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A mysterious new bar has entered the chat at the corner of Quincy Street and North St. Mary’s. Could this mark the resurgence of the northeast corner of downtown as River North expands?<\/p>\n
Zachary-Taylor Wright\/MySA<\/p>\n
Tucked away in a corner of downtown, long overlooked for years, a sort of renaissance appears to be underway. <\/a>Residents are rising rapidly, mysterious new retail and commercial spaces are emerging and long-forgotten homes are midway through a refresh. And with a strange bar moving in, it begs the question: is the sleepy northeastern corner of downtown on its way to becoming a destination in its own right?<\/p>\n For the past several years, the stretches of the city along Quincy Street, east of McCullough Avenue, along North St. Mary\u2019s toward the highway, and along Camden Street have felt overlooked. Businesses would emerge and disappear rapidly amid aging infrastructure and dicey roads.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Older homes along Quincy that seemed to have been forgotten over the decades are suddenly seeing repairs and construction, a sign of an up and coming neighborhood on the northeast end of downtown.<\/p>\n Zachary-Taylor Wright\/MySA<\/p>\n But suddenly, many of those old craftsman-style homes lining Quincy are beginning to undergo a transformation. Construction trucks are parked in the driveways, and signs of life are reinvigorating the historic single-family residences. Many of the old, once-luxurious homes, divided into apartments and loosely maintained by landlords over the past decade or so, are showing signs of renovation and seeking new tenants.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not just the living space that\u2019s getting a facelift \u2013 though even large-scale residential projects like the Museum Reach Lofts<\/a> are bringing life back to the area \u2013 but commercial retailers are clearly seeing this boom <\/a>in potential customers. There are long-term projects with massive amounts of earth being overturned along Camden. But there are newer stirrings that may reshape how locals view this area much sooner.<\/p>\n Older homes along Quincy that seemed to have been forgotten over the decades are suddenly seeing repairs and construction, a sign of an up and coming neighborhood on the northeast end of downtown.<\/p>\n Zachary-Taylor Wright\/MySA<\/p>\n One block over from El Nogal Mexican Restaurant, along Quincy, where homes are mid-renovation, a mysterious company is poised to take over a struggling site. Once the home of a law office and later of a Houston-based nightclub chain, the building has yet to secure a successful long-term tenant in recent years.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n But it\u2019s in the middle of a transformation<\/a> into a new bar concept, sparked by Eldorado Amusement Company, a company\u00a0with an interesting history in San Antonio. In fact, it was at the center of a drawn-out lawsuit with the City of San Antonio<\/a> back in the early 2000s.<\/p>\n While operating Club Prestige \u2013 a nightclub that\u2019s since become a church at 8235 Vicar Drive \u2013 the company took the city to task after a zoning change would\u2019ve left it unable to serve liquor. The company appears to have won in the end, after appeals and reversed judgments on either side, as the nightlife spot kept operating until sometime around 2010.<\/p>\n Interestingly, the property seems to have housed several different churches after the nightclub.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n The new bar in the El Dorado-owned building is tied to a notable San Antonio bar owner who couldn’t immediately share details about the project but told MySA that more information would be coming once plans were finalized.<\/p>\n Eldorado Amusement Company ventures in San Antonio<\/p>\n Eldorado Amusement Company has a list of ventures, including some lesser-known spots on otherwise busy roads that people seem to love.<\/p>\n Tucked away off North Zarzamora Street, the Lyons Lounge (1907 Lyones St.) looks like a place that\u2019s easy to miss. But patrons describe it as a familiar hangout where everybody knows your name, the music is right and the beer is cold.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n \u201cLove this bar,\u201d Jackie Deharo wrote in a Google review <\/a>last year. \u201cIt will always have a special place in my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n Plus, Eldorado Amusement is behind another big name: 2015 Place on San Pedro Avenue. It\u2019s a longtime LGBTQ+ staple in the Alta Vista neighborhood with a cult-like following. This is a highly promising development after some failed efforts at the corner of Quincy and St. Mary\u2019s, and it could mark the true expansion of the success seen in the massively booming River North district<\/a>, on the northern stretch of Broadway out of downtown.<\/p>\n A mysterious new bar has entered the chat at the corner of Quincy Street and North St. Mary’s. 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