Fish Tacos to Die For

Well, what do you know. I found some FISH TACOS to die for. Of all places they are at Van’s Burgers in Mathis Texas.

A sleepy almost abandoned cotton town located about 100 miles south of San Antonio, Mathis is a step back in time with its boarded shops and one main drag, but located about one block off the main street this nicely appointed Sports Pub is a great place to eat for lunch. The fish is fried talipia put into small corn tortillas and topped with a wonderful green tangy-sweet avocado sauce and red cabbage.

I’ll let the picture speak for itself.

Gettin Juiced

Have you ever wondered if there was a natural alternative to all the sugar drinks and other carbs that are being foisted off on the public these days? Ever wondered about why all the aches and pains, the sleepless nights, the belly flab despite sweating your ass of at the gym?

Have you ever had that little tickle of an idea in the back of your mind that many of medical opinions and treatments, really amount to giving people pills to take away the symptoms of an underlying problem, rather than actually working to correct the underlying problem in the first place?

It really does make a difference what you put into your body.
 Good Fuel with MicroNutrients = Better Health

I wonder these things. Yeah, I know that I have availed myself of medical treatment from time to time (for example getting bionic eyes stuck in my head several years ago), and know that when I cut my left finger off because of bad chain saw karma, I will be going to a hospital where they have trained medical doctors, I still, from time to time, have this sneaking feeling that there are more threads to the tapestry of good health than the thread of running to the doctor's office to get a pill that covers up symptoms and itself creates even more problems.

If you are like me, and having these feelings that there is more to the total picture of health than the gym or the doctor's office, then you will be happy to know of Juicer Heroes, a janky little joint that I was turned on to a couple weeks ago.

Just some of the all natural ingredients used by JuicerHeroes

Run by 2 brothers who go by the street names of KaleMan and SuperFood, Juicer Heroes is a place where you can get a serving of healthy, natural, made-before-your-eyes juices filled with micro-nutrients, comprising anti-oxidants, vitamins and minerals, that can be used instantly by the body.

With names such as Great Green (spinach, cucumber cantaloupe, ginger) and Purple Power (collard, kale, beet, grapefruit, pineapple, ginger) you know instantly that you are getting something way different than the "juice" that sits on the shelf at the local supermarket.

"Padre" makes up some healthy alternatives to take you to better health

Dr. Boss serving up a helping of
endocrine interaction information at one
of his weekly "Better Health" info sessions

Not only can you get a great juice, but you can enjoy it while attending one of the informative weekly health education presentations given by Dr. Michael Boss who has extensive experience in Functional Diagnostic Medicine including Functional Endocrinology (Hormone imbalances), Functional Blood Chemistry, Functional Thyroid Balance and Disorders, Functional Brain and Neurotransmitter Imbalances, Autoimmune Disease evaluation and treatment, and Pre-diabetes/Diabetes evaluation and treatment, Inflammatory Disease evaluation and treatment, Menopause/Perimenopause/Andropause evaluation and treatment and more.

Located on the west side of 281, next to Discount Tire, Juicer Heroes is a place to include in your search for a group of people passionate about holistic approaches to health.

　
Juicer Heroes

15337 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, TX

(210) 233-9958

www.juicerheroes.com

A happpy customer gets
her daily dose of goodness

Disclaimer - I am an ex-engineer whose spiritual awareness was, for many years, at about the level of a slug. In zen-speak, I guess you could say that it was so bad that I was operating almost entirely out of the first chakra. In other words, if the conversation did not include the words, concrete, steel, bulldozer, calculus, then, as far as I was concerned, it was all just a bunch of girlie hooey. Fast forward after 30 years of that kind of grind, which, while it did have its benefits of putting food on the table, took its toll and lead me to re-evaluate.

Thus it is now that I take my omega-3's, my potassium, only eat one bag of Lays potato chips every 6 months, eat sauerkraut with my scrambled eggs ... and drink stuff made from veggies such as KaleMan Creation and CrossfitExtreme.

And no, like always, the only graft and corruption I have gotten out of writing this piece is the fun in taking the photos, talking with the people, and doing the write up.

Not the Usual Stuff - Chunky's Burgers

"I’ll take one of those "Hickory Burger" things.

And so began my trip down the rabbit hole of psychedelic tongue wonder at Chunky’s Burgers located at the rear of The Hangar, one of the bars on what I call the Broadway Club Zone, located just south of the intersection of Broadway and 410.

I had come to do photo coverage of the bikini contest being held that night at the Hangar, and after a couple hours getting some shots for stock and editorial coverage, I was hungry and decided to give the place a try.

Thus it came to be that I was standing there right next to the pool table, giving my order thru the slot window at the back of the bar to the order cook who goes by the name Kino.

Cyrstal Cavazos seves up one of the
kick ass burgers to be found at Chunky's located
in The Hangar Bar, 8203 Broadway Street

Just being thankful for anything, I was not expecting much. Man, was I ever surprised, for on getting that burger and biting into it, my taste buds lit up like a Christmas tree. Talk about a dopamine rush - and speaking quite frankly, I do not see why people need to do coke when they have this kind of legal stuff all around.

First off, the burger came hot off the grill with no waiting around to get cold, and second ( a very important second) the bun was toasted on the grill, and the bottom of it was hot, hot, hot, quite unlike those that are found at many places such as Chester’s which itself makes a pretty good burger, but which has failed to catch on that you do not leave the bun laying out on a cold stainless table while the patty cooks.

Back to Chunky’s - So hot was the bun that I had to put it down because it was steaming my fingers, but because my hunger curve was steeper than my pain tolerance curve, I let it cool a few seconds, and then took my first bite.

Even before the taste of the patty, I was hit by the crunch of the onion rings laid into the hickory sauce on top of the meat itself. Next, the taste of the tangy sauce hit me, being followed in train by the prick of some sort of pepper heat., and then the burger. To me, it tasted like a good sirloin steak, having just the right combination of fat and meat, which is sooo important to having a flavorful experience, and 

Kino - man behind the scenes at
Chunky's located in the Hangar
8203 Broadway Street

I plowed right through the thing. It was not until I was about halfway thru that I remembered that I am a street photographer too, but alas that I had gotten so far ahead of myself and had already eaten the photographic evidence! Oh well, win some lose some.


Seeing that I am just the gregarious sort, and figure that everybody wants to listen to what I have to say, I went to the window, and sticking my head in, got the attention of Connie, Kino and Crystal, who at first must have thought I was coming to complain. Quite the contrary, and I told them that this was the most kickassedness burger I ever had. It was then that I found out that this Chunky’s was featured on Man vs Food when the host came down to eat the Four Horsemen Burger - the one made with the "ghost chili" - the pepper that is the hottest in the world.


We talked a bit more about what made the burgers so good, and I truly believe that it is because they come off a seasoned grill which somehow imparts a hard-to-describe body to the food. Kino confirmed my take on things.


In summary - props to Kino, Connie, and Crystal at Chunky’s Burgers in the Hangar.


StreetMan's Recommendation - Thumbs Up
　
Disclaimer:
For those of you wondering if this is one of those paid write-ups in exchange for graft and corruption, I tell you that it is not. I do not work for the clubs, or the circuit, and I was not asked to write this review. I am a street photographer seeking to explore, in real time, what people do in their everyday lives, and when I run across something that really jacks me up, I write about it. Thus it is that I came to write up this article and the others below:


The Smoke Shack
Rocker Dogz
Revolution Room
The Hangar Bikini Contest

　
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