Day Trip to San Antonio 🫔 (FULL EPISODE) S8 E6
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 มิ.ย. 2024
- While it’s fun to explore off-the-beaten-path treasures, Downtown San Antonio is proof that sometimes the road most traveled can be the road best traveled. In this part of town, you’ll find a mixture of some of Texas’s most important historical sites mixed with an amazing culture and, of course, all the touristy-fun you could hope for.
While you’re in San Antonio, visiting the most iconic site in Texas, the Alamo, is a must. At the mission, you’ll learn about the siege of the Alamo where a few men sacrificed everything for the Republic of Texas and why we still “Remember the Alamo” today. Pay your respects to some of the bravest men in Texas and retrace the events of the battle.
Continue your lesson about the Texas Revolution at the San Fernando Cathedral, where you’ll find the few remains of the Texas heroes who died in the siege of the Alamo, including Travis, Crockett and Bowie. After the battle, Santa Anna ordered their remains burned and scattered, but Juan Seguin gathered them and hid them in this cathedral.
Right in the heart of town is the 1749 Spanish Governor’s Palace, the last remnant of the Presidio San Antonio de Bejar that was built to secure Spain’s claim on Texas from France. You’ll get a glimpse into the luxurious life of aristocrats on the pre-Texas Spanish frontier.
When you visit the Historic Market Square, you’ll feel like you’ve entered a Mexican dream. With imported and Texas-made goods, it is the largest Mexican market outside of Mexico and you can find everything from authentic Luchador masks to handmade leather goods.
Grab your spare horns and head to the Buckhorn Saloon to trade your horns in for a cold beer, a tradition that started with the original owner Albert Fredrich when it first opened in 1881. Yet, the cow horns hanging over this bar and restaurant aren’t the only strange things you’ll see here - check out the museum of curiosities in the back to see eight-legged lambs, shrunken heads and more!
When you get hungry for some classic Tex-Mex, head to one of the most iconic restaurants in Texas, Mi Tierra. As you sit down to eat to the sound of music from the roaming mariachi band, you won’t know what’s more beautiful - the thousands of lights hanging from the ceiling or the plate in front of you piled with homemade cheese enchiladas smothered in chili con carne and made from a recipe that’s been around for 75 years. After your meal, don’t skimp on the flaky pastries from the bakery.
If you like your Tex-Mex with an eclectic twist, head to The Esquire, a local gem since 1933. Saddle up to the longest wooden bar in Texas for unique dishes like Tacos con Papas (mashed-potatoes-filled tacos) or pork empanadas that have been soaked in Big Red.
Across the street from the Alamo is The Menger Bar, the oldest continually operated hotel west of the Mississippi, built in 1887. It used to be a tough cowboy bar and Teddy Roosevelt’s top spot for recruiting for Rough Riders, but it’s since calmed down and now you can stop in for a cold drink or a scoop of Mango Ice Cream.
No trip to this part of San Antonio would be complete without a trip to the Riverwalk. Stroll down the banks lined with a never-ending fiesta of shops, music and food or sight-see this Texas classic by boat for a whole new perspective.
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I was in San Antonio only once, to take the oath and be inducted into the military, then off to boot camp, then Vietnam. I have to visit this beautiful city, 55 years after leaving Raymondville down south.
Mi tierra was one of the first Mexican restaurants I tried in Texas. The atmosphere is so nice and food is very good.
My favourite place in Texas and possibly on my top 10 list world wide.
Born and raised in SA. Great job of showing all the great places to visit and the history. I have to add the Pearl! Love it. This was a great addition to sa back in the day.
Great video as always. I've been eating at Mi Tierra's since I was 5 years old and I'm 66 now lol. Some don't like it, but I always have.
We have vacationed 3 times in San Antonio. The Alamo is great, but the other 4 missions are worth the visit. There is also an amazing Mexican Restaurant on the Riverwalk not too far from our Hotel Contessa that is supposedly the oldest on the river walk. I’ll come again, I enjoy this city so much.
This is a great episode.
I worked at The Menger, you left out the ghost parts. I was a front desk worker and worked mornings so I would normally handle checkouts. The most famous ghost is Sally, a maid that worked there. She obviously stays in the original section from 1859 (when you go in, on the right side of the building). She apparently was having an affair with a cattle baron (they would stay in town for months while selling their cattle). Her husband caught on and burst into the hotel room, the affair partner jumped out the window from the second floor and then he shot Sally. The hotel kept her there, paid for her medical care and she lingered for a few days before passing. The hotel even paid for their funeral expenses and there is a vintage accounting book in the display case opened to that page. She was apparently so grateful, her ghost lingers.
