version of success in the Alamo City.

He was selected as Geekdom’s first entrepreneur-inresidence in December and now spends 35 hours a month meeting with early-stage entrepreneurs and holding workshops with Geekdom members. Jones has also launched his own venture studio. “It brings together founders, capital and corporate innovation to foster the creation of world-class companies,” he says. “By combining resources and expertise, the studio creates an ecosystem where the probability of success is significantly higher.”

San Antonio certainly has challenges as it works to become a hub for startups that grow and stay in the Alamo City, Jones says, but it’s on an upward trajectory.

“I’m all in on San Antonio,” says Jones, who lives in the King William Historic District and spends his free time exploring the city with his almost 1-year-old and twin 7-year-olds. “We have hurdles, but the San Antonio of today and San Antonio five years ago are completely different.”

Conscientious Cultural Development

The owner of Jaime’s Place is promoting community while keeping the historic West Side vibe alive

In a pastel yellow two-story house on the Inner West Side, Jaime Macias has created his own slice of community.

The house had been part of the Macias family for nearly 50 years when, in October 2020, it became home to Jaime’s Place: equal parts bar, music venue and gathering place.

“The West Side has historically been the place where the poor have been concentrated,” says Macias, explaining that he was intentional about creating a welcoming atmosphere for the neighborhood.

The result, he says, was divestment from and stigmatization of the local community. Macias wanted to change that, but he didn’t want to promote the gentrification he’s watched other downtown adjacent neighborhoods experience, in which the most

vulnerable locals are forced out of their homes. Instead, he sees Jaime’s Place as part of what he calls “conscientious development.” “It’s about threading the needle—striking a balance between economic growth and keeping the vibrancy and the culturally rich heritage of the Inner West Side alive,” he says.

With Jaime’s Place, it seems he’s been able to accomplish just that, creating a space he describes as “built for the barrio and beyond.”

Just 100 feet from the historic site of Patio Andaluz, the iconic hotbed for the West Side Sound from the 1950s through ’70s, Jaime’s Place is also working hard to continue the legacy of music in the neighborhood. The bar has become a destination for Chicano bands from around the country, like The Sinseers, The Altons and Thee Sacred Souls, and Macias says he’s always on the lookout for new talent from the community.

Like the building itself, Jaime’s Place is a family affair. All four of Macias’ children help run the business. Aracely, a computer analyst, set up the bar’s digital infrastructure, Gabriela is the social media director, Patricio is general manager and Jacob helps any time they are short-staffed. Macias says Dorothy, his wife of 33 years and a registered nurse, is the true backbone of the family and Jaime’s Place.

The venue has become a stop for locals from throughout the city, but Macias says their regulars are “just good people wanting to enjoy a good time in their own backyard.”

A Breath of History

Tripp Flipp LLC honors the roots of this century-old home near Pearl while also giving it new life

ormer Texas legislator John H. Kirkpatrick envisioned a neighborhood where residents would sit out on their front porches in the evening, sipping tea while waving at neighbors or soldiers as they walked to Fort Sam Houston after hopping off the trolley.

By all accounts, that’s exactly what he created more than a century ago in the small development known as Army Terrace or Westfort Alliance. It’s also what renovators Kali and Thor Tripp, of Tripp Flipp LLC, wanted to bring back to the large home where it is believed Kirkpatrick once lived when they learned the home was for sale more than a year ago.

The San Antonio couple have made a career of renovating historic homes and when they noticed that the side of that original wraparound porch had been transformed into bedrooms, they knew it was a project they wanted to take on. Inside the home, they found linoleum floors covering the original hardwood, even more bedrooms that had been added so the house could be used as a group home for young women and drywall covering the historic shiplap.

“It was in rough shape,” Thor says. “But we loved it right when we saw it.”

Completed in January after six months of intense work, the now five-bedroom, four-anda-half-bathroom home that sits between The DoSeum and Pearl sold after its first showing.

Before it was purchased, though, nearly every surface was transformed.

Shiplap was uncovered and restored along a wall leading up the stairs as well as in the dining room. Pocket doors opening into the living and dining areas that had been painted and sealed into the walls were dug out and made to function once again.

Throughout the home, drywall that had been cracked and crumbling was replaced and most of the historic windows rebuilt—a requirement in local historic homes that the Tripps say makes all the difference to their authenticity.

In the dining room, the shiplap was painted a rich blue to match the walls, and nearby, a half bath, accented with vintage-style wallpaper, was added in what was once part of the hallway and a closet.

A kitchen at the back of the home had been turned into an industrial-style commissary but is now a large, bright and inviting space featuring a 100-plus-year-old brick heating stack that was uncovered during construction. Modern appliances, an oversized island with a farmhouse sink and marble countertops were added while a green and peach wallpaper was used to bring the feeling of the home’s original era back into the space. “It’s a little wild, but we wanted color and we wanted it to feel very vintage,” Kali says.

Just off the kitchen is another sitting space, which the Tripps say they hope will allow the new homeowners to cook, eat and relax all together.

A grand primary suite was created out of what was once five small bedrooms, including two that were built on the back porch. The suite now features a 12-foot-tall custom closet with an old-school library ladder, a restored patio that overlooks the spacious backyard and an oversized bathroom with a luxury soaking tub and double-head shower. A second brick smokestack was also uncovered in here and used as an accent to the main room.

Two other large bedrooms are upstairs, where one bathroom was upgraded and a second added. The second floor also features a large, airy living and game room with space for theater seating if desired, plus a walk-in attic with ample storage.

At the bottom of the stairs sits an office/guestroom that has a Murphy bed built into the cabinets. And out a side door, the homeowner can now access the side of that wraparound porch. The bedrooms and drywall that had been added were torn out, uncovering an ideal sitting space for relaxing in the morning with a cup of coffee or getting to know neighbors, many of whom have been living on the block for years.

“The history of the house just breathes life into it—and into us while we’re working on it,” Thor says.

EAT + DRINK

Ready, Set, Go

Make Ready Market has something for everyone

LOCATED ALONG THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER BETWEEN downtown and Pearl, Make Ready Market aims to be the “nucleus” of the River North area of San Antonio, according to Hunter Kingman, vice president of acquisitions and development at Hixon Properties, the developer behind the project.

Kingman says that the driving vision behind the city’s newest food hall—which should be open by late summer—was to have an option for every discerning palate, so all could gather. To that end, chef David Gilbert’s Thai Bird restaurant will serve Asian-inspired fried chicken, Pescado Bravo will offer Mexican-fusion cuisine serving seafood and

tacos, Four Brothers SATX (not affiliated with the Four Brothers at Omni La Mansión del Rio) will be cooking Venezuelan arepas, Sofia’s Pizzeria will dish up classic hearty pizzas and pasta, eet-up (from the team behind OrderUp) will cover the requisite burgers, fries and shakes, and Tiny Pies has dessert covered (plus some savory options, too). Just looking for coffee? Longtime Broadway staple Mila Coffee took up residence at Make Ready Market this spring. Happy hour? The market’s general manager, Zach Garza, is pouring libations at the Garage Cantina.

Make Ready Market and its neighboring Idle Beer Hall and Brewery bring new life to long-empty former automotive buildings. Space remains for a couple more businesses to join the party, and to Kingman, the more the merrier. “If you ask me, what would make me most pleased in three years is seeing people coming from all sides of town and meeting up at Make Ready Market,” he says.

Spreading the Gospel of Mexican Wine

The couple behind Casa Guipzot aims to bridge cultures, one glass at a time

Salena and Eduardo Guipzot are on a mission to change the way San Antonians think about wine.

In a small storefront on the West Side, they have created one of the most exciting new wine destinations in the city with Casa Guipzot, a shop that’s barely a year old and taps into a history that extends more than 500 years.

Even though regions such as Chile, Argentina, and Texas are getting lots of attention, Mexico has a much older winemaking tradition. Spaniards began planting grapes shortly after the conquest, and the oldest winery in the Americas, Casa Madero in Coahuila, was established in 1597.

“Mexico produces amazing products because of the hard work of its people,” Salena Guipzot says. “I want people to know that in addition to beer, tequila, and mezcal, Mexico produces world-class wines.”

Their business goes beyond serving as a boutique wine shop. Much of its business comes from tastings in the shop and wine education events, along with selling bottles from Mexico, private events, and wine tours to different parts of Mexico. They have plenty of places to visit.

Although Baja California produces the most wine and has emerged as the country’s best known wine region, other wineries are taking advantage of the high altitudes and temperature changes along with a growing acceptance within Mexico in central and north-central states such as Coahuila, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Guanajuato, Aguascalientes and Zacatecas.

Eduardo, a Coahuila native who owns a construction company, and Salena, who brings a background in finance, fell under the spell of wine evangelism fairly recently. They were on a trip to his home state and visited a wine cave, where she tried local wines and could not believe the quality.

“It was my first time drinking vinos mexicanos,” she says. “That one wine lit the bulb, and I was seeing an untapped market.”

From there, they began working on getting financing and pulling together their own savings to launch their shop in a newly renovated business park a couple of minutes west of UTSA’s downtown campus.

“We were extremely intentional about starting a wine shop on the West Side,” she says. “Truly, I wanted los vinos de Mexico to be something that everybody could enjoy.”

Because of the strong ties between Mexico and the area, and Salena’s own background as a thirdgeneration West Sider, it was an ideal fit.

Today, they still face plenty of skepticism when they try to introduce people to wines from Mexico. The wines are beginning to win medals at international wine competitions, so there’s a lot of room to grow in awareness and sales. Here in the home of the micheladas and margaritas, the couple are seeing growing interest in the wines and are closing out their first year in business with some solid momentum.

“When people drink wine and say, ‘Wow, this is what Mexico is producing?’ it’s a shock,” Salena says. “I think people are really excited about learning about Mexican wines.”

CASA GUIPZOT

118 S. Sabinas St., Bldg. 3, Ste. 101 casaguipzot.com 210-996-0575

Soak and Sip

Camp Hot Wells brings a unique bar experience to the South Side site with a storied past

It’s springtime in San Antonio, and I’ve just enjoyed a one-hour soak in a cedar tub at Camp Hot Wells, the new bar and private hot soaking spot that opened earlier this year adjacent to the Hot Wells of Bexar County park on the South Side. Though I’m still in a post-soak haze, I spot a couple walking over from touring the park. They put in their drink order at the bar. Behind them, another couple, having already grabbed a round of drinks, removes their shoes and dips their feet into the steaming hot soaking tubs at the bar. Jazz plays on the bar speakers, and I’m thinking this may be the most therapeutic happy hour spot I’ve ever seen.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Hot Wells Hotel and Spa was a center of wellness and social activity. Health claims about the healing properties of the sulfuric waters drew visitors from around the country, but there were also ostrich races, a hotel, and The Flame Night Club, which closed in 1977.

Arts patron and San Antonio native Bernard Lifshutz acquired the Hot Wells property along the Museum Reach of the San Antonio River in the late ’90s and envisioned a park to share the ruins of the former resort with the public, as well as a private endeavor to give the public access to the waters of Hot Wells. The park opened in 2019, and that private endeavor, Camp Hot Wells, is here at last for the public to enjoy.

CAMP HOT WELLS

5423 Hot Wells Blvd. camphotwells.com

210-922-1927

Open daily noon to 8 p.m.

Camp Hot Wells boasts soaking tubs that guests may book for private soaks, as well as a bar where patrons gather around foot soak baths and a garden available for special event rentals.

Soak Prices: A one-hour soak for one guest in the Clawfoot Suite is $75; two guests/two tubs is $100. A one-hour soak in the cedar tub for two is $100. A group soak or private party for 10 for two hours is $300.

San Antonio artist, glassblower and FL!GHT Gallery owner Justin Parr has served as Hot Wells’ caretaker since 2012, living on the property in a shipping container house with an outdoor kitchen. Early on, he and Lifshutz had discussions about their vision for Camp Hot Wells, and Parr worked with the Hot Wells Conservancy to offer programming, including the Hot Wells Harvest Feast at the ruins. Now, Parr is the curator of the beer, wine, seltzer and sake list at Camp Hot Wells, where guests can also order small shareable bites.

