How many years have I covered restaurants in San Antonio without going to the CIA for breakfast? Too many. Let me save you from that lapse of judgment. Because the window’s only open for a few months out of the year, and we’re right in the middle of that window.

Until April 16, make sad eyes at the door of Savor at the Culinary Institute of America at Pearl anytime from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and they’ll let you in for a sit-down breakfast of quiche, brioche French toast and a dozen other dishes, or a grab-and-go menagerie of croissants, baguettes, Napoleons, cookies, tarts and scones.

The best part? You’re supporting the work of students in the CIA’s baking and pastry program. They make everything; they serve everything. And it’s not like rolling the dice on a barber-school haircut. These highly motivated bakers and shakers are backed up by CIA faculty pros.

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