SEPTEMBER 9TH, 5:30 – 730 PM

$10 Cover includes Valet and Specialty Cocktail

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• Receive a 25% Discount on Dining at Las Ramblas the Night of
Sips & Salsa (valid that night only)
• Enjoy Happy Hour Prices on Drinks and Tapas until 7pm
• Salsa and Latin Jazz Music
• Salsa Instructors and Dancers from Semenya Ballroom
• September Specialty Drink & Salsa
• “Melon Pear Mojitos”
• “Mango Salsa” (with chips) – Complimentary

Enter to Win a VIP Office Party

• Register with Business Card to Win a VIP Office Party for your
company at an Upcoming Sips and Salsa
• Office Party Includes: Free VIP Room for Your Office Party,
Private Bartender, and 50% Off Full Tapas Menu.

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Kids Really Love Hotel Contessa - Kids 8 and Under Eat FREE at Las Ramblas + Parent Enjoy 25 % Off Our Best Available Rates!

For our loyal blog readers, Facebook Fans, and Twitter followers we’ve created a special rate offer for the month of March. That’s right, we know you’re taking a break soon sometime this month believe you deserve some R&R.

We have 25% OFF our Best Available Rates for the month of March, including Spring Break. Bring the kids, too, Las Ramblas has a special that you’re sure to love — Kids 8 and Under Eat FREE (with purchase of an adult entree at Las Ramblas)!

Click here for this package!

That’s right, we’ve got an “App” for that!

Mmmmm..... Delicious - Patatas Bravas and Crispy Leeks and Spicy Garlic Harissa (Dinner Menu)

We’ve got tasty “app”etizers as part of our Tapas selection (view menus). We have Shrimp ala Plancha with Salsa Romesco and Smoked Sea Salt which is perfect to start off the night, or try our Patatas Bravas and Crispy Leeks and Spicy Garlic Harissa (pictured). Enjoy a nice small dish on the Riverwalk in our outdoor dining, it’s picture perfect trust us – also try our our Spanish wines and Sangria which highly complement your app. Whatever your craving, we’ve got an “app” for that!

All puns aside, we do have an app! Reserve a table online now at Las Ramblas! You can check for available seating on OpenTable, from your computer or on your mobile phone. For iPhones, just go to the App Store and download the “OpenTable” app and search for “Las Ramblas”. Save time and a table using OpenTable.

Braised Lamb Shank with Spanish Sherry Demi as prepared by Executive Chef of Las Ramblas, Brian West

This decadent recipe comes from one of San Antonio’s finest chefs, Brian West, Executive Chef of Las Ramblas at the Hotel Contessa.

Ingredients

6 Lamb Shanks
1 cup red wine
3 carrots, peeled, rough chopped
15 roma tomatoes, rough chopped
3 onions, rough chopped
5 guajillos
2 oranges, cut in half
4 cinammon sticks
1 1/2 Bay leaves
1/2 ounce Fresh thyme
1/2 ounce Fresh Oregano
veal stock (enough to cover meat)
2 cups sherry
butter

Directions

Season lamb shanks and sear off in saute pan. Read More

Lady in Red Martini - Recipe by Daniel Quiroz of The Cork Bar, Hotel Contessa

This month as a special treat, we’ve devised a spectacular uplifting drink that is ideal for the Holiday season. The uniquely named “Lady in Red Martini” was concocted by The Cork Bar’s Bartender, Daniel Quiroz.

If you’re more in the mood to relax in an ambient setting juxtaposed against the River Walk, we suggest joining Daniel Quiroz at The Cork Bar for one of his signature creations!

Be sure to keep tabs on Daniel Quiroz at The Cork Bar at the Hotel Contessa in downtown San Antonio on the Riverwalk!

Ingredients

1 1/4 oz Vodka
1 oz Cointreau
3/4 oz Cranberry Juice
1/4 oz Lime Juice
1/4 oz Simple Syrup

Directions

Fill pint glass with ice, add all ingredients to martini shaker.
Shake vigorously for 1 to 2 minutes.
Strain into chilled martini glass.
Garnish with blood orange wheel.