“What we’ve found is people are having a blast meeting their neighbors at the foot soaking baths,” Parr says. “I’m just having a good time watching people enjoy it because it is sort of an experiment what we’re doing.”

Eventually, they plan to also open campsite rentals on the property along the San Antonio River and bring the place back to its original epicenter of social activity, lodging and wellness.

Camp Hot Wells manager and bartender Anthony Dean Harris lives on the South Side and has been waiting for a concept with an eclectic beer and wine list to open in his neighborhood. “There’s no place else quite like this on the South Side,” Harris says.

Barkeep Duo

The men behind the cocktails at Bar 414 serve up more than spirits

rder a drink at Bar 414 at the Gunter Hotel downtown, and you’ll likely meet Bert Sandoval and John Ramos.

The two master bartenders, who have been at the hotel for four and eight years respectively, have developed a rapport and synchronicity in their time together that shines through whether they’re pouring drinks or just having a conversation.

“We’ve got our dance routine down,” says Sandoval. “We can have a conversation with just one look.”

Both Ramos and Sandoval are self-proclaimed “river rats” who worked in various bars and restaurants along the River Walk for years before landing at Bar 414. The duo has nearly 35 years of bartending experience between them.

Ramos is a San Antonio native and a graduate of Brackenridge High School who enjoys riding his bike, sampling daiquiris and visiting fellow bartender friends when he’s not at the Gunter. Cherrity Bar, 1 Watson, The Moon’s Daughter and Espuelas, a little tequila bar off Austin Street, are among his favorites.

For his part, Sandoval, a Florida native, is more of a homebody but says he’ll occasionally tag along.

The Old Fashioned, made with bourbon or rye whiskey, is their most requested cocktail, though the two add that they can concoct almost anything a guest can think of. “This is more of a whiskey and scotch kind of bar. We’ll spar with anyone from Wisconsin [where they make them with brandy] because they tend to have a different idea of what an Old Fashioned should be,” says Ramos.

Friday and Saturday nights bring live music, and the bartenders keep a movie—usually Casablanca playing on a loop on silent for those who prefer entertainment to chatter.

Aside from the drink making, the men say meeting people who travel to San Antonio is the best part of the job. “People are coming into town for weddings, reunions and conventions, and they come in here for a drink,” Sandoval says.

They list conventions that have gathered everyone from backgammon players and school band directors to UFC fighters and comic lovers as among the most memorable groups they’ve served. Ramos even met Robert Plant before his 2016 San Antonio performance (the singer/songwriter, for the record, ordered just water). “You never know what you’re going to get in here,” Ramos says.

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5 new(ish) spots to get your summer seafood fix

Go Fish Wine Bar

125 W. Grayson St. // gofishmkt.com

You don’t expect an amazing pizza to come from a fish spot. Then again, Go Fish Wine Bar is no ordinary fish place.

Indeed, it may be the most intriguing location in the Carpenter restaurant empire, and it’s getting the least attention. It doesn’t yet have the following of Little Em’s Oyster Bar or the easyto-describe concepts of Southern specialties at Restaurant Claudine or American standards at Up Scale.

Instead, it offers a small selection of high-end seafood in its refrigerated counter, along with a wall of thoughtfully curated wines that deftly complement the menu.

“I feel our guests are having fun with this hybrid concept,” says co-owner Houston Carpenter. “As we planned, guests can come in for fish and a draft beer then leave with a bottle of wine and a fillet of salmon.”

It also showcases the considerable talents of chef Eddie Barrera.

Barrera quickly advanced from working on the line at Little Em’s,

Up Scale and Claudine to become sous chef at Go Fish, and now he serves as head chef. He succeeds Ruben Pantaleón, who’s going to head the kitchen at the Carpenters’ soon-to-open Nineteen Hyaku. Barrera’s creativity comes through in subtle but important ways. He’s fermenting sauces in-house and using different fruits in the mignonette that accompanies raw oysters as well as in a fermented sauce for the grilled fish of the day.

There’s a dry-aging program that elevates the chef’s sashimi, a tuna sandwich of sushi-grade tuna on house-baked Japanese milk bread, tuna pastrami, and his version of fish and chips.

And those pizzas, which begin with dough that he’s fermenting, are some of the biggest surprises of the year. They’re outstanding.

If Houston and Emily Carpenter ever decide to open a pizza place, this is a great recipe to build from.

Barrera is a chef to watch, and this is definitely a place to visit.

Rocoto’s Grill

8333 Culebra Road, Ste. 204A

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Food lovers in the know and natives of Peru rejoiced at the news that Rocoto’s Grill reopened earlier this year. This family-run gem quickly vaulted to prominence when it debuted in 2010. It closed its storefront on Culebra Road near Loop 1604 in January, but thank goodness it didn’t stay closed long. Its new location, also on Culebra but closer to Loop 410, brings back the Peruvian home cooking that had captivated diners over the years.

The cebiche, using the Peruvian spelling, still amazes, as do the signature dishes of papa a la Huancaína and lomo saltado. And the pollo a la brasa (roasted chicken) is worth a drive across town. As of press time, they were applying for an alcohol license to serve Peruvian wines and pisco sours. We’re glad they’re back.

Leche de Tigre

318 E. Cevallos St. lechedetigretx.com

Traditional Peruvian flavors get a luxurious makeover, and they’re beautiful here.

This restaurant, a project from Laredo brothers Emil, Axel and Alec Oliva, along with their cousin, Sebastian Montante, aims to blend their Peruvian heritage with their Mexican roots, and they succeed brilliantly. Their cebiches, served in gourd bowls, sparkle with vibrant flavors and colors, and their version of lomo saltado features beef tenderloin and Andean potatoes in a gorgeous presentation that tastes as enchanting as it looks. Anticuchos, which traditionally feature beef heart, here use short rib meat. Meanwhile, the bar program showcases pisco in its cocktails, with clever and creative infusions, tinctures and syrups.

Arenas Marisqueria Lounge

19903 Stone Oak Pkwy., Ste. 202 // arenaslounge.com

Mexican seafood classics are in good hands at this resort-inspired spot that feels more like a nightclub. You’ll definitely want to order a cocktail. If you like agave spirits, try the Aztec Old Fashioned, which highlights tequila and adds a mezcal float. Another popular choice: La Chanel, a take on a French 75 that uses St. Germain and peach liqueur with the gin and prosecco.

Start with a seafood coctel—there’s no ketchup in their tomato base, which gives it a lighter feel that allows the stars to shine—a shrimp aguachile or a tostada de poke. From there, go for some enchiladas, tacos or the pleasantly spicy camarones a la diabla. Then, relax, take in some live music and enjoy this noteworthy addition to the Stone Oak dining scene.

Rosario’s Comida Mex & Bar

722 S. St. Mary’s St. rosariossa.com

The shrimp nachos, roasted red salsa, and Griselda’s tacos callejeros are just as you remember from the former locations. Now in its “forever home,” this Southtown hot spot continues offering its beloved combination of Tex-Mex favorites in an energetic and chic atmosphere.

The setting and interior design evoke much more of a Mexico City modernist feel, somewhat like Wong’s sibling restaurant Ácenar on the River Walk. If the design throws you off, Google Ricardo Legorreta and Luis Barragán to get a sense of where it’s coming from.

Or just bask in the stylishness of it all, and make sure to go to the rooftop and gaze at the amazing views of San Antonio. You’ll probably have to wait to take a selfie with the skyline, because it’s quickly turning into a busy attraction all on its own. That’s OK—it’s just another reason to order a second margarita and relax.

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Jardín

555 Funston Place (in the San Antonio Botanical Garden) jardinsatx.com

Nibble on an assortment of mezze while sipping on a cocktail surrounded by the San Antonio Botanical Garden, and enjoy your fortune.

The Mediterraneaninspired menu from chef and restaurateur Jason Dady has become a local favorite and a great option for dining with visitors. In the mood for grazing? Grab some small plates and a glass of wine or cocktail. Want to chow down? Get a main dish. Or do both. Hummus here is good. Hummus topped with pork belly is an experience.

When you want to dine outdoors sans paper plates—these are our favorite patios with terrific menus, too — ET

Künstler Brewing

302 E. Lachapelle St. kuenstlerbrewing.com

Tucked away in a neighborhood south of the trendy part of Southtown, this spot captivates with an array of terrific beers from owners and brewers Vera and Brent Deckard, along with a compact food menu of beer-friendly munchies and outrageously tasty daily specials.

We’re partial to the Wednesday pork schnitzel, but the Thursday line cook specials have also featured standouts, like the Sonora dogs, muffulettas and gochujang wings. The Deckards also just opened a Tap Haus with a must-visit patio at Hemisfair.

Maverick Texas Brasserie

710 S. St. Mary’s St. mavericktexas.com

Visit the covered patio area, choose just about anything on this menu, and feel confident that you’ll enjoy it. Not sure what cocktail or wine to order? Just ask and trust their recommendation, because this place brims with excellence and professionalism in its dishes and service.

The daily plat du jour still makes for one of the city’s best dining deals, and the Violet Happy Hour offers a chance to savor excellent wines and discounted munchies. Outside or inside, this is always a wise choice.

Ocho

1015 Navarro St. bunkhousehotels.com/ hotel-havana/eat-drink/ ocho

Anytime there’s a new menu from Chef Jesse Kuykendall, it merits a visit to Ocho.

Chef Kirk won an episode of Food Network’s Chopped and continually demonstrates strong skills. The new menu is less Pan Latin and more global, with Mediterranean, Caribbean and South African influences to go along with the Cuban and Mexican flavors. Enjoy a table in the glass-walled interior overlooking a less-traveled stretch of the River Walk or dine outside. You can’t go wrong either way.

Meadow Neighborhood Eatery + Bar

555 W. Bitters Road, Ste. 100 (in The Alley) facebook.com/meadowsan antonio

Dine on the outdoor deck of this modern Southern cuisine destination, and delight in the dishes from chef/co-owner P.J. Edwards. His menus showcasing local farms change regularly, but almost always feature the fried chicken and an appetizer of either pork belly or chicken in a beautifully flaky biscuit.

Well-made cocktails, a thoughtful wine selection and smooth service round out the experience.

The Moon’s Daughters

115 Lexington Ave. themoonsdaughters.com

There’s something special about sharing some bubbles while overlooking the city at sunset. The amazing views of the city from atop the Thompson Hotel are perfect to impress a date.

The delicious artichoke hummus is a great starter to share, or party down with some of the main courses.

Remember to leave the kids at home, because this place is for adults 21 and older only.

Outlaw Kitchens

2919 N. Flores St. outlawkitchens.com

Nestled in a remodeled bungalow in the Alta Vista neighborhood north of downtown, the outdoor dining area invokes the feeling of a dinner party.

That is, if your dinner party featured a chef who worked with multiple Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse and taught at the Culinary Institute of America. Chef and co-owner Paul Sartory and his wife, Peggy Howe, create delicious, memorable and unfussy experiences on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Book in advance and find out for yourself.

Signature Restaurant

16401 La Cantera Pkwy. (at La Cantera Resort & Spa property) signaturerestaurant.com

The grounds and herb gardens of the La Cantera Resort & Spa are beautiful and deftly complement the dishes from executive chef John Carpenter and executive sous chef Jaime Torres. They treat local and organic ingredients with respect and skill. Sure, you probably have visited other places that feature beef tenderloin, Chilean sea bass and Maine scallops, but you haven’t had them like this.

Pair your dishes with a selection from a strong wine list. If your tastes and budget are up for it, maybe also get a sip of an allocated whiskey—say some Pappy or Buffalo Trace Antique Collection?