If a guest came and asked an employee, we were aloud to tell all the stories but we weren't allowed to volunteer any information. Her ghost was known for being in the hallways of the original section and if a guest saw the "maid", she would disappear around the corner. She really must be there because there were many times I would be checking out guests and they would complain about trying to flag down this maid to ask for usually extra towels or some such and they were "ignored". Sometimes I would ask clarification questions like what time "about 10:00" (no maids work past 5:00. What did she look like? Me: "oh really, a bonnet, a ankle length uniform, pushing a wicker cart, yes I will get them to send up some more towels. They didn't know the story and I wasn't allowed to tell them they saw her ghost.
Also, Richard King from the King Ranch in south Texas passed there and there is the King suite where he died with a bed with huge thick posts and different furniture that he ordered himself which they kept. It seemed that the security guards were the only ones that usually saw him since he appeared much later at night, they said he looked kind of like Colonel Sanders except with a bolo tie instead of a string tie.
All in all a fun summer job after I graduated Uni and then got my "real" job that applied to my major but an overall interesting experience. Way more ghosts but this is long enough...
Oh, and there is a picture of Bill Clinton eating the mango ice cream and anytime he could, he would order a 5 gallon container of it to be flown to DC.
OK, one more. While I was working there, a busser was bringing fresh glasses to the bar you saw in the vid (it isn't open till like 4:00 or something), there is a second floor half loft like area they didn't show, the busser looks up, sees a semi transparent figure on the upper floor that was giving him the "come here" finger beckoning sign. Although unlocked, the exit doors wouldn't open at first, he finally got out, quit on the spot, and got his sister to pick up his final paycheck.
Nice to see more views of San Antonio, one of my favorite places!
Great video!!!! I'm pretty new living in San antonio Texas and even the city is pretty relaxed compare to other cities in the country I love it here , every time I walk in the river walk I feel good for the history and the style of this city that I hope the best to come for the future, you did a great job with this video and I appreciate because even I'm from El Salvador, San antonio Texas always is in my heart ❤👍🙏
Thank you Chet for this video. I'm from San Antonio, born and raised for 1/3 of my formative life and have missed all of what you showed. The Alamo and the Governors Palace were places I went to on school field trips. Then you showed the Buckhorn saloon and I felt like I was back home. Now I have to make a road trip and come back to my old stomping grounds. It would not be a long road trip ❤❤❤ Does the Lone Star museum still exist? I saw the the two headed calf that's why I'm asking. Also would love to have seen anything on the Breckenridge Zoo and Sunken Gardens. Maybe on the next video 👍
You represented Downtown San Antonio so nicely! 🪅
Teddy's fly was down 😮
I used to watch this show on the tv over the air on antenna. didn't know y'all had a TH-cam channel. Pretty cool!
Welcome aboard.
San Antonian here, wish you could have visited the Pearl District and The King William’s District but you’re only here one day .. lol great video buddy .
Love my beautiful city!!!
Amaz🤠ing episode
Both & raised 🤠 interesting to see tourists POV.. watching now 😅
San Antonio is A Great Place
Teddys pants are unzipped👖🪡🧵 he needs help
Planning a trip and this video was very helpful. Any thoughts about going to the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo?
Next time you are in SanSaba County stop in at Pepper Belly’s downtown San Saba, TEXAS. It is really good!
I subscribed to your channel. My favorite State Park… Lake Brownwood State Park!
Is this an old video or am I tripping?! I swear I already the enchilada clip 😂
I got one I would love to see. The Caves of Sonora. Try and throw that in somewhere. Please.
Please go to Cuatrocienegas in Mexico please!
Didn’t see a single big women eating a churro. Charles Barkley lied to me.
Good video. Try boudros
R.I.P. Pee Wee Herman 🙏
He’ll be buried in the basement of the Alamo.
Nah
I hope you see the Bushman.
Remember the Alamo , come and take it.
you missed Missions
My last time in the riverwalk it was ghetto central. Hard pass since then.
Like #68
Chet, you missed a lot of other places for good eats. The Pearl Brewery with Culinary Institute of America, aka CIA, do not know if you know what the CIA is? LOL 😂 not the Central Intelligence Agency, also AKA CIA.
Saturn V> Alamo...
A lot of people around the world don't know what or even where the alamo is, but the Saturn V not only established American Space dominance, but put TX on the world Map.
Not digging the animations intro lol
Please...Get yourself a real cowboy hat. That thing is five and dime store.
23:50 Lol looks like Carrot Top , in a dress.
exactly
Mythology is good for tourism
Now this episode was interesting!
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To be honest as a person who was born and raised in San Antonio let me just say its meh.
I get why the alamo is important but they never mention why Texas wanted to secede from MX. 🤔hint: is not freedom
Yeah bullshit. Learn about the Apache and Comanche and their relationship with Spain and Mexico before you tout off about slavery.
Texas wanted to sucede from Mexico Because of Taxation with really no representation ( sound familiar ) and remember this was Spanish colonies before Mexico conquered from Spanish . FYI Mexicans got their Spanish for basically the same reasons : hint not for slavery freedom but for freedom of a ruling not represented .
Please San AntoNIO, not San Antone, yikes