A select month-by-month recap of stories about our community reported here and elsewhere in 2016. JANUARY Rev. Mick Hinson to leave MCC SA Reverend Mick Hinson, pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of San Antonio announced he was resigning his position. Candidates line-up to speak at Stonewall Dems endorsement forum The Stonewall Democrats of San…
Tex-Mex Vegeria Celebrates Fifth Anniversary
San Antonio’s gay-owned, Tex-Mex vegan restaurant, Viva Vegeria, is holding a two-day celebration to mark its fifth anniversary on August 5 and 6. The restaurant first opened in 2011 at 8407 Broadway near Loop 410 under the name Vegeria. The eatery was a success with menu items like vegetable enchiladas, veggie nachos, gluten-free baked goods…
Out of the kitchen: Fred Anthony Garza
Garza was inspired by the play Doña Rosita’s Jalapeño Kitchen. At first glance, it would seem problematic at best to consider opening a vegan, gluten-free, Tex-Mex restaurant on Nogalitos Street just north of I-90. This is hardcore old-school country. But that’s exactly the point, says Fred Anthony Garza, whose Vegeria on upper Broadway, a “grassroots…
Gay-owned Vegeria to open Southside location
The owners of Vegeria, the acclaimed vegan restaurant on Broadway near Loop 410, are opening a new Southside location called Viva Vegeria! and have started a crowd funding campaign to help finance the endeavor. The new location is at 1422 Nogalitos, about a block north of the new two-story H-E-B and the Collins Gardens Library,…