Though I haven't been yet, I suppose I will soon. The Shops at La Cantera are actually quite nice in that snooty sort of way (though their website is absolutely disgusting). Actually, let me rephrase that. The landscaping is very well-done (who cares about the stores?) -- lots of Texas natives and stone and fountains. It's outside and a comfortable, relaxed place to people watch. Especially if you can sit at a bar and do it.
Now there's one more place for just such an expensive endeavor. Here's a list of their beers (I count 113; around 99 on the Flying Saucer site with more than that in the bottle), which is not exactly inspired considering they claim the "World's Largest Selection of Draft Beer" (that just doesn't sound right). As Steve at All Good Beer points out in one of his posts, there is a real lack of Texas beer available (four Shiners, two Real Ales, and one Saint Arnold), which is a shame considering that Freetail, one of San Antonio's two microbrews, offers not only a great selection of their own beer (right around 13 at any given time), but a good selection of other Texas beer and wine (somewhere around six or seven other Texas brews). Their philosophy of loyalty to local fare is laudable and should be imitated, not ignored.
Still, I guess if the folks feel like the usual crazy Black Friday jaunt up to The Shops at La Cantera, I'll convince my dad to stop in for a brew with me. I'm sure there's plenty of oogling to be done with a mouth full of beer.
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