Patrick Flores bought an existing restaurant, Las Chiladas in 2003 and has been bringing in the crowds ever since. Las Chiladas is both a restaurant and a place to buy great tamales, year round. Patrick talks about his journey to becoming a restaurateur and about how Las Chiladas has added comedy and entertainment to its list of opportunities. Las Chiladas is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luis Vazquez has created a Mexican Seafood restaurant reminiscent of the classy, resort-style places you might find in Cancun or Cabo San Lucas. Arenas Maqueria Lounge opened early in 2023 and is becoming a hot spot for great seafood, excellent cocktails, and live music! Luis talked with us about learning the restaurant business from washing dishes to running his other restaurant Sabor! Mexicana Cocina with his father. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Edward Leos is the publisher of The Hotel Guide, an award-winning digital travel magazine that features some of the top resorts in the world. He has more than 30 years of experience in the travel and publishing industry. He also hosts a podcast called Travel Talk where he interviews entrepreneurs and world travelers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jenn Riesman has always loved baking. She started her own business, Rooster Crow Bakery last year at 4421 De Zavala Rd. Since then, she has been making delicious cakes, pies, cookies and breads for her loyal customers. She says her secret is using fresh ingredients and putting a lot of passion into her work. Jenn hopes to expand her bakery and share her treats with more people in the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dos Sirenos Brewing is unique in that it not only offers delicious beer, the food is amazing too! Chef Jared Cattoni has created a great menu. Most of his food has the beer incorporated into it! Jared talks about creating the menu and plans for the future! Dos Sirenos is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two former Californians met in San Antonio and though they love Texas, they missed the burritos they used to get back home. They decided to fix that problem by opening their own burrito shop. Guest Chan Sany and his business partner, Dimitri Karimbakas own Stuffed Burritos. They have created a ton of super flavorful burritos, eggrolls, tacos and other goodies! Here the story of Stuffed in this week's podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maria Bonita has quickly become a very popular destination for great food and drinks. Owner Richard Acosta Jr. and Chef Rafael Gonzales are working together to create a restaurant with high quality food, great service and a fun atmosphere. Each has a great story and a shared vision! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pearl and the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) have enriched the culinary scene and the community of San Antonio with their commitment to craft and innovation. In this episode we interview Mike Joergenson of Pearl and April Goess of the CIA's San Antonio Campus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chef Ernest Bradley is the co-owner and executive chef of Cherrity Bar, a unique bar and restaurant that donates a portion of monthly profits to various charities. He is also the founder of La Tienda de Birria, a restaurant at Tech Port and a food trailer serving authentic Jalisco-style birria, a hearty and complex stew made with goat meat. He is passionate about cooking at it shows! Cherrity Bar is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stan Tudzin is always looking to save money. Thus, he became known as a fellow member of San Antonio Restaurants for using his cheap, damaged phone to take blurry photos on his quest for cheap eats. Stan is a good sport and a fun guy. Listen to his story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Restaurateur Jean Francois Poujol is the owner two popular restaurants in San Antonio, Texas: SoHill Cafe and Julia's Bistro. He has a passion for creating delicious dishes with fresh and local ingredients, inspired by his French roots and his travels around the world. He is also committed to providing a friendly and welcoming atmosphere for his customers, staff and community. Both Julia's and SoHill are San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zander Stanley owns Big'z Burger Joint in San Antonio. Big'z now has three locations and has been a popular gathering place for friends and families for well over a decade. On this episode Zander discusses growing up as the nephew of one of San Antonio's most famous chefs and how he has grown into loving the restaurant business himself. Big'z has grown to three locations and he talks about how the family divides the management of the business. Big'z is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Walker first started his hamburger restaurant, The Good News Burger as a place to hang out with his aging father, "Papa". Since then, the burger has won awards as one of the best burgers in America. In this week's podcast we talk to Robert about how difficult and expensive it was to change the name of his restaurant after receiving notice from a larger restaurant chain with a similar name. The Good News Burger is San Antonio Restaurants, Gold Approved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katie and Erik Yeargan saw an opportunity