Alamo City’s dining and drinking scene is freshening up for spring with new steakhouses, honky-tonks, and sports bars jockeying for a spot on your going-out rotation. Still hungry for more? Read on for April\u2019s essential San Antonio restaurant and bar news.<\/p>\n
Openings<\/strong> Pat O\u2019 Brien\u2019s<\/strong> former River Walk spot at 121 Alamo Plaza has gone country. Cory Neal<\/strong>, who ran the former spot, has opened The Rowdy Spur<\/strong>, a new honky-tonk<\/a> featuring live music and games like pool and poker. Oh, and there\u2019s also a karaoke stage, should anyone want to belt out a few bars of \u201cFancy.\u201d<\/p>\n Over Under<\/strong>, a new bar<\/a> from Blue Box<\/strong> vets Michael McKinney<\/strong> and Kristofer Torres<\/strong>, is days away from opening in the Fiesta at Cevallos building in Southtown. The space will accommodate all sorts of moods, blending the feel of a neighborhood sports bar with a more elegant date-night haunt.<\/p>\n A former CrossFit gym at 2411 Broadway has a new flex. Overtime<\/strong>, from the team behind Backyard on Broadway<\/strong>, will open mid-April. As you might have guessed, the concept<\/a> will have a sporty interior with some of the original building\u2019s murals remaining intact. Although the two sibling bars will share the same kitchen, Overtime will have its own menu.<\/p>\n New food truck<\/a> Doms New Orleans<\/strong> is now serving spaghetti and gumbo at the Point Park at 24188 Boerne Stage Rd. The reason for the cross-cultural menu? Owner Dominic Munasteri<\/strong> is the product of a first-generation Italian-American father and a mother from Metairie, Louisiana. Check out the weekly bread pudding special in intriguing flavors like bacon red cherry.<\/p>\n Other news and notes<\/strong>
Prince Blakaj<\/strong>, the owner of Tastemaker Award-nominated<\/a> restaurant Mare e Monte<\/strong>, has a new gig. He\u2019s now the proprietor of Morea Italian Steakhouse<\/strong> in the old home of Lew\u2019s Patio & Grill<\/strong> at 101 Club Dr. in Floresville. Although the website<\/a> is a work in progress, it teases dishes like handmade pastas and cannoli to go with all the red meat.<\/p>\n
Downtown\u2019s St. Anthony Hotel<\/strong> is firing off Whiskey & War Stories on the St. Anthony Sky Terrace, a whiskey dinner pairing Horse Soldier Bourbon with a three-course menu by resident executive chefs Leo Davila<\/strong> and Jarrod Mainard<\/strong>. The event kicks off at 6:30 pm on April 9. Tickets are available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n