In an ever-shifting city like San Antonio, restaurant closures happen all the time. But that doesn’t make losing your favorite neighborhood haunt sting any less. Before the mirror ball drops, we’re looking back on all of Alamo City’s upscale hot spots, neighborhood breweries, and dive bars that shuttered in 2025.

The Amp Room
After a decade of rocking the St. Mary’s Strip, this watering hole announced its last call in October. The bar was one of San Antonio’s few live music venues that booked local acts.

Bandit BBQ & Burgers
In March, this burger joint surprised San Antonio by reopening after a three-year break. Just as suddenly, the restaurant threw in the towel, closing in October after only a seven-month revival.

Barrio Dogg
Less than a year after opening its sole San Antonio outpost, the California-based hot dog restaurant announced its closure in February. The Southtown building is now the home of Julian’s Pizza & More.

Bunz Handcrafted Burgers
The gourmet San Antonio burger joint closed its location at N Loop 1604 in May. The shutter comes just two years after the San Antonio burger restaurant expanded beyond its downtown flagship.

Bunz Handcrafted Burgers closed its second location in May.Bunz Handcrafted Burgers/ Facebook

Carriqui
After three years in San Antonio, this South Texas-inspired restaurant left Pearl’s nest in October. The district's developer, Silver Ventures, has yet to announce what will become of its meticulously renovated former home.

Cascabel Mexican Patio
One of San Antonio's best-kept dining secrets whispered a goodbye in July after 23 years. The restaurant, known for its vibrant interior and traditional interior Mexican fare, announced its immediate closure via a video mournfully scored by Ozzy Osbourne's "Mama, I'm Coming Home."

Chela’s Tacos
It was a wrap for the beloved decade-old San Antonio taqueria in October. The restaurant quietly closed its Broadway restaurant with only a handwritten note taped to the door.

Chilaquil
It’s unclear just when this Pearl food hall staple closed its doors, but Jason Dady will soon use its former space for a revived version of the shuttered favorite Umai Mi.

Comfort Cafe Los Patios
The favorite San Antonio brunch spot closed its flagship location in the Los Patios development in July. Since then, the owners have debuted a new bakery and coffee shop called Sweet Serenity.

Comfort Café traded in its Los Patios location for a new coffee shop and bakery. Comfort Café/ Facebook

Cypress Cafe
After a last-minute Hail Mary gave it new life, the adored San Antonio Korean restaurant shuttered for a second time.

Dashi Sichuan Kitchen
After four years serving San Antonio’s Northeast Side diners, this Chinese standout unexpectedly called it a day in early November. But ever-busy owner Kristina Zhao isn’t taking a rest. After saying goodbye to Dashi, she said hello to a new nonprofit, Ciao & Zen Collective, located in the former home of The Good Kind.

Dry Dock Oyster Bar
One of San Antonio's most well-recognized restaurants left the harbor after 43 years. Geu Kim, the longstanding owner of the iconic boat-shaped building, sold the business to an Odessa restaurateur in order to retire in May. The spot is now a new concept, Crab City.

Freetail Brewing
The popular Alamo City brewery scaled back operations in late October amid continued market struggles for San Antonio's craft beer scene — quietly closing its nine-year-old Southtown taproom and whittling down its local footprint to one brewpub.

La Frutería
Johnny Hernandez retired the original location of this fruity Southtown shop in January, shifting gears to open a combined Burgerteca and Blue Moon Mexican Restaurant. The concept will reappear in 2026 at Southtown Food Hall in a former warehouse space.

Garaje Cantina slammed the brakes in May.Garaje Cantina/ Facebook

Garaje Cantina
The breezy Make Ready Market bar slammed the brakes after less than two years in business. In May, the small operation announced its closure with a simple graphic that read, "¡Hasta luego!"

General Public and Bowl & Barrel
The Dallas company behind these decade-old Rim concepts unceremoniously closed both locations with identical statements. Neither the bowling alley nor the public house extended its lease past August.

The Good Kind
After three years at Pearl and six in Southtown, the health-conscious snack bar is gone for good. Chef and owner Tim "The Girl" McDiarmid permanently closed the trend-setting San Antonio restaurant in October, while the Ivy Hall event and catering businesses live on under new ownership.

Good Time Charlie’s
The party is over for the iconic Broadway restaurant. In October, founder Millard Stetler sold the property to the Doseum after 46 years of live music, crispy onion rings, and chicken-fried steak.

The Hayden Alon Market
Two years after expanding to the Alon Market shopping center, the Jewish-inspired San Antonio diner called it a day on its sluggish second location in May. The original outpost on Broadway remains a popular spot, and the space has since been converted into Andrew Weissman’s Max’s Sister.

The Hayden was replaced by Max's Sister. The Hayden/ Facebook

Jardin
Chef Jason Dady parted ways with the San Antonio Botanical Garden in May in order to focus on projects like Mexico Ceaty in downtown’s Shops at River Center.