to purchase a bagel shop that would be different than any other in San Antonio. BOSS Bagel is a combination of the New York style and Montreal style bagel, and it just tastes better! Learn about bagels and all the amazing combinations served at BOSS Bagel on this week's interview with Katie Yeargan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Elwell has worked in and around restaurants most of his life. After being wounded while serving in the military, Robert decided to pursue his passion of cooking, so he enrolled in the Cordon Bleu New Orleans Culinary Institute. He and his wife Krista later settled in San Antonio. They opened 6 Klicks Cafe in Helotes where they serve comfort food at it's finest plus utilize their space to honor other veterans. These two have huge hearts and serve delicious food! Don't miss their story! 6 Klicks is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joel (Tatu) Herrera is the owner of Folklores Coffee House at 1526 E. Greyson. After realizing that good coffee shops were hard to find in certain neighborhoods, he and his wife, Emily decided to fill the void. Due to their work during covid they were recognized by both the City and the State. He has a fun personality and a huge heart. Folklores Coffee is San Antonio Restaurant Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cafe Vida is wonderful restaurant serving healthy and delicious Latin inspired food plus smoothies, fresh juices, and much more! It's so nice to learn how important is it to serve fresh, healthy food, is to these two ladies. Cafe Vida is at 2711 Treble Creek (attached to Golds Gym) and Cafe Vida II at 19179 Blanco Rd. Great menu and nice people! Cafe Vida II is San Antonio Restaurant Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Sirenos began experimenting with home brewing many years ago. As he got really good at making great beer he wanted to share his hobby with the rest of San Antonio so a couple of years ago, Michael and his wife, Kari opened Dos Sirenos Brewing in Southtown. They not only have great beer but great food as well! Learn about the brewing process and the goodies you can buy at Dos Sirenos! Dos Sirenos is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chef Paul Morales wanted his Tacos Cucoy tacos to have full flavor, but he could not find anyone making pure corn tortillas without all the fillers and preservatives. How he does it himself using heirloom corn varietals from Mexica and using the Nixtamal method which is over 3000 years old. It's a fascinating and educational interview that you won't want to miss! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soda Shops are the new rage, and they are popping up all over. What is a soda shop? Learn all about them from the owner of San Antonio's Drank, the Lone Star Soda Shop's owner Roman Huerta! Drank Soda Shop is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chef Kyronn Cordner (Chef Ky), Executive Chef at Mako's on the Creek, has a passion for cooking unlike no other. He often uses unusual spices. Spices from his home, the Island Country Trinidad and Tobago. Though he has been on the show Chopped and served on important committees for the James Beard Foundation, Chef Ky has remained relatively unknown in San Antonio and we think that should change. Mako's on the Creek is a wonderful restaurant in Cibolo just outside of San Antonio. Mako's on the Creek is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Frederick Costa started in life in French Indochina (now known as Vietnam) however as the communists took over, he was forced to flee with his parents to France leaving everything behind. His parents were chefs and soon they had built a very famous Vietnamese restaurant in Paris! Frederick also took to the culinary arts and eventually came to San Antonio to open L'etoile one of the first French fine dining restaurants in San Antonio. Frederick has a fascinating story and is a gift to San Antonio! Both Frederick's Restaurant and Frederick's Bistro are San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

San Antonio Restaurants has partnered with Tiki Travel Planners, LLC to take a "Foodie Cruise" in Feb. 2024 out of Miami. It's a five day cruise on Virgin Cruise lines going from Miami to the Dominican Republic to Bimini Island, then back to Miami. Learn all about it here! There is also a special group created on Facebook just for those considering joining us. The group is called San Antonio Restaurants Foodie Cruise. San Antonio Restaurants Foodie Cruise | Facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OT Mendez is the owner of Mexico Lindo at 555 E. Basse Rd. (near the Quarry). OT is a true gentleman! His story includes buying his first restaurant to give his aging father something to do and then selling that restaurant for almost nothing to the longtime chef who's dream was to own her own restaurant! Mexico Lindo has a large menu featuring everything from seafood to Tex-Mex to Interior Mexico foods. It's a great story and a great restaurant. Learn all about it! Mexico Lindo is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Award winning wines, spectacular views, delicious food, and live music is found every day at In Contrada Vineyard. Owner and self-proclaimed "mayor" of this neighborhood vineyard talks about how and why he purchased it and what he plans for the future. In Contrada Vineyard