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San Antonio Restaurant Weeks stretches summer run

San Antonio's Restaurant Weeks is now 22 days.

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Culinaria’s biannual San Antonio Restaurant Weeks is about to become a restaurant month, well, almost. The summer dining tradition has been extended a full seven days to run August 8 through 29.

The hospitality industry advocacy nonprofit Culinaria started the promotion in 2010 as a way to raise funds while helping restaurants ride out off-peak dining seasons. Since then, it has grown with the San Antonio dining scene, adding a winter run and prolonged days.

Here's how it works: Twice a year, more than 150 restaurants offer three-course menus for a discounted price. The deals cover almost every type of service imaginable, from boozy Sunday brunches to date-night dinners.Brunch prices are set at $25 per guest, lunch can vary from $20-$30, and dinners can run $35-$55 depending on the menu.

Many of the participants also feature wine pairings, specialty cocktails, and additional add-ons for guests who want to treat themselves to a wallet-friendly splurge.

Each year, the participating concepts are an honor roll of local culinary talent. The list spans upscale faves like Ladino, newcomers such as King William Wine Co., and even a few national chains.

A word of warning to the uninitiated: chefs are notoriously slow to submit full menus. Although diners may want to make early reservations for the buzziest spots, there is no guarantee that they’ll know what they’ll be eating. But part of the fun of Restaurant Weeks is trying new things. Barring dietary restrictions, it’s fun to just approach the promotion wild style.

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OPENING ALERT

Chic new wine bar pops the cork at San Antonio's St. Paul Square

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Condor is now pouring at 1164 E Commerce St.

After suffering a string of bar closures in late 2025, San Antonio’s St. Paul Square is once again taking flight. Condor, a new wine bar from the same ownership team as buzzy newcomer Miles, is now open at 1164 E Commerce St.

Condor is the third wine bar to open in the St. Paul’s Square space. Prolific San Antonio bar owner Steve Mahoney first renovated the space as Anne’s after he moved Francis Bogside from Southtown to the East Side in summer 2023. When the children of his late business partner, Robert Darilek, took over the business later in the year, they redubbed the space Vino Veritas.

Although all focused on grapes, Condor is a far cry from its predecessors. In place of the former’s all-over florals, the new wine bar opts for Marfa-chic, covering the walls in plastered sage green hung with abstract paintings.

The actual offerings diverge paths, too. Condor mostly serves low-intervention wines such as skin-contact oranges and pet nats, offering a curated food menu with bites like sourdough bread service, a barbacoa melt, and heirloom popcorn.

Condor follows the May debut of Miles in the adjoining old Francis Bogside space. Both are the work of Tatanka Guerrero’s Dreamers & Doers hospitality group, the force behind El Tigre Coffee Roasters, Al Campo in Marfa, and Trona in Austin.

Although relatively uncommon before the COVID-19 pandemic, wine bars have become one of San Antonio’s fastest-growing categories. In recent years, several promising new spots like Bar Bamboosh and Copper Rose Wine have debuted while grape-centric chains like Sixty Vines increasingly eye Alamo City.

Meanwhile, Condor continues to add to the buzz developing at ST. Paul Square. Summer hours are Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday, 5 pm-11 pm, and Friday-Saturday, 5 pm-midnight.

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