San Antonio on a Sunday Evening

Hey folks-

I'll be flying in tomorrow evening to SAT, and will have a rental car. What are my options as far as beer stores/brewpubs tomorrow evening? Does TX have the wacky liquor laws that KS does which means I'm pretty much SOL until Monday? Does Freetail do off-premise sales of bottles growlers? Would this even be an option?

Let me know what's up!

Cheers,

Freetail has both bottles for sale as well as growlers. Probably your best bet for a Sunday night.

Do you know how late they're open? Also, do they have food?

If you're downtown, another option is the Friendly Spot. They have a good selection (it's a bar, not a bottle shop) and are open until midnight

http://www.freetailbrewing.com/

They have salads, sammiches and pizzas if you look at their menu.

Sundays.. open 12 to midnight.

I'm at the Marriott Riverwalk. Would this be walk-able? Would I want to to walk it at night on a Sunday?

Freetail for sure. Great beer, good food, and most NFL games on Sundays. Do it! The Friendly Spot is cool too.

Yes and yes. If I had to guess, it's about a 1/2-3/4 mile walk from the Marriot. Pretty reasonable.

I walked there from the Riverwalk last weekend. 10 minutes. Was fine at 8:00 - cant speak for midnight. Freetail is a better choice, and you need to go there while in SA or you'll really miss out, but this is a good option if you just want to walk somewhere on Sunday night

Not going to Freetail would be a mistake.

Yes. A dire mistake.

The Friendly Spot ended up being a good choice, although someone (ahem) forgot to mention that it was completely outdoors, which was very enjoyable, up until the skies opened up. However, since it seems most San Antonians are deathly afraid of wet stuff falling from above, the streets were completely deserted when I walked home at 10:30 PM.

It sounds like traffic north out of downtown is a bear. Would I be better off waiting until after 6pm to head up?

Oops. My bad. But in my defense, I thought (1) you would look at the web site, and (2) it never rains here. Sorry about that!

As for the Freetail question, I would either wait for the evening rush hour traffic to be over, or go earlier (they open at 11). Food is really good, so you could do lunch there and get back downtown before the traffic rush. Either way would work.

The traffic is not too bad. You'll hit some traffic on I10 around and before the 1604 exit. The worst traffic is on 1604 but luckily Freetail is only two exits from the I10 1604 junction.

Or you can some what avoid traffic by taking Military Hwy. There are stop lights but the traffic is pretty light and it basically takes you straight to Freetail

Good advice! Exit at Wurzbach from IH 10. Take a right on Wurzbach and go about 3 miles and then left on NW Military. Follow all the way to FM 1604. Freetail is in the first plaza on the right after you pass under 1604.
Traffic should be no big deal this route.

May be a little late to the thread but have you thought about World of Beer on 281?

Thanks for all the advice. This was a great trip, beer-wise!

So how was Freetail?

I don't know. It ended up not being in the cards, time-wise. I got in a quick Specs run, but that was about it on the north side of the city.

It rained? It hasn't rained in Austin since October, lol.

That's too bad. Freetail is IMO one of the best breweries in the state and southwest region. Maybe next time

Fixed.