{"id":448862,"date":"2025-12-15T15:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/448862\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:03:11","slug":"veteran-owned-barbecue-restaurant-in-medical-center-announces-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/448862\/","title":{"rendered":"Veteran-owned barbecue restaurant in Medical Center announces closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 A San Antonio veteran-owned barbecue spot in the Medical Center shut its doors unexpectedly, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSK9Qcij_zo\/?igsh=MWg5aHZtdjZ1OWdreg%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSK9Qcij_zo\/?igsh=MWg5aHZtdjZ1OWdreg%3D%3D\">social media post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Garcia Barbecue, which opened a brick-and-mortar location on the Northwest Side last year, announced it will no longer serve customers as of Dec. 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWe want to thank each and every one of you for supporting us throughout the years on our journey,\u201d the statement said, in part. \u201cWe want to thank our entire team for being with us until the last day giving it your all always.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.garciabarbecue.com\/make-the-most-of-the-season-by-following-these-simple-guidelines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.garciabarbecue.com\/make-the-most-of-the-season-by-following-these-simple-guidelines\">On the website,<\/a> owners Jonathan and Alex said they started the business as a tribute to West Texas grilling. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/05\/08\/san-antonio-bbq-scene-sizzles-with-national-recognition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ksat.com\/news\/local\/2025\/05\/08\/san-antonio-bbq-scene-sizzles-with-national-recognition\/\"><b>&gt;&gt; San Antonio BBQ scene sizzles with national recognition<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Many social media users left comments in support of the business. Here are a few:<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWhat a bummer. We love Garcia\u2019s BBQ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cLet us know where the new spot will be and you already know we there!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cI\u2019m sad to see this!!! I LOVE the nachos!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">However, you can still get a taste of Garcia Barbecue when you head over to Dinorito at 1009 Avenue B inside El Camino.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This is because one of the owners of Garcia Barbecue, Alex, is also the pitmaster for Dinorito, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DSLoxJrjaq6\/?igsh=dWd1NmZueDU2b3dv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DSLoxJrjaq6\/?igsh=dWd1NmZueDU2b3dv\">according to a social media post.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cHis dedication to the craft is what helped him and his team stand out and become award-winning producers of Texas-Style BBQ,\u201d Dinorito said, in part. \u201cWhile [Garcia Barbecue] may be closing &#8211; everything you could get there you\u2019ll still be able to get here at DinoRito.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">They will be serving customers every day except on Tuesdays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The reason Garcia Barbecue shut down is unclear. KSAT has reached out for a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Read more:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/>\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A San Antonio veteran-owned barbecue spot in the Medical Center shut its doors unexpectedly, according&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":448863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,11773,990,988,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-448862","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-closures","10":"tag-food","11":"tag-restaurants","12":"tag-san-antonio","13":"tag-sanantonio","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115724196726876153","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448862","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=448862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}