Ramones mural permanently replaces front window at San Antonio's The Mix

Bar management says the window was boarded over after 'an Edgar got his head bashed through' it.

By Stephanie Koithan on Wed, Aug 28, 2024 at 4:07 pm

This new Ramones mural replaces a broken window along a popular stretch of the St. Mary's Strip.

Prolific muralist Nik Soupé — aka "Soup" — has added a new creation depicting influential punk group the Ramones to the front of San Antonio music venue The Mix.

The mural went up overnight in late July at the long-running St. Mary's Strip nightspot, where a window had been smashed before being boarded over.

"An Edgar got his head bashed through the window," explained Andrew Gonzales, The Mix's general manager.

Two men got into an altercation outside the club around 3 a.m. one night while staff was closing up, according to Gonzales. The sound of shattering glass drew their attention to the after-hours brawl outside.

At that point, the window had been broken so many times The Mix's owners decided they were done replacing it. Believe it or not, the first time the window came crashing down was during a slam poetry event — also, coincidentally, Gonzales's first shift at the bar.

The alleged Edgar brawl was the last straw. When Soup arrived at his regular haunt and asked about the boarded-up window, management said they'd actually been meaning to approach him about a permanent solution…

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