Editor's note: The top news in San Antonio this week includes an ambitious restaurant's impending closure, as well as more details on downtown San Antonio's ambitious Project Marvel. Get the details on our most-read stories of the week below, and then find some weekend fun here.

1. 3 bar openings and heartbreaking closure top off San Antonio dining news. A Way to the Heart will shutter in December, but there's some good news in this dining roundup, too.

2. San Antonio suburb lands on list of biggest holiday spenders in U.S. See which San Antonio neighbor is on the nice list for Christmas spending.

3. Ramen chain from Tokyo opens new location in San Antonio. Jinja Ramen Bar is expanding with its second location in town.

4. San Antonio council considers multibillion-dollar Project Marvel for downtown. On December 4, San Antonio leaders met to discuss more details about Project Marvel, specifically elements of the convention center.

A conceptual rendering of a proposed sports and entertainment district in downtown San Antonio. City of San Antonio/Populous

5. Crunch Fitness opens new 54,000-square-foot gym in San Antonio. The new gym will cost $10 million to build and is poised to open in 2025.