Sophisticated Eats
Hotel Valencia Riverwalk Citrus Restaurant & Vbar in San Antonio
At Hotel Valencia Riverwalk, enjoy a delicious meal and your favorite cocktail in vibrant intimate settings. Citrus restaurant offers an eclectic cuisine with a focus on local ingredients, perfect for romantic dinners, events or business dinners. Click here to read more about Citrus restaurant.
Vbar, the place to be seen on the Riverwalk offers intimate and cozy settings for enjoying your favorite drink. Vbar is an elegant bar and lounge featuring an eclectic mix of small plate tapas and gorgeous views of the Riverwalk. Click here to read more about Vbar.
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PERFECT PAELLA AT CITRUS
Citrus at Hotel Valencia Riverwalk offers its Paella/Pasta bar Monday through Friday from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For only $8.95 guests will receive their choice of pasta or paella made to order, soup & salad. Complimentary valet parking is available for Citrus guests. For more information, call 210.230.8412, or make lunch reservations online.
FEATURED ARTIST AT CITRUS - Janice Elaine Cooper
San Antonio artist, Janice Elaine Cooper, premiers her art show in the wine room of Citrus Restaurant from July through September, featuring surrealistic and abstract paintings. Cooper works in oil, mixed media and acrylics and enjoys working with all kinds of genres. Join us at her complimentary wine and cheese reception on Thursday, July 22, 2010 in the Citrus Restaurant wine room, located inside Hotel Valencia Riverwalk, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Complimentary valet parking will also be provided.
ARTICLES AND AWARDS
- 2010 AAA Diamond Award Citrus Restaurant
- National Culinary Review of Executive Chef Balfour
- 2009 Express News Readers Choice Award - Citrus Restaurant received Silver
 
HOTEL VALENCIA RIVERWALK TO OFFER GUESTS NATURA WATER
Local Hotel Continues to Lead the Way in Sustainability
San Antonio, TX – In an effort to continue our commitment to the
environment, Hotel Valencia Riverwalk is pleased to announce we will be offering
Natura ® water to our guests throughout the hotel and in all restaurants. Hotel
Valencia Riverwalk is one of the first hotels in downtown San Antonio to offer Natura
water to guests and the only hotel to remove pre-packaged bottled water from all
food and beverage menus. VIEW FULL RELEASE
Click here for more information on Natura Water
"Sustainable Sips"
"BEVERAGES THAT CAN HELP THE PLANET, PAY FARMERS A LIVING WAGE AND TASTE GOOD, TOO." By Kathryn Jones
"GOING GREEN AT THAT NEXT MEETING or event can be as simple as enjoying a cup of coffee or a glass of iced tea. Just make your coffee the fair trade variety and break out the organic beverages that are all the rage in this age of growing eco-conscious consumption. Coffee, of course, is as vital to getting a meeting off to a good start as an energetic kick-off speaker. As more people become aware of the dark side of low consumer prices and cheap labor, however, they want to know what goes into making that cup of java besides coffee beans and water. Did the workers who raised and harvested the crop toil in sweatshop-like conditions? Were children forced into labor? Did small farmers get paid enough to break free of poverty?"....
"Conference managers at venues and hotel chefs appear to be ahead of the curve in choosing free trade coffee, sustainable teas and organic beverages such as wine. "We're starting to introduce the beverages even before they're asked for," said Sarah Linley, conference service manager for the Hotel Valencia Riverwalk in San Antonio.
For instance, Katz Coffee, a small-batch fair trade and organic speacialty roaster in Houston, supplies a custom blend exclusive to the hotel. Linley noted she has yet to receive a request specifically for fair trade coffee for a meeting or special event. But when clients learn that the hotel serves a Texas-made product that's also organic and certified as a fair trade product, they often say, "Oh, that's great."" VIEW FULL ARTICLE
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