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Old Posted Aug 1, 2022, 2:48 PM
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First Mate was once the seafood king in San Antonio

https://www.expressnews.com/food/article/First-Mate-San-Antonio-seafood-17330199.php

Over five decades ago, San Antonio furniture man Jay S. Honigblum had the most unlikely idea. He believed that San Antonians were secretly hungry for fish.

The civic appetite of the old Cow Town was already entrenched from decades of Mexican food.

But Honingblum had this hunch, which for a short time in the 1970s proved to be a smashing success: San Antonians also wanted deep-fried fish and shrimp.

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Years after First Mate closed, other nautical-themed restaurants in San Antonio and South Texas opened, including Spanish Galleon, a seafood restaurant designed to resemble a large, multi-decked ship used by Spain in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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