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Harris Bay planning 1,000-unit, mixed-use development in rapidly-growing Tobin Hill

November 3, 2022 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

A 1,000-unit apartment development, spread across four parcels, is being proposed for West Josephine Street near North St. Mary's Street by developer Jake Harris in San Antonio, Texas. This is Polk Street, between West Josephine and West Grayson.

Developer Jake Harris is planning to build a 1,000-apartment project West Josephine that would also touch the St. Mary’s Strip. If built, it would add the flurry of new housing developments either under construction or in the planning stage for Tobin Hill.

Filed Under: Development, Housing, Midtown & Pearl, Neighborhoods, Nightlife, North St. Mary's, Parking, Retail, St. Mary's Street, Tobin Hill Tagged With: Alfonso Robalin, Chad Cary, Embrey Partners, Harris Bay, Jake Harris, Mario Bravo, Matt Shafiezadeh, Nathaniel Hawthorne Academy, North St. Mary's Street, Opportunity Home San Antonio, Oxbow Development Group, Patrick Christensen, Pearl, Polk Street, Sabot Development, San Antonio River, St. Mary's Strip, Texas Neon Advertising Company, The Josephine, The Lonesome Rose, The Lynd Co., Tin Top Flats at The Creamery, Tobin Hill, Tobin Hill Community Association, Travis Building, Urban Genesis, West Grayson Street, West Josephine Street

Hops & Hounds planning new location on Museum Reach segment of San Antonio’s River Walk

June 17, 2022 By Richard Webner 1 Comment

Hops & Hounds, a restaurant and dog park, is slated to open at 1123 Avenue B on the Museum Reach, around December 2022.

Hops & Hounds, a restaurant and dog park on the Northeast Side, plans to open a second location on the River Walk in north downtown next to Elsewhere Garden Bar & Kitchen.

Filed Under: Avenue B, Business, Food & Drink, Midtown & Pearl, Museum Reach, Nightlife, Pets & Animals, River North, River Walk Tagged With: Beaty Palmer Architects, Cavender family, Clint Wynn, Elsewhere Garden Bar & Kitchen, Hixon Properties, Hops & Hounds, Jamie Hardaway, Lee Beekly, Mila Coffee, Museum Reach, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, River Walk, The Soto

Austin entrepreneurs plan to open cluster of bars on North Alamo in downtown San Antonio

June 17, 2022 By Richard Webner Leave a Comment

An Austin partnership plans to convert this cluster of buildings at 901 N. Alamo St. into four bars.

Two entrepreneurs from Austin plan to add to the growing bar district on North Alamo Street by renovating a cluster of buildings into four bars, including a performance venue.

Filed Under: Business, Nightlife, North Alamo, Transactions Tagged With: Ace Spring Service, Bentley’s Beer Garden, Cavender family, David Adelman, Ed Cross, Grunt Style, Hen House, Hixon Properties, Hudson Crocket Holdings, La Roca Cantina, North Alamo Street, Roadmap Brewing Co., Rouhi Alameddine, Social Spot, The Lucky Duck, The Soto, Tony's Siesta, Wade Nguyen

Incoming sports bar McIntyre’s drawing concerns from some in San Antonio’s Lavaca neighborhood

March 24, 2022 By Ben Olivo 55 Comments

The future home of McIntyre's, a sports bar from Houston, rests on land bound by South Presa, Clauda and South St. Mary's streets. March 9, 2022.

Though it has yet to take shape, McIntyre’s, a Houston-based sports bar, has already ruffled the feathers of some in the Lavaca neighborhood.

Filed Under: Architecture, Business, Development, Food & Drink, Lavaca, Neighborhoods, Nightlife, Retail, South Presa, South St. Mary's, Southtown Tagged With: Bar Ludivine, Braun Enterprises, Brian McIntyre, Chase McIntyre, Hands Down, King William, Kyle Berg, Lavaca, Lavaca Historic District, Lavaca Neighborhood Association, McIntyre’s, Melissa Stendahl, Nick Melde, Office of Historic Preservation, OHP, Taco Haven, The Haven Southtown, We Are Southtown

Breakaway Brewing Co. slated to open in Government Hill in San Antonio this fall

February 20, 2022 By Ben Olivo 47 Comments

Breakaway Brewing Company is slated to open at 1518 E. Grayson St. in Government Hill sometime in the fall.