Chef’s A Secret Garden

Elizabeth Johnson’s Pharm Table recipes include homegrown ingredients

ELIZABETH JOHNSON, CHEF/OWNER OF PHARM

Table, begins each day with a cup of brewed ayurvedic tea and a banana, artfully plated with a dollop of creamed honey and a sprinkling of healthy spices. Then she heads out to her garden to harvest fresh herbs for the restaurant, which are an integral part of her culinary repertoire.

Johnson creates delicious, largely plantbased menus, free of dairy, refined sugar, wheat and processed foods, inspired by seasonality and ayurveda. Pharm Table is built on the idea that food can be both healing and delicious. In addition to its San Antonio–inflected global menu, the restaurant also features a full bar and a wine menu that spotlights female winemakers.

One of only 20 U.S. chefs invited to take part in the James Beard Foundation’s 10th annual Taste America series this year, Johnson, who the Beard Foundation called “a food-is-medicine guru,” is planning an upcoming collaborative dinner series with local artists, such as Holly Tupper, the founder, perfumer and creative director of Cultus Artem, a luxury fragrance and jewelry house headquartered here.

Given her love of plant-based cooking, it’s no surprise that Johnson is an avid organic gardener. Her lush gardens in King William and Lavaca that help supply her restaurant produce ingredients like chaya, papaloquelite and radicchio. “Bitter flavor profiles are what we need to be eating this time of year, it activates the liver,” she says. In raised beds built from recycled wood, grape leaves, hoja santa, asparagus, edible flowers and lettuces grow. Johnson recently added more raised beds featuring “things that trail,” such as zucchini, cucumbers and tomatoes, along with unusual plants such as columbine, yarrow, rue and lovage,

which looks like parsley but has a more delicate flavor profile. Johnson uses lovage for tea and says, “It has amazing attributes for respiratory health.”

Keeping the soil rich and fertile is always a challenge. Johnson relies on help from Stephen Locke, founder of Gardopia Gardens, a local nonprofit dedicated to gardening education, and owner of Efficient Earthlings Megan Lowder, who is playfully

known as the “soil sorceress” for her ability to transform even the most depleted San Antonio soil into something fecund with her special brews of “compost tea.”

“Every day when I walk out into my garden, I’m inspired by what I see,” Johnson says, gazing out across the lush tangle of greenery stretching toward the sun. “The plants are super happy here.”

So, it would appear, is she.

FarmTable to

Bexar County Master Gardeners

Listen to pro David Rodriguez from 7 to 9 a.m. every Saturday on WOAI for quick tips and the chance to call in with your own questions. The Master Gardeners also offer trainings on home vegetable gardening, plant propagation, lawn care and more. bexarmg.org

Gardopia Gardens

The Near East Side nonprofit offers locals the chance to learn the basics of vegetable growing through its gardenbased learning program that offers workshops focusing on everything from garden design and construction to soil science, plant identification, nutrition, composting and pest management. Classes can be booked for youth or adults. Looking for something more informal? Consider volunteering during a Community Garden Workday. gardopiagardens.org

San Antonio Food Bank Garden

Volunteers at this nonprofit’s urban farm will serve on a 25-acre plot and assist with planting, harvesting, composting, weeding and other duties. At the Food Bank Garden, learn how to work in raised garden beds and to deal with hydroponic and aquaponic systems. Through a partnership with Mission San Juan, volunteers can also learn more historic gardening practices by planting, weeding, harvesting and mulching at the mission’s farm. safoodbank.org/waysto-help —Kathleen Petty

BY NOW WE ALL KNOW THERE IS something special about shopping locally. Not only is the food as fresh as food can be, it also feels good to support local growers, sellers and makers because you are giving back to your community.

Almost all vendors at these local markets grow or make the food they sell, which gives it an extra special flavor! Here are some of our favorites.

Pearl Farmers Market

The mother of them all, the Weekend Market at Pearl is not only the biggest, it is the most festive farmers market in town. Shop fresh produce, sustainable meat and eggs, handmade teas and baked goods while enjoying live music. Saturdays are dedicated to local farmers, ranchers, growers and purveyors of delicious, prepared foods, then Sunday is a Makers Market, featuring local artisans who sell pottery and other handcrafted wares. Named one of the Top 10 Farmers Markets in the country by USA Today, Pearl Farmers Market has also been our readers’ pick for Best Farmers Market for the past three years. Saturday, 9 a.m.-

1 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; 312 Pearl Pkwy., atpearl.com/ weekend-market

Alamo Heights Farmers Market

Small but mighty, this Sunday gathering in the Alamo Quarry Market parking lot has a little bit of everything you need and then some. The Alamo Heights Farmers Market features fresh

produce, doggie treats, soy candles, fresh baked organic bread and conchas, Texas ranch–raised beef and delicious prepared foods. Of special note: Aurelia’s chorizo and the Dumpling Diva, which features a variety of handmade dumplings and weekly specials such as dan dan noodles. Sunday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., 255 E. Basse Road, alamoheightsfm.com

The Farmers Market at Herff Farm in Boerne

A visit to historic Boerne is a nice way to while away a Saturday afternoon. Hit the Farmers Market at historic Herff Farm in the morning—just one mile from downtown Boerne. Local ranchers, growers and artisans showcase their wares to the sound of live music, and visitors can enjoy beautiful gardens, pollinator fields and hiking trails. The historic Herff House, owned by German settlers from the 1850s, is open to visitors. After you’ve browsed the market, see if you can catch an afternoon event, like birding or a watercolor class, at the Conservation Center next door. Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 33 Herff Road, Boerne, cibolo.org/ locations/herff-farm

New Braunfels Farmers’ Market

This is what folks out in the country call a lollapalooza! There are 60 vendors, give or take, and visitors can find farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy and handmade cheeses, sustainably raised meats, baked goods—even good old Texas wine. Plus, enjoy prepared food and drink, live music and plenty to entertain the entire family, including pets. Saturday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., 186 S. Castell Ave., New Braunfels, nbfarmersmarket.com

Garcia Street Urban Farm’s Farm Stand

A 4-acre organic farm on San Antonio’s East Side, Garcia Street Urban Farm is the result of a partnership by San Antonio College Eco Centro and the San Antonio Housing Authority. It works to educate students and residents about growing food. The farm stand sells produce, herbs and flowers grown on the farm. Visitors, in accordance with their sustainability practices, are encouraged to bring a reusable bag. September through December, Wednesdays, 5-8 p.m. 218 Garcia St., alamo.edu/sac/about-sac/ college-offices/eco-centro/ecocentro-garcia-street-urban-farm

Bring fresh ingredients into your own kitchen with a trip to these farmers markets —RB

Treat Yourself!

Splurge on topping-heavy ice cream concoctions, boozy shakes, raspas, mangonadas or classic paletas —KP

Big Daddy’s Treats

Chamoy-infused raspas, lime piccadillies, mangonadas big enough to share and snacks that range from funnel cakes to mini donuts and chamoy candy apples mean there’s literally something for everyone here. Shaved ice comes in a variety of flavors and can be topped with sour gummy worms, syrup and more. There are also slushies and fruit cups—plus corn cups if someone in your group doesn’t want dessert.

Black + White Modern Creamery

The creative flavor combos at this small ice cream shop at the Boardwalk on Broadway, formerly part of the Chocolazzo family, change regularly but favorites include honey cornbread, abuelita’s hot chocolate, a dairy-free Big Red sorbet, cookie monster and cookies and cream made with almond milk. Order your scoops in a cup or a black waffle cone, and snap an ice cream selfie in front of the inside mural before you dig in. 4011 Broadway, instagram. com/blackwhitecreamery

Boozy’s

When you struggle to decide between a drink and dessert, Boozy’s is the answer. The Southtown ice cream shop makes each flavor in small batches in-house and serves them in scoops, covered in toppings or as part of rich shakes. Rotating flavors (which

often sell out on weekends) have included cherry limoncello, Mexican hot chocolate, cake batter and kid-friendly cookie monster. Cocktails without ice cream are also on the menu, and alcohol-free scoops are always available, too. 711 S. St. Mary’s St., instagram.com/boozyscreamery

Blithe Creamery

Take a weekend afternoon drive to Boerne’s Main Street and treat yourself to an ice cream sandwich featuring seasonal, small-batch flavors and homemade cookies that are carefully wrapped so you can enjoy them before the ice cream melts. Granny’s peach and apple crisp sammys are a past favorite, but there’s always something tasty, whether brown butter chocolate chip, classic vanilla infused with sprinkles or cocochata. Shakes and scoops are also available, and everything is gluten free. Don’t want to travel to Boerne? Owner Theresa Thompson occasionally pops up in San Antonio with her ice cream cart. 222 Main St., Boerne, blithecreamery.com

Freshest

Ice cream here is vegan, lactose-free and natural (meaning no chemicals are used to achieve that pink color in their strawberry), but we promise you won’t miss the standard milk. Order a few scoops to sample the flavors—which range from dulce de leche to raspberry—or opt for an ice cream sundae, complete with regular or vegan whipped cream, two decadent toppings and a cherry. Milkshakes, slushies and fruit cups are also available. 8053 Callaghan Road, freshesticecreams.com

Fruteria La Mission

Drive through for a standard fruit cup dressed in chile and lime or park and peruse the lengthy menu that includes mangonadas (topped with Tajin, chamoy and a tamarind stick), cookies and cream milkshakes, horchata, sandia agua fresca, raspas in a variety of flavors and more. There can be a line, but trust us, it’s worth the short wait. It’s a convenient pit stop if you’re taking out-of-towners to the San Antonio Missions, but it’s also worth the drive even if you’re not in the neighborhood. 553 E. White Ave.

Holy Pops

Plain paletas are certainly available here, but owner Mariajose Garcia, a native of Guadalajara who opened her first cafe in Stone Oak in 2019, loves to see regulars go crazy with their toppings and combos. Start with a chocolate, cucumber, Oreo, mango filled with chamoy, strawberry kiwi, or avocado before moving on to the topping menu, which includes standard sprinkles, chamoy, Fruity Pebbles, tajin, gummy candies and more.

19141 Stone Oak Pkwy., Ste. 303; 5615 Lone Star Pkwy., instagram.com/holy.pops

La Paleta

The Garcia Lopez family is sharing the recipes that it has loved for decades, starting in Mexticacán, Jalisco, 70 years ago. Head just north of San Antonio (or reserve their cart for a special event) to experience classic milk- and water-based paletas, from blackberry cheesecake to tamarind, cajeta, coconut or tropical fruit made with kiwi, strawberries, peach and pineapple. Each treat is made with natural flavors using an artisanal method. 721 Bulverde Road, Ste. 103, lapaletasa.com

Paleteria San Antonio

Cecy and Joey Rodriguez have turned their Hemisfair shop into a must-stop for any regulars at Yanaguana Garden’s playground or splash pad. Water- and milkbased paleta flavors rotate regularly and can be topped with gummies, sprinkles, chamoy, cereal and more. Grab a strawberry lime, cantaloupe, Fruity Pebbles, Oreo (made with two full Oreos frozen in milk), watermelon cucumber lucas, or bubblegum, and head to the park where you’ll be challenged to finish it before it starts to drip from summer heat. 510 S. Alamo St., Ste. 104, paleteriasanantonio.com

El Paraiso Ice Cream

A favorite since 1984, there’s a reason this dessert stop calls itself “the original” paleta company in San Antonio. Fruit bars, whether mango con chile, watermelon or pineapple, are always made with real fruit, while creative milk-based bars, like horchata and vanilla raisin, cheesecake or coffee cappuccino, are also made in-house with natural flavors.

1934 Fredericksburg Road, elparaisoicecream.com

The Snack Bar

You can keep it simple with a paleta, mangonada or agua fresca at this food truck, but why not splurge with a churro sundae? The owners have perfected their churro recipe into a waffle-like consistency so it stands up when surrounded by ice cream. Top it with options like strawberries, marshmallows, cereal, cheesecake bites or chocolate, caramel or strawberry syrup. Tackle it with a spoon or dig out your churros to dip back into the sundae with each bite. 11030 Culebra Road, instagram.com/ thesnackbarfoodtruck

GRILLING A G R ILL EXPERT

Ambler Texas Kitchen + Cocktails’ Chef Michael Collins’ main piece of advice to novice grillers? Less is more

A classic Texas-cut rib-eye doesn’t need much time on the grill for great flavor, says Ambler Texas Kitchen + Cocktails executive chef Michael Collins. The secret: “High heat embers, preferably wood.” Each side of the rib-eye only needs 3 minutes on the grill for a perfect mediumrare sear, he explains.

