{"id":115315,"date":"2026-01-08T09:03:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/115315\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T09:03:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T09:03:21","slug":"is-this-the-end-for-one-san-antonio-golden-corral-heres-what-we-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/115315\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this the end for one San Antonio Golden Corral? Here&#8217;s what we know."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It&#8217;s a sad day for all-you-can-eat buffet lovers in San Antonio, as a Golden Corral location in the city&#8217;s\u00a0Helotes area seems to have quietly shuttered operations &#8220;for good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The buffet chain&#8217;s apparent exit first came to light through the San Antonio Restaurants Facebook group, in which multiple users posted updates regarding the location&#8217;s closure in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1C1itBiYTU\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:late December;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">late December<\/a> and early January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to Facebook user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1C1itBiYTU\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Patricia Godkin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Patricia Godkin<\/a>, the Helotes outpost on 9111 N. Loop 1604 W. closed &#8220;for good&#8221; at 4 p.m.\u00a0Dec. 31 &#8220;due to a failure to renegotiate the rental agreement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A TikTok <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@helotesgoldencorral\/photo\/7589814665585184030?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:post;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">post<\/a> from the Golden Corral&#8217;s Helotes location stated the restaurant was simply moving and reconsolidating at another Golden Corral outpost on 1025 S.E. Military Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/news\/article\/san-antonio-radio-station-shakeup-name-change-bob-21281637.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Antonio radio station shakeup comes with a new name. What is it?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">San Antonio radio station shakeup comes with a new name. What is it?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A neon sign at Golden Corral in Beaumont. (Ryan Pelham\/The Enterprise)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/2a3b5662ac3d9589f1b2667b80926d26.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A neon sign at Golden Corral in Beaumont. (Ryan Pelham\/The Enterprise)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Golden Corral did not immediately respond to Express-News request for comment. However, an Express-News call to the\u00a0Helotes location revealed the associated phone number is no longer in service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Additionally, the Helotes Golden Corral outpost is listed as &#8220;permanently closed&#8221; on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldencorral.com\/locations\/location-detail\/2518\/golden-corral-n-loop-1604-w\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:restaurant chain&#039;s site;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">restaurant chain&#8217;s site<\/a>.\u00a0Google also lists that particular location as &#8220;permanently closed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">San Antonio buffet lovers, don&#8217;t fret just yet. There are still three Golden Corral locations left in the San Antonio area &#8211; one on SE Military Road, another on NW Loop 410 and one more in Universal City off Pat Booker Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ALSO READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/news\/texas\/article\/san-antonio-heb-partner-happy-social-media-videos-21262864.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:San Antonio H-E-B partner allegedly told to stop sharing &#039;happy&#039; posts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">San Antonio H-E-B partner allegedly told to stop sharing &#8216;happy&#8217; posts<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/food\/article\/san-antonio-golden-corral-closure-21282109.php?utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=yahoo_syndication\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Is this the end for one San Antonio Golden Corral? Here&#039;s what we know.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Is this the end for one San Antonio Golden Corral? Here&#8217;s what we know.<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s a sad day for all-you-can-eat buffet lovers in San Antonio, as a Golden Corral location in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[49720,41046,82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-115315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-golden-corral","9":"tag-helotes","10":"tag-san-antonio","11":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","12":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}