One- or Two-Night Stay for Up to Five with Dining and Spa Credit at Hotel Alsace & Spa in Texas
Restful Refinement in Panoramic Hill Country Schnitzel and sauerkraut are on the menu, but the view from the windows—rugged hills covered with scraggly grasses and succulent plants under a vast open sky—seems better suited to a western than an Oktoberfest celebration. But Castroville’s German and French roots have been proudly celebrated for more than 20 years at the Hotel Alsace & Spa’s Alsatian restaurant, located about 27 miles west of San Antonio. Perched on a knoll overlooking miles of scenic Hill Country, the hotel’s 38 guest rooms are linked by gradually curving walkways shaded by a long bonnet roof. French doors in each room open onto private balconies offering panoramic views of the visually rich landscape. Earth-toned décor echoes the outdoors in everything from deep-brown comforters atop queen beds to naturally textured, travertine-tile floors. Every morning, a complimentary waffle-and-breakfast bar simultaneously serves up nourishment and banishes nightmares of a dystopian future in which waffles have become extinct. At the onsite Spa Alsace , where Groupon users receive a 10% discount, guests can unwind with an array of soothing treatments, including hot-stone massage ($90 for a 50-minute session) and facials tailored to individual skin type ($55–$115). This Getaway also includes a two-person credit for the Alsatian Restaurant’s salad bar and lunch buffet, a daily changing smorgasbord that ranges from authentic Alsatian beef bourguignon to all-American fried chicken and meatloaf. Castroville, Texas: Alsatian Inflections in Small-Town Texas The self-billed “Little Alsace of Texas,” historical Castroville stands in novel and charming contrast to nearby San Antonio’s Tex-Mex culture. Founded by Alsatian immigrants in 1844, the town contains dozens of carefully maintained historical structures. The oldest of these, The Steinbach House , actually began its life in Alsace in the 17th century before being shipped to Castroville in 1998 and reopened as a museum complete with period furniture and confused serfs. A roughly 30-minute drive brings travelers to San Antonio and its world-class Latin cuisine, museums, and lively River Walk. Groupon Says Read more…
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$149 for a Holiday Lights and Ice Package at Barton Creek Resort and Spa in Texas (Up to $318.90 Value)
Luxurious Hillside Resort with Award-Winning Golf Courses and Fine Dining Red oaks and sycamores line the last hole at Fazio Canyons, a sinuous par 5 at the award-winning golf course leading to a ranch-style clubhouse. Cliff-lined fairways and limestone caves dot the Canyons’ sibling course, Fazio Foothills, which was named fourth among America’s 100 best resort courses by Golfweek magazine. And they’re just two of the four total distinguished golf courses that blanket the Barton Creek Resort and Spa’s country estate, framed within 4,000 acres of rolling wooded hills. Beyond the emerald landscape, fine-dining restaurants, a year-round indoor swimming pool, and a European spa boasts luxurious hill-country hotel marked by authentic southern charm. During the annual Holiday Lights and Ice event, 240,000 twinkling lights turn the rural resort into an incandescent wonderland. Star-capped Christmas trees, reindeer displays, and undulating waves of garlands are ablaze with colorful bulbs as families carve figure eights and grocery lists into the largest outdoor ice rink in Austin. After skating under canopies of sparkling snowflakes, guests gather in the Family Fun Room to decorate gingerbread-man cookies and countdown calendars. Elegant country charm graces the resort guest rooms, whose décor sports nods to Texan culture. Beyond the hardwood entryway, plaid and floral linens top beds, which reside next to exotic cowhide chairs and carved armoires that open up to 42-inch plasma TVs. Ink prints from native artists depict indigenous wildlife and lend a colonial air to the 425-square-foot accommodations. A diverse buffet spread featuring homemade pastries, fresh fruit, and yogurt awaits overnighters in the morning. Austin, Texas: Offbeat Vibrant City with Outdoor Recreation Wooded trails, shallow swimming beds, and large limestone cliffs populate the Barton Creek Greenbelt, a 7-mile urban oasis with public access via Loop 360. Both moderate and challenging hiking trails unravel past idyllic sites such as Sculpture Falls and Campbell’s Hole. Just 8 miles southeast of the resort reside rock-climbing walls and Airman’s Cave, the longest of its kind in Travis County. Beat-up pickup trucks and luxury SUVs mingle outside art galleries and saloons in the colorful downtown Austin, which sits about 10 miles from Barton Creek. The Keep Austin Weird bumper sticker is peppered throughout the shops, its slogan almost as ubiquitous as a longhorn tattoo. Back in the ‘60s and ‘70s, country-rock legends Janis Joplin and Willie Nelson entertained crowds at underground beer joints, and the city maintains its status as the live music capital of the world thanks to its hundreds of honky-tonks, upscale restaurants, rooftop party decks, and feral microphones. Groupon Says Read more…
Two-Night Stay for Two at the Jackson House or the Oge House in San Antonio
