Commerce, where other Alcoser family members also worked.
#The east side gamblers series
With their extended family, Carolina and Francisco Alcoser Rodriguez - commonly identified by their first surname - were associated with a series of restaurants, whose progress was traced by San Antonio Conservation Society library intern Cole Murray through the library’s extensive collection of city directories.Īs listed in the 1922-1923 volume, another relative, Catarina (probably a typo for Catarino, as seen elsewhere) owned the Brownskin Chili Stand at 403 E. Commerce St., in the commercial heart of the historically African American neighborhood. Last week’s column, answering a question from Leo Reyes about an East Side restaurant operated by his grandparents, opened the door on a flourishing, extralegal subculture headquartered in a building behind the Brownskin Café at 511 E. Leo Reyes / courtesy / Show More Show Less 2 of2 Show More Show Less
Many of the family members worked at the cafe. To Guzman’s left is another daughter, Maggie, and to her left, wearing glasses and a dark cap, is Carolina’s husband and the children's father, Francisco Alcoser Rodriguez. Standing third from left behind the counter is Carolina Guzman, the family matriarch and mother of Trine and Luis. Seated at the counter is Trinidad and behind her is her brother, Luis. Members of the Alcoser family gather at the Brownskin Café on the East Side in this 1930s photo.