“People think they just need the flames and the char, but that just burns it,” Collins says.

When it comes to any meat, Collins suggests using a cut with some weight to it so it doesn’t fall apart on the grill (so a fish like red snapper isn’t ideal). Pork tenderloin sears better than pork chops on a grill, Collins adds. He’s not a huge fan of grilling chicken, particularly for beginning grillers, because it can easily get too dry.

South Alamode Panini & Gelato Co.

A staple at Blue Star since 2015, husband-and-wife Josh Biffle and Diletta Gallorini, a native of Italy, continue to serve up authentic Italian gelato that’s made fresh daily and with ingredients sourced locally and from Italy. You can’t go wrong with any flavor, whether the ricotta blueberry, stracciatella, lemon cream mascarpone, pistachio, dark chocolate or vanilla bean. The shop also offers a full menu of paninis. 1420 S. Alamo St., southalamode.com

The real fun, though, comes with grilling unorthodox items. One example: Fredericksburg peaches. It’s simpler to grill peaches to perfection than most might expect, Collins says. He simply cuts peaches in half, takes the pit out and throws them on the grill, skin and everything. “They caramelize nicely with all the sugars and nutrients, and [the grill adds] a good flavor to it,” Collins says, adding that plain grilled peaches with vanilla ice cream is a summer dessert hit with the Ambler crowd.

Other ideas: artichokes, nectarines and plums.

See Collins in his high-heat element during Ambler’s live-fire sessions on the restaurant patio every weekend during the Texas summer.

Building the Future

As Port San Antonio grows with tech and manufacturing companies creating life-changing products (and more jobs), it’s also working to develop the next generation of STEM leaders in the youth of the Southwest Side

San Antonio Councilwoman Adriana Rocha Garcia grew up in the southwest part of the city, an area that has long struggled with social, political and economic disadvantages. Rocha Garcia lived in the Indian Creek neighborhood, which she says was filled with hardworking families but also plagued with violence and crime.

“There were gangs and drive-by shootings all the time,” says Rocha Garcia, Ph.D. who represents District 4 in Southwest San Antonio. “One of my eighthgrade classmates was killed right next to our house.”

The already troubled community was dealt a big blow in the mid-’90s after Kelly Air Force Base,

established in 1916 as the state’s first military air base, began to shut down.

The base was rebranded as Port San Antonio, and over the years the 1,900-acre site has continued to evolve into what its leaders now describe as a multifaceted economic development engine that is positioned to help address the area’s inequities and bolster residents’ accessibility to education, technology and jobs. “Our model is to completely break down the physical and virtual barriers and help people take advantage of the opportunities that are available,” says Jim Perschbach, Port San Antonio’s president and CEO since 2018.

A Dark Legacy

Many of the challenges in the southwest part of the city can be traced back to the 1930s. After the Great Depression, the federal government launched a program that included color-coded city maps, representing varying levels of credit risk. Neighborhoods colored red were considered hazardous for home mortgage lenders, a practice known as “redlining.”

Most low-income, minority neighborhoods were denoted red, meaning residents in these areas were often denied mortgages, creating concentrated generational poverty. Southwest San Antonio (along with other parts of the city) developed under these restrictions, inhibiting residents’ upward mobility.

Kiran Kaur Bains, executive director of the nonprofit SA2020, says the legacy of redlining is still evident, as 18.9 percent of District 4’s population is living in poverty, compared to 15.1 percent for Bexar County. Moreover, the per capita income is $20,747, compared to $34,113 in the city’s more affluent District 10 (on the Northeast Side), according to SA2020 research. In addition, only 10.1 percent of the adult population in the southwest district has earned a bachelor’s degree, compared to 18.6 percent for Bexar County and 21.6 percent in the northeast.

In looking at ways to help improve struggling areas like Southwest San Antonio, Bains says Port San Antonio has the potential to make a real impact if it’s developed in conjunction with residents. “Anything that is about technology, innovation and

development has the potential to improve people’s lives,” she says. “But you have to ensure that the development and innovation are happening hand-in-hand with the community and that it addresses the needs of the people who live in the area.”

Creating Opportunities

Port San Antonio has more than 80 tenant customers in such industries as aerospace, cyber, logistics, defense, robotics and space exploration, advanced manufacturing and other applied technologies yielding a regional economic impact of over $5.6 billion annually, according to Perschbach.

Since 2017, more than 8,000 new jobs have been added to the campus, for a total of 18,000 employees. Of those, about 1,750 (almost 10 percent) live in District 4. Perschbach says Port and its tech employers are focused on local recruitment and the development of area talent. Several Port San Antonio tenants, including Booz Allen Hamilton, Intertek and Plus One Robotics, have internship programs with the University of Texas at San Antonio and other local universities as well as high schools.

Knight Aerospace, which manufactures medical modules built to fit inside cargo aircraft, moved to Port San Antonio in 2019 and makes it a priority to hire people from the local community. Michael Huizar, a first-generation college graduate who earned his degree from UTSA, started working for Knight Aerospace in 2019 as a mechanical design engineer and has worked his way up to engineering operations lead.

Huizar was born and raised in the neighborhood, and he and his fiancée are building a house just a few blocks from Port San Antonio. He says Port is helping bring exposure and positive attention to a side of town that has long struggled. “(Port San Antonio) has become a hub for collaboration,” he says. “It’s a central point where people of all ages can relax and mingle, but it’s also a place that’s exposing young people to new careers and showing them they don’t have to move away to make a good living.”

Idelle Colunga has worked as the purchasing lead at Knight Aerospace for about three years, overseeing everything the company procures, from high-tech modular equipment to paper towels. Like Huizar, Colunga grew up in Southwest San Antonio—her father worked at Kelly Air Force Base—and she now lives near Palo Alto College with her 14-year-old son.

She had previously worked at another local aerospace company, and when that company was acquired and moved away, Colunga says Knight Aerospace reached out to her about a potential job. “I jumped at the opportunity,” she says. “I love working here, and it’s great to see how this area is growing. It’s changing so much.”

One feature driving change is the new Boeing Center at Tech Port that opened last year. The 130,000-square-foot, multipurpose facility has a state-of-the-art gaming center and a 3,500-seat arena that hosts a range of events, from concerts to e-game competitions. The center is also home to the San Antonio Museum of Science and

Technology (SAMSAT). The museum operates several other Port programs, including AREA 21, which offers exhibits, classes and programs about future technologies including autonomous driving, advanced manufacturing and med tech. SAMSAT also runs the startup FoxWorks, a warehouse and innovation center that serves as a co-working space with labs and workshops.

Boeing, which houses its largest aircraft maintenance and modernization facility in the world on the Port campus, announced in January a $2.3 million investment with the Kelly Heritage Foundation that will be used to help expand SAMSAT’s STEM learning and workforce development initiatives. “(SAMSAT) shows young people what the opportunities are for STEM careers and what they need to do to get involved,” Perschbach says. “And when students are inspired to pursue a career they’ve discovered here, we open the door to help make that happen.” SAMSAT recently partnered with Sul Ross Middle School, a Title 1 campus, to teach a 12-week Boeing STEM Academy program for seventh and eighth graders. “One of our goals is to promote STEM-related careers, but sometimes students don’t see how STEM is related to everyday life,” says Sul Ross teacher Carolyn Gomez. “The course opened their eyes to all the opportunities that are out there.”

Cliff Zintgraff, Ph.D., SAMSAT’s chief learning officer, says in the six years since SAMSAT arrived at Port, it has hosted field trips, summer camps, e-sports leagues and science fairs, as well as developed STEM curricula for students through partnerships

with local schools and industry leaders.

Domingo Ruiz Jr., an IT instructor at South San High School who also serves as director of the school’s e-sports team, has worked closely with SAMSAT. When his students started building their own gaming PCs, he saw a good educational opportunity to connect with SAMSAT, and he started connecting his students with competitions, conferences and other events at SAMSAT. “It gave them an idea of how big this all was,” he says. “It provided them with potential career directions, like cybersecurity and robotics. Now my students can see the connection.”

Ruiz says helping his students make these connections is intensely personal, as he also grew up in the South Side, graduating from South San in 1987, and he still lives in the area today. “I know what it’s like to grow up on this side of town,” he says. “SAMSAT has been a huge resource. It’s provided experiences that my students wouldn’t normally get to have.”

A Landmark Destination

As Port San Antonio continues to take shape, there are also plans underway to develop a state-of-the-art office tower. Perschbach says the tower will further accelerate the Port’s expansion and accommodate a growing number of businesses looking for office space in the area, helping create jobs in the process.

In addition to the new high-rise, Perschbach points to other resources like the Port’s recent partnership with the Austin-based startup incubator Capital

Factory, which has expanded its defense industry–oriented program Center for Defense Innovation to the Port. The facility hosts workshops and training courses and enables entrepreneurs, private companies, defense contractors and military partners to collaborate on new technology for the U.S. military.

There’s also the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute and its forthcoming Texas Manufacturing x Transformation Hub training center. The $5 million, 14,500-square-foot facility is designed to strengthen the cybersecurity workforce by training everyone from college students to government officials.

And there are several other projects still in the works, including a specialized airport facility that will serve traditional fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles. Looking farther down the road, Perschbach says he has other ambitious plans, including adding attractions like restaurants, hotels and fitness centers to make the Port more of a mixed-use destination.

That’s good news for Councilwoman Rocha Garcia, who still lives in Southwest San Antonio and says she and other longtime residents and business owners are hopeful that Port San Antonio will be a driving force in helping improve an area that has long been underserved.

“I’m excited about the investments happening here,” she says. “I think we have a real opportunity to build up the community and give people a sense of pride that this is their home.”

We asked San Antonio lawyers who they would trust to represent them; these are the most recommended legal eagles.

ADOPTION

Justine M. Daly

Law Offices of Justine M. Daly 709 E. Quincy St. 210-475-9306

Harold C. Zuflacht

Higdon Hardy & Zuflacht LLP 12000 Huebner Road, Ste. 200 210-349-9933

APPELLATE LAW

★ Nadeen Abou-Hossa Gonzalez Chiscano Angulo Kasson PC 9601 McAllister Fwy., Ste. 401 210-569-8500

Joshua J. Caldwell Davis & Santos PC 719 S. Flores St. 210-853-5882

Laura A. Cavaretta

Cavaretta Katona & Leighner

PLLC

700 N. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1500 210-588-2901

Nissa Dunn Houston Dunn PLLC 4040 Broadway, Ste. 515 210-775-0881

Hayley Ellison Davis & Santos PC 719 S. Flores St. 210-446-4717

Melanie L. Fry Dykema 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5546

Sam Houston

Houston Dunn PLLC 4040 Broadway, Ste. 515 210-775-0882

Leslie Hyman

Pulman Cappuccio & Pullen LLP

2161 N.W. Military Hwy., Ste. 400 210-222-9494

Dayna L. Jones

Law Office of Dayna L. Jones 1800 McCullough Ave. 210-255-8525

Kimberly S. Keller

Keller Stolarczyk PLLC 234 W. Bandera Road, Ste. 120, Boerne 830-981-5000

Karen Landinger Germer PLLC 1826 N. Loop 1604 W., Ste. 300 210-640-1650

Ruth G. Malinas

Plunkett Griesenbeck & Mimari Inc.

