Otto's Ice House

“Brezeln”-style; served with house beer cheese and pretzel mustard

Queso fresco, toasted pepitas, and cilantro; served with tortilla chips or chicharrones and salsa

Tortilla chips or chicharrones with pickled jalapeños

Border Spiced or Classic Buffalo ; served with blue cheese dressing, carrots and celery; Add Picadillo 4

Crispy taquitos stuffed with smoked chicken, Mexican cheese, roasted salsa verde; served with avocado crema & queso

Individual tostadas topped with refried beans, cheddar cheese, pico de gallo, guacamole, and pickled jalapeños. Additional add-ons:

Crispy bacon, cheddar, pickled jalapeños, green onions; served with homemade ranch dressing *Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk for foodborne illness, especially if you have a medical condition.

Cherry tomato, cucumber, pickled red onion, radish, croutons, and choice of dressing

Avocado tostada, crispy bacon, cherry tomato, croutons, and parmesan-chive dressing All sandwiches come with french fries

Grilled or fried chicken breast

3 crispy beef tacos with cheddar, queso, shredded lettuce, & pico de gallo

Double-stack patties, melted American cheese, chopped onions, Otto’s sauce, toasted potato bun

Chicken schnitzel breaded and fried, SOTX hot sauce, dill pickles, comeback slaw, on a toasted potato bun

Griddled double stack patties, caramelized onions, Swiss cheese, Emma's sauce, Texas toast

Crispy bacon, romaine lettuce, avocado, hot house tomatoes, mayo, Texas toast

GOODE COMPANY

Vanilla bean or Dutch chocolate. Toppers (choose two): Hot fudge, cajeta, candied pecans, pretzel pieces, sea salt, chocolate chips, sprinkles, peanut butter cups

Baked in-house

Choose from Big Red, Mexican Coke, or Barq's Root Beer

Pueblo Viejo blanco tequila, lime, orange liqueur, salt tincture

Pueblo Viejo blanco tequila, lime, orange liqueur, salt tincture

Wild Turkey bourbon, piloncillo, bitters

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Mezcal Amaras Verde, lemon, honey, cayenne

Pueblo Viejo blanco tequila, lime, salt tincture, Topo Chico

Planteray white & dark rums, lemon, passionfruit, orange, Topo Chico

Ketel One Botanicals Cucumber & Mint, lime, agave, key lime ginger beer

Deep Eddy’s cranberry vodka, cranberry, lime, orange liqueur, Topo Chico

Deep Eddy’s lemon vodka, lemon, salt tincture, Topo Chico

Pueblo Viejo blanco tequila, lime, grapefruit, Jarritos grapefruit soda

Carta Blanca, Corona Extra, Dos XX, Modelo Especial, Modelo Negra, Pacifico, Victoria

Bud Light, Budweiser, Coors Light, Coors Banquet, Lone Star Light, Michelob Ultra, Miller Lite, Shiner Light Blonde

Texas Special, Karbach Love Street, St. Arnold’s Lawnmower, Live Oak Hefeweizen, Altstadt Amber, St. Arnold’s Art Car IPA, Lone Pint Yellow Rose IPA, Four Corners El Chingon IPA, Lakewood Temptress Stout

Pacifico tallboy, shot of ice-cold tequila

Pinthouse Electric Jellyfish, shot of ice-cold gin

Lone Star tallboy, shot of ice-cold bourbon questionable character, Otto then sought to secure Emma B (mistress #2) with a proposal, which she rejected. Passionately. In fact, she refused his efforts with a fatal gunshot, THUS OFFING OTTO FOREVERMORE. With Otto henceforth humbled, THE ORIGINAL EMMA (EMMA KOEHLER) STEPPED INTO POWER, resourcefully leading the brewery through Prohibition and into a new era of prosperity. Beloved by the community, hers is the handsome brewery-turned-hotel— Hotel Emma—that you see across the river while you sit at this picnic table. And here we have Otto’s, named as such because—while we would clearly never cast judgment upon the deceased—it’s a cheerful reminder to THINK ABOUT THE STORY YOU WANT TO LEAVE BEHIND.

Otto’s Ice House is located in San Antonio’s Pearl district, named for the HISTORIC PEARL BREWERY (est. 1883) that once thrived here. For years, the popular brewery boasted the best-selling beer in the state of Texas—its eponymous XXX Pearl, a recipe secured by its industrious leader, Otto Koehler. In many respects, OTTO KOEHLER is remembered as a shrewd businessman, proud San Antonian, and beacon of a beer boomtown, expanding and presiding over the prosperous Pearl Brewery UNTIL HIS UNTIMELY DEATH in 1914—more on that in a moment—after which point his wife, Emma Koehler, took the helm. However, she is not the only Emma in this story. There are but THREE EMMAS WITH WHOM OTTO WAS ROMANTICALLY ENTANGLED: Emma Koehler (his wife). Emma Dumpke (his wife’s nurse). And Emma Burgermeister (Emma D’s roommate). Come to think of it, we’re not sure who was running the brewery. RUMOR HAS IT that after Emma D (mistress #1) became affianced to a less

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with house beer cheese and pretzel mustard

Tortilla chips or chicharrones

SOTX Spiced or Classic Buffalo.

Crispy bacon, cheddar, pickled jalapeños, green onions

Single crispy taco with cheddar, queso, shredded lettuce, & pico de gallo

Hill Country Smashburger, a frosty mug of draft beer, and a shot!

Choice of any Draft Beer. Friend Required.

Choose any 5 beers (bottles & 12 oz cans only)

Wild Turkey bourbon, piloncillo, bitters

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