![]() ![]() TPR’s Cinema Tuesdays also showcased current films that hadn’t played in town, even at the Bijou, like the acclaimed Russian film “The Return,” the moving death row documentary “At the Death House Door,” or the Mexican thriller “Miss Bala.” Over 16 summers, thousands of film fans were treated to the best in classic film, which in 2004 wasn’t otherwise showing anywhere else in town. It made sense that this theater, adorned with classic movie posters like “King Kong” and “Casablanca,” and dedicated to art house fare, would be our new home. In 2004, Texas Public Radio moved its summer film series, Cinema Tuesdays, from the AMC Huebner Oaks to the Bijou. (Alamo Drafthouse had not yet expanded to the city of its namesake.) That same year, Santikos announced the Crossroads 6 would be reopened as “The Bijou,” pioneering the in-theater dining concept in San Antonio. In 2001, Santikos acquired the Crossroads 6, and also launched an ambitious theater-building plan with the opening in 2003 of the Western-themed Silverado 16 at Bandera Road and 1604, and the Mayan Palace on I-35 South. Shockingly, the woman I brought along married me a few years later, and remains with me today (though she hasn't revisited any of those titles)!Īct III was bought by a New York-based investment company in 1998, and shortly thereafter rebranded its theaters under the Regal Cinemas banner. I saw “A Clockwork Orange,” “Dog Day Afternoon,” and “The Excorcist” all over the course of one Friday. celebrated its 75th anniversary by booking an entire week at the theater, devoting each day to a different decade. The Crossroads theater was where I got my mind blown by a new film called “Pulp Fiction,” sitting in the second row with a craned neck as the picture’s massive logo floated upward onto the screen to Dick Dale’s “Misirlou.” A few years later in 1998, I remember Warner Bros. In that case, the Bijou was the place in San Antonio to go for three and a half decades, under the ownership of Santikos, as well as Act III Theaters and Regal, which operated the Crossroads 6 for about a decade from the late 1980s through the 1990s. That is, unless your idea of a good date movie is something out of the ordinary, something that stimulates the mind and great conversation. Le Bijou is priced at $12 and will be available on Maverick’s menu for the foreseeable future.Įrin Winch writes about boozin’ in the Alamo City on her blog Drinking In SA.Before it closed on March 27, 2022, the last movie I saw at the Santikos Bijou was on March 20, when my wife and I went to see the Oscar-nominated Norwegian film “The Worst Person in the World.” The first time I saw a movie at the theater may have been in 1993, when I took a girl I liked to a free screening of Oliver Stone’s “Heaven and Earth.” NOTE: Most viewers would not characterize Oliver Stone’s “Heaven and Earth” as a very good date movie. The drink is perfect for those that are fans of gin and tonics and want to try out a booze-forward cocktail, or for those that are looking to expand their repertoire of the craft cocktail industry. Both of these spirits are favorites of Archiniega, who says he “often sips or shoots them on their own.” This riff switches the Alpine Genepy for the chartreuse, and the Bonal for sweet vermouth. The classic recipe calls for gin, vermouth (typically sweet), and chartreuse. The Genepy adds a nice herbal note to the mix and grapefruit and bitters are the final ingredients that round the drink out with citrus.Īrciniega came up with the drink after contemplating putting a traditional Bijou on the cocktail menu. ![]() The quinine in the Bonal mixed with the gin mimics flavors found in a gin and tonic. It is a boozy cocktail, for sure, and one that is very nicely balanced with flavors riffs that are unseen on summer menus. The Le Bijou, a creation by David Arciniega, is a combination of gin, Genepy De Alpes (a liqueur that falls between an absinthe and chartreuse), Bonal (which is a semi-sweet herbaceous liqueur with quinine), orange bitters and grapefruit. The Maverick has a wonderful list of drinks that is ever-changing, with the Le Bijou being one of their many hits, and this week’s Cocktail of the Week. ![]() Cool off by stepping inside a new Southtown hot spot and get a break from the heat. It's the beginning of September and it’s still sweltering.
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