1635 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 900 210-734-7092 x1118

Wendy L. Martinez Rosenblatt Law Firm 16731 Huebner Road 210-562-2900

Greta McFarling

Chasnoff Mungia Valkenaar

Pepping & Stribling LLP 1020 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 150 210-469-3217

Matthew McGowan Santoyo Wehmeyer PC 12400 San Pedro Ave., Ste. 300 210-998-4194

Sara Murray Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-253-7116

Robinson C. Ramsey Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Michael J. Ritter

Schmoyer Reinhard LLP

8000 W. I-10, Ste. 1600 210-447-8033

Jeff Small

Law Office of Jeff Small 12451 Starcrest Drive 210-414-6183

Catherine M. Stone

Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Lorien Whyte Whyte Appeals PLLC 310 W. Sunset Road 210-672-2502

ARBITRATION AND MEDIATION

Hilary A. Bell Bell Ripper PLLC 1002 N. Flores St. 210-892-8532

R. Barry Brin Brin & Brin LLC 4358 Lockhill Selma Road, Ste. 300 210-341-9711

Joseph Casseb Goode Casseb Jones Riklin Choate & Watson 2122 N. Main Ave. 210-733-6030

■ Michael Holland Holland & Holland LLC 1250 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 808 210-824-8282

Denise Martinez Law Offices of Denise Martinez PLLC 222 S. Flores St. 210-888-9819

Kevin F. Mickits

Upton Mickits & Heymann LLP 7800 W. I-10, Ste. 740 210-881-3080

Justin B. Morley

Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 830-387-2587

Victor H. Negrón Jr. Ford Murray PLLC 10001 Reunion Place, Ste. 640 210-731-6327

Don R. Philbin Jr. Donald R. Philbin Jr. PC 210-212-7100

Richard E. Price 10001 Reunion Place, Ste. 600 210-882-6505

Krishna Reddy Meritz Reddy PLLC 310 W. Sunset Road 210-672-2502

Roberto R. Rios The Rios Law Firm 1923 Culebra Road 210-734-0034

John J. Specia Jr. Plunkett Griesenbeck & Mimari Inc. 1635 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 900 210-734-7092 x1117

Phylis J. Speedlin

Phylis J. Speedlin PLLC 66 Orsinger Hill 210-262-1180

BANKING AND FINANCIAL

■ Steven “Steve” R. Brook Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-253-7115

Landon Hankins Davis & Santos PLLC 719 S. Flores St. 210-568-5721

James M. McDonough Jackson Walker LLP 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 2400 210-978-7754

J. Patrick Rouse

Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Sarah P. Santos Davis & Santos PLLC 719 S. Flores St. 210-853-5798

BANKRUPTCY AND WORKOUT

Patrick “Pat” H. Autry Branscomb Law 4630 N. Loop 1604 W., Ste. 206 210-598-5401

Michael G. Colvard Martin & Drought PC 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1616 210-227-7591

Allen M. Debard Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Natalie Friend Wilson Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

■ Legacy Award: These attorneys represent the best of the best with more than 30 years of experience.

★ Rising Stars: These attorneys are stand-out up-and-comers with less than 5 years of experience.

■ Dan Pozza

Dan Pozza PLLC 239 E. Commerce St. 210-287-9068

Michael W. Jackson Michael W. Jackson Mediation 8200 W. I-10, Ste. 875 210-348-7600

Ernest Karam Ernest Karam Mediation 1919 San Pedro Ave. 210-735-9911

David L. Willis David L. Willis PC 214 Dwyer Ave., Ste. 315-D 210-245-8292

Renée Yanta Santoyo Wehmeyer PC 12400 San Pedro Ave., Ste. 300 210-998-4211

David S. Gragg

Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Patrick L. Huffstickler Dykema 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5273

Danielle Rushing Behrends

Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5528

■ Deborah D. Williamson

Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5275

BUSINESS LAW

Scott Bankler Elder Bray & Bankler PC 755 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 450 210-424-4525

Tiffanie S. Clausewitz

Clausewitz Reyes 2722 W. Bitters Road, Ste. 110 210-762-6422

Steven A. Elder Elder Bray & Bankler PC 755 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 450 210-424-4530

Jay Hulings Davis & Santos PC 719 S. Flores St. 210-853-5882

■ Janet L. King King & Sommer PLLC 40 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 320 210-547-7430

Byron L. Leflore Jr. Pulman Cappuccio & Pullen LLP 2161 N.W. Military Hwy., Ste. 400 210-933-0606

James K. Lowry Jr. Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Shellie R. Reyes

Clausewitz Reyes 2722 W. Bitters Road, Ste. 110 210-762-6422

Samantha V. Rodriguez

Rosenthal Pauerstein

Sandoloski Agather LLP 755 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 200 210-244-8838

Ty Hunter Sheehan Hornberger Fuller Garza & Cohen Inc.

7373 Broadway, Ste. 300 210-271-1700

Charles H. Sierra Sierra & Spears PLLC 411 S. Presa St. 210-271-3040

Leo Unzeitig

Chamberlain Hrdlicka

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1450 210-278-5814

CIVIL LAW LITIGATION

David S. Angulo

Gonzalez Chiscano Angulo & Kasson PC 9601 McAllister Fwy., Ste. 401 210-569-8500

Mark J. Barrera The Barrera Firm 424 E. Nueva St. 210-224-5811

Steven D. Browne Langley & Banack Inc.

745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600 Ext238

Clinton Buck Branscomb Law

711 Navarro St., Ste. 500 210-598-5418

Emma Cano Jefferson Cano

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1650 210-988-1801

Sylvia Cardona Jefferson Cano

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1650 210-988-1806

Cassidy Daniels

Rosenthal Pauerstein

Sandoloski Agather LLP

755 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 200 210-244-8849

Michael Denuccio Farmer House Osuna Jackson & Olvera 411 Heimer Road 210-377-1990

Shan Marie Egliskis

McCoy Leavitt Laskey 20726 Stone Oak Pwky., Ste. 116 210-466-2828

Anna Garcia Royston Rayzor 8200 W. I-10, Ste. 504 210-524-9696

Eric Garza Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP 111 W. Houston St., Ste. 1800 713-651-2153

Christopher T. Hodge Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-253-7125

Blaine A. Holbrook

Evans Rowe & Holbrook PC 10101 Reunion Place, Ste. 900 210-340-6555

Charles M. “Boxy” Hornberger

Hornberger Fuller Garza & Cohen Inc. 7373 Broadway, Ste. 300 210-271-1700

Nicole E. Jackson Rosenblatt Law Firm 16731 Huebner Road 210-562-2900

Peter Lee Kilpatrick

Langley & Banack Inc.

745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-253-7181

■ C. David Kinder Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5421

Bonnie K. Kirkland Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5545

Roger D. Kirstein

Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Sarah Kocian

Upton Mickits & Heymann LLP 7800 W. I-10, Ste. 740 210-881-3077

Art Martinez De Vara

The Martinez De Vara Law Firm PLLC 13940 Benton City Road, Von Ormy 210-622-0323

Nik A. Mimari

Plunkett Griesenbeck & Mimari Inc.

1635 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 900 210-734-7092 x1134

S. Mark Murray Ford Murray PLLC 10001 Reunion Place, Ste. 640 210-731-6487

Jennifer Beldon Rosenblatt

Rosenblatt Law Firm 16731 Huebner Road 210-562-2900

Elena Serna Rosenblatt Law Firm 16731 Huebner Road 210-562-2900

Philip C. Snyder Royston Rayzor 8200 W. I-10, Ste. 504 210-524-9696

Adrian A. Spears II Sierra & Spears PLLC 411 S. Presa St. 210-271-3040

Aimeé Vidaurri

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP 111 W. Houston St., Ste. 1800 210-270-7136

Hannah M. Watkins

Plunkett Griesenbeck & Mimari Inc.

1635 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 900 210-734-7092 x1102

Mark Zamora Germer PLLC 1826 N. Loop 1604 W., Ste. 300 210-640-1650

CIVIL LAW TRANSACTIONAL

Karissa Hostrup Gonzalez Davis & Santos PC 719 S. Flores St. 210-853-5882

Jessica R. Mann Davis & Santos PC 719 S. Flores St. 210-742-6532

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

Taylor R. Beaver Akerman LLP 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 2750 210-582-0220

Kelli Borbón

King & Sommer PLLC 40 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 320 210-547-7464

Elliott S. Cappuccio

Pulman Cappuccio & Pullen LLP 2161 N.W. Military Hwy., Ste. 400 210-892-0423

Abagail Carrier Dorsett & Johnson 1100 N.W. Loop 410, Ste. 700 210-852-0218

Ricardo G. Cedillo Davis Cedillo & Mendoza Inc. 755 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 250 210-822-6666

Steve Alfonso Chiscano

Gonzalez Chiscano Angulo & Kasson PC 9601 McAllister Fwy., Ste. 401 210-569-8500

Paul T. Curl Curl Stahl Geis PC 700 N. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1800 210-226-2182

Ashley Senary Dahlberg Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP 111 W. Houston St., Ste. 1800 210-270-7150

Jason Davis Davis & Santos PC 719 S. Flores St. 210-853-5832

Zachary J. Fanucchi

Caldwell East & Finlayson PLLC 700 N. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1825 210-228-3614

Sydnee Garcia

Pulman Cappuccio & Pullen LLP

2161 N.W. Military Hwy., Ste. 400 210-222-9494

Aric J. Garza

Aric J. Garza Law PLLC 17806 W. I-10, Ste. 300 210-225-2961

John Guerra Brock Guerra Strandmo Dimaline & Jones 17339 Redland Road 210-979-0100

Herbert S. Hill Curl Stahl Geis PC 700 N. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1800 210-226-2182

Joe R. Hinojosa Barkhurst & Hinojosa PC 11107 Wurzbach Road, Ste. 701 210-226-7800

Scott M. Noel Plunkett Griesenbeck & Mimari Inc.

1635 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 900 210-734-7092 x1137

J. D. Pauerstein

Rosenthal Pauerstein

Sandoloski Agather LLP 755 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 200 210-244-8830

Randall A. Pulman

Pulman Cappuccio & Pullen LLP 2161 N.W. Military Hwy., Ste. 400 210-222-9494

Thomas E. Sanders

Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5420

Brett W. Schouest

Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5269

Caroline Small Davis & Santos PC 719 S. Flores St. 210-446-4712

■ Richard H. Sommer

King & Sommer PLLC 40 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 320 210-547-7400

Blake Stribling

Chasnoff Mungia Valkenaar

Pepping & Stribling PLLC 1020 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 150 210-469-3225

Santos Vargas Davis & Santos PC

719 S. Flores St. 210-853-5793

Mikal C. Watts Watts Guerra LLP

4 Dominion Drive, Bldg. 3, Ste. 100 210-447-0500

CONSTRUCTION

Christine Burkhart Germer PLLC

1826 N. Loop 1604 W., Ste. 300 210-640-1650

Charles J. Cilfone, P.E. Plunkett Griesenbeck & Mimari Inc.

1635 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 900 210-734-7092 x1114

Marcella A. Della Casa Thornton Biechlin Reynolds & Guerra LC 100 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 500 210-581-0288

Michael Gavito Gravely Attorneys & Counselors 16018 Via Shavano 210-852-9259

Cody R. Graham Cokinos | Young 10999 W. I-10, Ste. 800 210-293-8757

■ Daniel O. Kustoff Kustoff & Sanders LLP 4103 Parkdale St. 210-614-9444

Sylvan S. Lang Jr. Lang Law Firm PC 11550 I-10 W., Ste. 273 866-846-1660

★ Thomas Lillibridge

Langley & Banack Inc.