Künstler Tap Haus
Downtown’s ongoing construction woes forced this Hemisfair bar to tap out in mid-October. The original Southtown location still remains a hot spot.

Lin’s International Buffet
Eight years of dishing out eye-popping volumes of sushi, pho, and Mongolian barbecue came to an end when the popular pan-Asian eatery shuttered in August.

Luz Roja
The downtown San Antonio Tex-Mex spot in the former Blanco Cafe space went dark in October as owner Devin Elder faced mounting legal troubles. The developer was in the restaurant business for less than a year.

El Maña Mexican Restaurant
After 8 years serving the Southwest Side, the long-running neighborhood restaurant bowed out of San Antonio’s dining scene in mid-July.

Mash'd closed its San Antonio restaurant after a decade. Mash'd/ Facebook

Mash’d
The restaurant known for moonshine, buzzy brunches, and inventive pub grub was another Rim casualty in October.

Nama Ramen & Sushiya
The restaurant that helped kick off San Antonio's mid-2010s ramen obsession unexpectedly announced its shutter at the end of September. Its building is now the home of Tenten Udon & Tempura.

Neon Moon Bakery
At the start of November, this charming bakery and coffee shop at San Antonio’s quaint Bracken Village shopping center fired down the ovens after a brief seven-month run. Owner Megan Harlow said the closure was the best move for her family.

Ocho
After 15 years on the River Walk, the chic restaurant at downtown's Hotel Havana shuttered after a final brunch service in late June. By September, the hotel was gone, too.

Oscar’s Taco House
San Antonio lost a piece of its culinary history in June when this Tex-Mex legend shuttered after a remarkable 63 years in business. Nearby bridge construction at South Zarzamora Street and Frio City Road displaced the long-running South Side business.

Blessed Bogside and its sibling concepts all shuttered in September. Photo by TXTroublemaker

Outpost Junction
St. Paul Square's quest to become a thriving entertainment district hit a major setback in September as four bars simultaneously shuttered. Blessed Bogside, The Box, Frankie's Roundup, and Vino Veritas unexpectedly ended service with one last social media post.

Palomar Comida y Cantina
The San Antonio Tex-Mex upstart shuttered in September, but locals may need to do some investigative work to figure out the rest of the plotline. Signage for a new concept called Mezcal Comida Cantina has appeared on the 12656 West Ave building, but whether it's a rebrand or an entirely new restaurant is still unclear.

Peggy’s on the Green
Boerne's beloved Southern Restaurant dished out its last order of country-fried quail in early November. The upscale Southern restaurant from lauded San Antonio chef Mark Bohanan shuttered as the historic Kendall Inn brings its food service in-house.

Pinch Boil House
One of the restaurants that put San Antonio on the national culinary map unexpectedly said goodbye in April. Owners Andrew Ho and Sean Wen are doing just fine. Their first Curry Boys BBQ cookbook will be released in 2026.

Potbelli BBQ
A mere four months after opening, owner and pitmaster Terrence Russell shut down this East Side barbecue joint in November to focus on catering.

Rebelle's former home will soon become Esencia. Rebelle Facebook

Rebelle and Haunt Lounge
After a prolonged legal battle and the abrupt sacking of its chef, Stefan Bowers, the St. Anthony Hotel’s bar and restaurant closed in January. Bowers now runs Pumpers, one of San Antonio’s best new restaurants. Meanwhile, Haunt has since been replaced with Anacacho Coffee & Cantina, and the Rebelle will soon be home to Esencia — both under former Stix & Stone chef Leo Davila.

Revolutionary Wings
This fast casual joint was only open for about two years before owner Joshua Paprocki waved the white flag in March. San Antonians have been bemoaning the loss of the restaurant’s signature Flamin' Hot Cheeto wings since.

SoHill Cafe
Chef Jean-Francois Poujol’s popular pizza restaurant will make way for a new concept from the owners of Beacon Hill Market & Deli.

Stix and Stone
One of San Antonio's top restaurants closed in March, but chef Leo Davila didn’t give up his signature Big Red and barbacoa tacos. The dish is now available at Anacacho in the St. Anthony Hotel.

Thai Cafe
After a 27-year run, this San Antonio staple for panang curry, spring rolls, and pineapple fried rice closed its curtains in August in a poignant statement.

Thai Cafe called it quits after 27 years.Thai Cafe/ Facebook

Thatta Boy Burgers
After a scant six months in business, this Stone Oak burger joint lost its fire in January. In a social media statement, the restaurant said "unforeseen circumstances" led to the decision but declined to give further details.

Tiago’s Cabo Grille
After an 18-year run, the popular coastal Mexican restaurant suddenly shuttered in July. The eatery was known for its woodfire cooking and tropical fare such as pescado zarandeado and cilantro-lime chicken.

The Winchester
The Alamo Heights bar ran out of ammunition after eight years in Alamo Heights. A lockout notice appeared on the door of the gastropub in late October, but the business reportedly shuttered weeks earlier.

Carriqui/ Facebook

Carriqui was one of the few upscale restaurants to shutter in 2025.