A New Orleans-inspired bar in San Antonio’s River Walk district is closing its doorways after 22 years.
The proprietor of Pat O’Brien’s San Antonio, Cory Neal, introduced the closure in a heartfelt put up on the bar’s Facebook web page.
“Pat O’Brien’s has been a spot the place locals and guests alike got here to create recollections, rejoice milestones, and ‘Have Fun!'”
In a Facebook postNeal cited post-COVID period challenges, building surrounding the Alamo, fluctuating tourism and conventions and the rising prices of doing companies as the explanation for closing.
The authentic Pat O’Brien’s opened in New Orleans in 1933 as a speakeasy throughout prohibition, in response to the bar’s website. After prohibition was repealed, O’Brien expanded the house to incorporate stay music and created the Hurricane – the basic ardour fruit rum cocktail served in a glass formed like a hurricane lamp.
Pat O’Brien’s later expanded into different cities, together with San Antonio in 2002.
Neal mentioned his San Antonio bar “wasn’t just a business . . . it was a family” and he went on to thank the workers who had been with him, some because the starting.
The final day of service for Pat O’Brien’s in San Antonio is August thirty first. Neal has requested “everyone who’s ever laughed, danced, or sipped on our historic hurricane under our roof to join us in one final toast.”
“To our beloved community: thank you for letting us be part of your stories. Pat O’Brien’s San Antonio may be closing its doors, but the memories we’ve made together will live on-forever etched in the heart of downtown.”