A new brewery called Breakaway Brewing is coming to the downtown area, this time to the rapidly growing Government Hill neighborhood.

Filed Under: Business, East Side, Food & Drink, Government Hill, Neighborhoods, Nightlife, Retail Tagged With: Betty's Battalion, Breakaway Brewing Company, Chris Pal-Freeman, Encore Multifamily, Folklores Coffee House, Government Hill, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Caisson, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Lackland Air Force Base

Staybridge Suites purchase expands local partnership’s St. Paul Square control

January 27, 2022 By Richard Webner 79 Comments

The Staybridge Suites, 123 Hoefgen Ave., was recently purchased by a local partnership that includes developer David Adelman.

Over the last five years, the partnership of developer David Adelman, and real estate executives Michael Jersin and Don Thomas of CBRE, have come to dominate St. Paul Square.

Filed Under: Commerce Street, East Downtown, Hotels, Nightlife, St. Paul Square, Transactions Tagged With: 1902 Nightclub, Aiden by Best Western, Bartell Zachry, CBRE, Cellar Mixology, Charles Leddy, Cuishe Cocina Mexicana, David Adelman, David Zachry, Don Thomas, East Commerce, East Commerce Realty LLC, Gonzales Street, Hoefgen Avenue, Michael Jersin, Presidian Hotels and Resorts, SSG Hotel LLC, St. Paul Square, Staybridge Suites, Sunset Station, The Baldwin, The Espee, The Spire, Toro Kitchen + Bar, Vaquero Ventures, VIA Metropolitan Transit, Vidorra, Weinritter Realty, Zachry Construction Co.

Artistic memorial to Taco Land owner Ram Ayala goes up at San Antonio’s Velvet Taco

May 22, 2021 By San Antonio Current 2 Comments

Matt Simpson spreads thin-set onto the wall of Velvet Taco while Mig Kokinda figures out which hand-stenciled tiles go on next.

Ram Ayala, the late owner of Taco Land, received a fitting tribute last Saturday with the installation of a memorial mosaic at the site of the storied underground rock club.

Filed Under: Art, Food & Drink, Music, Nightlife, Tobin Hill Tagged With: "Gypsy Doug" Morgan, Jeff Smith, Matt Simpson, Mig Kokinda, Pearl, Ram Ayala, SausTex Records, Taco Land, Tacoland, Velvet Taco

B&D Ice House returns to its roots as Bruno’s Dive Bar

April 7, 2021 By Rocky Garza Jr. 3 Comments

The Newmans have transformed B&D Ice House into Bruno’s Dive Bar, in honor of Bruno and Diane Dzanksi, the original owners of B&D.

Filed Under: Alamo Street, Food & Drink, Nightlife, Southtown Tagged With: B&D Ice House, Bruno Dzanski, Bruno's Dive Bar, Diane Dzanski, Jody Newman, Mel Ramos, Steve Newman, The Friendly Spot

Pabst expands its downtown San Antonio footprint with immersive art pop-up at the Aztec Theatre

April 6, 2021 By Josh Feola 3 Comments

Entitled “In Living Pixels,” the immersive show will feature work by seven San Antonio-based artists and begins this Friday.

Filed Under: Art, Aztec Theatre, Museums, Music, Nightlife Tagged With: Aztec Theatre, Canopy By Hilton, Charlie Kitchen, Chris Sauter, Domeinic Jimenez, Live Nation, Midnight Swim, Natalia Rocafuerte, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Paloma Cortez, Pamela Rachél, Seamus Gallagher, Travis Park Church, Wide Awake

No last call: Even after the recent death of owner Kenneth Garrett, the Bonham Exchange holds lasting appeal

March 29, 2019 By San Antonio Current Leave a Comment

After all these years, the Bonham is still about acceptance, about letting your hair down and soaking in the vibes of a pivotal place in Alamo City LGBTQ history.

Filed Under: Nightlife

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