Mar 02 2010
Buckhorn Saloon in San Antonio, Texas
Buckhorn Saloon
If you’re visiting San Antonio, you’ll likely come across a brochure for the Buckhorn Saloon and Museum. This unique Texas place is well-known for its collection of animal mounts, and is located just blocks from the Alamo and the Riverwalk.
We stopped at the Buckhorn for lunch on a rainy day after visiting the San Antonio Children’s Museum, which is just across the street. We ordered our counter-service lunch and found plenty of seating available for our family in the saloon area. Lunch at the Buckhorn was acceptable, although nothing special. It advertises reasonable prices, which are similar to what you’d pay at a bar & grill-type restaurant. They were out of one of the kids’ meal choices when we were there, which was disappointing for our son.
My son desperately wanted to see the museum portion, which includes the Buckhorn Museum and the Texas Rangers Museum on a single ticket, but we we were short on time and the admission price was more than we wanted to spend. (He was similarly disappointed the previous day when we wouldn’t spend the money to go to Ripley’s or Guinness.) We were told that it generally takes about an hour and a half to go through the museum.
Even without seeing the wildlife in the museum, there were several stuffed animals on display in the saloon area, so the kids were able to get a taste for what would be included in the museum.
Whether or not you go through the museum, it’s interesting to see the saloon, and there’s no charge to visit it or the gift shop.
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