{"id":296414,"date":"2026-05-16T20:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/296414\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T20:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T20:57:08","slug":"texas-tallest-tower-unveils-new-luxury-hotel-and-more-popular-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/296414\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas’ tallest tower unveils new luxury hotel and more popular stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CultureMap<\/a>Updated Sat, May 16, 2026 at 5:57 PM UTC\"Inside<\/p>\n

Inside the luxe 1 Hotel Austin. | Photo by Chase Daniel<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: The top San Antonio news of the week includes what’s next for Texas’ tallest tower and the closure of a visionary tasting room. Plus, we unveil our 2026 Tastemaker Awards winners. Read on for our five most popular stories, then plan the rest of your weekend via this guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1. Texas’ tallest tower is getting a luxury hotel and 3 new restaurants<\/a>. A luxury hotel chain is coming to Austin, adding the Texas capital to a cohort of a dozen North American cities. Called 1 Hotel Austin, the 252-room stay is designed to blend with nature and tap into sustainable hospitality in the new Waterline building \u2014 the tallest tower in Texas<\/a>.<\/p>\n

2. Visionary Hill Country tasting room to close after less than 3 years<\/a>. One of the Hill Country\u2019s most visionary tasting rooms is sounding its last call. Senza Maeso, a proprietary spirit made from the South American cape gooseberry, will close its San Marcos tasting room this month.<\/p>\n

3. Where to eat in San Antonio: 5 new restaurants you might have missed<\/a>. From new ventures by local celebrity chefs to cult-favorite national chains, here are some openings that possibly flew under your radar.<\/p>\n

4. Demolition crews take down San Antonio’s last Pig Stand<\/a>. The iconic Pig Stand building at 1523 Broadway has been leveled as developers look toward the next chapter for the near-downtown plot.<\/p>\n

\"Pig<\/p>\n

Pig Stand San Antonio | Pig Stand’s former site might soon become a hotel. | Photo by Nicolas Henderson CC BY 2.0<\/p>\n

5. San Antonio’s top restaurants and bars revealed at 2026 Tastemaker Awards<\/a>. After weeks of anticipation, Alamo City\u2019s best restaurants, bars, chefs, and more culinary superstars were crowned at the 2026 CultureMap San Antonio Tastemaker Awards. It’s time to meet the winners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Sat, May 16, 2026 at 5:57 PM UTC Inside the luxe 1 Hotel Austin. | Photo by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296415,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,101312,16691,82,52359,27],"class_list":["post-296414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-hotel-austin","tag-luxury-hotel","tag-san-antonio","tag-tallest-tower","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296414","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=296414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296414\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/296415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}