By Jill Klosterman, Travel Correspondent Nineteenth-Century Mansions in King William Historic District Megan Macdaniel swings open the front door, allowing sunshine to flood the foyer. A bubbly and talkative hostess, she ushers her guest across the threshold of the historical Oge House inn, and within minutes she’s circling local attractions on a map as she elicits preferences from the traveler. Cotton or down? Coffee or tea? Early or late breakfast? Megan manages both the Oge House and its sister property, the Jackson House, with keen attention to detail, but her expertise doesn’t end with hospitality; she is also an enthusiastic oral historian, and once check-in is finished, the stories begin. Before the Oge House landed in the Library of Congress’s Historic American Buildings Survey archive, the three-story neoclassical estate housed the family of Louis Ogé, a wealthy French businessman. A large staircase fills the foyer, leading up to rooms individually decorated with authentic antiques. To the right of the entryway, the dining room channels the spirit of a Victorian parlor with hand-painted teacups, gilded candelabras, and carved marble-top tables. In the afternoon, the lobby becomes a reception space, with a wooden bar supporting a tall pitcher of lemonade and freshly baked cookies that disappear like a magician’s repossessed sports car. Refreshments in hand, guests can retreat to the back porch and gaze out on a relatively quiet stretch of San Antonio’s famous River Walk. About four blocks east, a white fence surrounds the Jackson House, a two-story Victorian estate listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A limestone patio unfurls from the property’s back step, leading to a conservatory with brass-ribbed stained-glass panels and a heated spa pool. Within the orange-brick home, a staircase ascends to cozy lodgings outfitted with gas fireplaces, antique mantelpieces, and marble bathrooms. Much like its sister property, the Jackson House treats guests to a fresh breakfast each morning as well as afternoon and evening snacks. San Antonio’s Southtown: Riverfront Enclave of Architectural Revival When conservationist Walter Mathis purchased Villa Finale in 1967, the 6,500-square-foot Italianate mansion was a moldering relic. After decades of neglect and abuse, the building, like many surrounding 19th-century estates in the King William Historic District, had devolved into a crumbling boarding house. Mathis’s revitalization of Villa Finale catalyzed a spree of renovations throughout the neighborhood, turning the area into a hot spot for architectural tours. Today, guests can snag a walking tour map from the reception area at the Oge House or the Jackson House—or dial up a cell-phone audio tour—for detailed information on 14 properties within a mile radius of the inns. Quiet and residential, the King William Historic District is distinctly more relaxed than downtown San Antonio. Shaded by pomegranate and crape myrtle trees, the mansion-dotted streets meander with blithe indifference to any grid pattern. Located within four blocks of both inns, the Villa Finale Visitor Center sells tickets for 45-minute tours of the estate and its more than 12,000 artifacts, which include pewter Napoleon statues and Staffordshire figurines. From Villa Finale, a southbound stroll along the River Walk delivers guests to the Guenther House . Planted in the shadow of the Pioneer Flour Mills, this combination museum and restaurant pays tribute to the mills’ founding family and serves southern fare sourced from the on-site factory. Three blocks south of the Guenther House along the River Walk, the Blue Star Arts Complex houses galleries and studios such as the StoneMetal Press Printmaking Center . Here travelers can watch printers at work and peruse images available for purchase. Using common implements such as nylons and plastic cups, as well as craft-specific papers and inks, the artisans produce pantone copies of band posters, fliers, and portraits. Groupon Says Read more…
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Sushi Meal with Edamame and Sushi Rolls for Two or Four at Dragon Gate by Phoenix
Cooking food destroys its nutritional content, uses energy, and attracts the interest of the Hamburglar. Enjoy refined rawness with today’s Groupon to Dragon Gate by Phoenix . Choose between the following options: For $17, you get a sushi meal for two (up to a $34 total value) that includes: One order of edamame (a $4 value) Two sushi rolls (up to a $30 value) For $30, you get a sushi meal for four (up to a $68 total value) that includes: Two orders of edamame (an $8 value) Four sushi rolls (up to a $60 value) The agile hands at Dragon Gate by Phoenix forge an array of pan-Asian classics, including ranks of meticulously rolled maki . Edamame project their delicate soy aromas, and diners tuck into such sushi rolls as the Maguro Dynasty roll, which cloaks a shrimp-tempura core in fresh tuna and caviar. Unagi, cucumber, and fresh salmon combine their palate-pleasing forces in the Tiffany roll, and the Volcano roll rolls onto taste buds with a flavorful magma of spicy baked crab, avocado, and cucumber. Chefs eschew convention like a finger-painting Leonardo da Vinci by baking california rolls and sheathing them in salmon to form the Lion King roll. Dark wooden furnishings reflect the dining room’s intimate lighting, and Asian artwork adorns the walls near a teppanyaki and sushi bar for patrons eager to test Dragon Gate’s culinary masterminds with knock-knock jokes. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Animal Sounds Does man live in frustration because of his inability to make maple syrup come out of more stuff? Read more…
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$25 for $50 Worth of Italian Cuisine at Rocco’s Grill in Lakeway