745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Thomas Mailloux II Brock Guerra Strandmo Dimaline & Jones 17339 Redland Road 210-979-0100

Ian M. McLin Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Sean B. McNelis McNelis + Associates PLLC 143 W. Sunset Road, Ste. 200 210-826-2440

Mark R. Murphy Davis & Santos PLLC 719 S. Flores St. 210-853-5882

Stephanie L. O’Rourke Cokinos | Young 10999 W. I-10, Ste. 800 210-293-8714

Patricia Oviatt Clark Hill PLC 2301 Broadway 210-250-6013

Melanie Sanders Kustoff & Sanders LLP 4103 Parkdale St. 210-614-9444

Daniel Schick Germer PLLC 1826 N. Loop 1604 W., Ste. 300 210-640-1650

Adrian Senyszyn Germer PLLC 1826 N. Loop 1604 W., Ste. 300 210-640-1650

■ Annalyn G. Smith Schmoyer Reinhard LLP 8000 W. I-10, Ste. 1600 210-447-8033

David A. Vanderhider Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5484

CONSUMER DEBT

Bill Clanton Clanton Law Office 926 Chulie Drive 210-226-0800

Chance McGhee Chance McGhee Law Firm

8207 Callaghan Road, Ste. 250 210-342-3400

Steven Bruce Treu

Langley & Banack Inc.

745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Ben Trotter Debt Legal Defense

923 S. Alamo St., Ste. 2 210-468-1008

CORPORATE COUNSEL

Erin Camp Scaleworks 122 E. Houston St., Ste. 105 210-544-5409

Jerome B. Cohen Barton Benson Jones PLLC 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 550 210-610-5335

Kelli P. Cubeta Cubeta Law Group 322 Martinez St. 210-934-4500

Cynthia Escamilla University of the Incarnate Word 4301 Broadway 210-829-6000

Drew R. Fuller Jr. Hornberger Fuller Garza & Cohen Inc. 7373 Broadway, Ste. 300 210-271-1727

CORPORATE FINANCE MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

Jeffrey C. Gifford Dykema 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5560

Daryl L. Lansdale

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

111 W. Houston St., Ste. 1800 210-270-9367

Wilhelm E. Liebmann Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5414

Nicholas J. Monaghan Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5292

★ Emily K. Reed Dykema 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5534

James D. Rosenblatt Rosenblatt Law Firm 16731 Huebner Road 210-562-2900

★ Katherine E. Spiser Dykema 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5274

CRIMINAL DEFENSE

Jaime Aldape Aldape Law Firm PLLC 5511 I-10 W., Ste. 1 210-545-4529

Chris Arce

The Law Office of Chris Arce PC 84 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 229 210-882-0220

Robert “Bobby” J. Barrera Law Office of Bobby Barrera 424 E. Nueva St. 210-777-7777

★ Ivan Barrera

Dunham & Jones Attorneys at Law PC 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 555 210-742-7868

Erica Benites Giese Jackson Walker LLP 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 2400 210-978-7791

Shawn C. Brown

Law Office of Shawn C. Brown PC 540 S. St. Mary’s St. 210-224-8200

Chase W. Butler

Calfas Law Group PLLC 310 S. St. Mary’s St., 25th Floor 210-405-8315

Kevin L. Collins

Kevin L Collins PC 130 E. Travis St., Ste. 425 210-223-9480

Adam C. Cortez

Cortez Law Firm 1202 S. Alamo St. 210-273-2277

Adam J. Crawshaw

The Crawshaw Law Firm PLLC 625 N. Alamo St. 210-595-1553

Victoria Cruz

Bail Bond Attorney San Antonio 301 Fair Ave. 210-254-2531

Andrew Del Cueto Ramos & Del Cueto PLLC 823 Hoefgen Ave. 210-761-6004

Eric A. DeWalt DeWalt-Law 810 Brooklyn Ave. 210-222-0000

Donald H. Flanary III

Flanary Law Firm PLLC 100 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 650 210-934-4774

Andrew Froelich

Law Office of Andrew Froelich 101 Stumberg St. 210-725-4658

Robert “Bobby” F. Gebbia

Hoelscher Gebbia Cepeda PLLC 909 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 500 210-222-9132

★ John S. Gilmore III

Goldstein & Orr 310 S. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 2900 210-226-1463

■ Gerald “Gerry” Goldstein Goldstein & Orr 310 S. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 2900 210-226-1463

Hector Gonzalez III

Law Office of Hector Gonzalez III 40 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 118 210-822-4200

Stephen H. Gordon The Gordon Law Firm PC 5820 W. I-10, Ste. 400 210-531-9700

Michael C. Gross Gross & Esparza PLLC 1524 N. Alamo St. 210-354-1919

Austin Hagee Austin Hagee Law 120 Austin Hwy., Ste.103 210-500-3700

Valerie Hedlund Law Office of Valerie Hedlund PLLC 101 Stumberg St. 210-424-4268

B. Colin Hobbs Gireud | Hobbs PLLC 8930 Wurzbach Road, Ste. 280 210-940-1994

Cynthia E. Hujar Orr Goldstein & Orr 310 S. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 2900 210-226-1463

John T. Hunter Hunter Lane & Jampala PLLC 310 S. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1740 210-226-1463

John Kuntz John Kuntz Law Firm 130 E. Travis St., Ste. 435 210-881-7509

Marc LaHood LaHood Law PLLC 4014 McCullough Ave. 210-405-1000

Veronica I. Legarreta Legarreta Law Firm PLLC 321 S. Flores St., Ste. 3 210-532-5321

Ray Lopez

Law Office of Ray Lopez 1422 Buena Vista St. 210-585-2233

Michael McCrum McCrum Law Office 845 Proton Road 210-225-2285

Ashley Morgan

Soyars & Morgan Law PC 924 McCullough Ave. 210-390-0000

Cole Nettles Dunham & Jones Attorneys at Law PC 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 555 210-777-7777

★ Adam J. Paltz

The Law Office of Munoz & Paltz PLLC 454 Soledad St., Ste. 203-B&C 210-587-5170

Trey Porter

Trey Porter Law 816 Camaron St., Ste. 124 210-673-1180

Rolando Ramos Ramos & Del Cueto PLLC 823 Hoefgen Ave. 210-761-6004

Ruben James Reyes

The Law Office of Ruben James Reyes PLLC 113 S. River St., Seguin 830-379-7571

★ Zoe Russell

Hunter Lane & Jampala PLLC 310 S. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1740 210-202-1076

■ Tylden Shaeffer

Tylden Shaeffer Attorney at Law 130 E. Travis St., Ste. 425 210-227-1500

Sean R. Simpson

Zarka Law Firm 620 N. Flores St. 210-468-0400

■ Mark Stevens Law Office of Mark Stevens 310 S. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1920 210-226-1433

Jonathan Watkins

The Law Office of Jonathan Watkins 130 E. Travis St., Ste. 425 210-761-6459

EDUCATION

William “Bill” T. Armstrong III

Langley & Banack Inc.

745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Bryan P. Dahlberg

Schulman Lopez Hoffer & Adelstein LLP

845 Proton Road 210-538-5385

Matthew L. Finch

Law Offices of Matthew L. Finch PC 319 Maverick St. 210-223-1123

Joseph E. Hoffer

Schulman Lopez Hoffer & Adelstein LLP 845 Proton Road 210-538-5385

Allen M. Keller

Schulman Lopez Hoffer & Adelstein LLP 845 Proton Road 210-538-5385

Ricardo R. Lopez

Schulman Lopez Hoffer & Adelstein LLP 845 Proton Road 210-538-5385

ELDER LAW

Carol Bertsch Law Offices of Carol Bertsch PC 8703 Broadway 210-892-4555

EMINENT DOMAIN

Paul D. Barkhurst Jr. Barkhurst & Hinojosa PC 11107 Wurzbach Road, Ste. 701 210-226-7800

Paul A. Fletcher Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-253-7128

Jim Spivey

Spivey Valenciano PLLC 9601 McAllister Fwy., Ste. 130 210-787-4654

Soledad Valenciano

Spivey Valenciano PLLC 9601 McAllister Fwy., Ste. 130 210-787-4654

FAMILY LAW

Amber Liddell Alwais Orsinger Nelson Downing & Anderson LLP 310 S. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 2600 210-225-5567

Marisa Aragon Huron Law Firm PLLC 4100 N.W. Loop 410, Ste. 210 210-212-7661

Stephanie Bandoske Bandoske & Butler PLLC 2634 Kerrybrook Court, Ste. 201 210-953-8415

Crystal A. Bannin Law Office of Crystal A. Bannin 11230 West Ave., Ste. 1203 210-320-2205

Caitlin E. Bennett Marvel Law Group PLLC 310 St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1010 210-960-9229

Rob Biggers Jamie Graham & Associates PLLC 2630 Kerrybrook Court 210-510-1436

Crista Marichalar Branch Branch Law Firm 549 Heimer Road, Ste. 200 210-229-2088

Ashley Butler

Bandoske & Butler PLLC

2634 Kerrybrook Court, Ste. 201 210-953-8415

★ Jordan Cadenhead

Bandoske & Butler

2634 Kerrybrook Court, Ste. 201 210-953-8415

Rebecca J. Carrillo

Law Office of Rebecca J. Carrillo

12915 Jones Maltsberger Road, Ste. 524 210-405-6623

Kristal Cordova Thomson Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

James G. Cramp Cramp Law Firm PLLC 901 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 800 210-762-4502

Bryan Crone

The Law Office of Bryan Crone PLLC 923 S. Alamo St., Ste. 2 210-570-6016

Charla D. Davies Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Tess Dunn Osborn Reuter Law Group PC 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 2920 210-693-0510

Jennifer Espronceda Espronceda Law 1202 S. Alamo St. 210-504-1514 x103

William H. Ford Ford Murray PLLC 10001 Reunion Place, Ste. 640 210-731-6306

Savannah G. Garcia

Law Office of Rebecca J. Carrillo

12915 Jones Maltsberger Road, Ste. 524 210-405-6623

Martin Garza

The Garza Law Firm

24165 I-10 W., Ste. 217 210-354-4949

Amy A. Geistweidt

Higdon Hardy & Zuflacht LLP

12000 Huebner Road, Ste. 200 210-561-4035

■ Charles E. Hardy

Higdon Hardy & Zuflacht LLP

12000 Huebner Road, Ste. 200 210-771-4310

Ana Laura Hessbrook Hessbrook Law Firm 4100 N.W. Loop 410 210-706-9466

Artessia “Tess” House Tess House Law PLLC 6840 San Pedro Ave. 210-249-2985

Carrie L. James Langley & Banack Inc. 170 E. San Antonio St., New Braunfels 830-387-2587

Jo Chris Lopez Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Evelyn M. Martinez Huron Law Firm PLLC 4100 N.W. Loop 410, Ste. 210 210-212-7661

Karen L. Marvel Marvel Law Group PLLC 310 S. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1010 210-960-9226

Rashin Mazaheri Dreyer & Mazaheri PLLC 111 Soledad St., Ste. 110 210-239-9420

Marissa Barrera Morales The Morales Firm PC 6243 W. I-10, Ste. 132 210-761-5356

Chris H. Negem Law Office of Chris H. Negem PLLC 40 N.E. Loop 410 210-226-1200

Grant A. Quimby Crone Law PLLC 923 S. Alamo St. 210-570-6016

Rachel Reuter Reuter Law Group PC 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 2920 210-693-05130

Tracy E. Ross Jamie Graham & Associates PLLC 2630 Kerrybrook Court 210-510-1411

George Castillo Ruiz Ruiz & Associates PLLC 1120 Buena Vista St. 210-674-9722

Ashley Specia Specia Law Firm 10001 Reunion Place, Ste. 640 210-731-6497

Heather Clement Tessmer Tessmer Law Firm PLLC 7550 W. I-10, Ste. 1201 210-368-9708

★ Stephanie Tschirhart Reuter Law Group PC 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 2920 210-693-0510

Adam Wheeler Wheeler Law PLLC 85 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 317 210-405-6994

Deanna L. Whitley

The Whitley Law Firm PC 2206 E. Commerce St. 210-679-2610

GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE

Ruben R. Barrera Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Casandra Casco Ortiz

