{"id":161221,"date":"2026-02-12T07:03:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/161221\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T07:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:03:06","slug":"san-antonio-dining-news-cat-cafe-dunkin-and-more-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/161221\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio dining news: Cat cafe, Dunkin\u2019 and more coming soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCheck out San Antonio\u2019s newest restaurants and featured eateries with this roundup of dining news from the past week of previous Community Impact reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Impacts of the week<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/san-antonio\/north-san-antonio\/business\/2026\/02\/10\/mr-crabbys-seafood-kitchen-opens-along-north-loop-1604\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Crabby\u2019s Seafood Kitchen opens along North Loop 1604<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The local seafood spot opened a new, second location, serving Cajun classics such as po\u2019boys, fried gator, crawfish etouffee and gumbo, according to its website. The restaurant also offers a wide variety of seafood boils and fried seafood baskets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/san-antonio\/northeast-san-antonio-metrocom\/business\/2026\/02\/11\/dunkin-coming-soon-to-universal-city\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dunkin&#8217; coming soon to Universal City<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new coffee shop will be opening inside Universal City\u2019s Walmart. Dunkin\u2019 serves up specialty coffee, donuts, tea, breakfast sandwiches and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/san-antonio\/northeast-san-antonio-metrocom\/business\/2026\/02\/06\/ihop-to-close-reopen-as-dual-branded-applebees-in-selma\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IHOP to close, reopen as dual-branded Applebee\u2019s in Selma<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The IHOP located at The Forum at Olympia Parkway will be closing this spring to become a dual-branded Applebee\u2019s. The restaurant will be split in half and contain menus for both eateries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/san-antonio\/north-san-antonio\/business\/2026\/02\/02\/purrfecto-cat-lounge-to-bring-cat-cafe-experience-to-san-antonio-this-may\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Purrfecto Cat Lounge to bring cat cafe experience to San Antonio this May<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Austin-based cat cafe is expanding south and adding a new location in the Alamo City. The cafe will feature adoptable felines, coffee, snacks and more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/san-antonio\/northeast-san-antonio-metrocom\/business\/2026\/02\/02\/alsies-ice-cream-truck-to-serve-up-scoops-in-northeast-san-antonio-soon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alsies ice cream truck to serve up scoops in Northeast San Antonio soon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ice cream truck\u2014locally owned by Steven Johns\u2014will serve the Schertz, Selma, Universal City and Converse areas. The truck offers packaged Mexican and gourmet ice creams in addition to event catering.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The fish tacos ($17) are blackened pollock, with cabbage slaw, poblano lime crema, chipotle crema fresca, lime and cilantro. (Ethan Thomas\/Community Impact)\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/uploads\/images\/2026\/02\/11\/409214.jpg\" class=\"include_body\" onerror=\"this.src=\" width=\"1200\"\/>The fish tacos ($17) at Saludos Cocina are blackened pollock, with cabbage slaw, poblano lime crema, chipotle crema fresca, lime and cilantro. (Ethan Thomas\/Community Impact)Dining spotlight<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/san-antonio\/new-braunfels\/dining\/2026\/02\/06\/saludos-cocina-brings-mexico-city-flair-to-downtown-new-braunfels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saludos Cocina brings Mexico City flair to downtown New Braunfels<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tucked just north of the main square in downtown New Braunfels, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.saludosnbtx.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saludos Cocina<\/a> has brought Mexican flavor to the city.<\/p>\n<p>From tacos to sweet treats, the restaurant officially opened its doors to the public Feb. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Saludos has taken over the historic Dittlinger building\u2014located at 398 E. San Antonio St.\u2014inviting patrons to savor recipes inspired by the vibrant culture of Mexico City, co-owner Israel Trevino said.<\/p>\n<p>Staying local<\/p>\n<p>Saludos aims to broaden the palette of the New Braunfels community and offer a taste of a culture nearby residents might not have otherwise, Trevino said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/san-antonio\/new-braunfels\/dining\/2026\/02\/06\/saludos-cocina-brings-mexico-city-flair-to-downtown-new-braunfels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keep reading to find out more.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out San Antonio\u2019s newest restaurants and featured eateries with this roundup of dining news from the past&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161222,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[66104,27953,66101,66102,66103,62175,56292,66105,82,32231,84,83,1950,66106],"class_list":["post-161221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-authentic-food-near-me-san-antonio","tag-boerne-restaurants","tag-coming-soon-to-san-antonino","tag-dining-news-san-antonio","tag-mexican-food-new-braunfels","tag-now-open-in-boerne","tag-now-open-in-san-antonio","tag-restaurants-now-open-in-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-foodie","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-san-antonio-restaurants","tag-texas-dining-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161221","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=161221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}