After a long night of honking in San Antonio, locals need somewhere to eat, and sometimes we need more than that classic Whataburger run. Luckily, the city has actually welcomed an uptick in late-night and 24/7 spots in the past few years.
Recently, P-Terry’s converted its Broadway location into a 24/7 spot, the only one of its kind in San Antonio. It was part of an expansion of the Austin-born chain’s all-night eats, and Broadway was just one of 11 locations to undergo the change in March, bringing the total to 15 all-day locations for P. Terry’s. After the Spurs took Game 7 against the Oklahoma City Thunder for the Western Conference Finals, this MySA reporter can attest that the P. Terry’s line was the place to be and very crowded indeed.
Meanwhile, a beloved San Antonio chain brought back a few of its 24/7 dining rooms after the pandemic nearly wiped it out. Since the ’60s, Jim’s Restaurants have been a haven for late-night diners, but locations closed or reduced their hours during COVID-19, with two more closures coming in 2024. However, there’s a bit of a comeback, as in the past year or so, Jim’s has turned the restaurants at Broadway and 410, Fredericksburg Road at Interstate 10, and Blanco at Loop 1604 back into 24/7 joints.
And of course, San Antonio’s late-night scene includes Tex-Mex. During the pandemic, Chacho’s closed all its dining rooms and remained drive-thru-only at select locations until 2024. That year, the beloved chain, founded in 1988, began reopening its dining rooms, and it finally opened its fourth and final one on Perrin Beitel in September 2025.
Plus, there are tons of restaurants still open when the sun goes down. There’s Las Palapas, Taco Palenque with its six 24/7 spots and Los Balitos with most of its locations open past midnight, if you’re into Tex-Mex. And Alamo Biscuit Co. & Panaderia, which debuted on the River Walk in 2025, is the only 24/7 spot for tourists slugging back to their hotels, just to name a few.
It could be that things are just returning to the pre-pandemic way of life, with more chains seeing and following suit. Additionally, San Antonio’s population has boomed in the past few years — an 8% jump from April 2020 to July 2025, according to the Census Bureau — bringing more mouths to feed. And in certain areas, especially downtown’s River North neighborhood and nearby areas, a bar scene is growing, which means more hungry people looking for places that are still open after a night out.
Safe to say that as San Antonio grows, so will its food scene.