{"id":118413,"date":"2025-08-04T14:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/118413\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T14:46:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T14:46:13","slug":"its-boba-time-opening-1st-texas-shop-in-north-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/118413\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Boba Time opening 1st Texas shop in North San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Antonio&#8217;s dining scene closed out July with a pair of upcoming restaurant openings \u2014 one a popular spot for Cajun seafood boils and the other combining green tea refreshers and Korean fried chicken in one space. Elsewhere, the event calendar is filling up with all-you-can-eat ceviche and a birthday bash from a women&#8217;s culinary organization. Read on for more essential Alamo City food news.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Openings<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Local Cajun restaurant <strong>Mr. Crabby&#8217;s Seafood Kitchen &amp; Bar<\/strong> is scurrying to a second outpost in the former home of <strong>Tomatillo&#8217;s<\/strong>. The latter vacated the 2611 SE Military Dr.#108 shell in January, consolidating operations to Brooks. New signage on the building indicates that the new restaurant is coming soon, as early as fall. Mr. Crabby&#8217;s currently has three locations in Live Oak, Laredo, and McAllen.<\/p>\n<p>2025&#8217;s hottest restaurant trend is coming to the space formerly occupied by <strong>Dr. Banh Mi <\/strong>at 11330 Potranco Rd #101. As first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/food\/article\/pelicana-matcha-cafe-maiko-san-antonio-20791582.php\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">MySA<\/a>, the storefront will host a concept combo pack of <strong>Pelicana Go<\/strong>, a quick-service offshoot of <strong>Pelicana Chicken<\/strong>, and <strong>Matcha Cafe Maiko<\/strong>. Combination restaurants have become all the rage in this year&#8217;s sluggish hospitality economy, ensuring foot traffic past peak dining times. The sibling restaurants are eyeing a late summer opening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image image-crop-4x3\">\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"b8363\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"586b39dc622be68dd124768b8ffff285\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201500%202000'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1754318773_744_mezquite-ceviche.jpg\" width=\"1500\" height=\"2000\" alt=\"Mezquite ceviche\"\/>\u00a0Three of San Antonio&#8217;s culinary superpowers are teaming up for an all-you-can-eat ceviche feast.Photo by Robert Lerma.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other news and notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The teams at Pullman Market&#8217;s <strong>Mezquite<\/strong> and Southtown&#8217;s <strong>Leche de Tigre<\/strong> and <strong>Mixtli<\/strong> are teaming up for Mezquite y Mariscos, a new collaborative feast with all-you-can-eat ceviche. On August 24 from 6-9 pm, the three restaurants will highlight sustainable <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seremoni.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seremoni Seafood<\/a> in their own distinctive culinary styles. <a href=\"https:\/\/mezquitesatx.com\/august-24-mezquite-y-mariscos\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets<\/a> are $45 and include a welcome cocktail.<\/p>\n<p>The San Antonio chapter of international women&#8217;s culinary nonprofit <strong>Les Dames d&#8217;Escoffier<\/strong> is celebrating its 30th birthday with a dazzling bash on September 18 at the historic Red Berry Estate. The $175-$225 <a href=\"https:\/\/givebutter.com\/ldeisa30thbirthday?fbclid=IwY2xjawKa3_dleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFYNUZ2N05TMU9aYWV0WVlaAR6xVf2Wn33EkmVAOdyZu2YV2K5hFx_MvsaaQ4Fts7isXkWSezm-XL_IxZ401g_aem_V054pZZiudItfOnXIal1lQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">passes <\/a>include a plated meal, a live auction, and dancing, with proceeds benefiting the organization&#8217;s yearly scholarship program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>North Italia<\/strong> is turning up the volume with some limited-edition cocktails created by the chain&#8217;s local bartenders. The &#8220;Greatest Sips&#8221; menu, inspired by summer bangers, includes offerings like the Chappell Roan homage Pink Pony Spritz, Shaboozey sipper A Bar Drink (Tipsy), and the throwback Naive Melody, based on the Talking Heads song. The drinks will be available through Labor Day, September 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio&#8217;s dining scene closed out July with a pair of upcoming restaurant openings \u2014 one a popular&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":118414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,12671,74016,20494,10319,28575,11628,10084,7202,7203,8366,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-118413","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-beverages","10":"tag-boba","11":"tag-chains","12":"tag-desserts","13":"tag-drinks","14":"tag-north-side","15":"tag-openings","16":"tag-san-antonio","17":"tag-sanantonio","18":"tag-tea","19":"tag-texas","20":"tag-tx","21":"tag-united-states","22":"tag-united-states-of-america","23":"tag-unitedstates","24":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","25":"tag-us","26":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114971042530466257","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}