Kassahn & Ortiz PC 9901 W. I-10, Ste. 800 210-558-2826

Robert W. Wilson Sanchez & Wilson PLLC 6243 W. I-10, Ste. 1025 210-222-8899

HEALTH CARE LAW

■ Michael L. Kreager Kreager Mitchell 7373 Broadway 210-829-7722

Bruce M. Mitchell Kreager Mitchell 7373 Broadway 210-829-7722

Edgar C. Morrison Jr. Jackson Walker LLP

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 2400 210-978-7780

IMMIGRATION LAW

Lance Curtright De Mott McChesney Curtright & Armendáriz LLP

8023 Vantage Drive, Ste. 800 210-590-1844

Ofelia B. Delgado Delgado Law Firm PLLC 1507 Fredericksburg Road 210-294-9093

Victoria M. Garcia Bracewell LLP 300 Convent St., Ste. 2700 210-299-3546

Fernando D. Gireud Gireud | Hobbs PLLC 8930 Wurzbach Road, Ste. 280 210-940-1994

Claudia Hernandez De Mott McChesney Curtright & Armendáriz LLP 8023 Vantage Drive, Ste. 800 210-590-1844

Guillermo M. Hernandez III Rivera Hernandez Campos 5835 Callaghan Road, Ste. 503 210-922-8541

Melanie Lira

Lira Cazares Defense Firm PLLC 816 Camaron St., Ste. 2.10 210-378-8684

Alfredo Lozano Lozano Law Firm PLLC 5718 University Heights Blvd., Ste. 104 210-899-2290

Matthew Myers Myers Immigration Law 8620 N. New Braunfels Ave., Ste. 502B 210-640-7424

Marisol L. Pérez De Mott McChesney Curtright & Armendáriz LLP 8023 Vantage Drive, Ste. 800 210-858-0310

Monica N. Saenz De Mott McChesney Curtright & Armendáriz LLP 8023 Vantage Drive, Ste. 800 210-590-1844

Aldo Salazar DLG Luce Salazar PLLC 15900 La Cantera Pwky., Ste. 20255 210-226-1331

Amy J. Thomas DMCA LLP 8023 Vantage Drive, Ste. 800 210-547-2667

Marlon O. Valladares The Law Office of Marlon Valladares PLL 8700 Crownhill Blvd., Ste. 201 210-822-7496

INSURANCE

Margaret F. Brown Lindow Stephens Schultz 700 N. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1700 210-227-2200

Sandrine Shelton Debow Loyd & Pollom PLLC 12703 Spectrum Drive, Ste. 201 210-775-2234

Stephen C. Haynes* Lindow Stephens Schultz 700 N. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1700 210-227-2200

Scott Jones

Brock Guerra Strandmo

Dimaline & Jones

17339 Redland Road 210-979-0100

■ Neel Lane

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

111 W. Houston St., Ste. 1800 210-270-7170

Mark E. Macias

Langley & Banack Inc.

745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Manuel Mungia

Chasnoff Mungia Valkenaar

Pepping & Stribling PLLC 1020 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 150 210-469-8366

Matthew Pepping

Chasnoff Mungia Valkenaar

Pepping & Stribling PLLC 1020 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 150 210-469-8499

Thomas “Tom” H. Veitch

Langley & Banack Inc.

745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Stephen E. Walraven

Langley & Banack Inc.

745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Ryan D. Borelo

Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5216

Nick Guinn Gunn Lee & Cave PC

8023 Vantage Drive, Ste. 1500 210-886-9500

J. Daniel Harkins

Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5285

Ed Marvin

Gunn Lee & Cave PC 8023 Vantage Drive, Ste. 1500 210-886-9500

Mark H. Miller

Jackson Walker LLP

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 2400 210-978-7751

Derrick Pizarro

Pizarro Allen PC 270 N. Loop 1604 E., Ste. 300 210-941-1277

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

Mario A. Barrera

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP 111 W. Houston St., Ste. 1800 210-270-7125

Ramon D. Bissmeyer

Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5589

Thomas N. Cammack III

Schmoyer Reinhard LLP

8000 W. I-10, Ste. 1600 210-447-8033

Richard Clifton

Schmoyer Reinhard LLP

8000 W. I-10, Ste. 1600 210-447-8033

Laura C. Emadi

Schmoyer Reinhard LLP

8000 W. I-10, Ste. 1600 210-447-8033

David M. Evans

David M. Evans Attorney & Counselor at Law

4040 Broadway, Ste. 425 210-880-4606

Delilah Lorenz Evans

Schmoyer Reinhard LLP

8000 W. I-10, Ste. 1600 210-447-8033

Dylan A. Farmer

Schmoyer Reinhard LLP

8000 W. I-10, Ste. 1600 210-447-8033

■ John A. Ferguson Jr.

Schmoyer Reinhard LLP

8000 W. I-10, Ste. 1600 210-447-8033

Melissa Morales Fletcher

The Morales Firm PC 6243 W. I-10, Ste. 132 210-761-5356

■ Jeffrey A. Goldberg

Law Office of Jeffrey A. Goldberg 15303 Huebner Road, Ste. 13 210-853-0340

Allison Hartry

The Morales Firm PC 6243 W. I-10, Ste. 132 210-761-5356

■ John A. Heller Holland & Holland LLC 1250 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 808 210-824-8282

■ Judy K. Jetelina Schmoyer Reinhard LLP 8000 W. I-10, Ste. 1600 210-447-8033

Alex Katzman Katzman & Katzman PLLC 21022 Gathering Oak 210-979-7300

Donna K. McElroy Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5272

Christopher McKinney

The McKinney Law Firm PC 21022 Gathering Oak 210-832-0932

Mary Lisa Mireles Rosenblatt Law Firm 16731 Huebner Road 210-562-2900

Karen A. Monsen

Caldwell East & Finlayson PLLC 700 N. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1825 210-225-1655

LawrenceMorales II

The Morales Firm PC 6243 W. I-10, Ste. 132 210-761-5356

Raquel G. Perez

Notzon Law

120 Austin Hwy., Ste. 102 210-821-5366

Lisa Poole Alcantar

Porter Rogers Dahlman & Gordon PC 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 450 210-736-3900

Kelly E. Preston Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5520

Robert Rapp

Rosenthal Pauerstein

Sandoloski Agather LLP

755 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 200 210-244-8824

Christine E. Reinhard

Schmoyer Reinhard LLP

8000 W. I-10, Ste. 1600 210-447-8033

Mark Anthony Sanchez Sr. Sanchez & Wilson PLLC

6243 W. I-10, Ste. 1025 210-222-8899

Shannon B. Schmoyer Schmoyer Reinhard LLP

8000 W. I-10, Ste. 1600 210-447-8033

■ Leslie Selig Byrd Bracewell LLP 300 Convent St., Ste. 2700 210-299-3460

Lawrence D. Smith

Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 2700 210-354-1300

Tiffany Cox Stacey

Ogletree Deakins Nash

Smoak & Stewart PC 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 2700 210-354-1300

Brandon E. Strey

Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart PC 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 2700 210-354-1300

Erica Valladares Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

★ Katherine “Katina” A. Zampas Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5258

LAND USE, ENVIRONMENT

Devin “Buck” Benson Barton Benson Jones PLLC 2000 Broadway 210-610-5335

■ Kenneth W. Brown Brown & McDonald 100 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 1385 210-429-7907

★ Kevin Deanda Ortiz McKnight PLLC 153 Treeline Park, Ste. 330 210-664-0005

Matthew Gilbert Ortiz McKnight PLLC 153 Treeline Park, Ste. 330 210-664-0005

Caroline McDonald Brown & McDonald 100 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 1385 210-429-7931

James McKnight Ortiz McKnight PLLC 153 Treeline Park, Ste. 330 210-664-0005

Daniel Ortiz Ortiz McKnight PLLC 153 Treeline Park, Ste. 330 210-664-0005

MEDICAL

MALPRACTICE DEFENSE

Bruce E. Anderson Plunkett Griesenbeck & Mimari Inc. 1635 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 900 210-734-7092X1135

Peter Cario Wagner Cario Veale & Zuber LLP 7705 Broadway 210-979-7555

Charles A. Deacon

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP

111 W. Houston St., Ste. 1800 210-270-7133

Matthew M. Edwards

Evans Rowe & Holbrook PC 10101 Reunion Place, Ste. 900 210-340-6555

■ Cynthia Day Grimes Clark Hill PLC 2301 Broadway 210-445-8815

Lauren Horne Thornton Biechlin Reynolds & Guerra 100 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 500 210-581-0277

Richard J. Kasson Gonzalez Chiscano Angulo & Kasson PC 9601 McAllister Fwy., Ste. 401 210-569-8500

Laura Flores Macom Thornton Biechlin Reynolds & Guerra LC 100 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 500 210-342-5555

Lucretia R. Marmor

Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-253-7188

Richard A. McNitzky

Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Lisa Rocheleau

Boone Rocheleau & Rodriguez PLLC 17339 Redland Road, Ste. 100 210-761-2040

James W. Veale Jr.

Wagner Cario Veale & Zuber LLP

7705 Broadway 210-979-7555

W. Richard Wagner Wagner Cario Veale & Zuber LLP 7705 Broadway 210-979-7555

Michael H. Wallis

Thornton Biechlin Reynolds & Guerra LC 100 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 500 210-581-0294

William C. Woolsey Woolsey & Woolsey 310 S. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1030 361-561-1961

R. Blake Zuber Wagner Cario Veale & Zuber LLP 7705 Broadway 210-979-7555

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE PLAINTIFF

Glenn W. Cunningham Law Offices of Glenn W. Cunningham

14100 San Pedro Ave., Ste. 550 210-963-8885

Beth S. Janicek Janicek Law

1100 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 600 210-366-4949

Thomas G. Kemmy Kemmy Law Firm PC 1924 N. Main Ave. 210-750-1019

Stephen F. Lazor* Tinsman & Sciano Inc. 10107 McAllister Fwy. 210-225-3121

Sean Michael Lyons Lyons & Lyons PC 237 W. Travis St., Ste. 100 210-225-5251

Erica Maloney Maloney Law Group PLLC

1007 S. Alamo St. 210-361-2997

Janice Maloney

Law Offices of Janice Maloney 322 W. Woodlawn Ave. 210-735-2233

Michelle Maloney Marynell Maloney Law Firm PLLC 102 Wickes St. 210-446-0035

George W. Mauzé II Mauzé Law Firm 2632 Broadway, Ste. 101 210-225-6262

S. Tyler Scheuerman

Scheuerman Law Firm PLLC 322 W. Woodlawn Ave. 210-735-2233

OIL AND GAS

Stephen J. Ahl Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 830-876-2431

Clinton M. Butler Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 830-780-2700

Sean Caporaletti

Drought Drought & Bobbitt LLP 2632 Broadway, Ste. 401-S 210-225-4031

Peter Hosey Jackson Walker LLP 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 2400 210-228-2423

M. Eduardo Ramirez Caldwell East & Finlayson PLLC

700 N. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 1825 210-225-1655

David Roth

Elder Bray & Bankler PC 755 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 450 210-424-4531

Paul P. Santoyo Santoyo Wehmeyer PC 12400 San Pedro Ave., Ste. 300 210-998-4185

Marty Truss Steptoe & Johnson PLLC 750 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 220 210-953-1797

Katy Wehmeyer Santoyo Wehmeyer PC

12400 San Pedro Ave., Ste. 300 210-998-4188

Christopher M. West Santoyo Wehmeyer PC

12400 San Pedro Ave., Ste. 300 210-998-4187

PERSONAL INJURY

Manuel Acuna-Neely Carabin Shaw 630 Broadway 800-862-1260

Alex Aguirre The Aguirre Law Firm PLLC 3015 Napier Park 210-922-0808

■ Roger G. Bresnahan Farrimond Castillo & Bresnahan PC 130 E. Travis St., Ste. 350 210-231-0919

Lara Brock Espinoza Law Firm PLLC 10202 Heritage Blvd. 877-229-3232

Thomas A. Crosley Crosley Law Firm PC 3303 Oakwell Court, Ste. 200 210-239-0589

Fernando Cruz Cruz & Payne Injury Lawyers PC 8122 Datapoint Drive, Ste. 305 210-224-4474

