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Steel City Pops
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grade ingredients and no preservatives, cornmeal, fillers or sugar. “Our customers ask for things during the week, and some just aren’t able to make it to the markets,” Quiroga, now 24, says, “I decided to take this on a more full-time aspect and focus on the business like I’ve been wanting to do.” This means the animal lover and avid baker, whose first word was “kitty,” will focus on more pup-friendly treats fresh from San Antonio. The boutique/bakery will open Saturday, June 24 with a party from 3 to 7 p.m. The first 50 guests will take home a free swag bag, and the store will also offer bakery and boutique discounts, pet adoptions, a photo booth and food and treats for doggos and their humans. An ice cream social is in the works for July 17 with pupperino-approved ice cream and popsicles. 3363 E. Commerce St., (210) 446-7466.
Ingram Park Mall adds macarons
> Macarons (not to be confused with newly elected French president Emmanuel Macron) hit the Ingram Hills area this week with the opening of Woops! inside Ingram Park Mall on Thursday. The franchise will operate as a kiosk serving the Parisian treats in 20 flavors. Launched in 2012 as a pop-up by a group of creatives, Woops! now has kiosks and bakeshops in 12 states including Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia and Tennessee. Flavors include espresso macchiato, strawberry milkshake, rose, cookies and cream and more. The Ingram Park kiosk will be the first in San Antonio and will carry all 20 flavors. Online prices for the macs are $20 for 6 and $36 for 12. Gift boxes will be available at the kiosk. 6301 NW Loop 410, (210) 875-6984.
Taste Steel City at The Block
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> The highs are in the 90s, the shorts keep getting shorter, and you need popsicles in your life. San Antonians can now cool off with their first taste of the upcoming Steel City Pops shop in Southtown as the shop starts selling their pops at The Block. Steel City Pops will offer strawberry lemonade, blood orange, chocolate and coconut popsicles made at their Houston location. For the time being, the Steel City Pops cart will be parked at The Block, a food truck park near the UTSA Main Campus, from noon to 10 p.m. Friday through Sunday and 5 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The Southtown location of the Alabama-based popsicle shop is slated for a summer 2017 opening at 812 S. Alamo St. 14530 Roadrunner Way.
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including, but not limited to tamarind apples, a fruit kabob, Nerd rope, sour tapes and straws, Pulparindos, a whole dill pickle, Maraschino cherries, Salsaghetti, tamarind sticks, and a cucumber shot filled with chamoy and Japanese nuts and paper umbrellas to boot. Huerta and Vara have owned Las Gueras, a St. Mary’s University favorite with their fruit cups, mangonadas and A Texas-sized mangonada sprawling patio, for the last 16 years and credit always > Summertime in San Antonio means extra mangonadas. spoiling their customers and customizing their orders for the inspiration. And for sisters Vanessa Huerta and Katya Ruiz, the “We give them options, and people always want owners of Fruteria Las Gueras, that meant unleashing a something different: gummy bears, pickles, fruit,” Huerta new mangonada creation this past Mother’s Day. said. “So we decided to to a Texas-sized version with The Texas Mangonada is 50 ounces of mango sorbet, chamoy, and just about any Mexican candy/snack imaginable everything, all in one cup.”
The vessel started off as a beer mug, but can also be traded for a mini pitcher or insulated Igloo mug. The sisters recommend sharing it between two and four people, so really the $18 price tag is downright reasonable. “It ends up being a dining experience. It’s served familystyle, so we tell people to bring friends,” Huerta said. The sisters have been making approximately 50 Texas Mangonadas on Saturday and Sunday and 30 or so on week days, with customers still customizing the concoction. “We’re receptive to it. We welcome people to ask for stuff and change it up,” Huerta said. Fruteria Las Gueras is open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. (or later). 2200 Bandera Road, (210) 544-8176. sacurrent.com • June 14-20, 2017 • CURRENT 33