{"id":232285,"date":"2026-04-02T19:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/232285\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T19:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T19:52:08","slug":"iconic-texas-restaurant-debuts-new-menu-near-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/232285\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Iconic’ Texas restaurant debuts new menu near San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"

A San Antonio-area country bar and grill is celebrating the start of a “new chapter,” according to recent\u00a0Facebook posts<\/a>, and it says it means a new menu and new vibes, but the same heart.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Friday, March 27,\u00a0Specht’s, Texas<\/a>, located at 112\u00a0W Specht Rd, San Antonio, TX 78260, near Bulverde, celebrated a ribbon cutting with the\u00a0Bulverde Spring Branch Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n

The restaurant recently came under new ownership a little over a year ago, and it was recognized as a “local favorite” by Texas Monthly in 2023<\/a>, thanks to its pulled pork nachos and spicy burger.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Come raise a glass with us, enjoy live music and be part of this new chapter,” the restaurant\u00a0said via social media<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The restaurant has been open since 1890, originally serving the community as a general store. According to online information, and written proudly across its menus, it has been, the bar and grill thrived even during Prohibition, functioning as a hidden speakeasy. For more than 136 years, it has been a cornerstone in the Hill Country. Today, it’s known for its food, drinks and live entertainment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Owner Aaron Selinkoff, who took on his new role roughly 16 months ago, told MySA that the Specht’s team has started adding new menu items, like a pork chop, a king ranch chicken, a chocolate chip coconut pie\u00a0and other “pies of the day.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things that really has attracted so many of our guests, and our repeat guests, is that we’re truly authentic,\u201d\u00a0Selinkoff said. \u201cA lot of people try to emulate what we are \u2014 we\u2019re iconic.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to Specht\u2019s updated playground, and newly climate-controlled patio, he says the Hill Country staple also continues to see a wave of new customers, who quickly turn into regulars.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey come in and they’re like, \u2018Oh my God, what a hidden gem,\u2019\u201d he said.\u00a0And then, they see that we’re getting busier and busier, ’cause they think it’s, like, their secret spot. But I think we have enough\u00a0Specht\u2019s to go around.\u201d<\/p>\n

They’ve also expanded the bar, offering more beers on tap, and built an enclosure around their new playground, and climate controlled the back patio for sports fans to enjoy this summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Antonio-area country bar and grill is celebrating the start of a “new chapter,” according to recent\u00a0Facebook…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[821,1112,1113,820,82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-232285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-mysabusiness","9":"tag-mysafood","10":"tag-mysahillcountry","11":"tag-mysastaff","12":"tag-san-antonio","13":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","14":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232285","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=232285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}