Here’s something pretty nifty about SATX that you may not know: The 210 is home to the largest Mexican market outside of Mexico.
El Mercado shopping district at the Historic Market Square boasts an impressive collection of 100+ restaurants, artisanal shops, and fresh produce stands. We can easily spend hours exploring the three-block outdoor plaza. City Editor Iván can’t leave the market without paying a visit to Mi Tierra Cafe y Panaderia for some pan dulce to-go.
But that’s not all. Did you know that then Army Lieutenant and now former US President Dwight D. Eisenhower served as the St. Louis College — now St. Mary’s University — head football coach in 1916? Well, now you do.
Mamie Eisenhower and Dwight D. Eisenhower on the front steps of St. Louis Hall.
Photo via Wikimedia Commons
Did these two little-known facts blow your mind? Let us know. And feel free to break them out at the dining table over the holidays. Cheers, San Antonio.
