{"id":342116,"date":"2026-06-19T00:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/342116\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T00:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T00:40:09","slug":"san-antonios-vp-racing-fuels-eyes-new-southtown-distillery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/342116\/","title":{"rendered":"San Antonio&#8217;s VP Racing Fuels eyes new Southtown distillery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A combination pretzel shop and ice cream parlor will soon be serving San Antonio sweet and savory snacks. The city\u2019s first shared location of popular chains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wetzels.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Wetzel\u2019s Pretzels<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coldstonecreamery.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Cold Stone Creamery<\/a> will open at 7118 W. Loop 1604 N. on June 24.<\/p>\n<p>Neither brand is new to the Alamo City. Wetzel\u2019s has operated a kiosk at the Shops of La Cantera since 2021, and Cold Stone has four locations in the area, including outposts in Helotes, Live Oak, and San Antonio proper. The latter two storefronts also play double duty, sharing space with sibling concept Rocky Mountain Chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>Cold Stone was co-founded in 1988 by Susan and Donald Sutherland (no relationship to Kiefer), who sought a Goldilocks balance between hard-pack and soft-serve ice cream. Today, it is known as one of two national mega-chains offering made-to-order cones with various mix-ins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ff975\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"9dbbd790933f10f8f40c943ca2f75e78\" 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%201600%201200'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781829609_476_wetzel-s-pretzels.jpg\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" alt=\"Wetzel's Pretzels\"\/> Wetzel&#8217;s Pretzels are a whole vibe.Wetzel&#8217;s Pretzels\/ Facebook<\/p>\n<p>Wetzel\u2019s, founded in 1994, is best known as a concession stand with locations in airports, shopping malls, arenas, and theme parks like Walt Disney World. Although it serves some sweet treats, it is most famous for salted soft pretzels and hot dogs.<\/p>\n<p>Locally, the shop will be run by franchisee Jose Delgado, who says he was drawn to \u201cthe option of bringing two brands together to serve delicious products for guests.\u201d Plans are in the works to bring additional stores to the region.<\/p>\n<p>Combination storefronts have become all the rage in a restaurant industry looking to maximize foot traffic and cut costs. Health-conscious chains Saladworks and Frutta Bowls <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/saladworks-frutta-bowls-second-location\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">share space <\/a>in San Antonio, as does <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/applebees-ihop-seguin\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Applebee\u2019s and IHOP<\/a>. Even local celebrity chef Johnny Hernandez has gotten into the action, <a href=\"https:\/\/sanantonio.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/johnny-hernandez-restaurant-food-hall\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">melding<\/a> Burgerteca with Southtown favorite Blue Moon Mexican Restaurant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A combination pretzel shop and ice cream parlor will soon be serving San Antonio sweet and savory snacks.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":342117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[9118,49605,423,1124,82,84,83,740,13311],"class_list":["post-342116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-breweries","tag-distilleries","tag-openings","tag-racing","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-southtown","tag-zoning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342116","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=342116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}