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Pinkerton’s Barbecue, named one of Texas’ best, set to debut in downtown San Antonio

February 12, 2021 By Rocky Garza Jr.

Grant Pinkerton, owner of Pinkerton's Barbecue, poses for a photo inside the pit room of his new restaurant at Weston Urban park.

Pinkerton’s Barbecue of Houston is getting ready to open its first San Antonio location this Saturday at the Weston Urban park.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Parks & Plazas, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: 2m Smokehouse, Black's BBQ, Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, David Robinson Jr., Frost Tower, Graham Weston, Grant Pinkerton, Hill Country, Kreuz Market, Lockhart, Millscale Metal Works, Pinkerton's Barbecue, Smitty's Market, University of Texas at Austin, Weston Urban park

Hemisfair Civic Park gets encouragement from City Council, despite delays

February 11, 2021 By Richard Webner

City Council members were by and large supportive of the Hemisfair redevelopment project, which has struggled for years with construction delays, during a presentation Wednesday.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Hemisfair, Parks & Plazas Tagged With: City Council, Civic Park, Clayton Perry, Hemisfair, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp., HPARC, John Courage, Lori Houston, Mayor Ron Nirenberg, Omar Gonzalez, Razi Hosseini, Ron Nirenberg, Thea Setterbo, Yanaguana Garden

Pinkerton’s Barbecue to open Feb. 13 at Weston Urban park

February 5, 2021 By Ben Olivo

The reports starting coming into the Heron news tip hotline this week: The pits at Pinkerton’s Barbecue are smoking.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Parks & Plazas, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Grant Pinkerton, Hill Country, Pinkerton's Barbecue, Weston Urban, Weston Urban park

Hemisfair’s Civic Park construction now scheduled to begin this fall

January 16, 2021 By Richard Webner

However, there is little hope of Zachry Corp. breaking ground soon on the mixed-use development that will enclose the park.

Filed Under: City of San Antonio, Development, Hemisfair, Parks & Plazas Tagged With: Andres Andujar, City of San Antonio, Civic Park, David Adelman, David Zachry, Debra Guerrero, Hemisfair, Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corp., Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, HPARC, NRP Group, Omar Gonzalez, Overland Partners, River Walk, The '68, Urban Land Institute, Yanaguana Garden, Zachry Corp., Zachry Hospitality

Maverick Park makeover, which includes new dog park on Broadway, nears completion

January 6, 2021 By Rocky Garza Jr.

The Maverick Park project will add a large dog park to the Broadway corridor, with areas for small and large pups.

Filed Under: Broadway, Parks & Plazas, River North Tagged With: 80/20 Foundation, Ashley Riley, Bender Wells Design, Broadway, Graham Weston, Joe Alderete III, Larry Clark, Maverick Park, San Antonio Parks Foundation

‘It was important for us to open the park to people right now’

November 25, 2020 By Rocky Garza Jr.

The gates finally came down around the Weston Urban park on West Houston Street across from the Frost Tower.

“We would love to host events here at the park in the future, during Fiesta or Oktoberfest, and see possible wedding receptions being held here,” the new park’s director, David Robinson Jr. said looking forward to when the pandemic is over.

Filed Under: Food & Drink, Parks & Plazas, Tech District, West Downtown, Weston Urban Tagged With: Alamo Drafthouse, Centro San Antonio, Covid-19, David Robinson, David Robinson Jr., Fiesta, Frost Bank, Frost Tower, Houston Street, Oktoberfest, Pinkerton's Barbecue, Weston Urban, Weston Urban park

Conservation Society blasts Maverick Plaza renovation plan fearing NIOSA impact

August 20, 2020 By Ben Olivo

Renovated Maverick Plaza on the corner of South Alamo and East Nueva streets.

The renovation includes the building of three restaurants inside Maverick Plaza lead by chef Johnny Hernandez.

Filed Under: Architecture, City of San Antonio, La Villita, Parks & Plazas

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