{"id":19372,"date":"2025-10-24T15:17:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/19372\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:17:07","slug":"california-poke-chain-leaves-san-antonio-after-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/19372\/","title":{"rendered":"California poke chain leaves San Antonio after 3 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With budgets tightening and food costs rising, it\u2019s no wonder all-you-can-eat restaurants are making a comeback in San Antonio. It\u2019s nice to know the upfront costs, and besides, it\u2019s fun to mix and match flavors until your tongue goes numb. While Alamo City\u2019s best buffets may not ever win a Michelin Star, they offer more workaday pleasures \u2014 good value, good food, and a pleasantly full stomach all day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brasaousa.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Bras\u00e3o Brazilian Steakhouse<br \/><\/a>San Antonio\u2019s only locally owned churrascaria is a whimsical place, with fairytale floral arrangements and kooky Flying Spaghetti Monster light fixtures looming overhead. You probably won\u2019t take much notice. Skewers of picanha, mozzarella-stuffed alcatra, and leg of lamb circle the room, luring patrons into a Pep\u00e9 Le Pew haze. The salad bar is equally magical with salads, sides, and mounds of p\u00e3o de queijo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaskitchen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chas Market &amp; Kitchen<br \/><\/a>Sure, a sign reading \u201ctaco, hamburger, fish plate\u201d doesn\u2019t inspire any confidence that this East Side market has Korean barbecue bona fides. But the all-you-can-eat deal is a steal at $29.99. Charcoal grilled choices include beef bulgogi, short ribs, paper-thin brisket, and even baby octopus. Just don\u2019t think of creating food waste. There\u2019s a $15 charge for unfinished plates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"d9ef5\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"d52c7dd33e6c0bc1f463912aaf15025e\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201800%201350'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761319027_283_dimassi-u2019s-mediterranean-buffet.jpg\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1350\" alt=\"Dimassi\\u2019s Mediterranean Buffet\"\/> Endless options at Dimassi\u2019s Mediterranean Buffet.Dimassi\u2019s Mediterranean Buffet\/ Facebook<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dimassis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dimassi\u2019s Mediterranean Buffet<br \/><\/a>San Antonio\u2019s sole remaining location of a Houston-based mini-chain cranks out more than 60 options for its daily spreads. Classics like dolmas, kabobs, and sumac chicken meat a spectacular array of dips like hummus, baba ghanouj, tzatziki, and garlicky toum. The best part? It\u2019s impossible to run out of warm pita.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elcevichedewalditotx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Ceviche de Waldito<br \/><\/a>Where\u2019s Waldito? Happily cooking so you can stuff your face with selections from the \u201cMiami\u201d buffet. The mix includes Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Peruvian cuisine like arroz con gandules, maduros, and slow-stewed black beans. Charmingly, a slate of awards and write-ups is framed on the cramped walls, a sort of scrapbook of Chef Waldo Castro\u2019s culinary life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kingbuffetsa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">King Buffet<br \/><\/a>Your eyes will always be bigger than your stomach at this massive North Side spot, which specializes in American-Chinese favorites like moo goo gai pan and kung pao chicken. That\u2019s just the start to a massive feast that includes solid sushi rolls, Mongolian barbecue, seafood, and even salads. Eat it all in a glitzy dining room with blue lights, space-age lighting, and a little Las Vegas glitz.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"faf6d\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"ab39507d3f4a16d356a4d870f3c97807\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202048%201536'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761319027_580_kumi-san-antonio.jpg\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" alt=\"Kumi San Antonio\"\/> A fisher&#8217;s bounty at Kumi.Kumi\/ Facebook<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kumibuffet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kumi<br \/><\/a>This newish place offers build-your-own ramen, steamed bao, and good-enough sushi, but guests come to feast like Neptune. The chafing dishes are overflowing with crab legs, mussels, crawfish, and plump prawns, but savvy diners head for the house specialty. The Cajun boils are a treat unto themselves, filled with corn and potatoes to soak up all that zippy butter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SusiesLumpiaHouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Susie\u2019s Lumpia House<br \/><\/a>Filipino cuisine might have created the world\u2019s ultimate \u00e0 volont\u00e9 dish in lumpia; they\u2019re thin enough to eat by the fistful, featherweight, and have a snap that never gets old, bite after bite. Susie\u2019s weekend buffet is relatively small with just a few rotating choices like pork adobo and pancit canton, a stir-fried noodle dish. But say it with intention, \u201clumpia, lumpia, lumpia,\u201d and make it an (almost) daily affirmation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandoorpalacerestaurant.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tandoor Palace<br \/><\/a>This Northwest Side favorite delivers a dependable mix of North Indian classics and vegetarian fare in a setting that\u2019s barely adorned. But what it lacks in ambience is made up for on the plate. The butter chicken is a popular starter dish, but dive deeper to find fragrant lamb vindaloo and earthy palak paneer. Ignore warnings not to fill up on bread. The clay oven garlic naan is worth loosening a few buttons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With budgets tightening and food costs rising, it\u2019s no wonder all-you-can-eat restaurants are making a comeback in San&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19373,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1745,1808,5908,3453,5859,14818,82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-19372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-bowls","9":"tag-chains","10":"tag-closures","11":"tag-far-west-side","12":"tag-franchises","13":"tag-poke","14":"tag-san-antonio","15":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","16":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372","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=19372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}