This month's roundup covers restaurants, cafes, and bars that opened or announced openings across Greater San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country between September 10 and October 10, 2026. Five places opened in that window, from a two-story barbecue house in New Braunfels to a coastal seafood spot at Pearl, and six more announced plans, from a cantina at Pearl to a new bar on the St. Mary's Strip. Every name, cuisine, location, and date below was checked against the named source on October 10, 2026, and each source is linked with its publication date. If a detail could not be verified, it did not make the list.
How this roundup is built
I research each month's openings live and only publish places I can confirm from a named local source or official page, with the source and its date linked on every item. The area I cover is Greater San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country: Bexar, Comal, Kendall, and Guadalupe counties, including San Antonio, Stone Oak, Alamo Ranch, Boerne, Bulverde, Spring Branch, New Braunfels, Canyon Lake, Schertz, Cibolo, Helotes, Fair Oaks Ranch, and Timberwood Park. This month's verified openings land in New Braunfels and San Antonio, with announcements in Boerne, San Antonio, and Leon Valley.
Opened in the past month
These five places are open now, with the opening date and source for each.
Terry Black's Barbecue
Central Texas-style barbecue
1310 E. Common St., New Braunfels
A two-story barbecue restaurant with an on-site pit house serving Central Texas-style brisket and classics, built in the former Los Cucos space off Common Street.
Chipotle Mexican Grill
Mexican grill, fast casual
323 Creekside Crossing, Ste. 101, New Braunfels
The second New Braunfels location for the Mexican grill chain, at Creekside Town Center, with a Chipotlane drive-thru for pickup orders.
Amar
Coastal Latin seafood
403 Pearl Pkwy, San Antonio (Pearl)
A coastal seafood restaurant styled (a)mar, drawing on the cooking of Oaxaca, Peru, and Colombia, with a mezcal and wine program. It opened in the former Allora space at Pearl, with a grand opening on September 28.
Tรญa's Taco Hut To Go
Mexican tacos, takeout
14024 Culebra Rd., San Antonio
A takeout-only format and the chain's 18th San Antonio-area location, in a former Salad and Go building on Culebra Road. It celebrated its opening with 49-cent bean-and-cheese tacos for the month and is open daily from 5:30 am to 3 pm.
Jeremiah's Italian Ice
Italian ice, soft serve, ice cream sandwiches
2292 Sophie Lane, Ste. 101, New Braunfels (Solms Landing)
A locally owned franchise debut at Solms Landing, serving Italian ice, soft serve, and ice cream sandwiches, with a mural inside honoring the owners' story.
Announced in the past month
These six places announced plans in the past month. Opening dates are included only where a source confirmed one.
Santonia Cantina
Borderlands-inspired Northern Mexican and South Texas
200 E. Grayson St., San Antonio (Pearl)
From Lizzeth Martรญnez and Francisco Estrada, the team behind Naco Mexican, this roughly 140-seat cantina will take over the former Full Goods Diner space at Pearl. The menu draws on Northern Mexican and South Texas borderland traditions, with a bar built around sotol, mezcal, and tequila. A late November opening is targeted.
Fork to Fit Kitchen
Healthy grab-and-go
Boerne (address to be announced)
The Rio Grande Valley grab-and-go chain announced plans for its first Boerne location, with meal-prep dishes, coffee, and protein shakes on the menu. An opening date has not been set.
Cafรฉ La Lele
Specialty coffee
Historic Beacon Hill space, San Antonio
The specialty coffee brand announced its first brick-and-mortar shop, planned for a historic space in the Beacon Hill neighborhood north of downtown.
Pan & Coffee
Bakery cafe
Boerne and Brooklyn Ave., San Antonio
The bakery cafe brand, which already operates in Stone Oak, announced two new locations: one in Boerne and one in a former bank branch on Brooklyn Avenue near downtown San Antonio.
La Descarga
Cocktail bar
2407 N. St. Mary's St., San Antonio
A new bar is planned for the former Amp Room space on the St. Mary's Strip. The project was reported in early October, with no opening date announced yet.
Layne's Chicken Fingers
Chicken fingers
7249 Bandera Rd., Leon Valley
The Texas-based chicken-fingers chain set an opening date of October 27 for its first San Antonio-area restaurant on Bandera Road in Leon Valley, per an October 8 report.
Why I publish this
Where new restaurants, cafes, and bars choose to open tells you a lot about how an area is growing. A new barbecue house on Common Street, a cantina at Pearl, or a coffee shop planned for Boerne are all small signals about where people are moving and what daily life looks like there. If you are weighing New Braunfels, Boerne, Schertz, Stone Oak, or San Antonio, the community guides go deeper: New Braunfels, Boerne, Schertz, Stone Oak, and San Antonio.
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Sources
Every fact in this roundup was checked against the sources below on October 10, 2026. Follow the original article for the latest updates.
- Herald-Zeitung, Terry Black's Barbecue opens its doors in New Braunfels , September 14, 2026
- Community Impact, Second Chipotle Mexican Grill to open in New Braunfels , September 16, 2026
- CultureMap San Antonio, Amar Latin seafood restaurant opens in San Antonio's Pearl , September 23, 2026
- MySA, Tia's Taco Hut is opening a new to-go location in San Antonio , October 2, 2026
- Tรญa's Taco Hut official website, locations and hours , accessed October 10, 2026
- Community Impact, Local Jeremiah's Italian Ice franchise debuts in New Braunfels , October 7, 2026
- Axios San Antonio, Santonia Cantina to replace Full Goods Diner at Pearl , September 22, 2026
- CultureMap San Antonio, Fork to Fit Kitchen to open first Boerne location , September 28, 2026
- What Now San Antonio, Cafรฉ La Lele to Open First Brick-and-Mortar Coffee Shop in San Antonio , September 12, 2026
- Hoodline, Stone Oak's Pan & Coffee Bakes Up Two New San Antonio-Area Cafes , September 14, 2026
- CultureMap San Antonio, New San Antonio bar to take over former Amp Room space , October 6, 2026
- CultureMap San Antonio, Layne's Chicken Fingers to open first San Antonio restaurant , April 1, 2026
- EuropeSays (syndicated report), Layne's Chicken Fingers to open first San Antonio location, opening date update , October 8, 2026
