{"id":432899,"date":"2026-09-11T15:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/432899\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T15:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:12:22","slug":"chef-james-canter-returns-to-san-antonio-for-korean-pop-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/432899\/","title":{"rendered":"Chef James Canter returns to San Antonio for Korean pop-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A San Antonio dancehall is facing hard times amid ongoing highway construction. Cowboys Far West Ltd., the company that operated <a href=\"https:\/\/cowboysdancehall.com\/san-antonio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cowboys Dancehall<\/a> near Windcrest, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.<\/p>\n<p>In the September 9 filings, the company said it has been unable to pay rent due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.txdot.gov\/projects\/projects-studies\/san-antonio\/i410-at-i10-interchange-improvement.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TxDOT I-10 East \/ Loop 410 Interchange Project<\/a>, a major highway overhaul that involves building stacked flyovers adjacent to and over the dancehall. Cowboys says the project, which has now spanned four years, is hurting visibility of the venue.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=1491710912983489&amp;set=a.626791552808767\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">social media statement<\/a>, Cowboys says it has no plans to close. It will remain open during its normal four-night schedule and has no plans to cancel concerts or special events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey y\u2019all, we want to address recent news directly,\u201d wrote a venue rep. \u201cWe\u2019ve taken strategic steps to file for corporate restructuring under bankruptcy protection. This is a business move specifically designed to address ongoing landlord disputes and local highway construction concerns, protecting our staff, our operations, and our venue&#8217;s future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cowboys Dancehall, opened at 3030 NE Loop 410 in 2003, is one of the largest honky-tonks in San Antonio, housing two dance floors and a large, professionally lit stage. But this isn\u2019t the first time the massive venue has had financial struggles.<\/p>\n<p> According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacurrent.com\/music\/after-years-of-legal-wrangling-cowboys-dancehall-signs-15-year-lease-21108109\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Current<\/a>, Cowboys Far West lost ownership in 2019 after another bankruptcy filing. The $6.5 million auction sale was won by Austin-based Heiser Development Corp., which leased the venue to SA Entertainment LLC. Cowboys Far West remained on board as the operator.<\/p>\n<p>The court filings say that the company has $1.52 million in assets and $6.89 million in liabilities as of May 31. The largest debt, for $340,000, belongs to Red River Beverage Inc., a manufacturing and distribution company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A San Antonio dancehall is facing hard times amid ongoing highway construction. Cowboys Far West Ltd., the company&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432900,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2808,150395,18497,96,37400,3568,82,84,83,6591],"class_list":["post-432899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-chefs","tag-culinary-events","tag-dinners","tag-east-side","tag-korean-cuisine","tag-pop-ups","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-things-to-do-san-antonio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432899","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=432899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432899\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}