BY LESLIE FOLEY
CAFÉ DIJON COZIES UP TO 78209
Barbara Harris, general manager of Café Dijon, is excited about the warm and inviting restaurant she and partners Natalie Newell and Noelle Hollingsworth have opened at Village on the Green. Harris has been in business for 36 years, was the owner of the restaurant Sugarbaker’s at The Quarry Village, where Piranha Killer Sushi is today, and is now offering home cooking with a French flair at the new Café Dijon down the street.
“We have soups, salads and sandwiches including favorites like the Croque Monsieur, French onion soup and chicken crepes. And we will have lots of desserts. Everything is made from scratch except for the bread for sandwiches and potato chips. We also offer beer and wine.” Café Dijon serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. The dinner menu is different from the lunch menu. “We will do a buffet breakfast on Saturdays from 9 am to 1 pm and a buffet lunch on Sundays from 10:30 am to 2:30 pm. Stay tuned for the official grand opening happening soon.”
Café Dijon is located at 555 East Basse Road, Suite 113, and offers seating for approximately 75 and outdoor seating as well. Their phone is 210-822-2665. Open seven days a week, Monday through Thursday 8 am – 9 pm; Friday and Saturday, 8 am – 10; pm and Sunday, 10:30 am-2:30 pm for brunch only. The restaurant will not serve its regular menu on Sunday.
ONE-WAY TRAIL
Plan to visit Art in the Garden at San Antonio Botanical Garden. Artist Kim Beck is featured. Her project, One-Way Trail, consists of a series of routes and views throughout the garden. Each tour is led using signage and audio accessed by cell phone. Visit www.sabot.org for details.
Natural Grocers
The fast-growing Colorado-based company Natural Grocers is moving forward with its first locations here in the Alamo city. The company will be planning a store for Alamo Heights and on NW Military Highway. Known for its high-quality and all organic produce, Natural Grocers also hosts seminars, cooking demos and health fairs. Watch for grand opening details soon.
Drink Up!
We have always heard that water is good for you, and now you can sip and decide. The new Water Bar Company at 1856 Nacogdoches Road in Carousel Court is serving water for on the go, sipping inside or for special events. These zero-calorie refreshers can be infused with lemon, lime, mint, cherry, orange, apple, cucumber and more. Catering and delivering are available, and you can find them at the Farmer’s Market. Get your hydration on and revitalize with WATER. Call 210-892-1292 for additional information
MEET THE FUTURE
Six artists — Ricky Armendariz, Waddy Armstrong, Larry Graeber, Mira Hnatyshyn, Victoria Suescum and Sandy Whitby — are part of a pop-up exhibition on view Jan. 22-24 at the McNay Art Museum. Visit www.mcnay.org for more information.
SPREADING LOVE
Robert Indiana’s modern and contemporary LOVE sculpture, a 6 foot-by-6 foot-by-3 foot iconic example of Pop art, is now part of the McNay’s permanent collection. Constructed from red and gold polychrome aluminum, the sculpture has become a visitor favorite and a popular site for “selfies” and group photos. Bring your camera along and snap a “Love” photo to share.
A BANNER DAY AT THE WITTE
The Witte Museum celebrated a banner day by announcing one of the largest private gifts in its history, a donation of $4 million from Susan Moulton, and naming its first-ever permanent dinosaur gallery, the Naylor Family Dinosaur Gallery, set to open in the spring of 2017.
The Naylor Family Dinosaur Gallery will serve as the museum’s first permanent gallery dedicated to dinosaurs. The gallery will give visitors a chance to see 3-D animated dinosaurs in a way that will be similar to how they roamed Texas millions of years ago. The gallery features a life-size tyrannosaurs rex and one of the largest carnivorous Texas dinosaurs, Acrocanthosaurus. The Acrocanthosaurus will stand on footprints molded from actual prints found in Government Canyon State Park. Visitors will actually and virtually excavate dinosaur bones, learn how paleontologists study dinosaurs in a new research lab connected to the gallery and participate in educational public programming and curator-led conversations.
RETURNING HEROES HOME
RECEIVES $50,000 DONATION
TETCO and the Tom Turner Family Foundation gifted the nonprofit Returning Heroes Home with a $50,000 donation to help wounded warriors. The donation will help fund programs and services for injured soldiers and their families on the road to recovery while at Joint Base Fort Sam Houston.
To date, TETCO has donated $470,000 to Returning Heroes Home. The TETCO company operations include Mission Petroleum Carriers, real estate development, paving and utility construction, and a major franchisee for Subway and Wendy’s as well as significant interests in the Eagle Ford Shale.
