Cowboy Breakfast draws crowd

The San Antonio Express-News reports:

Promoters say this year's Cowboy Breakfast was a roaring success with an impressive attendance, despite temperatures dipping into the 20s, reaching just below 40 degrees at the end of the event. “Oh, I'd have to guess at least 40,000 people were here because we went through all of the food that we had,” said Bert Mazoc, vice chair, Cowboy Breakfast Association. “It was a heck of a day for as cold as it was.” And then there's the coffee, complimentary and plentiful. This year, officials vowed to break the Guinness world record set in London. Charles Gass of McDonald's, who'd been peddling coffee all morning, said they were aiming for 5,000 cups, but he thought he'd served at least 9,000. Documenting every single cup is the hard part, he said. The breakfast is the official kickoff of rodeo season in San Antonio...