{"id":244162,"date":"2026-04-10T21:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/244162\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T21:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T21:37:07","slug":"fajita-bash-in-san-antonio-makes-a-change-charges-entry-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/244162\/","title":{"rendered":"Fajita bash in San Antonio makes a change, charges entry fee"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio’s largest carne\u00a0asada pop-up is returning with its annual cooking competition<\/a> that challenges some of the city’s top chefs to put their\u00a0fajitas to the test. But this year, there appears to be a slight change in order.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Fajita Lounge<\/a> is bringing back its Fajita Lounge Showdown for a fourth year, with festivities going from 5 p.m. to midnight on Sunday, April 12, at Gimme Gimme in Southtown. This time around, the event will feature nine competitors, four celebrity judges and a $10 cover at the door, according to a news release. In the past, the event has been advertised as free and first-come, first-served.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The lineup will\u00a0include returning champs, Leche de Tigre, and challenging teams from\u00a0The Magpie,\u00a0Naco Mexican, Little Death, Aguazul, El Weinecero, Porc Slap, Burritos Dorada and San Antonio Fire Department Stations 7 and 28. The winning chef team will win $500 as a grand prize.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Judges will include Texas Monthly Taco editor\u00a0Jos\u00e9 R. Ralat, San Antonio influencer Mike Dubya, Culturemap editor Brandon Watson and\u00a0New York Times\u00a0bestselling author ArnieTex, whose Arnie Asadas Seasonings will be used for the fajitas during the showdown. The Fajita Lounge Showdown will also feature a charro beans station that uses the same seasonings. Specialty cocktails made with Live Oak Vodka will be available during the event.<\/p>\n

Find it: 803 S. St. Mary’s St., San Antonio, TX 78205<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio’s largest carne\u00a0asada pop-up is returning with its annual cooking competition that challenges some of the city’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1112,820,82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-244162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-mysafood","9":"tag-mysastaff","10":"tag-san-antonio","11":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","12":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}