Dining Guide

Savor

Stroll around San Antonio’s inviting Pearl retail development, visiting cool little boutiques and ogling the Hotel Emma’s vast lobby. Then have a bite at Savor, the new student-staffed restaurant from the Culinary Institute of America (its local campus is here). The current dinner menu (in effect through mid-April) is global in scope: think smooth curried carrot and red lentil soup, beef tartare boosted with a shot of adobo, and individual coconut cakes accessorized with dabs of avocado-lime gel. Reasonable prices—$38 for three courses, $46 for four, à la carte in the bar area—help you forgive the rare flub. The sleek contemporary venue will close between semesters, then reopen with a whole new bill of fare.