★★★★ (4 Stars)

Where can you get a 16 oz. bottle of Coca Cola, Sprite, or Dr. Pepper downtown for only $1? This little Coke machine at the Houston Street Garage, also known as the MidCity Garage, has saved me many times when I’ve looked in the fridge for a cold soda only to find that, yet again, I had only stocked beer.

All the convenience stores around the area charge at least $1.79 for a 16 oz. bottle of soda and this doesn’t even include tax.  You can almost get 2 sodas at this soda machine for the price the convenience stores around downtown charge.

I would have given this machine 5 stars, but I’m deducting one star because its a fancy machine that has a clear glass front where you can see the machine grabbing the soda and placing it in the little drop box.  While it looks cool, this process takes so damn long.  Just drop it down into the drop box like the old machines used to!  That was so much faster.

This machine is located in the elevator lobby area.

★★★ (3 Stars)

There weren’t many places open downtown San Antonio on Memorial Day Weekend.  I was walking around to see what was open and found Delivery Market.

They had a nice little selection of sandwiches with fresh deli meats they slice right there.  The sandwich was tasty and they were quick to get the order out.

The sandwich I ordered was around 7 dollars.  I bought a soda and chips to go with it which brought the total to about 11 dollars; a little expensive for a sandwich, chips, and a soda, IMO.  Their website says that they offer pizza 1 large for 11.99.  Sounds like a better deal.  I’ll have to try it next time.

The service was really friendly and I think I’ll go every now and then when everywhere else is closed.  This way, I’m not paying a premium price for a sandwich.

In addition to the deli, they offer various grocery items such as chips, vegetables, bread, canned soup, and other regular grocery goods.  Of course, being that it’s a small market located downtown in a tourist area, the prices are a bit higher than going to a bigger grocery store such as H-E-B.