Hotel Emma’s 146 luxurious rooms are housed in what was once a 19th-century brewhouse. Now the flagship stay at the heart of our district, it’s extraordinary in every storied detail.
Brasserie Mon Chou Chou is the brainchild of Chef Laurent Réa, Philippe Placé, and Jérôme Sérot—French food lovers who met nearly 20 years ago in San Antonio.
Caroline Matthews personifies creative energy. In the early days of Dos Carolinas, Caroline did most of the work herself, from designing unique guayaberas to sewing pristine pin-tucks.
One of Pearl's original restaurants. Chef Johnny Hernandez spent five years traveling throughout Mexico to develop La Gloria's menu, which is filled with the heavenly flavors found among the street vendors, taquerias, and kitchens of interior Mexico.
Chef Johnny Hernandez, one of the premier Mexican cuisine chefs in the country, was born and raised in a community of first-generation Mexican American families and grew up surrounded by the foods and traditions of interior Mexico that made their way across the border. He attended the prestigious Culinary Institute of America in New York and worked in several notable kitchens around the country, but the most profound influence on Chef Hernandez's culinary style has been his extensive travels throughout Mexico. His time spent exploring the cultural nuances of the country's many regions to develop La Gloria's menu has shaped his vision to create authentic and accessible interior Mexican cuisine.
The brainchild local chef Johnny Hernandez—West Side bred and a grad of the prestigious Culinary Institute of America at Hyde Park—, the restaurant turned Mexican food on its head for most of SA. Many of the dishes that he introduced seemed exotic to a customer base whose idea of Mexican food was quite Americanized and always included complimentary tortilla chips and salsa.
Texas Monthly
If there is any one restaurant in San Antonio that has the most folks shaking their maracas, it's La Gloria, which means heaven in Spanish.
Garden and Gun
La Gloria summer 2014. (JENNIFER WHITNEY for The Pearl)La Gloria summer 2014. (JENNIFER WHITNEY for The Pearl)
The casual icehouse atmosphere says Texas, but the food says pure Mexico, with simple, well-made favorites that incorporate the best flavors and techniques of traditional cooking.