is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chef Andrew Weissman has owned and operated some of the top restaurants in San Antonio. He has been nominated for a James Beard award multiple times. After years of running fine dining establishments, he decided to step back and do something a little more fun. He now operates Mr. Juicy, the extremely popular burger shop. This interview was actually the first that we did for this podcast however there was some recorded material that was not included on the original release. Today we make it available to you. Enjoy! Mr. Juicy is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Houston & Emily Carpenter seem to have come from nowhere to open four really popular restaurants in a short amount of time. They have Little Em's Oyster Bar, UpScale, Restaurant Claudine, Go Fish Market, and coming soon Nineteen Hyaku Sushi and Warehouse Diner. Little Em's and Go Fish Market are already on the Gold Approved list. UpScale and Restaurant Claudine will be added soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Priscilla Caballero talks about how her and her sister, Cassandra Caballero grew up around the family business, Eddie's Taco House. Today they run the two restaurants. Priscilla discusses the history of Eddie's Taco House and what it takes to keep it going. Eddie's Taco House is a San Antonio Restaurants, Gold Approved Restaurant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Earl Abel's is one of the most iconic restaurants in San Antonio. It first opened in 1933 on N. Main before moving to the corner of Broadway and Hildebrand. Generations of San Antonian's went to Earl Abel's for prom night, celebrations, or just to get some fried chicken and pie. Danny Badiola purchased the restaurant several years ago and still uses the original recipes though now the restaurant is just outside the Pearl. Hear Danny's story of coming to San Antonio and working to keep a San Antonio treasure going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lizzeth Martinez and Francisco Estrada, owners of Naco food truck and Naco 210 Mexican Eatery talk about moving to the US from Mexico City. Francisco, a lawyer by profession gave up his business to help create and serve delicious food. Their award winning food has been featured on television and is frequently noted as being some of the best Mexican food in San Antonio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremiah Burns is owner of the only peanut butter and jelly sandwich restaurant in the State of Texas. He has a fascinating story that is both exciting and motivating.  Learn about his journey, his ups and downs, and why he does what he does. After listening to this podcast you are going to want a PB&J sandwich for sure! PB&J with Tay is San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Benjamin De Los Santos worked for a lot of corporate restaurant groups before taking the plunge and starting his own business. We talk to Ben about his journey and why it is important to him to make every bite the best bite! Benjie's Munch is where it's at! Benjie's Munch is a San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved Restaurant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adrian and Camille De Los Reyes, owners of Sari Sari Restaurant and Market and Sari Sari Supper Club share their story about taking over her parents restaurant and then opening another restaurant featuring upscale versions of their favorite Filipino recipes. They also talk about May being Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month and what they are doing to promote it. Both Sari Sari restaurants are San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved! Get discounts at these and many other local restaurants by joining the Gold Club at www.sa-restaurants.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Phillip and Jessica Gonyea are putting out some amazing chicken sandwiches and San Antonio is noticing. People are loving Krazy Katsu! Phillip and Jessica tell us how they experimented with different recipes until they came up with the best tasting chicken. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chef Nicola Blaque discusses growing up as an Army brat and trying to figure out what she wanted from life. What made her want to become a chef and how she ended up in San Antonio. The Jerk Shack is a San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved restaurant! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chef Dominique Besson was born in France and attended cooking school there. These days he and his wife Domenica are the proud owners of Star Chef Store, a store specializing in fine knives and kitchen accessories. Dominique discusses why there is not a one size fits all knife, the importance of keeping your knife sharp and why different knives are made for different jobs. It's a game changer. Because of Dominiques wealth of knowledge today's show is a bit longer than most but with so much information being shared, we just couldn't stop! Star Chef Store is at 10003 NW Military Hwy. Suite 2113, in the Alon Market. In addition to the store, Star Chef has a mobile service to provide mobile knife sharpening and repair services to fine dining restaurants throughout South Texas. Star Chef is San Antonio Restaurants newest Gold Approved store and the first that is not a restaurant. This is a great show and we are excited to share it with you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Theresa Lopez, Co-Owner of Comfort Cafe discusses what Serenity Star is and how it helps the community plus how and why they started Comfort Cafe. Comfort Cafe is a San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved restaurant! