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Pearl Is San Antonio’s Hottest Dining Hub. Why Are So Many of Its Restaurants Now Closing?

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DATE POSTED:January 13, 2026
street photo of the pearlA week after announcing that his restaurant, Cured, would close for good, Steve McHugh was already dismantling the place. He was taking mirrors off the walls and selling tables and chairs that were once filled nightly with diners ordering charcuterie plates piled with bresaola and duck ham. “It’s actually kind of therapeutic,” McHugh said. After more than twelve years, the work of unmaking the restaurant had begun.On its own, Cured’s closure would have been notable enough. McHugh is a six-time James Beard Award finalist, and Cured was one of the anchor restaurants that helped transform the remains of San Antonio’s historic Pearl Brewing from an inner-city industrial dead zone into one of the most admired food destinations in Texas. But the timing gave the news…

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