A spaghetti noodle, much like a swimming-pool noodle, maintains its shape until it’s exposed to boiling water or sat on by children. Savor pasta’s forced flexibility with today’s Groupon: for $25, you get $50 worth of Italian fare at Rocco’s Grill in Lakeway. Rocco’s Grill’s menu of handmade pastas, seasonal seafood, hand-cut steaks, and rich desserts snapped up four awards from Citysearch in 2009, including Best Austin Restaurant . The pollo piazza packs mesquite-grilled chicken with prosciutto and fontina cheese ($19), and the trout traina rolls in hazelnuts before donning water wings to splash through a pool of basil-lemon butter ($21). The owner’s favorite, lamb trots through a fresh mint-orange sauce ($27). The pepper-steak marsala, a tenderloin coated with coarse black pepper under a glaze of mushroom marsala sauce ($29) stars in a cast of choice cuts that won the Citysearch Best Austin Steak award in 2009, and will give autographs if asked politely. Rocco’s walls pop with lavish murals starring the court jesters, ballerinas, and strongmen that star in Italian-fare folklore. Red and black linens mingle on the dining tables, and crimson drapery stretched across the ceiling softens the sounds of conversation and rocket-powered pepper grinders. A piano sculpture lined with neon lights hovers above the bar, and an actual piano tickles ears with live music four nights a week. Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Washing Dishes We know it’s safe to put clothes in the dishwasher, but can you put dishes in the washing machine? Read more…
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TableTop Media, LLC., Signs Multi-Year Contract with ERJ Dining, LLC.
DALLAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ERJ Dining rolls out TableTop Media’s Ziosk to 122 Chili’s restaurants in the Midwest. The Ziosk is the first digital promotion and pay-at-the-table device for the casual dining restaurant market.
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One-Night Stay at Inn Above Onion Creek in Kyle. Three Options Available.
Hotel visitors indulge in such perks as turndown chocolates, sleep-in privileges, and all-you-can-drink tap water. Dive into decadence with today’s Groupon for a one-night stay at the Inn Above Onion Creek in Kyle. Choose from the following options: For $165, you get a one-night stay in the Thelma or Maurice cottages Sunday through Thursday (starting at a $339 value). For $139, you get a one-night stay in any king room on a Friday or Saturday (starting at a $279 value). For $124, you get a one-night stay in any king room Sunday through Thursday (starting at a $249 value). Nestled into the Texas hill country just 25 miles south of Austin, the Inn Above Onion Creek mingles rustic antique furnishings with modern amenities to host remote country escapes or relaxing romantic getaways. The 88-acre grounds are home to two cottages, which provide the ultimate in privacy, each mini utopia sporting one to two bedrooms, a separate tub and shower, a full kitchen, a patio, and a unique governing system. The king rooms are mostly lodged in the inn’s main buildings and may come complete with a whirlpool tub, dining area, private deck, and sleeper sofa, depending on the room. Just like the members of a boy band, every accommodation on the property has an individual personality that’s easily distinguished by looking at it; however, all sleep spaces reveal an attractive fireplace, an LCD TV, a DVD player, WiFi, and views of the surrounding countryside. Politely taste or gluttonously overdose on complimentary beverages and homemade cookies in the dining area, practice doggy paddles in the outdoor pool, or borrow a DVD, book, or game from the inn’s library. A three-course dinner and full hot breakfast for two are included in the cost of any room, layering food comas over already heightened senses of relaxation. Although not included in the Groupon, bed borrowers can traverse the nearby Texas Wine Trail to learn how vineyards fill old raisins with wine to create grapes, or treat torsos to a massage at the on-site day spa . Groupon Says The Groupon Guide to: Finding Your Fortune Is your digestive tract full of harmful treasure? Read more…
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Food: Casa De Luz Faces Closure In June
Austinist — Tue Feb 08 16:45:36 UTC 2011 You can call it Countdown to Casapocalypse. A digital clock now sits in the dining room of Casa de Luz, Austin’s beloved macrobiotic restaurant, marking the number of days till relocation or closure. That’s because the 20-year-old Austin institution, l… about: Austin Austin Texas Digital clock Food Hospitality_Recreation Luz Faces Closure
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Paella Night! Paella demonstrated in the Dining Room! $12 Wine Carafes!
Events For Toppicks — Tue Jan 11 20:39:24 UTC 2011 There are now FOUR chances a month for you to enjoy Paella at Malaga! Paella Night Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month, Chef Alejandro Duran will be cooking Paella in the dining room at Malaga. Starting at 7pm and serving at 8pm. No reservations a… about: Alejandro Duran Chef Cooking Hospitality_Recreation Malaga Paella at: Malaga
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Dining In Austin – Day Trip to Fredericksburg
Dining In Austin – Day Trip to Fredericksburg — Thu Jan 06 11:24:53 UTC 2011 Teddy and Laura hike, shop, and sip in Fredericksburg, Texas. (via Dining in Austin) about: Austin Texas Fredericksburg Fredericksburg Texas Human Interest
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