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chicago Hot Dogs has been in San Antonio for a couple of years and yet so many people have not yet been introduced to the sandwiches that are famous in Chicago like a Chicago hot dog and a Italian Beef sandwich. We talk about why they chose San Antonio as their home and working in a father/son workplace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Vale is the owner and founder of Alamo Biscuit Company & Panaderia and partner at Archie's CBD & Coffee, partner at Jugo, and owner of Texas Associates Insurance. John Vale decided to open Alamo Biscuit Company after noticing that there were not many restaurants around with the focus on biscuits. Everybody love biscuits! With several other businesses in his portfolio we discuss the challenges of being a business owner and how restaurant management is different and perhaps more difficult than other types of business. John uses his creative mind to make eating at his restaurant a fun a memorable experience. Alamo Biscuit Company, Archie's CBD & Coffee and Jugo are all San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Griffith is the President and Co-Owner of Smashin Crab. There are currently three locations in San Antonio. Smashin Crab also owns a commissary where they can assist local food trucks, caterers, and small restaurants with meal prep, refrigeration, and supplies. From the commissary they produce Take Flight Chicken, their own Nashville fried chicken, available for pickup or delivery. All three Smashin Crab locations are San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved. Learn about becoming a San Antonio Restaurant Gold Member by downloading our free app on the Google Play Store and Apple Store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some of Greg Ferris' earliest memories are playing around his grandmother's restaurant Bobbie's Cafe. He learned about hard work and he learned he loved to cook food that made people happy. Now, many years later Greg and his wife Ana are the owners of Bobbie's Cafe and everyone is loving the food! We sit down with Greg and talk about his vision to get to where he is and the future. Lots of fun and interesting stories! Bobbie's is a San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved Restaurant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan White, owner of Sofia's Pizzeria discusses why he decided to open a pizza restaurant after attending the International School of Pizza, and how he is striving to make his restaurant stand out from the others using all fresh ingredients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan and Beverly Williams started San Antonio Restaurants more than eight years ago just because they like to eat out. They never dreamed this little group would grow to be the largest foodie group in the state of Texas and possibly the United States. After joining forces with Jim and Susie LaFredo, San Antonio Restaurants now produces a digital magazine, this podcast, and created the Gold Club which allows members to get great perks from local restaurants! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chef Leo Davila has been on national television competition with the Food Networks, Big Restaurant Bet. Though he never cooked a meal until he was in his 20's he has gained the respect of many in a short amount of time. Stix & Stone is known for crazy creative dishes that reflect Leo's life experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After moving to Texas from her native Guadalajara Mexico, Blanca opened her own Mexican food restaurant, just because her boyfriend (now her husband) told her that she cooked well! 30 years later and Aldaco's Mexican food is still serving great food and award winning drinks to the crowds. Blanca talks about moving to a new country, how she pivots when the market changes and how she creates her award winning Margaritas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chef Ceasar Zepeda owns the popular restaurant Sangria on the Burg where he loves to serve tacos and bbq loaded with Mexican spices and serve signature cocktails, and of course Sangria! He is also known for his catering business. Ceasar has a love for his craft and he loves helping young chefs as the begin their journey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charlie talks about attending culinary school plus adventures of working at food establishments around the world. Both of his restaurants, Panfila and San Taco are San Antonio Restaurants, Gold Approved! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this Episode of The More You Know The Better It Tastes we interview Drew Glick owner of Max and Louie's New York Diner. Drew discusses how he ended up in San Antonio and the journey from Insurance professional to restaurant owner. Max and Louie's is one of the most popular restaurants in San Antonio, offering a huge menu of breakfast, lunch and dinner items all available all day! Max and Louie's is another San Antonio Restaurants Gold Approved Restaurant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices