{"id":125481,"date":"2025-08-07T05:07:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/125481\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T05:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T05:07:12","slug":"las-vegas-bests-san-antonio-in-questionable-barbecue-ranking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/125481\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas bests San Antonio in questionable barbecue ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Antonio\u2019s unprecedented development boom continues to point northward with the upcoming 72-acre Schertz Station<\/a>, now being built at I-35 and Cibolo Valley Drive. The mixed-use center will transform the burgeoning bedroom community with some of America\u2019s buzziest chain restaurants, including Portillo\u2019s.<\/p>\n

The development is part of a rapidly growing area that has already attracted newer franchises like Dutch Bros and Salata and legacy restaurants such as Chile\u2019s, IHOP, and Denny\u2019s. But the most hype is around a quartet of chains that only have a limited presence in the San Antonio area.<\/p>\n

Portillo\u2019s<\/a>, a Chicago-based chain, adored for its Italian beef sandwiches, hot dogs, and cake shakes, has no Alamo City presence at all. An earlier release says the location will be a \u201crestaurant of the future,\u201d a smaller-scale site with dual drive-thrus and a pick-up shelf inside. Although the company has not shared an exact opening date, the San Antonio Business Journa<\/a>l<\/a> said it was eyeing the fall.<\/p>\n

\"Handel's Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream will open its second area location at Schertz Station. Photo courtesy of Handel’s <\/p>\n

Schertz Station visitors will soon be able to cool off with scoops from Handel\u2019s Homemade Ice Cream<\/a>. The cult Ohio ice cream parlor introduced itself<\/a> to San Antonio in 2023, but so far, it has not expanded. The closest location to the Rim store is in Austin.<\/p>\n

Dave\u2019s Hot Chicken<\/a>, a Los Angeles brand cashing in on the Nashville trend, has only been in San Antonio since 2022. Since debuting<\/a> at 9602 Texas Hwy. 151 #108, it has only opened one more restaurant in the area. Mediterranean chain CAVA<\/a>, one of many fast-casual joints that have snagged Chipotle\u2019s build-your-own model, has made further inroads in town, but still only has three outposts in the city limits.<\/p>\n

Leasing documents<\/a> from commercial real estate firm Merit also show a few chains that have a more widespread footprint in the area. A brochure shows Jersey Mike\u2019s Subs, Panera Bread, and Smoothie King joining the strip dominated by a massive EVO Entertainment compound.<\/p>\n

Although Schertz is not growing as rapidly as other area suburbs<\/a> like Boerne, Selma, Fair Oaks Ranch, New Braunfels, and Canyon Lake, recent census data states that the town has boomed with a 10.61 percent increase since 2018. The city is actively recruiting<\/a> new development to serve its newest citizens. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Antonio\u2019s unprecedented development boom continues to point northward with the upcoming 72-acre Schertz Station, now being built…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":125482,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,359,26874,77157,37412,4345,2184,980,12437,466,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-125481","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-austin","10":"tag-barbecue","11":"tag-best-barbecue","12":"tag-betway","13":"tag-houston","14":"tag-las-vegas","15":"tag-lists","16":"tag-rankings","17":"tag-ratings","18":"tag-san-antonio","19":"tag-sanantonio","20":"tag-texas","21":"tag-tx","22":"tag-united-states","23":"tag-united-states-of-america","24":"tag-unitedstates","25":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","26":"tag-us","27":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114985752505568476","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125481","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=125481"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125481\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}