Jacob D. Cukjati Martin Cukjati & Tom LLP 1802 Blanco Road 210-223-2627

Javier T. Duran Germer PLLC 1826 N. Loop 1604 W., Ste. 300 210-640-1650

Jon Ellis Sadovsky & Ellis PLLC 8620 N. New Braunfels Ave., Ste. 110 210-832-9090

Ross Evans Wigington Rumley Dunn & Blair LLP 601 Howard St. 210-487-7500

★ Justin Fowlks Gamez Law Firm 1119 Fresno St. 210-951-2024

Holly Fudge Stokes Fudge Nieto Stokes Law Firm PLLC 12703 Spectrum Drive, Ste. 100A 210-399-4997

Francisco Guerra IV Watts Guerra LLP 4 Dominion Drive, Bldg. 3 , Ste. 100 210-447-0500

Javier L. Herrera The Herrera Law Firm 1800 W. Commerce St. 210-224-1054

Justin Hill Hill Law Firm 445 Recoleta Road 210-960-3939

Derek Hilley Hilley-Solis Law 6243 W. I-10 210-446-5000

Brennen S. Jenkins Crosley Law 3303 Oakwell Court, Ste. 200 210-972-1741

Zachary O. Luce Dlg Luce Salazar PLLC 15900 La Cantera Pwky., Ste. 20255 210-226-1331

Pat Maloney Jr. Law Offices of Pat Maloney PC 239 E. Commerce St. 210-226-8888

Manuel Maltos Maltos Law Firm PLLC 8600 Wurzbach Road, Ste. 702 210-598-8474

Shawn Mechler Crosley Law Firm PC

3303 Oakwell Court, Ste. 200 210-972-1741

Marc A. Notzon*

Law Office of Marc A. Notzon PC 120 Austin Hwy., Ste. 102 210-821-5366

Ruben J. Olvera Farmer House Osuna Jackson & Olvera 411 Heimer Road 210-377-1990

Ryan Orsatti Ryan Orsatti Law 4634 De Zavala Road 210-361-4105

Daniel W. Packard Packard Law Firm 1100 N.W. Loop 410, Ste. 100 210-340-8877

Michael Palasciano Gireud | Hobbs PLLC 8930 Wurzbach Road, Ste. 280 210-756-3298

Pablo E. Rivera Rivera Hernandez Campos 5835 Callaghan Road, Ste. 503 210-922-8541

■ Fidel Rodriguez Jr. Rodriguez Trial Law 231 W. Cypress St. 210-610-8545

Fidel Rodriguez III Rodriguez Trial Law 231 W. Cypress St. 210-610-8545

Nadine Rodriguez Rodriguez Trial Law 231 W. Cypress St. 210-610-8545

Raul Rodriguez

Raul B. Rodriguez Law PC 918 S. Alamo St. 210-610-8545

S. Tyler Rutherford Carabin Shaw 630 Broadway 800-862-1260

George Salinas George Salinas Injury Lawyers 6243 W. I-10, Ste. 955 210-225-0909

■ Daniel J.T. Sciano Tinsman & Sciano Inc. 10107 McAllister Fwy. 210-225-3121

Brian Christopher Steward The Law Office of Brian C. Steward PLLC 445 Recoleta Road, Ste. 102 210-640-9589

Aaron Valadez Tinsman & Sciano Inc. 10107 McAllister Fwy. 210-225-3121

Ruben Valadez Langley & Banack Inc.

745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Dannick G. VillaseñorHernandez

Espinoza Law Firm PLLC 10202 Heritage Blvd. 877-229-3232

Lawrence J. Webb Tinsman & Sciano Inc. 10107 McAllister Fwy. 210-225-3121

PRODUCT LIABILITY

Daniela Gonzales Aldape Dykema 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5253

■ Jane E. Bockus Dykema 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5549

Joseph M. Dunn

Wigington Rumley Dunn & Blair LLP 601 Howard St. 210-487-7500

Alicia M. Grant Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP 111 W. Houston St., Ste. 1800 210-270-7152

Steven D. Jansma

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP 111 W. Houston St., Ste. 1800 210-270-9366

Mary M. Strauss

Thornton Biechlin Reynolds & Guerra LC 100 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 500 210-581-0278

PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE

NON-MEDICAL DEFENSE

George H. Spencer Jr. Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

REAL ESTATE

Jason Adelstein Schulman Lopez Hoffer & Adelstein Llp 845 Proton Road 210-538-5385

Chessa L. Akins Rosenblatt Law Firm 16731 Huebner Road 210-562-2900

Matthew Badders Drought Drought & Bobbitt LLP 2632 Broadway, Ste. 401-S 210-225-4031

Aaron Barton Branscomb Law 4630 N. Loop 1604 W., Ste. 206 210-598-5411

Thomas G. Bassler

Law Offices of Thomas G. Bassler PC 306 W. Sunset Road, Ste. 119 210-826-8885

■ Kerry T. Benedict Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5398

David H. Brock Brock Upham Yost & Strieber PLLC 616 E. Blanco Road, Ste. 202B, Boerne 830-816-9033

Christopher P. Carlin Norman & Oliver PC 7373 Broadway, Ste. 504 210-822-8972 ext.226

Brad Carson Kruger Carson PLLC 3510 N. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 300 210-319-4490

Shanna Castro

Barton Benson Jones PLLC 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 550 210-610-5335

Kacy Cigarroa Kruger Carson PLLC 3510 N. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 300 210-319-4510

★ Yahaira De Lara Barton Benson Jones PLLC 2000 Broadway 210-610-5335

Denise M. Drake Dykema 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5518

■ Scott A. Farrimond

Farrimond Castillo & Bresnahan PC 130 E. Travis St., Ste. 350 210-231-0919

John P. Jennings Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP 111 W. Houston St., Ste. 1800 210-270-7140

J. Bradley Jones Barton Benson Jones 2000 Broadway 210-610-5335

Molly E. Neck

Rosenblatt Law Firm 16731 Huebner Road 210-562-2900

■ James C. Norman Norman & Oliver PC 7373 Broadway, Ste. 504 210-822-8972 x225

■ Carl R. Oliver Norman & Oliver PC 7373 Broadway, Ste. 504 210-822-8972 x229

Robert A. Rosenthal

Rosenthal Pauerstein Sandoloski Agather LLP 755 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 200 210-244-8860

Marc J. Schnall Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-6600

Andrew G. Sherwood Dykema 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5466

■ Eileen E. Sommer King & Sommer PLLC 40 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 320 210-547-7400

Alejandro Sostre-Odio Uhl Fitzsimons Burton Wolff & Rangel PLLC 4040 Broadway, Ste. 430 210-829-1660

■ John B. Stewart Dykema 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5513

Katherine A. Tapley Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP 111 W. Houston St., Ste. 1800 210-270-7191

SPORTS LAW

Bobby Perez Spurs Sports & Entertainment 210-335-2011

TAX LAW

Stanley L. Blend Clark Hill PLC 2301 Broadway 210-250-6116

William “Trey” Gerhardt III Gerherdt Law Firm PLLC 210-239-1396

Asel M. Lindsey Dykema 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5298

Robert W. Nelson

Dykema

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1800 210-554-5266

Katherine Patton Noll

Chamberlain Hrdlicka

112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1450 210-278-5804

Joshua A. Sutin

Chamberlain Hrdlicka 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1450 210-278-5810

Jaime Vasquez

Chamberlain Hrdlicka 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 1450 210-507-6508

TECHNOLOGY, VIRTUAL

Mark I. Unger

The Unger Law Firm 1210 S. Alamo St. 210-323-2341

WILLS, ESTATES AND PROBATE

Serena Aldrich Aldrich Law Firm PLLC 8700 Crownhill Blvd., Ste. 200 210-253-9405

■ James J. Aycock

Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-731-8300

Amanda Batsche Batsche Law PLLC 1333 Buena Vista St., Ste. 208 210-920-5661

William T. Bayern

Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-731-8300

■ Arthur H. Bayern

Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-731-8300

Catherine Byers Rosenblatt Law Firm 16731 Huebner Road 210-592-4603

Therese Carter Carter Law PLLC 18756 Stone Oak Pkwy., Ste. 200 210-815-1788

Diana Davalos Reuter Law Group PC 112 E. Pecan St., Ste. 2920 210-693-0510

Tanya E. Feinleib Langley & Banack Inc. 745 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 700 210-736-8300

Kimberly A. Ford Clark Hill PLC 2301 Broadway 210-250-6014

Gina Gaedke Granstaff Gaedke & Edgmon PC 5535 Fredericksburg Road, Ste. 110 210-348-6600

★ Megan M. Green Duncan Bressler & Williamson Inc. 1020 N.E. Loop 410, Ste. 500 210-224-0781

Kevin P. Kennedy Law Office of Kevin P. Kennedy 755 E. Mulberry Ave., Ste. 430 210-824-0771

Kristina Kunz Clark Hill PLC 2301 Broadway 210-250-6012

Burke C. Marold Marold Law Firm PLLC 310 S. St. Mary’s St., Ste. 835 210-701-0829 x1

Jamie Mathis The Law Office of Jamie M. Mathis PLLC 1507 Fredericksburg Road 210-852-4666

James M. McNeel Grable Martin Fulton PLLC 210-831-4349

Ryan C. Reed Pulman Cappuccio & Pullen LLP 2161 N.W. Military Hwy., Ste. 400 210-892-0425

Hella Scheuerman Scheuerman Law Firm PLLC 322 W. Woodlawn Ave. 210-735-2233

Maurine Shipp Clark Hill PLC 2301 Broadway 210-250-6083

David Stanush Clark Hill PLC 2301 Broadway 210-250-6164

Patty Rouse Vargas Davis & Santos PC 719 S. Flores St. 210-858-6282

Carl Werner Werner & Augsburger 11010 Coachlight St., Ste. 100 210-377-4242

Lacey P. Whitten

Law Office of Lacey P. Whitten 8526 N. New Braunfels Ave. 210-820-0505

WORKER’S COMPENSATION

Travis R. Anderson

Spencer Anderson PLLC 4416 Ramsgate St., Ste. 202 210-699-0004

Javier Espinoza Espinoza Law Firm PLLC 10202 Heritage Blvd. 877-229-3232

Amanda J. Spencer Espinoza Law Firm PLLC 10202 Heritage Blvd. 877-229-3232

How the List is Made

Using an online survey, San Antonio Magazine solicited peer nominations from attorneys in Bexar and surrounding counties, asking them to nominate up to three attorneys per practice area who they would trust with the legal care of themselves or their family. To ensure the nomination process is peer-based, full contact information was requested before nominating and attorneys were asked to limit their nominations to lawyers whose work they’ve personally witnessed. San Antonio Magazine then tallied the results, selecting the top percentage of vote recipients in each practice area before submitting the final list to our fact-checking process, which includes a review of good standing with the state bar association.

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The Gallery: Presa House Gallery

The Artist: Jaylen Pigford

The Work: “The Discovery”

SUMMER KICKS OFF AT PRESA HOUSE GALLERY WITH THE RETURN OF CORPUS CHRISTI native and Houston-based Afro-Latino painter Jaylen Pigford. The self-taught artist made his Presa House debut in April 2021, with his second-ever solo exhibition See What I See. Now, Pigford is back with all new works, including “The Discovery,” a self-portrait depicting a 5-year-old Pigford seated and drawing at a table. The 24-by-30inch canvas blends the rich color and symbolism that have become the hallmark of Pigford’s practice and takes inspiration from his early love of art.

At a young age, inspired by his classmates, he first realized his love for creating and began his lifelong passion for art making. “The Discovery” is also inspired by Pigford’s faith, which he credits with helping him remain motivated and dedicated to his artistic path. In the upper left-hand corner of the painting, a white dove showers orbs of light onto young Pigford, representing the constant flow of ideas and inspiration he believes is provided to him by the power of God. Pigford’s exhibition is on display by appointment at Presa House Gallery from July 8 through August 19. An opening reception will be held on July 8, from 7 to 11 p.m. Admission is free and open to the public.